Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-01-25
otR FREE LUNCH.

There are two kinds Of mercies--
mercies in hand and mercies in hope.
-" Always endeayort to learn some-
thing from the information Of those
thou conversest with and TO pvt ,hy
company upon those subjects they
are h>ot able to speak Of"
"A lady witno>s said in St.
Louis Court, Give me the las,
grain of truth for basis, and can
ruin the character of any women IN
the world Let gossips ponder this
Ircm1rk, and they VIII be brought to
a realization Of its truth.
-Whon day begins to 20 M to
heaven at night, it does not spread
| pair Of wings and hy alolt like bird,
but 1t climbs softly upon ladder.
II sets its red sandlo ON the shrub
you have watered these three DAYS,
least II should perish with thirst
| thence 1t steps TO the tree we set un-
! der and to the bridge aud to the
chimney; a@d from the elm to the
talk church spre, aud then to tho
threshold Of heaven; and thus Won
can see IL 20, rs though it walked on
red roses. 30, /, 7ay{0r.
In the lives of the saldcst of US
there are bright days, when we feel
~ If wo could take the great world
IN our arms. Then come the gloomy
hours, when the fire will neither burn
on our hcarths nor in our hearts
aud all without and within is dismal,
cold and dark. Believe me, every
heart has its secret sorrows whicn
'the world knows not and ottentimcs
we call a man cold when he is only
sad. Loa2feito,o,
" How wonderful this is - OK.
claims Paul Flemming, after hearing
Mozart glorious opera Of Den Clio.
vanuL How the chorus swclIs aud
/ dies, like the wind Of summer How
those passages Of mysterious import
seem to wave to and fro, like tho
swayjng branches Of trees from
which anon some solitary sweet voice
! darts of liko II bird, and lloa,s ayay
and rcyeIs in the bright, warm sun.
sEne! Aud then mark how, amid
the chorus Of n hundred voices and
hundred inStrumcute~~0 of flutes, and
drums, and tr0mpcls--thiS universal
shout aud whirlwind Of the veXed air,
YOU can 50 clearly distinguish the
melancholy vibrations Of hineIo
string, touched by the flngerGa
mouruiuI, sobblng sound All, this is
indeed human life ! where, in the
rushing, noisy crowd, aud amid
sounds Of gladneas, aud thousand
min%hng emotions, distinctly audibly
to the ear Of thought, are lhe pulsa.
ijons Of some melancholy string Of
the heart, touched by an invisible
hand.
In general | have no patience
with people who talk about "the
thoughttssncss Of youth - induIaent-
| ily, ! had infinitely rather hear of
thoushtless old age and the induI-
2cnee duo to that. When man has
doro m9 work, and nothing ear in
any way DO materially altered in his
{. fate, let him forget his toll and lest
with his fate, if he viii; but what
excuse can you find for wilfulness Of
thought at the very time when every
crisis Of future fortune hangs on your
decisions? A youth thoughticss |
when all ;he happiness Of bis home
| forever depends on the chances or
the passions Of an hour A youth
thon&htess! when the career Of all
hs days depends upon the opportunl.
ty Of = moment A youth thought
less when h!s every act is fosnda-
Llon stone OF future conduct, and
every nmo nation a fountain Of life
or death lie thonghtess in any
after years rather ttan now though,
indeed, there 10 only one place where
q man may ba oobiy thodghtless his
| deaihbed. Nothing sboaId ever DO
left 70 be done there. - R@sh:tm
-- In tL,g GuI'a world with liza