The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-28
Words of Wisdom.

Nature gives us volumes of fruit, which
she always prefaces with flowers.
He is not only idle who does nothing,
but he is idle who might be better employed.
Socrates.
Good prayers never come weeping home.
am sure shall receive either what l ask
or what should ask. Bishop Hall.
Love you meme Then are you lost to
love Love is the key to felicity; nor is
there heaven to any who loves not.
Acott.
A wise man in the company of those who
are ignorant has been compared by the
sages to beautiful girl in the company of
bind men. [Smitb.
a gift its kind, value and appearance,
the silence or pomp that attended it, the
style in which it reaches us--msy decide
the dignity or vulgarity of the giver.
Lavater.
In their intercourse with the world,
people should not take words as so much
genuine coin or standard metal, but merely
as counters that people play with. Doug
las Jerrold.
As fortune often hides under the meanest
trades in life the greatest virtues, SO are
the greatest geniuses found frequently
misshapen bodies. DecamerOn.
There is sanctty in suffering when meek.
ly borne. Our duty, though set about by
thorns, may still be made u staff, support
ing even while 1t tortures. Cast 1t away,
and like the prophets wand, it changes TO
snake. Douglas Serrold.
No two sides of human face are pre-
cisely alike. 1t 10 the same with every
Of Hha 70 ;lya
One hand is almost always larger than the
other SO with the foot, the leg and the
arm. But the greatest of all marvels is
this, never were two human faces alike.
Babies are born and old men die in the
midst OF thunder and driving rain, precise
ly as though the skies We're blue and the
sun sbone over holiday makers and the
wet clay and rotted sod gives room to tired
men and women to lie down beneath them,
and their sleep is quite as deep there as in
warm earth and below whispering clover.
Tribune. ~
The more quietly and peaceably we get
on the better-the better for our neighbors.
In nine cases out of ten, the wisest policy
is, if man cheat you quit. dealing with
him If he is abusive, quit his company II
he ISLANDERS you, take care to live so that
nobody will believe him; no matter who
he is or how he misuses you, the wisest
way is generally to let him alone for there
is nothing better than this cool, calm. quiet
way of dealing with the wrongs we meet
With.
A striking fact in connection with the
dying is that they are not afraid OF death.
You notice this even in executions. The
majority of men who are hanged are re-
ported to die ''game." Death following
diseases or injury is, with the rarest excep.
tions, unaccompanied with fear. Diseases
dull the intelligence SO that the situation
may not be fully comprehendsd or there
may be pain, and death is looked upon as {
relief. Nature, by kindly provision
seems to prepare for the flight of the spirit
as the hold upon life grows weaker, 81
does the desire for life grew less 4; and il
scarcely q single instance within my owl
experience, or within that of my profes
sional brethren with whom / cOnverset
upon this point, has not the dying man re
linquished life at the last without seeming
reluctance or fear
Did you ever lie down on the top of
mountain, whence you beheld wide land
scape with its fields and cottages spread il
silent repose before your eyes In you
bosom also perfect quiet reigned. Yol
forgot your cares, no sorrow weighed upol
your spirits, no unpleasant remembrance
disturbed the calm, no lntruding passion
dared to break the holy peace of your soul
and voice within whispered, "Blesse,
were 1 could remain forever thus" VIVA
you Then, felt was ileeting foretaste O
heaven, which sometimes even passionate
unquiet spirits are allowed to enjoy, in OF
der that they may look into themselve
and earnestly reflect howthey might pei
petuate this tranquil and blessed state
You were happy because you had forgotte
yourself, because you were free from earth
ly desires. Zschokkc. st