Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-06-27
Pen. SlsHiEerS.

1t is bad sign to be skillul in apologies.
The bone of contention is said to be the
jaw bone.
The husbandman sows wheat while his
wife sews tarcs."
With most men life is like backgammon,
half skill and half luck.
"Who breaks pays" This does not apply
to railroads, AS they pay men to brake.
The one exclusive sign of thorough
knowledge is the power of teaching.
genius is popularity supposed to be one
who can do anything except make II living.
Truth, though it always lies between two
extremes, docs not always lie in the middle.
The only cflectual knowledge of God is the
private experience of the individual SOUL
f. II. Hedge.
The highest office within the gift Of the
people is the weather signal station on Pixies
peak.
Mrs. Snidkins says her husband is three
handed man-right hand, left hand, and y
little behind hand.
A cotemporary speaks of a fashionable tai
lor AS being one of the old war horses of the
trade. A heavy charger, probably.
If you cannot inspire woman with love
OfyOu, fill her above the brim with love of
herself; ali that runs over will be yours.
The following is extracted from smart
boys composition on Babies;"-' The
mothers heart gives 4th joy at the baby's lst
9th"
Uphold truth when thou canst and for her
sake be hated; but know thy individual
cause is not the cause of truth, and beware
that they are not confounded.
Aunt Grace-My dear children. YOU will
all be pleased 10 hear you have got new
brother Small son and her-Oh, how aw-
fully jolly Let me be the first TO go and tell
mamma!
Although men are accused for not know
ing tn cir own weakness, yet perhaps AS few
know their own strength. 1t is in men rs in
soils, where sometimes there is vein OF
gold which the owner knows not Of
There are two things in life that n sage
must preserve at every sacrifice, the coats OF
his stomach and the enamel of his teeth.
Some evils admit of consultations; there are
no comforters for dyspepsia and toot hache.
How shall We settle the lab0r question
exclaimed a member Of the Georgia Legisla-
ture, in the midst Of his speech. BY all 60
ing to work and earning our living honestly,
Numbered an irroverent spectator In the gal
lery.
The following hit ut the water-eure was
Aa hW fk,. 4 4
sell could have made so quaint conceit. 1t
Is, he said, neither new nor wonderful, for it
is rs old rs the deluge, which, in my opinion,
killed more than it cured.
An English shopkeeper had for his virtues
obtained the name of the " little rascal" A
stranger asked him why this appellation had
been given to himi To distinguish mo from
the rest of my trade, quoth he, who ARE all
great rascals.
The Duke of Argyle once asked Edmund
Stone how he, a poor gardeners boy had con.
trived to be able to read Newton's Princpia
in Latin. To which he replied, " One needs
only to know the "a letters of the alphabet In
order 10 learn everything else that one wish
esl"
A wretched artist, who thought himself NJ
excellent painter, was talking pompousl,
about decorating the ceiling of his saloon.
am whitewashing it, said he, and in a shor
time shall begin painting. | think you hRd
better, replied one of his audience, paint i
first, and then whitewash it.
During u late conference at Worcester, th'
following conversation was overheard be
tween two newsboys | say. Jim, what's the
meaning of so many ministers being here all
togetherP Why answered Jim, soornfully
they always meet once year to swap ser
mons.