Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-02-12
FACT, FUN AND FANCY.

The richest man, whatever his lot,
is he who is content with what he has.
=. Time is the file that ears and makes
no noise.
Every day is u little life, and 4 whole
life is but day repeated.
Silence is the best course for any man
to adopt who distrustS himself.
Neither the sun nor death can be look
ed ut steadily.
Grace is to the body what good sense
IS TO the mind.
We are never sohappy or so unhappy
rs we imagine.
Great names debase. instead ofeleyatc
those who cannot sustain them.
It is more dis graceful 20 distrust ones
friends than to be deceived by them.
Every one complains Of his memory.
and no one complains of his Judgment.
-Politeness of mind consists in the con-
cep,ion oi honorable and delicate thoughts.
The mark of An extraordinary merit,
: 20 see those most eny ious of il tconstraiI-
cL TO praise.
Dur prayers and Gods mercy arc
like two buckets in n well-while the one
asccnds. the other dcscends.
-"Cervantes,n said Emerson, in one
of his recent lectures event out OF the
world one day that Shakespeare might
be born the next
If man has got any religion worth
the having, he will DO his duty and not
make fuss about it. II IL the empty
kettle that rattles.
BE not deceived; God is not Knocked.
Either your will is with His will, and
like His will. or il is with aud like Satans
will.
The words of the angry are Ike
sparks of fire when they fall among COM
lslible matter, desolating conilagrations
follow.
"A kiss, says French lady, costs less
AM gra,ifes more than anything else in
existence.
William Penn's famous saying should
be written upon the Church's banners
"No pain, no palm no thorn, no throne;
no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown
Sometimes a girl says no, to an offer,
when il is as plain as the nose on hertace.
tha. she means yes. The best way to
Judge whether she is in earnest or not, Is
to look straight into her eyes and never
mind her noes.
Stopping at village inn, there came
A thunderstorm, and Captain Hall, sur
prised that new country should have
reached perfection in these meteorologic
manufactures, said to abystander, why,
you have very heavy thunder here!"
well, yes" replied the man, '.we du,
considering the number of inhabitants.
-''Ifyou want purely unsophisticated
family pill" says quack advertisement,
"buy DR.. Ks liyer-encouraging kidney
persuading, silent perambulators. twenty
seven in box. This pill is as mild as a
pet lamb, and as searching as small
tooth comb. 1t don't go fooling about,
but attends strictly to business, and is as
certain as an alarm-clock."
Somebody asked Baron Rothschild 10
take venison. NO" said the Baron, II
never eat venison; don't think it's so
coot as mutton" "Oh," says the Baron's
friend, | wonder at your saying so; il
mutton is better than venisOn, why does
yeuison cost SO much more?' II will
tell you WIN this world the people al
ways prefer vat is deer to vat is sheep"
A German sued his neighbor for
killing his dog, The justice asked tho
defendant if he killed the dog. ''Pe sure
kilt him, put let him prove it," was the
logged reply. This being satisfactory,
the plaintiff was asked-with view of
assessing damages--how much the dog
was worth The dog was worth moth
ing but since he was SO mean as to Kill
him, he shall pay de full value Of him."
That picture will apply to good many
lawsuits