Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-06-14
Wit and Wisdom.

-"Rarer than the phoenix, says De Quin-
cy, "is the yirtuous man who will consent to
lose good anecdote because it is lie"
The finest quality in human being is
that nice sense Of delicacy which makes it i'm
possible for him ever TO be an intruder or a
bore.
In reply to young man who sought
counsel Of him as to how he should prepar his
sermons, Clarke gave this memorable answer
Study your self dead aud pray yourself alive
again
Weston is about to strike out into auoth-
er great folly, which is an undertaking to walk
ll2 miles in twenty-four consecutive hours
and continuing to complete 400 miles in five
consecutive days, the trial to be on the EN-
pire rink, New York
Mr. johnson, a colored preacher Of
Sumpter county $, c., recently received a
Ku-Klux notice to " 60 II in fifteen days or
pass through their mill The colored popua.
tion, however, FIVE hundred strong, got to.
gether and remarked in the spirit of Paul
Jones, that for every black man whipped or
murdered, two white men should share the
same fate. Brother johnson still lives.
-"During my long commercial experience, A"
says Girard,"I have noticed that no advantage
results from telling ones business to others,
except to create jealousy or competition when
we are fortunate, and to crafty our enemies
when otherwise"
"A Kansas farmer, whose hogs all mad the
cholera, took the carcass Of one who had died
of the disease and roasted it on a pile of pine
faggots, When it was done brown he drove
the other infected members of his swinish
family to the feast, and the flesh was devour-
ed by them with such good homeopathic re-
suits that the whole herd has recovered and
is in as good condition as ever.
When Hannah More visited Mrs. Garrick
after the death Of her husband, and expressed
surprise at her great composure, the widow
answered, "Groans and complaints are very
well for those who are to mourn for a little
while; but sorrow that is to last for life, will
be neither violent nor romantic"
IF were woman, should despise the
bearded imbeciles who, in utter despair over
the prevalent political corruption, are piteous-
y begging me to quit my wide and onerous
round of duties in government, and come to
the rescue Of the solemn trusts they are shame
fully mismanaging All intelligent women
ought to treat such fellows with the contempt
they deserve DIR Cuyler.
You may damn the Yankee as much as
you please, but it has been that Calvinistically Is
bred Yankee brain that has made the found.
ations Of this government firm and secure.
1t was the Yankee conscience that smote the
devil of slavery and destroyed it; and it is
the Yankee heart that will build school.
houses all over the land, and defend the poor
and weak and make justice the stability oi
our times And Righteousness will rain down
on future generations in this land, not because
these men were Yankees, but simply because
they obeyed the divine injunction, to " seek
first the kingdom of God. - Beecher.
William Wirts letter to his daughter on
the Small, sweet courtesies of life, contains
passage from which great deal of happi.
ness might be learned want to tell you a
secret. The way to make yourself pleasant
to others is to pay attention. The whole
world is like the miller at Mansfield, "who
cared for nobody-no, not be, because nobody
cared for him." And the whole world would
serve you so if you gave them the cause
Let every one see that you do care for them
by showing what Sterne 70 happily called the
small courtesies, in which there is no parade
whose voice is too still to tease, and which
manifest themselves by tender and afiectionate
looks and little acts Of attention, giving
others the preference in every little employ
ment, at the table, in the field, walking sitting
and standing.