The Van Buren press., 1876-12-05

Adversity bt i0s men teRetueV' PRIV
perity separa,es them. il
All men are not homeless. but some
men are home less than others.
When hiris soar, they wartle. bet
when throat sore 1t dOtAnt
Don't worry about the ice crop. Keep
coni. aud you w,ilhave enough.
Truth can take care OF Itself. hut . 10
has got to be watched rs carefully - .
sore thumb. eHta8 u.4 ,
Que Of the reasons that . side saddie
resembles u four.luart jo. .s thai u
holds = gallon. ,84 re 4lstfHzs,i
There nre lats OF things Ia this world
that tho halt Of them are worth more
than tue whole. -
There Is no man 10 gifted y naturs
that he can. with implnity, dcridc ths
faitI, OF the lowly.
Independence is & ,od thing. and IN.
dependent poor men arr as plenty 10 W.
dependent rich ones. 5''es+ 3i
There is til great advantage that an
honest man has. he alw sys geis credit
for his blunders. 5t4 l4t.,a
A man who has scolding wife may
not always he u gardener, but he usually
keeps hot house. r
The sovereign mistake is that things
are valued for what they hay; cost. aud
not for wl,a. they are worth
Necessity il the very best gift Of b 'av-
en- without it mankind would be only
herd ct common loafeis
Young men, get as many friends -
YOU can. but have but few intimates; III.
tinscies hear rs close watching IS tans
coon does. 3faI
It was n three year.old who remarked
that she didn't want to kiss her papa. be-
cause he had - fringe on his mJuih."--
Boston Globe.
We don't know that it WIS the epizoo.
" that effected him; but he said. with
some violence: /" IL tina. n ,se was ruu.
ming TOR office, it would be elected by
handsome majority
Bruce had recourse to the sword; Tell
10 how and arrow, and Washington ap-
pealed to the God Of battles, but wheua
woman strikes for liberty, she uses any.
thing she can lay her hands on.
Never shirk a respon sibility; hut fscs
the music, whether you like the tune or
not
Economy is good thing, but Enter.
prise will beat it. and give it two ID the
game. ~.
Among genuine Chriotians the conten-
ton is for the lowest place; among
sham Chlis,ian, the controversy IL fot
the higher positions.
In creation God has given the produc.
ions Of the earth tor our bodies. but, in
,'rmllio, he has given himself for our
souls.
The knife that is not used, loses ito
edge. aud the man who does not work
for g ,d, les much Of his ability 10 do
so in the iutu.e
The Sabbath is no test day. except q
| he rainn; il we are good On that day y
/. .im,,ly because We dan hardi, avoid
being gooi
The Spartans taught their boys 10
steal, that they might be the more crafty
soldiers. and better a,ieio subsist OF the
enemy; but. in this country such abranoh
of learning has never been considered
necessary. IA the genius of the American
people is quite sufficient without any spe'
cisl training. as
An Obi lady from the rural districts
astonished Gle ik in one OF the store
few days ago by inQuirine il he hal any
"yaller developments, sich as they d'd
up letters in
Spriggs wife woke him up at three
o'clock in the morning tn say that she
had decided. on the whole. to have
lark green suit and agreen velvet ooh-
net this winter.
IL wish. madam, that Won would pay
/ n little attention to what | am saving.
snapped m exaspera'cd husband 10 MS
wife ~ am paving just IS little as
can. nv dear" was the meek reply.