The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-07-15
FACTS AND FANUlES.
THE CARRIER DOVE

The CARRIER DOVE
My bird lot loose in far-on skies,
Whom hast'ning foDdly home,
Meier stoops to earth her wing, nor flies
Where idlo warblers roam.
But high she shoots through air and light,
Above all low delay,
Where nothing earthly bounds her flight,
Nor shadow dims her way.
30 grant mo, God, from every caro-
And stain Of passion free,
A'oft through virtues purer air,
| 10 hold my course to thee
| No sln to cloud, no lure to stay
| My soul AZ homo che springs -
| Thy sunshine ON her joyful way,
Thy freedom on her wings.
The present rage in Paris for floral
decorations as part of female embel-
lishment is such, that to look at some of
the ladies as they move along, one would
imagine that they had poked their head
and waist through bed of garden flow
ers, and we're bearing off the spoils over
half their persons.
"A little three-year old, warned by
her mothernot to put her fingers into the
chopping tray, lest the knife should cut
them off, said 81 will have more when
get to heaven" Her mother replied,
"You will not need them there" "Yes,"
said the child, 81 shall else how can /
play on my harpP"
The Prince of Wales, tired of the
dull routine of English public dinners,
with the same bills OF fare, the mono
tonous toasts and prolix speeches, in
troduced smoking into the programme.
He set the fashion at the last dinner of
the Agriculturists, lighting his cigar
almost as soon as the feasting was over.
OF course, he did not lack following,
and soon the princes party were Whit
fing away contentedly, and proof against
the stupidest speeches that could be
made. Henceforth the postprandial
cigar will be a feature of English public
dinners
AT the Central market yesterday a
long. haired man mounted box and
commenced: "My friends, who hath
redness of eyes? The drunkard. Who
hath woe? The drunkard. The Lord
sent us pure cold water. There's noth-
ing like W" At that moment boy
who was throwing water from the gar
den-hose used around there accidently
turned the stream against the strangers
back, and he jumped down and said it
was case of assault, and ran after a
He said that no human being
could throw cold water over him with
out being made to suffer for it.-DetrOH
Free Press.
If you are well, let yourself alone.
One of the great errors of the age is, We
medicate the body too much. More
persons are destroyed by eating too.
much. Gluttony kills more than drunk
enness in civilized society. The best
gymnasium is wood yard, clearing,
or corn field. A hearty laugh is known,
the world over, to be health promoter;
it elevates the spirit. enlivens the clrcu-
lation, and is marvelously contagious IN
a good sense. Bodily activity and
bodily health are inseparable. ii the
bowels are lose lie down in bed, remain
here and eat nothing until you are well.
The three best medicines in the world
re warmth, abstinence and repose.
F MY Love
II my love smile
o twinkle stars through nights by moons
made gold;
o landscapes beam meath summer suns un-
rolled.
If my love laugh
o play in song glad waves along white sands
0 harps Of leaves laugh meath Iollan hands
II my love speak
o ring the merry voices of the woods,
hat cheer alike sunshine and solitudes.
If my love blush
% morning tlushes up the dimpled skies
10 eye's caruation with the twilight dies.
If my love weep
10 fall the crystal tears of night in dew
Skies weep that earth may bloom more fair
and new.
If my love love:
So bliss leaps gladly from bloHt heart to heart
Nor life nor death -hall find our souls apart