The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-02-29
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tional party. and is the reform party also.
Democraey is held together by the
strong bond of adversely and necessity.
lis said by some persons that q lie well
adhered to will answer as well as the
truth
The more earnestly you exbort your
conGdant to secrecy the more likely &c is
to tell.
We gain nothing by falsehood but the
d sadvantage of not being believed when
We speak the truth.
Gratitude is duty none can be exous-
ed from. because it is always at our own
disposal.
Bad habits are thistles of the heart,
and every indulgence of them is sesd
from which will spring new crop of
weeds.
When man owns himself to be in err
ror, he does but tell you in other words
that he is wiser than be was.-Dean
Swift
When man. like Schurz, attempts to
dictate What the party must 90, or hs
viii leave it, be over estimates his Own
Importance
The Germans of Missouri, az yell as
the patton at large, know that during the
war their deadly enemies were found in
the Democratic party.
We have but one moment at once, let
US improve it. Our moment Will soon
come when this life viii soon ceasa-may
We SO live to meet it without regret.
A more glorious victory cannot be
gained over another man than this. that
when the injury began on his part fox the
kindness to begin on ours.-Iillotson.
Look alwaysa the bsightsi3e Of things;
as the cheering and inyigoratiag sun
does; and remember that content is the
mother of good discretion.
Afectation in any part Of ouf carriage
is Lighting up candle to cur defscts,an
never fails to make Us noticed, either as
wanting sense or wanting sincerity.
1t is the highest duty, privilege, and
pleasure tor great mea TO earn what they
possess, to work their own way through
life. to be architects of their own fortunes.
Rochefeaucauld says G mans desires
always disappoint him; Tor though he
meets with something that gives him sat
isiaction, yet it never thoroughly answers
his expectation.
Local disafection may prevail to lin
tied extent in some localities, but the
majority Of the people have the good
sense to see that nothing desirable is to
be gained by installing Democrats in Off
clal position.
A Clergyman in the West has recently
been arrested for stealing and the defense
set up is that he has kleptomania, man
ia for stealing. 1t may be SO, but with
such a maDia he should stop preaching
and go where be can steal.
It is vain thing for you to thrust your
finger in the water, aud, pulling it out,
look for hole; it is equally vain to sup
pose that, however large n space you oc-
cury, the world viii miss you when you
die.
An ugly thing is potent for evil It de-
forms the taste Of the thoughtless. 1t
frets all the men who know how bad and
ugly it is. 1t is a disgrace to the man
who owns it, dishonor to the communi-
ty that toierates it: an example and oc-
casion for more and worse montrosities
A young man having put crown-pieco
into the plate by mistake, instead Of &
penny, asked to have it back, but wa
refused. In once, in forever. "Aweel,
aweel,' grunted he, Il will get credis
for it in heaven" Ma, ma" said Jane,
the door-keeper, ''Ye'll get cEedi. on
| for the penny ye ment 20 give"
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