The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-02-22
Masims Of Washington.

Sc no reproachful language against
any one--neither curses nor revilings
Be not hasty to believe lying reports
to the disparagement of any one
l. 80 arraral ha modest and en-
deavor to accommodate nature rather than
to procure admiration.
Associate yourself only with men of
good quality, if you esteem your reputa-
ton for it is better to be alone than in
bad company.
Let your conversation be without NAL
ice or envy, for it is the sign of a tracta-
Bile and commendable spirit and in cases
OF passion admit reason to govern.
Use not base and frivolous things to
grown and learned men nor very diff
cult questions or subjects among the ig-
norant, nor things hard to be belived.
Speak not of doleful things in time OF
mirth, nor at the table nor ofmelancholy
things, as death or wounds, and if others
mention them in change, if you can, the
discourse.
Break not jest when none take pleas
urc in mirth Laugh not loud, nor at al
without occasion. Deride no mans mis-
fortune, though there seems to be some
cause.
BE not forward, but friendly and cour'
teous, the first to salute, hear and answer
and be not pensye when it is time tc
converse.
Keep to the fashions Of your equals
such as are civil and orderly, with re-
spect to time and place,
/ Go not thither when you know moi
whether you shall be welcome or not
Reprehend not the imperfections Of
others, for that belongs to parents mas
ters and superiors.
Speak not in an unknown tongue il
company, but in your own language, anc
that as those of quality do, and not as the
vulgar.
sublime matters treat seriously.
Think before you speak, pronounce no
imperlectly, nor bring out your words toe
harshly, but orderly and distinctly.
WmAr BREAKS DOwS YouNG MEN
1t is Il commonly received notion tina
hard study is the unhealthy element o
/, college life. But from tables Of the NOR
tality of Harvard University collected b
Professor. Pierce, from the last triennia
catalogue, it is clearly demonstrated tha
the excess Of death for the FIRST ten year
after graduation is found in that portio
of each class of inferior scholarship. Ev
cry one who has seen the curriculum
knows that where Kschylus and politica
economy injure one, late hours and punch
es use up dozen and that the two littl
fingers are heavier than the lions Of Eu
cid. Dissipation is a sure destroyer AM
every young man who follows it is, as tn
early flower, exposed to untimely fros
Those who have been inveigled in tn
path of vice are Damed Legion. 4 fe'
hours sleep each night, high living an
plenty of ''smasher," make war upon G,
cry function of the body. The brains,i tn
! heart, lungs, the liver, the spin, the limb'
the bones, the flesh, every part and 'acu
ty are overtaskcd and weakened, by tn
terrific energy OF passion loosened froi
restraint, until like a dilapidated mansion
. the "earthly house of this tabernacle
falls into ruinous decay. Fast youn
men, right about.-Scientifc american.
\ colored boot black in Newark \. F.,
seeing pickpocket stealing the watch {
. AN intoxicated countryman,gav the alaru
got knocked down for his pains by
= friend of the thief and locked up by Il
= astute authorities for creating row. TIL
> is rewarding virtue with II vengeance
II Fifty out out Ola hundred students
d Minnesota State University are women