Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-06-01
W1TANDi WISDOM.
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cause it gives ass(c)ent. Essi g q "a
The man with good, firm health Is
rich. s,..~..-s 49,
He who acts greatly is truly great
man. ..-...-..
HypocriticaI piety is double iniqui-
Hearts may agree though heads diff
fer. 49, p.
time. - ~
Fear not that which cannot be avoid
He who opposes honesty never had
One of the best temporary cures for
pride and affeetation is sea sickness.
A spoiled child-the one that play
ed with the kerosene can.
A "son of a gum is supposed to be
one Of the old stock.
Doing roaring misunderstanding
menagerie.
To get the exact weight of a fish
weigh him in his own scales.
Motto for Helmbold-a thing of bu-
chu is joy for ever. .s
Consider what is said rather than
who says it; the consequence of the
speech, and not of the speaker.
PHILosoPHY.-A little philosophy
will make a man an atheist; but a great
deal viii make "a Christian;--BEACoS.
An English medical woman says
that women will not, confide informa-
ton as, to their more delicate COM
plants to female physicians, though
these latter know how il IS themselves
I'M many cases. ".,ysHfzgq 9h'' 10 '.5sia
Senator Pomeroy offers to give sfo,-
900 -=two-thirtisl Of the amount needed
Tf7toWartl the endowment Of aifeminine
professorship of medicine in the ,Har-
ward University.
Even Tom Hood is almost inexeusa-
for such description of music as this:
Heavenreward the man who first hit
upon the original notion of saving the
inside ofa cat with the tail ofa horse
, A western newspaper, ehronicling
the death of o young man, says he was
estimable, pious, true Chistian and
the best base ball 'sshort stop" in the
section. g6l - sG0h :sSt
"A eorpulent clergyman rose at pub
lie dinner to return thanks. he laid
mis- hands imploringly on his stomach,
and sid: "We thank thee for these
blessings so bountifully spread, and for
our capacity to enjoy them."
.2lHe lives near Worcester now-the
meanest man-and he is a deacon.
Not long ago his father died and his
brother buried him. About half q
load of earth had to be carried away and
he charged his brother fifty cents for
the use of his oxen and cart, which his
father had left him. 80 e.flgE
A minister at Cory, New York, mar
ried a couple lately. When he made
the usual proclamation concerning the
fimpediments, the clustering bride re-
Piled: fsGo ahead, stranger, Pm all
right" He. went ahead o.
The Golden 4ge'says one good thing.
The word gentleman recurs four hund-
red and fifty-tWo times in Shakespeare;
the word gent is not to be found there
at ALL. With all his wealth of imagina-
tion, the great dramatist never coll
ceived q gent. it---ist
a mother OF the future period pledg-
ed her prospective offspring to cfedi-
tor should it pan out male. 1t did. and
he wants his nine pounds of flesh. She
refuses, and he sues her for one baby
and costs-which will bring it up to
twins. aa1 - @.d
A bride nowadays does not wear q
gray travelling suit, bonnet. gloves and
veil, as to do this to advertise her mis-
fortunes to the world. She hides her
happiness beneath her most veteran
black silk and a hat Of last years
make. s sst5 Nial
] A little girl who loves to pray, one
night was very tired and sleepy, and
was getting into her little bed without
saying her prayers. But her nanny
told her to kneel down first to pray:
So she folded her little hands and
said Please, God, remember what
little Polly said last night, she's 80
tired tonight. Amen. ..saaI io
q An old Scotch lady was told that her
minister used notes. She diSbelieyed It.
Said one, ~ Go into the gallery and see."
She did SO, and saw the written sermon.
After the 1uelxiess preacher had con-
.elu6led his reading ON the iisst page, he
.said:, ssBut win not enlarge. The
old woman cried out from her lofty
position: aye cSnna, We cannai for
yer papers give cot. ''.''
The paste that wiz keep. Take one
tablespoonful Of -four, add gradually
one pint of cold water; boil slowly, and
stir well to prevent burning I'LL 1t
thiekens. Keep it boiling till it be-
comes thin; then add enc teaspoonful
of nitro-muriatic acid, and boil till it
again thickers, when it Is ready for
use. This paste is harmless, cheap,
and will neither turn sour nor mould.
Mild persuasion is the only means of
reaching a mans inner self. "Round
came the north wind and swept down
upon the rosebud, saying, Give me a
kiss But the rosebud answered No"
Then came the south wind, blowing
mildly and lovingly, and the rosebud
kissed it.'"- Beecher. So ...-l,....,
Leverrier, the great French astrono-
mer, is lying hopelessly sick Of con-
sumption at Toulon.S ARacquaintance,
who visited him recently there, spoke
to him about the injustice of the French
savans, who denied that Leverrier had
rendered any services to science while
at the head of the Imperial Observa-
tory. "Oh,n exclaimed Leverrier, with
a bitter smile, 81 have no doubt they
will soon deny that discovered the
planet Neptunel'' %
Tom Benton said that Stephen A.
Douglas would never be president be
cause his coat tails were so near to. the
ground. Now if the next presideneyis
to be less question of "heads" than
ttails,i Mr. RAuton's objection cannot