The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-02-26
GRAyR AND GAY.

THE child who cried for an hour did
not get it.
TIE seul is strong that trusts in good
ness.-AassesaSer.
As xoU receive the stranger, so you
receive your God.-L0Uatcr.
A GOOD man enlarges the term Of his
existence. Martial
HERE is the newest floral sentiment
eff you wish for hearts ease, don't
look to marigold."
IT Is apparent to parent great
many children get on the wrong track
because the switch is misplaced.
AN Indiana man has married and
buried three sisters, and is now pros
pecting for another family to entomb.
A SOPHOMORE says he cannot Ender-
stand how any one possessing what is
generally known as 3 conscience can
counterfeit five-cent piece, and put on
the back Of il . In God We trust.
THK IxSooKsF MAD
my mother, she tells me-
Nature has given thee
Hips to speak With, my daughter. my ovr
And 80 thou must use thsEn for speaking alone" T"
But srhY are GaeY raa eiel
White lips would answer for speaking as well /;
And Why has she said, then
A poor little innocent girl like me,
For what but to speak with, can my mouth be ,
A PHILOSOPHER remarks that there is
something peculiarly instructive IN
standing upon a street-eorner in q largo
city and watching the men ell rushing
around trying 70 make money and the
women all floating around trying TO
spend it.
JOSH Billings says There IL but
phew things on the face of this esrth
more worthless than n poodle, and yet
an glad there IL q poodle. for II there
was not there u some people who
wouldn't have emmy object in living, and
have nothing to luy.
THERE is a sweet pleasure in oontem-
plation. All others grow fat and in
sipid on frequent use and when q man
hath run through a set of vanitieH in
the declension Of his age he knows not
what to do with himself if he cannot
think.-T p. RtosEt.
WITHIN the last three months the
president has appointed thirty post
nistresses. The consequences might
have been anticipated. Twenty-seYsn
of them have already notified their
husbands that their services are no lon
ger required.
THE cruelest young female is the girl
the Wisconsin country papers are boast
ing of. They are all telling how she
sheared thirteen sheep in five hours,
s'the other day" aud now, of course,
those thirreen innocent sheep are left in
this weather without Oyercoats.
The B1Rr or GoLD.-
Epon whiteiy-blossomed spray
Chanted golden bird, one day,
4 strange sweet bird, with rosy wings,
Which only in the sunrise sings.
It's voice rung as a spirit clear
Might vibrRts through crystal sphere;
And when high hopes ita heart would STIR
Il swept the air n eonquerorl
'Tis silent now. No more, in sootils
Returns tho golden bird OF youth
Az idle young man was complaining
TO a prosperous friend that, although
he had tried his luck in all sorts OF fairs
and lotteries, he had never been able to
draw anything. "Indeed," >" said his
friend. "Well, suppose you try
hand-eart. You can draw that.
TALKING about upsetting sleighs,
Wicks remarked to young lady he
was taking ont to drive, ''I always pick
out the softest place can when ! upset
my sleigh" She replied, Why,
should think it would grow monoton-
ous, always falling on your head"
In these lives of ours tender little
acts do more to bind hearts together
than great deeds or heroic words, since
the first are like the dear daily bread
that none can live without, the latter
but occasional feasts-beaHtiful and
memorable, but not possible to all.
IrIs usually the case that those who
have sharp and ready wits possess weak
memories. while that which ia acquired
with labor and perseverance is always
retained longest for every hard-gained
ACQUISITION Of knowledge Is q sert OF
annealing upon the mind. -f'tutayoh.
A FEW days ago a very handsome lady
entered dry goods house and inquired
for g bow" The polite clerk threw
himself back and remarked that he was
AT her SCI vice. - Yes, but / want
buff. not a green one, was the reply.
The young man went on measuring
goods Immediately.
PRESIDENT NorT, in his wise old age,
once took q newIy-married couple aside,
and said T" ] want TO give you this
advice. nv children Don't try 20 be
happy, Happiness is q shy nymph, ana
Il Won chase her You viii never catch
her, But Just 60 quietly on and DO
your duty, and she viii come 20 you.
HALF of all the ordinary diseases
would be banished from civilized lie,
and dyspepsia become almost UNKNOWN
If everybody would eat but thrice
day at regular times, ana not en- atom
between meals. the intervals being not
less than five hours, that being the time
raouired to digest full meal and pass
it out Of the stomach.
THE North Frisians are very unmer-
ciful TO people who don't marry. One
of their. legends say that attef deatu;
old maids are doomed 10 cut stars out
of the sun when II has sunk below the
horizon, and the ghosts OF the OLD biien-
eiorg must blow them up IN tne east
running like lamp-lighters ali night up
/ aud down q ladder.
NrGHT.-
q aielti raost beautiful, most rare
Thou giyest the heavens Their hoief' nus
And Ehrcugh the azure heids o. aiE
Hrings't down tbs azure dew
For fh7u With hroathleea lips Epart-
Didst stand in that dim ago Efari
And hold apon thy trembling heart
MeeeiaI's herald star
Fer thie love thy haiiowed feiEui
/ For more than thrice blesstd thou art
Tiou gain'et the unbelipEera brain
Dy enterin st his heart.
A sERaosIzER with q high fozehea
| made these remarks upon the soul-say-
/ ing question my brethren, man
/ cannot afford 70 lose his soul. He's got
but one, and he cant get another. II
/ a man loses his horse, ne can get AN
/ other II = man loses his wife, he can
get another: II he loses his child, he
can get another; but il he loses his
souI-good-by, John.
A YouEo nsn who waB married IN
Detroit six months ago has joined in ths
/ discussion Of the question Of family
/ economy. but his little oontributioa u
! Far froFa satisfactory. " do not, ID
sevs. ssunderstand how it Is used Z
| figure it out, as I sat With my aFn
round her waist en- Sunday nights, ans