Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1871-09-20
Miscellaneous Items.
Boosters are cousins TO liars.

bohhlers are cousins TO liars. a
Happiness can bc made quito as
well out OF cheap materials as of dear
ones.
A newspaper advertisement calls
for a plain cook, able to dress little
boy five years old. s
Oh, Nanny, wilt thou gang wi me 7
as the fellow said when he was trying
to steal goat.
Marriage-An alter on which O
man lays his pocket book, and a wo.
man her lovo-lctters, HH4
Pride is increased by ignorance
those who assume the most are usual,
" those who know the least. Z
Always 10 think the worst, have
ever found TO be the mark of mean
spirit, and a base soul.
Tho female barber "out West has
retired from business on account OF
the arrival ofa "little shaver
We often omit the good We might
do in consequence of thinking about
that which it is out of our power to DO.
I Learning is wealth to the poor, n
honor to the rich. ain aid to The young
and support and comfort to the aged.
! What is the difference between an
oyster and n chicken. One is best
right out Of the shell, and the other
isn't, .g T.fsi si.lrl. +.t4i ~.
! Benefit your friends that they may
love you still more dearly; benefit
your enemies that they may become
your friends.
! A clergyman in Indiana, being Of
fcred ten bushels of oats by the pro.
prietor Of a stable, preached a sermon
there.
Some young men are little partial
to blue eyed maidens. Others like
dark.eyed lasscs. But the mon eyed
girls have the most admirers.
Do not excuse your house, furniture,
or the table you sci before your guests,
IL is fair TO suppose their visits are to
you, not to your surroundings
An Illinois undertaken advertises
that he keeps on hand "an elegant
stock Of neat and nobby shrouds, war.
ranted to give satisfaction 10 the most
particular" slsll
! Have enough regard for yourself to
treat your greatest enemy with quiet
lpoliteness. All petty Sights are
merely meanncsses, and hurt yourself
more than any one else.
A householder, in filling up his cen
sus schedule, under the heading
"Where born" described one Of his
children as "born 10 the parlor,p and
the other "up stairs"
A lady called upon one of our en-.
gravcrs the other day with very
pretty gold ring, and desired the word
"loncly' engraved thereon. Here's a
chance for an cnterprising young man.
Do not talk about yourself or your
family to the exclusion of other topics,
What it you are clever and q little
more so than other people, it may not
be that other folks will think SO how.
ever they ought 10 DO.
While some young men were 'in
swimming" in the Wabash some mis-.
chievous girls stole their clothes.
They were detected however and an
exciting chase took place, but the
| girls got away.
An exchange remarks that even the
despised organs grinder has bis good
point--"he supplies to the pent up
poor Of our cities one Of the greatest
Injuries Of life, a change of air. But
then he does not change the air often
enough.
| IIogarth, in one OF his series of pic.
lures of "lndustry and ldleness," rep.
resents the idle apprentice, whose
course ends at tho gallows, as gamb-
ling on Sunday, on tombstone dur
ing divine service.
An Iowa husband came home drunk
and said he had been on "bcar hunt
His wife didn't believe him, and said
he had been out with somo female
I"No ! haint," said he, 81 can prove
that have been TO the tavern all day
I A man who married a buxom Irish
girl, greatly TO the horror of bis moth
CIR and sister, made the following dc
fcnsc "lf married an American cir
! must have an Irish girl TO take care
of her, and | cannot afford to support
both Of them.p 1 5tc
4 An advocate having lately gained 0
suit for poor young lady who wa'
very ugly, she remarked "t have
. nothing to pay you with, sir, but my
heart" GLAND il over TO my clerk
If you please F; | wish no fees for my
sclf!~ he replied
Bad motives in good cause ar,
vory easily switched Off to be bat
motives in bad cause and to try &c
advance n good cause by means whicl
that cause repudiates is sure TO end il
, forwarding u bad cause, and that by
tho very law of assimilation itself.
The Louisville Courier-Jowndl, re
fcrring to the child lately born some
where in the west with a full set o
teeth says III all children would OK
ercise the same forethought it woulC
spare their mothers n great deal o
anxiety and trouble"
Little six-ycar old Georgia. having
been instructed by his aunt Katie Z,
pray for his papa, and being one even
ing interrupted in his devotions, ant