The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1869-01-18
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1 Speak little, speak truth; spend little
pay cash.
A Detroit man challenges the country
to game Of checkers for $1,000. 49,.
4 Rochester wants $500 men to marry al
many maidens. e ,lr w
], 1findustry is no more than habit, it il
at least an excellent one
He who waits to do great deal o.
good at once will never do any. s
Riches got by fraud are dug out Of
ones own heart, aud destroy the mind.
Tho Office of wise man is to discern
that which is good and honest, and shur
that which is contrary.
They who know what they ought ito do,
and do itnot, are not wise aud well insti,
tuted; but fools and stupids. ljl1.
To praise what is estimable7is right
but to aatter what is wrong is the propri.
I Fety'ofa designing, hypocritical soul.
b Let our repentance be a lively will, a
firm resolution. Complaints and mourn
ing over past errors avail nothing. n
The tale-bearer and the tale-hearer
should be hanged up both togother-thc
former by the tongue, aud the latter by
the ear.a ci,lgi7 sil i.ilsA ~ baf %
A statistician has taken the trouble to
ascertain that q man stands sixteen
chances OF being killed BY lightning to
one Of being worth million dollars.
/. A, Western editor says-"t!The march
of civilization is onward-onward-like
the slow but intrepid tread of "a jackass
towards peck Of oats" ,a a33s % ~,
With most of US idleness is the parent
not merely of uneasiness, but withal of
fretfulness, malevolence, and the whole
host Of evil passions f-e'a vi i7 ft}'t'
Guard against reading too much or too toe
rapidly. Read rather with attention
lay the book often down ;impress o. on your
mind what you have read, and reflect
nponit., Is,s ,,.i, ID, +, ~.
= The first Methodist church, was erected
ain Bath, England, one.hyndred and
twenty-hine years ago. In twenty-five
days from tneiaying Of the first stone,the
building was up, enclosed aud filed with
worshippers. ,aiJa .asap...i ia bsa.
Josh; Billings recently wrote to, lec-
ture committee that the price Of one Of
bis lectures was 800 40; that be had in
some cases been careless enough to throw
off the 800, but the 8 40 cents he must
have, to maintain his owhreputation.. sq
seeking. bachelors should pack
their traps at once for the village of New.
ton, Maryland nthas. place there are
forty marriagcablc widows and only eight
widogers;, ,sixty-three manageable young
ladies and eight single gentlemen, or one
hundred and three single ladies and six
teen gentlemen! lesm Happy sixteen! i Il
Long after the victories of Washington
over the French and English had made
his name familiar to all Europe; Dr.
Franklin chanced to dine with with the
English and French ambassadors; when
as nearly as can berccollected, the follow
ing toasts were drank: ,af3I h3ii7ff q
England-The Sun, whose beams Of
brightness enlighten and fructify the re-
hottest corn rs ofthe earth. = 5H blg, bai
The French Ambassador. filed with
national pride, but being tool polite to dis
pute the previous toast, drank theifollow-
ing: 1- a, ..'2l'9.F 90 =
'FranceAThc Moon, whose mild steady
and cheering rays are the d=light Of all
nations, consoling them in, darkness and
making their dreariness beautiful: 'ai'
DR.. Franklin tben rose, and With his
usual simplicity, said:f l,.a'llr4s' sssr u,
George WashingtonLThe Joshua who
commanded the Sun andNIoon to stand
still, and they obcyed him. 'sdg q 2aa'
Atnewresiment, just from home, en-
camped on Arlington Heights, opposite
Washington, in 1861 and Immediately
commenced the duties and discipline re-
quired by army regulations. The colonel
wanted his men particularly instructed in
guard duty, and enforced the observance
ofeyeryde,ail, He himselfwould often
accompany the ''grand rouudsR at night.
On a very dark night, "a burly, bqisterous
Engl;shman was walking bis beat when
the officer of the day started on tue
pgrand rounds and came upon this SOL
der before he expectedIto.. lsg.l reita,
Who goes there2 Halt y beloved
tho guard, almost in, the captains s ears,
with voice that was heard all over the
camp - ea9S 4dl sdsYizse.ls
a"Good Lordm exclaimed the officer,
deafened by,th sudden roar. ous tds,lo,
b" Good lIordp then advance one Of
the apostles and give the ceuntersign," !"
replied the unterrifcd guard, 3,,. 10
TnE o1p MAS.-BOw low the head
do. reverence to the old man, once like
YOU. o, The vicissitudss Of life have sill
yered his hair and changed the round,
merry face to the worn yisage before you
Once the heart beat with aspiration,