Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-08-20
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Faith IL the only thing I kno ov that
nothing can beat. 81
Everybody applauds virtueous ack-
tion; even the devil himself respeckts
lit.
Hipokrasy iz never successful. Soon
er or later the mask drops of, and the
curtain falls. t 'a
When a man liz angry he feels terri
bic strong, but acks dredful weak.
You will notiss that thoze whoze ad.
vice liz worth the least, are aiwuss the
most reddy to Civ it.
The man who begins at the bottom
ov the ladder and works his way to the
top, IL hard one to shake off.
Make yourself necessary young man,
and your success is certain.
All the virtews, like the muscles, kan
be made to grow by using them.
Thare is nothing in the world that
ought to be 80 plenty, and yet liz so
skarse, as simple common sense.
If thare waz nothing but truth, men
would find but very little to angry
about. sr5ri ~
Cunning makes man sharp on one
eide and dull on the other.
Bashfulness IL often like the silver
plating on spoons; when 1t wears of it
shows the brass.
A good deal of buty and good deal
ov sense are seldum found together.
True kriticism konsists in hunting
for butys, not faults.
He who IL pleased with everything
liz big phOol, and he who liz pleased
with nothing is a bigger one.
The only pedigree worth having liz
the one We leave to our children, not
the one we got from our fathers.
CerimOny liz often mistaken for good
breeding, but thare IL as much differ
ence as thare liz between q kast-iron
suit Ov clothes and one that sets easy
and elegant.
TwO-lhirds ov all the toll and ankle
ty Of this life is to supply ourselfs with
the luxuries-the necessitys are almost
az eazy to git az the air we breathe.
Wit seldum makes the posseSsOr ov
it beloved: it is a dangerous gin, and
those who have it will use it alike on
friend and foe.
The nan who at all times controls
hiz wants no doubt IL happy, but she
me this kind ov man, will yu?
KOntentment has bin 50 much praiz-
ed bi everybody that hav KUN to
the kOnklushun that thare amt no
sutch thing in the world.
Good clothes are bekuming to every
boldly, and they are all there liz ov sum
phOlks.
Abuv all things learn your child to
be honest and Industrious. II theze
two things don't enable him to make o
fgger i'm this life, he il only q cipher,
and never was intended for f1gger.
The devil kant phool with bIzzy
man emmy more than loafer kan with
a hunny-bee.
We owe our enemys more than we
do our friends. 1t is they who keep our
wits bright, and our tools In order.
1t waz wize phellow who put on his
spektakles when he ct strawberrys to
make them look larger. This is hint
to make the most of the good things
we hav in this world.
Epitaffs are too often like the billsov
cirkus cOmpany-thare IL heap more
in tho bills than in the performance.
Debt is az eaZy to fall into az q well,
and often liz az hard to git out oy.
There may be sum phun in lieing,
but there liz no profit in it. Lies all
wus cum home to roost, and kant be
driven away.
Vice is so attractiv that find, bi ak
tual fggers, it takes the example Of
three good men in any community to
overkum the influence ov one bad one.
A CRATE man is q crate example, and
he should be guarded well in all he
sez or duz; for even if he toes in when
he walks, thare IL lots of people will
want to toe in too.
Thousands hev spent their lives in
search ov affiuence and fame, and ref
uge at last in an almshOuse.
A fanatik is the wust man we have
to contend with, reason haz no power
over him, and it liz against the law to
klub him.
1t liz quite common to find all thru
M England, people who have lived to
be ninety, but the last ten years Of their
lives seems to have been wholly spent
in nussing the rumatizz.
Beware of the fiatterer, he is either
pbool or a raskal, and the one wants
just as mutch as the other.
If yu are going to Civ man any
thing, Civ it to him cheerfully, and
QUICK, don't make him git down on
hiz kneeze in front of va and listen to
q moral sermon an hour and q half
loug, and then Civ him 10 cents.
l often see men who are possessed OF
most all the virtews, but who are nat
rally sooner and morose; theze | call
human hedge hogs, with their pickers
all turned outside in. s.sa
Good breeding seems to be q kind ev
art which enables men at all times to
their self-respekt, and at the
,ame secure the respekt oy others.