Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-10-23

Mine did. / know-but still with heavi.:
brains,
And Wills more consciously responsible,
And not as wisely, SINCE less foolishly;
So mothers have good license to be missed.
Wit and Wisdom.
SELF OBLIVION is Gods remembrance
I-B0rtol.
WHERE there is much light the shad
ow is deep.-Goethe.
NOBLE discomfort is the path t.
Heaven.-T ". Higginson.
A BOOK is a letter to the unknown
friend one has in the world.
A SUPPRESSED resolve will betray it.
self in the eyes.-Georye Eliot.
The ultimate tendency of civilizar
tion is toward barbarism:-Haye.
| ALMOST the best rule of life is to be
worthy of ones self.-&, p: Heron.
DEFECT in manners is usually the de.
ficiency of fine perceptions.-Enaerson.
| TIE best thing to take before sing
ing-Breath.
HORSE clearinghouse il the latest
Philadelphia term for stables.
The travellers' motto" Quick
transit gloria ,aundi::" That is s. SIC. ,
THERE are various stations in life,
but the least desirable is a police sta
ton.
DRESSES woven from bamboo -iibres
are the latest things for bellies to do
their bamboozling in. 49,. 49,.
MOST men like to see themselves ip
print. Ladies like to see themselves ia
silks and velvet.
WHEN does q gardener most resem-
BILE Norvals father7 When he weeds
his phlox.
THE New Hampshire Agricultural
Society offers q premium for the red
headedest baby exhibited.
To whist players Should chimney
sweep trump his partners trick when
he cannot follow SCOTT
GOETHE SAYS: Christ is himself the
one nnanswerable proof of Christi
anity. :, -:
THAT is true plenty, not 10. have,
! but not to want, riches: st. C.ryses-
tom. ~,
Do not speak of your happiness' Is
a.man less fortunate than yourself.-
PIutGrch.- =
SOLITUDE shows us what, We should
be-; society shows us what We are
CecSl. 80
CRz1Es force growth, and make men,
laxative and entertaining, but they
make them artificial. -Enaerson.
HUSBAND, where shall I get the
ticking for our new feather bed2"
:" Any place where you can get the
tick" :: =: ::
IT has now become a question as TO
whether phrenologift can tell what
q barrel contains by examining its.
head. AZ = -'';7 Il
ONE of the neatest toasts ever given
-" Woman, the last word on our lips,
because it comes from the bottom Of
our hearts"
COUNTY MAa1srRArE-Pr;son you
are discharged this time with q caution:
but if I see you here again you'll get
twice as much.
A WATERBURY GENTLEMAN has christ
ened his daughter GlyceriDe. He says
it will be easy to prefix Nitro" if her
temper resembles her mothers.
TIE following is copy of a notice
displayed in field in South London:
"Ladies and gentlemen are requested
not to steal turnips. Other persons,
if detected, will be prosecuted"
TWRE is said to be man in Cmcin-
powerful memory that he is employed
BY the Humane Society to remember
the poor.
An Jrishman seeing a ship very
heavily laden, and scarcely above the
waters edge, exclaimed: "Upon my
soul if the river was but little
higher, the ship would go to the bot
tom"
JOHN II. WILLIAM is the name of a
new humorist. he writer under the
nom de plume of ''B. Dadd," and for
that reason they let him father al the
funny things in the Norristown (Penn.)
Herald.
A LADY had several hundred dollars
worth of point lace clipped off her
clothing by en- adroit thief, while she
was in church. singing ''Strip me of
the robe Of pride and clothe mo in. hu-
mility." =.
TA11ErRAxD being bothered on one
occasion by a man who sqmnted aw-
fully, with several importunato ques@
lions concerning his leg, recently
broken, replied: 1T is quite crooked,
az gOu see."
How earthly old people become.
moldy AZ the grave. Their wisdom
smacks of the earth; there is no fore+
taste of immortality in it. They re-
mind one of earth WORMS and mole
crickets.-7h0re0u.
The taste for emotion may become
dangerous taste; We should be very
cautious how We attempt to squeeze
out of human life more ecstasy and
paroxysm than it can we'll Afford
Sydney Smith.
TIE uear-sighted hen that ate saw
dust, supposing IL TO be corn meal, then
went and laid . nest full Of bureau
knobs, set on them three weeks, and
Matched out complete set of parlor
furniture, was pretty fair hen.
ATTRACTION acts on al and at all dis
tance. To feel reputation We must be
very near. 1t is q petty and personal
feeling; or at the best, is the protest 9.
of natural afinities against unsought
proximity.-Mrs. LoweM.
SPEAKING truth is like writing fair
and comes only by practice; it is less
q matter of will than of habit; and
doubt if anything can be trivial which
permits the practice and formation Of
such u habit.-Kuskin.
AFTER these two noble fruits of
friendship, peace in the affections, and
support IF the Judgment, followeth the
last fruit, which is, like the pou1e-
granate, full of many kernals. I mean
aid and bearing part in all actions
and occasions.-LOrdB BAG n.
If We Judge from history, of what is
the book of glory composeds Are not
its leaves dead mems skin-lts letters
stamped in human blood-its golden
clasps the pillage of nations2 I. is H.
Illuminated with tears end broken hearts.
.JerrOld,
An irrational exchange, commenting
on the prolonged leave of absence
taken by distinguished officer for
pleasure travel, asks, Flows that for
high2" To which We may he permit
ted to reply that in isn't fur-high at
all it's furlough.
The captain of San Francisco
steamboat is exceedingly popula with
the ladies because he always puts back
to his wharf, if by the aid of q powerful