Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-08-31


what a comfort to thousands have
these precious words Of jean Paul
been "lIappincss sits on your front
door step You need not even round
The corner to look for il. 1t can stand
"A rude blast and rough fall, and IS
warranted to keep in the hottest
climates Treasure it, preserve IT.
pickle It, but call no man happy who
goes o rest with single bill unpaid
How sublime is this thought Of
Gocthes! "The Ocean of Existence
has never yet been photographed, and
its deepest secrets are past dredging
for. We gather a few tender and
tinted shells few tufts of bright
weed, and sup of costly mollusks (;
but the Sea and We are still stran-
gers, We and the Sea make no pro-
gress, and Life sinks behind the hor-
rizon before the Bud of Acquaintance
has burst into the Bloom of Friend
ship. Walk by the Margin, and lis
ten to the Waters moaning their
strange Secret to the sympathizing
Stars, and take another cigar before
you turn in"
Milton well knew that the expert.
ence of all middle-aged men would
amply corroborate this chain of corol-
laries
"Never exceed your income.
"Never exceed the bounds of deco
rum.
always brush your hat when you
take it of.
abe careful how you interfere with
another mans fire.
ADO not sit down in damp clothes.
"Study the policy of the State, and
be at your post although of the mean
est order, when the Walls of the Re-
public are threatened.
The true citizen never omits Ia
have his boots properly BACKED ev-
cry morning"
How thoroughly that old heathen
Epaminondas, knew the works of the
human heart! Listen to few of his
gems: "Never lend your horse
Seem, rather than to be. Build your
garden wall higher, if your neighbor
can look over il. Tread YEARLY il
your path is strewn with broken bot.
ties Be ready TO do small kindness.
es-always have postagestamps in
your pocket, and Metropolitan time.
tables, and the finest Eau-de- Cologne
that money can procure"
Mark what Lavater said to William
Tell, when they were coming home
in the dawn from a post-mortem, over
the Bridge of Signs, and talking about
the Revenue Returns. "Put a good
face on the matter If troubles arise
stare them out Of eountenanoe. We
all wear the same uniform-only the
facings are different. The richest
man cannot escape the toothaohe and
the poorest man may enjoy a sunset
and a salad Be content, and I'll NJ
your Income. tax paper with eonsci
entious fidelity, and you will be sched
uled with the soft"
Golden words these Of Bacon's
The weaknesses Of men are often the
strength Of States, and the favoritei
of princes have before now becam,
the shuttleeocks of venge.ul Fortune
Some men are born and Others die
but none can escape the one day Of
the other Between the beginning
and the end there lie many intereala
ted stations, whore we may rest anC
recrcate, and gather strength for The
ventures that Fortune bath yet in bel
wallet. Blind as she is, she some
times drops the bandage and catches
the speakers eye but her myrmidoni
are a host, and her followers a grea
army, and TO be victorious over For
tune your weapons must be keen
well-tempered, and bright, your armi
strong and resolute, your eourag'
dauntless, your endurance martyr-like
and your wife's relations unexcep
tionable."