Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-25
Gleanings.
Voice of the night-S'cat.
A word to the wise-Keep SO.
The nick of time-Wrinkles.

| "A NOiu W TIC WlSc-hecp SO.
The nick of time-Wrnkles.
The real yellow fever-Grced for gold
quakes
Duties are ours, events are Gods
[Cecil.
Something that doesn't mind plnching
Snuff
Nothing is so hard but search will find
it out.-[Herrick.
Society makes kings or beggars, but
nature makes men.
] Prentice said that Daniel was the only
man ever lionized without growing vain
about it.
What requires more philosophy than
taking things as they come?-Parting
with things as they 60.
You need not tell all the truth unless
to those who have right to know it all.
But let all you tell be truth Horace
Mann.
The tale bearer and the alchearer
should be both hanged up, back to back,
one by the tongue and the other by the
ar.-[South.
This is the affecting epitaph on a de-
| ceased Lock Island captains tomb stone:
| Hes done a-catching cod, and gone to
meet his Cod
Some "blarsted" foreigner says:
| "Givc an American q newspaper and
pie. and he will make himself comfortable
anywhere"
| Sir, woman's preaching is like dog
standing on his hinder legs. 1t is not
done well, but you wonder to see it done
at all Johnson.
Men are often capable of greater things
than they perform; they are sent into the
world with bills of credit, and seldom
draw to their full extent.
| Skepticism has never founded empires,
established principalties or changed the
the worlds heart. The great docrs in
history have always been men of faith
[Chapin.
To be bodily tranquil. to speak little
and to digest without effort are absolute.
ly necessary to grandeur of mind or of
presence, or to proper development Of
genius. Balzac.
Josh Billings says: "Yu kant find con.
tentment laid down on the map; it il an
imaginary place not settled yet; and
those reach it soonest who throw away
their compass and 60 it blind"
In morals what begins in fear usually
ends in wickedness; in religion what be-
gins in fear usually ends in fanaticism-
Fear, either as a principle or motive, is
the beginning of all evil.-[Mrs Jameson.
"Why," asked governess of her little
charge, do we pray God to give US our
daily bread? Why don't we ask for four
days, or five days, or weeke" "We
want it fresh," replied the ingenious
child
If you are about to accompany young
lady to party, it is trifling with her
feelings and abusing feminine confidence
to inquire anxiously what color she in
her bouquet.
A wedding party in the Church of No
tire Dame de Lorrete, Paris, were all vic
timized by pick-pocket, who went so
thoroughly through their ranks that not
enough was spared to pay the marriage
fees.
Palmer, the sculptor, has very poor
opinion of the talents of Winnie Ream
and Clark Mills, and considers the statue
of Morse, in the Central Park, "a dis
grace and an insult to the memory of the
great telegrapher."
Nothing makes shy man feel more
shy than an overdone cordiality. Peo-
pies manner should show their kind feel.
ing, but not puzzle you, how to make q
return. An eulogium by manner is al.
most as embarrassing as an eulogium by
words
Nervous old invalid: "Well, Miss
Nipper, think it's quite time these pas
sage walls were re papered." Landlady:
Pardon me, sir, but was awaiting to
see how your health goes on. Cofflns il
sech things to knock the paper off a-com-
in down."
i An old farmer said to his sons: "Boys,
don't you ever wait for summat to turn
up. You might just as we'll go and sit
down on stone in the middle of a med
der, with a pail atwixt your legs, an
wait for COW to back up to you to be
MIXED"
I have known vast quantity Of non.
sense talked about bad men not looking
you in the face. Don't trust that con-
vcntional idea. Dishonesty will stare
honesty out Of countenance any day in
the week, if there is anything to be got
by it.-[Dickens.
Jeffersons advice to his daughters was
to avoid breaking with disagreeable peo.
pie as long as they could with honor
Sacrifices and suppressions of feeling for
such an object, he thought, cost much
less pain than open separation. The ef
fort OF self control was soon forgotten,
but an open breach haunts the peace Of
every day.-[Parton.
Sterne, the author of the Sentimental
Journey, who had the credit Of treating
his wife very i'll, was one day talking to
Garrick in q fine, sentimental manner, in
praise of conjugal love and fidelity. 1.-THE
husband" said he, with amazing assur.
ance, "who behaves unkindly to his wife
deserves to have his house burned over
his head" "If you think so," replied
Garrick, II hope your house is insured"
The New York Sun is overhauling the
stationery account of Congressman. It
says: "In the House of Representatives
about $31 900 in round numbers was ap.
| propriated for stationery and newspa.
pers Of this sum 1000 was drawn
by members in greenbacks and converted
to their personal use"
| Stanleys latest rival is an individual
calling himself Ronzo de Leo. He says
he was once Malay chief, and travelled
eleven years with DR.. Livingstone. The
people of Pontiac, where Ronzo lectured.
have doubted whether the Doctor would
submit to be discovered by Stanley, but
they now think il he could stand Mr. de
Leo for eleven years, he could stand any.
thing.
| Rossini hit upon an admirable method
for speedily getting rid of the very nu.
merous unwelcome visitors who would
persist in calling on him: There was not
| single chair in his reception room, 90
that it was impossible for any one to sit
down and make himself comfortable. It
was only highly favored persons whom
the composer sometimes invited to-fetch
themselves chair out Of the next room
Philadelphia papers announce with
undisguised glee that "twenty-six shares
Of the centennial stock have been taken
by members Of the freshman class Of the
University of Pennsylvania, and more Is
promised from the same source" and