Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-09-21
Whole No. 2S16.

unfortunate deacon recently ere
ated a GOOD deal Of merriment in
church al st. Joseph. Missouri, while
engaged IN taking up the cOntrlbu-
tiOns. He had suffered some Gays
previously from an accident to his
nose. and displaced the plaster in his
anxiety to secure q ten-eent stamp
that had fallen. He made nasty
dive for a small white object on the
floor, but had no sooner placed It on
the tip Of his nasal organ than the
young ladies began to thrust tneir
handkerchiefs into their mouths anu
litter. The cause Of such a sudden
Outburst Of good spirits was not as
covered by him until he entered the
vestry-rOom and saw that he had re-
placed the plaster with q eOttOn-spOOI
label containing the following sugges-
tive words: Warranted to hold out
out two hundred yards"
A writer in Lippiueotrs Magazine
notices the fact that in Florida there
are many lakes which have holes in
the bottom and underground eOmmu-
nicatiOn, so that they will sometimes
shrink away to a mere eupful, leaving
many square miles Of surface uneOv-
cred, and then again fill out from
below and spread out over their for
mer area Some Of them have out
lets in the ocean far from the shore,
bursting up 9 perpetual spring Of
fresh water in the midst Of the briny
saltness Of the sea. In times Of low
water, during a long, exhaustive dry
season, men have gone under ground,
in one Of these subterranean rivers,
from lake to lake, a distance OF eight
miles. r.---- ...---.
I know of nothing equal to a'cheer-
ful conversation, for restoring tone Of
mind and body, when both have been
overdone. Some great and good men,
on whom very heavy cares and tolls
have been laid. manifest q e0nstitu-
donal tendency to relax into mirth
when their work is over. Mirth, after
exhaustive toll, Is one Of natures
instructive efforts to heal the part
which has been racked or bruised.
I You cannot too severely reprObate
| frivolous life; bit if the life be earn
est for God or man, with here and
there q layer Of mirtbfulness prOtrud-
ing, 1t becomes q soft bedding to re-
eeive heavy cares which otherwise
would crush the spirit.-ArHOt's IzLs.
Of Proverbs.
There are crimes, such as starving
or haIf-starving animals, cruelty beat
ing and cruelty working poor, sick
and lame animals, keeping cattle
without water for days and then let
ting them drink lust before sale to
increase their weight, keeping calves
from their mothers for days and let
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their bags may look full, and buyers
cheated, together with the horrible
| cruelties in the transportation of ami
mails, fearful alike to the animals and
all who eat their flesh, that are mot
sins Of ignorance, but simply devil
I isll, and indicate depth Of deprayity
which will yield only to the strong
arm Of the law and an aroused public
opinion.
The eOliniZatiOn scheme has, so far,
worked remarkably well. Greeley is
1 the best example Of western eiviliza-
tiOn, rankingas high as the little Ger
man communities of lows or Mime
sofa It has a eontented and prosper
Gus population Of about six hundred
souls, among them representatives of
twenty-six different States, and geo.
I graphically, numerically, financially
and otherwise, forms the nucleus of
what will yet be an Important settle
ment.
Some months since some English
capitalists purchased q large tract of
land IN New Mexico, near the border
Il OF southern Colorado, and known as
Maxwell's rancho, the sum paid being
81 SOC, 900. The new owners intend
establishing an English colony on the
tract, dividing it up into small par
GELS, according to the means or ability
Of the cOlonists to develop it, and tax
/ ing payment therefor on 3 plan SINH
lar to that adopted by our homestead
associations.
/ Circumstances may seem to present
honor and wealth along the path Of
prevarieatiOn, duplieity and shrewd
speeulatiOns too sharp for honesty,
and possibly temporary success may
be realized by walking therein; but
in very large majority Of cases dis
aster, ruin and bitter regrets succeed
sooner or later.
Farmers should look to the birds
to protect them from insects. These
tiny foes to fruit and foliage multiply
by myriads, but the birds devOur
them by myriads. The depTedatiOns
OF insects are becoming more fOrmi-
dable every year.-N. p ReformeT.
A recent sermon Of Surgeons con-
tains a sentence which viii be as
much appreciated here as in England.
81 Brethren, ~ said SpurgeOn, " if God
had referred the ark to a Committee
on Naval Affairs, in my opinion it
would not have been built yet"
Anew minister at New Bedford took
a stroll before breakfast on the first
Sunday he was there, and after walk
/ ing a dozen blocks was accosted by a
shabby looking individual with "YOu
needn't look any further, there amt
a saloon OPEN"
1t is not what people eat, but what
/ they digest, that makes them strong,
/ 1t Is not what they read, but what
/ they remmember, that makes them
/ learned. 1t is not what they profess,
but what they practice, that makes
them righteous
The resemblance between the san
! dal tree. imparting while it falls its
aromatic flavor to the edge Of the axe,
and the benevolent man reWarding
evil with good, would be witty did it
not excite virtuous enotiOns.-SidHey
I Smith.
aWut thou draw nearthe nature ofthy God:
Draw near to Him, then. in being merciful;
| Sweet mercy Is nobility true badge"
--''We do pray for mercy,
And that same prayer doth teach Us all to
render
The DEEDS Of mercy"
An editor, in describing the dOings
OF a mad dog, says: "a He bit the COW
in the tail, which has since dice" "
This was very unfortunate for the
tail but we naturally feel an inter
est to know what became CT the COW.
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