Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-09-14

ters.
When thing is once begun it is all
most half-fnished.-Don Quixote.
a mouse can drink no more than its
MI from the mightiest river.-C Chinese
Proverb.
You may gain knowledge by read
ing, but you must separate the chaff
from thewheat by thinking. Anon.
A mans possessions are Just as large
as his own soul. If his title deeds COW
er more, the surplus acres own him.
not him the acres.-R. F. Halleck.
Give without grudging. It is not
enough that you should simply give.
You must doit beautifully. Your gen.
eroslty must not be clOwnish. 1t must
be tine. 1t must be noble. We are to
be easy to be eptredted. d.-Beecher
The ruin of most men dates from
some vacant hour. Occupation is the
armOr of the soul. There is a satirical
poem, in which the devil is represent
ed as fishing for men, and fitting his
bait to the taste and business of his
prey; but the idler, he said, gave no
trouble, as he bit at the naked hook.
"Do you know how mani ged those
Charleston rebels when they wanted to
pray for JEFF. Davis in the churches ?"
asked General Sherman of an inter
viewer, the other day. "No. HOW?''
ssWhy,n said I sYes, pray awayMhe
needs itp-and d-n it, if they didn't
get mad and go away and pray for
Lincoln" !"
There is very ancient and venera-
BILE colOred person in Houghton,
Mich, who never oficiated as body
servant to Gen. Washington. On the
contrary, the local papers informs us,
George Wilson (that is the name of the
antique African) was too old and feeble
to take part in the active duties of life,
long before the father of his country
was born. 5f.-- r..-l.
A certain hotel in Ohio large mir
rOr is placed at the entrance of the
dining hall, which is so constructed
that you seeyourself a thin, cadavarous,
hungry person; but when you come
the glass, your body is distended to the
extremity of corpulency.
A day or two since, in Steubenyille,
a young man named Lee was arrested
for buying liquor for a young man
known to be in the habit of getting
drunk. The Mayor, who has been en-
deavoring to get hold of seme one Of
this class, sent young Lee 10 Jail for
thirdly days. -eai ras1 fG
An apOthecary who is continually
troubled with the inquiry for the time,
was asked the other day, "Please, sir,
tell me what time it is" -
"Why, 1 gave you the time not
minute ago." said the astonished
apothecary.
eyes, sir" replied the lad; but this is
for another woman"
An old gentleman of eighty, married
a young lady and in due course of time
was presented with son. On the day
of christening the nurse handed young
master about, with the usual exclama-
ton that he was the very image of his
papa.
"Very like, iudeed," said lady,
she has no teeth.'
"Why, Uncle Johnny" said his
friend, ."can you afford to eat shad at
.25 cents a pound?" ssMine Got" said
Uunele Johnny triumphantly, "I can
put him in mine ice chest and keep
him till he gets cheaper" 7sa
"I'm not used to begging" said a lit
tie girl to lady of whom she had ask
ed aims, "'cause only two weeks ago
my father was merchant % -"Why,
child, how rould you be reduced to pow
erty so soon?" ''My father took a bad
two-dollar bill at his pea-nutstand, and
it ruined him." sobbed the child.
North Carolina papers report that the
father of the first rebel soldier killed in
the war is an inmate of an almshouse
in that State, but, although he had
lost his health, property and friends,
his spirit is unbroken and on election
day he went to the polls and voted for
the Convention"
A dyspeptic read that by sending a
dollar by mail he would receive cure
for dyspepsia. He sent the money,
and received slip with the following
printed ON it: "StOp drinking and hoe
in the garden" The man was mad at
first, then laughed. and finally went to
hOeing, and stopped drinking, and is
now as well as ever.
A Democratic stump speaker, down
South, is credited with uncommon
courage, and blunt honesty, for COM
mencing an address as follows: 81 in
tend to speak English to you, Demo-
Gratis. / would like to have you listen
to me calmly. / do not come here to
stun you with any Oratorical eloquence.
want to enlighten you, and it will
not take much of an orator to do that
During Senator Morton's speech at
the soldiers reunion at Winchester,
No., last week, he had occasion to call
upon those present who had lost near
or friend in the late war ito
manifest it by raising hand. Instantly
a thousand arose, and with his own
uplifted also he, eloquently abiured
them to cherish the Government in
memory of the lost ones. The effect
was thrilling. -
Candidate is an English word formed
from the Latin. 1t literally means
clothed in white, as Roman office-seek.
ers put on white robes to typify the
purity of their motives in striving for
position. The garb worn by these old
time politicians was, however darkness
that might be felt, in comparison with
the self-denying pretensions of the
numerous gentlemen who are now
busy in the button-holing business. The
patriot crop was never more promising
in Cincinnati.
The Boston Traveller gives the follow
ing directions how to become "a no.
body:n young man, it Is easy to be
nobody Go to the drinking saloc and
spend your leisure. You need not drink
much noV-just a little beer, or soIae
other drink. In the meantsme play
caequers, dominoes; ..or something else.
If you read let it be dime novels" Of
the day: then 60 keep your stomach