Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1869-06-16
Stray Thoughts.
by CLARA AUGUSTA.

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Who knows how many hearts have
been saved from despair by few kind
wordsg When the cares and burdens
of life press heavily, and the spirit as
well as the flesh faints and grows
weak, how grateful are the express
sions of sympathy and kindness
Like the dews of heaven TO the thirsty
plant, like rain 10 the parched earth,
like sunshine to the folded flower
Never Judge any man harshly, how
ever rude and unsocial he may be,
until You have tried upon him the law
of kindness.
We are all more or less obstinate,
and you will not find one person in a
hundred who relishes being driven.
Perhaps il is a little singular, but IT is
none the less true, that the most of US
will not readily do thing which we
want TO do If we feel that any one is
trying TO force us to 1t.
! once heard wife say, 81 was not
intending to go to Mrs. Smiths party
TO night, but John said ! should not 90
step, and now I'll 60 if ! die for it! y!
And little Tommy johnson evinced
the same spirit, when he said, I'D
just as lief give Jim Sykes my whistle
as not for it's cracked old thing,
and all the whistle is out of it; but
Jim said if didn't give it TO him he'd
whip me and now I'll burn it-see if
/ don't %
If you ever want TO influence any
person, try kindness. Hearts may be
soitened by love, but never by a spirit
of hatred and unkiDdness Aud If
YOU would succeed in convincing a
man against his will, ten TO one be
will hold to the same opinion still.
Cultivate punctuality. II is good
thing 10 build a character upon. /
know OF nothing more desirable than
reliability Ifyou can say that man
is reliable, you are giving him the bes.
Of good names.
Never make an engagement, intend
ing TO break it. If you promise TO be
at a certain place at a certain hour, be
there, if you are alive. Do not wait
five, ten, or twenty minutes, but keep
your appointment to moment. Oh
| / like those people Of WHOM it can be
said, y0u knoD Uhere 10 find them
They are the kind who keep theif
promises They never run away with
your umbrellas, nor lose train by
being too late, nor keep you waiting
at dinner, nor forget the little bill that
the tailor sent in week before, and
you never in the world knew one ol
them TO have Sunday headache T!
Avoid contradiction. A spirit ol
contradiction is always particularly
hateful. If there is any thing espe
cially despicable, it is the man who II
continually arguing and contradicting
Such a person is public nuisance
and our lawmakers ought to enact q
law to "abaten him. He is never
happy himself, and no one can b,
comfortable with him. He would b'
in the anguish Of torment if any one
should happen TO be undisturbed by
his perverseness.
You can not venture upon remark
. ing that it is fine day without run
ming the risk Of being contradicteC
and argued with for an hour or two
TO be proved wrong at last.
i was once travelling on a steamer
a in company with a young couple o
I my acquaintance, who had recenty
+ agreed TO undertake life's journey
+ together. The gentleman was one o
S those individuals whose business it i
g TO watch every thing that every on,
1 says, in order to be ready with hi
J, contradiction
We were passing little village Sc
in among the hills, and the lady mad
= the observation, in careless way
j. "That is Hilldaie, ! believe"
e "Hilldale. no indeed :" said he
q companion, cresting himself like
d turkey-coclx; "that is Dellville! Hos
z could you make such a mistakey Pv
r been in these parts c,and ! know.
The young lady colored, but mair
tanned her assertion. The gentlema
r appeared astonished that she shoul
Q dare any thiag of the kind, and wen
IT on with an argument too long TO writ
+ down, to convince her that she wa
n wrong She kept a digniticd sileno'
C and by and by be finished, having,
L suppose he thought, settled the que
is tion as 10 the name of the place Il
u ever
Z The young lady dismissed him shor
O. ly aiterward and can not help thinl
5, ing that bis spirit of contradictio
C helped on the result.
As for myself, l was curions enoug
IS TO take pains to ascertain the CORES
y name Of the village in question, an
IT found TO my horror and amazemel
ie that il was neither Hilldale nor De
Is ville-but Scratch Gravel Corner :
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