The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-12-30
TRUTHS AND TRIPLES.
WHOEVER it was that called sausage
a "ground hog" has made the best pun
of the current month.

n "prOund hog" has maze the oos' P""
of the current month.
AMAS's best things are nearest him,
Lie close about his feet;
II Is the distant and the dim
That we sick 10 greet; ..
For flowers that grow our hands beneath
ooy WE sssrts sMs must std die, except they breathe
The air OF fresh desire.
SopHIsTRY, like poison, is at once de-
tected and nauseates, when presented 10
ma in concentrated form; but fallacy
which. when stated barely in few zen
tepc.s, would not deceive child, may
deceive half the world, if diluted In
quarto volume.
TpE soul that was, ascends frequently,
and rims familiarly through the heaveiy
Jerusalem, visiting the patriarchs ana
nrophets. and saluting the apostles, ana
admirinr the array of the martyrs. 30
do thou lead on thy heart, and bring IL
to the palace of the Great King.
Iris the ruthlessly coutemplative mind
of Perkins which evolves this exqIisivee
consummation: "ln all tnls woru VI
woes, can it be possible to imagine an
other retribution SO stern, 80 awIui, anu,
withal, so just as that exhibited IN .no
marriage OF u IIc-lboui"uSo d.
book canvasserG
!, TT is only our mental duration tbat
we measure by visible and measurable eD-
;ects: and there is nothing mOurnfu' Ill
The contemplation for one who knows
: that the Creator made him to be Inc
: mage of his own eternity, and who feeis
3 that in the desire for immortality he pas
: one proof of his capacity for 1t.
: Dprpo,r Free Press: An Algerian
= idea is that the angel OF deatn seizes
r diving man by the hair OF the neau anu
y carries him up to Paradise. 10 look a.
o the front seats at can'can, one mvu'u
4 suppose that the angel of death nad OGen
d making good many desperaG si1v';
: and failed to carry away anytninS ou'
j. hair.
a LORD BACON has compared those who
a. move in higher spheres to those neaVeniy
Vs. hod;es which have much admiration, Du'
little rest; and it is not necessary 10 IN
vest a wise man with power to convince
him that it is a garment bedizened witr
es cold. which dazzles the beholder Dy ~
OF splendor, but oppresses the wearer WIN
ng its weight.
lP THE tides OF life uneven How,
he And ever betwixt veal and woe
n We drift and waver TO and iro,
~ Because the gods will have II No.
rd sec the great ones prostrate lie,
II see the beggar lifted higb,
eu And none his destined fate can n.y.
his And all in vain we strive or cry
ed "Is this the way to Aberdeen" aske
gentleman of man who was breakin
lis stones. "Noo; whaur did ye come frae
all. tho tborouphly Scotch answe
'es, "Wbat business is it of yours where
ade come fromT' returned the gentlema'
up. anurily. "Ou, jist as muckle as u
was whaur we're gaun," replied the lapidar,
ere quietly resuming his occupation.
S vim. THE following code to the prair
to Wind" appears in the b9riing.
and Ha,okeye as original, bnt IL "E 1eS
wa amazingly like Joaquin Miiier; ~
the the blizzard. the beautiful piihzaI
the freezing a fellow from eartop 10 sr lIlai
in a making his face as blue as w'lsl
we're chilling the life-blood that hows II. ~
,out his gizzard blowing, snowy, colo q.
ely. lizard get up, and get out OF this' oe'
ca tiful blizzard"
sing PAUSE. rash youth, If you are In
ling, habit of removing the postage sta
Ihe from your sweethearts letters,
lam ,o -. the under side of the stamp
the n,r P,,;S ,;ns under the delusiop that
the yoro5 lo,;aIs rave it adhesion to
tiful no" noueione"O pause for Williams, Of
Norr;stown Herald, detected, at the p
.@;ca the other morning, his lady-io
atber,s colored coachman applying
inent stamp 10 inc ,'., m another of yo
has 80 perishes 'V'e''
Ga IN loves uIehIhS'