The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-12-30
FACTS AND FANCIES.

When freedom from her mountain
height unfurlcd her standard in the AR,
her skirts pinned back so very tight
made her appear exceeding spare
-~In the line of How to Bring up
Parents is the speech of the little boy
who said, Father, think you should
rive up swearing or family prayers
That boy recognized the fitness OF things
---" Never re-engagc Il man whom you
have once discharged" =" was RothschlIds $
favoritc maxim, che will probably vince
at YOUR resolve and cndcavor to annoy
YOU, but the wisdom of your decision
can never be doubted"
An exchange says fashionable young
people are calling upon somebody TO IN
vent new dance suppose somebody
inycntsone wherein the young lady dances
around the house and looks after every
thing.
pa" said little Jimmie, d" came
very near getting to the head OF my cas- rs
TODAY" '"lIow is that, my son |!
"Why, big word came all the way
down to me, and if only could have
spelled it / should have gone clear up
A New York man has cured him
.clfof the filthy habit of tobacco-che,w-
ing, by tasting an apple every time ne
felt inclined to partake OF the degrading
weed. lie had been pertumng ana
frescoing stoves for seventeen years, but
the fruit worked an efcctual cure
TnE BEST THINGS
\ mans best things are nearest nm,
Lie close about his feet;
II is the distant and the dim
That we are sick 10 greet
For flowers that grow onr hand beneath
We struggle and aspire
our hearts must die, except they brca'he
The air Of fresh desire.
An experimenting Englishman has
found it to be true that rats and nice
Use their tails for spoons when the aper-
ture of the vessel containlnE the food
they seek is too small for their beads.
In this way they disposed of considerable
Jelly which he had placed in their way
ior the benefit of science.
A correspondent sends us a very
touching description of scene OF domeS-
tic felicity he witnessed at the home oil Il
youn. married couple in Connecticut:
III came upon them unexpectedly he
writes. "She was sitting in the front
parIor eating peanuts, and he was crawl
ing around on his knees picking up the
shells. ."-BrOOklih argus.
"A Detroit boy paid his first visit to
one of the union. schools the other day as
A scholar and when he came home atnight
his mother inquired: "Well, Henry,
how do YOU like going to school
"Bullyl" he replied in an excited voice
al saw four boys licked, one girl got her
ear pulled. and big scholar burned his
elbow on the stove! ! don't want 10
miss a day"
The other evening when rcsidento OF
Beech street was eating supper his eight
wear old son slid around and whispered
y Father, you may have my sled
"Why, my son, what do you want 10
give me your sled for? :,
Ma says you are trying to be good
replied the boy, "and | want to do all l
can to help you.
The late John Randolph, some years
before his death, wrote a friend as FOL
lows: 81 used to be called French
man, because | took the French side in
politics; and though this was unjust, yet,
the truth is. | should have been French
atheist if il had not been for one recollec-
ton, and that was when my departed
mother used to take my little hand IN
her own and cause me on my knees To-
say: Our Father who art in heaven.
A kings jester was once asked
what kind OF place do you think
heaven to be-" "A place" said me- ne,
"whcre naught but good is spoken OF the
neiphbor.p And in what, IL was
again urged, does its supreme happiness
consist9H aIn the feeling that no one
will SANDER me there, and that II nave
ann wv, Iani,. ,3,' il will be 50 unflshionable to
sneak of them that / and all Will soon
forget them"
Slnrl's cjmu' Guess he IS!
Gru'ml she's knittin
Ri,.t-i ,tu, kin ever was;
! Never needs NJ tittln'.
| Sh4 p'teuds It's gran pas sock,
Polly Vys that's pustrOus!
saw It every bit as II
! Grin'pa was Il 'nocros
| Guess know whose seek u Is!
| CUES. it's mine for santa:
! Won't IL hold lotsl Hope he knows
:, he'll bring plenty,
Hope he'll cram II from the toe
To the his red toppin'.
CoIly, Gtaci,ns, Just to think
Stisa boy l-hoppin.'
| Sautls comn'i Cues ne Is
Mamma smilcs at sewih'
E,erybody all the time
I1sk. - awful known hin.
( ,s,.,... they smell the kitchen 'nihs'
No. ard pies, and che's''
{ uSi feel :, -ood; could
4 Hunah myself to pieces o.. c,...-,.t,,.