The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1869-05-03
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Report is quick traveller, but an un-
safe guide. a
Drive thy business, or thy business
will drive thee.
A good book supplies the place Of q
companion.
lie who despises the little is not wor-
thy of the great.
Many kiss hands they would fain see
chopped off.
Fortune can only take from US what
she gave US.
It's very proud horse that will not
carry Ills oats.
Never lose your sel-respcct; If that is
lost all is lost.
Undertake nothing without thoroughly
considering it.
Flowers weep without woe, and blush
without crime.
Disputing and borrowing cause grief
and so-rowing..
lie who slanders his ncighbor makes a
rod for himself.
Good words and bad acts deceive both
wise and simple.
Search others for their virtues and thy
self for thy vices.
Industry is fortunes right hand, and
frugality her left. ib
Good, the more communicated, the
more abundant grows. 1
There is no disease so dangerous as
the want Of common sense.
Deal gently with tho erring ones, as
God hath dealt with thee.
No entertainment is so cheap as read.
ing, and no pleasure so lasting.
The longer the saw Of contention is
drawn, the hotter it grows. .aa
Friendship, to be lasting, should be re-
ciprocal, and founded on equality.
TO tell our own secrets is folly; to tell
the secrets Of others is treachcry. 4aH
We should not rctain the remembrance
offaults We have once forgiven.
The evil done by the first uttcrcr Of a
SANDER is small compared with
that which is sspread through coln.nuni.
ty from a.repitition a. Of the false talo by
idle babblcrs.
He that shuts love out, in turn shall be
shut out from love. and on the threshold
lie bowling in utter darkness.
Every man who will be true to his
friends and just and honorable towards
his enemies, is bound 10 succeed in life
aud make noble record.
Faith is vastly efficient. It helps the
working and planning Of the brain mar.
veloasly, and does untold service to the
hands. 1fyou want to do thing, make
faith the starting point, courage the ba.
sis, and then fill up wish work.
"Oun PRovlSciALlsMs.'-Thc Rev.
Henry Reeves writes a paper under the
above title, in which he tells tho follow
ing story: 1T
"Our army found the words you'ens'
and 'we'uns' all the way from Pcnnsyl-
vana to the Cult. In Tennessee SOL
der asked an ancient lady If she had
seen any Federals in that neishborhood.
We'll, said The dame, thar was some Of
you'ens over thar, 'cross the long road,
bat some Of we'uas come long, and
thcm'ns got up and dusted.'
That isn't SO bad but we remember
another application Of this rrOvincialism,
which Reeves perhaps has not heard.
When Sheridhn's fresh thousands were
cutting through aud harassing the line Of
that terrible retreat from Petersburg to
Appomattox Court House, they captured
Bob L., n veteran cayalryman, and
an ingram, -tho-wool tar-heel.
Bob wa, handed over to the care Of q
dapper New York sergeant, and together
they went to the rear, passing long, inter-
miniable lines Of Grants wagon train.
Each strong, well-kcpt wagon bore the
huge letters U. S., and Bob stared SO in
tently tllereat as to excite the curiosity Of
his captor.
"Wot are YOU staring at, johnny
Reb 2" lie inquired. Never seen nc
wagons before? S.a-yp
'Wal, I was jist a-thinkin',' Bob re-
piled dryly.'
IA -thinkin' wot? Say!