The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-09-09
TRUTHS AND TRIPLES.

If borrower comes, lend him your
ear.
WHY are Z and A like good people?
Because they meet in heaven.
FIGHT hard against hasty temper.
Anger will cone, but resist it strongly.
AFTER while is beautiful day
The storm will be ended and brighter the sun;
The weariness over, the task will be done;
Some sweet thing is coming to every one,
After while.
The printer who, in setting up
fashionable article made one line read,
scandals are fashionable this year," in
stead of sandals, was not very far out of
the way after all.
A HAMILTON girl the other night sang
the song, Darling, am Growing DID,"
with an expression so pertinent and fOrci-
ble that her procrastinating lover was
brought to time on the spot. ,.
MIND what you run after Never be
content with bubble that will burst,
or frewood that will end in smoke and
darkness. Get that which you can keep,
and which is worth keeping.
A WESTERN psper has this personal
item: "Those who know nice cid Mr..
Wilson, of this place, will regret to hear
that he was assaulted in a brutal man.
ner last week, but was not killed."
"ToM, you seem to gain flesh every
day; the grocery business must agree
with you. What did you weigh last p
"Well, Jim, really forget now; but it
strikes me it was pound of butter"
A GUSHING but ungrammatical editor
says, "We have received fine basket of
grapes from our friend Mr.. -, for
which accept our compliments, some of
which are nearly an inch in circum-
ference"
WHAT'S commonly called friendship
is no more than partnership; reciprO-
cal regard for one another's interests, and
an exchange of good offices; in word,
a mere traffic, wherein self-love always
proposes to be gamer.
"I SAY, Paddy, that is the worst-look-
don't you fatten him upT "Fat him
up, is it? Faix, the poor baste can
hardly carry the little mate that's on
him now," replied Paddy.
The world is governed by three things:
Wisdom, Authority, and Appearances.
Wisdom is for thoughtful people, Au-
thority for rough people, and Appear
ances for the great mass of superficial
people, who can look at the outside.
The greatest obstacle to being heroic
is the doubt whether one may not be
going to prove ones self fool; the
truest heroism is to resist the doubt,
and the profoundest wisdom to know
when it ought to be resisted and when
to be obeyed.
A YOUNG man in Great Darlington,
Mass, couldn't get UP courage enough
to "pop the question" to his girl, and
so sent his offer by mail. He got postal
card in reply, briefly saying: Fetch on
your preacher" She doesn't seem to
have lacked confidence.
THE flowers Of spring may wither; the hopes of
The autumn drOop in winter, the birds forsake the
The wind be lulled the sun and moon forget their
old decree;
But we in natures latest hour Lord will cling to
theel
Bishop Heber.
WHAT are we coming to 2 Here is a
horse winning a race on the turf by
drinking whisky! On two several occa-
sions the horse Brigand won races after
being dosed with pint of old Bourbon.
What will become of horse flesh If stimu-
lants of this kind are given to nerve
them to strenuous efferts on the turf?
Where are the temperance societies?