The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-09-28
TRUTHS AND TRIPLES.

HALF the discomfort of our life is the
result of getting tired of ourselves.
You can't throw stone in this town
Hawkeye. "Then throw it, by all
MEANS" adds the Philadelphia Bulletin.
WAR and economy are things not
,asily reconciled, and the attempt of
leaning toward parsimony in such state
may be the worst economy in the world.
Burke.
A CLERGYMAN said the other day that
modern young ladies were not daughters
of Shem anu Ham; but daughters of
Hem and Sham-compOunds of plain
sewing and make-believe.
"So," said lady recently to mer-
chant, "your pretty daughter has mar
ried a rich husband. Well" slowly re-
piled the father, 81 belitve she has mar
ried rich man, but l understand he is
very poor husband"
A SOCIETY is being organized in Lon
don for the purpose of stocking uninhab.
tied islands with pigs aud rabbits, SO that
shipwrecked sailors who happen to reach
such spots may find an abundance of
food awaiting them.
AN Irishman, one day, on finding
blanket, told his wife of his good for
tune, and went on to say that larnin' is
a foine thing" "Yis," he said, "and
begorra the blanket he'd me name on it
u for Patrick and S for McCarty. Yis,
begorra, larnin' is a moighty fOine
thing"
WHERE the Moosetockmaguntic
Pours its waters In the SKuntic,
Met along the forest side
Hiram Hoover, Huldah Hyde.
She maiden fair and dapper,
He red-haired, stalwart trapper,-
Hunting beaver, mink, and skunk,
In the woodlands OF Squedunk.
She, Pawtucket's pensive daughter,
Walked beside the Skuntic water,
Gathering, in her apron wet,
Snakeroot mint, and bouncing bet
"Why," he murmured, 10th to leave her,
{" Gather YARDS for chills and fever.
When alovyer bold and true
-Baycud Taylor.
BURLINGTON Ha,ckeye: The melan-
chOly days have come when the merry,
busy little fly, chilled by the morning
air, crawls under the upper crust of the
apple pie and irradates the sullen pastry
with the gleam of his dying smile when
you turn back the crust to sprinkle in a
little more sugar.
CHARLES DICKENS said that the first
external revelationof the dry rot in men
is q tendency to lurk and lounge to be
mt street corners without Ineligible rea-
son to be going anywhere when met;
to be about many places rather than
any; to do nothing tangible, but TO have
an intention of performing number OF
tangible duties t) morrow or the day at
ter"
How many bitter thoughts does the
innocent man avoid Serenity and
cheerfulness are his portion; hope is con-
tinually pouring its balm into his soul;
his heart is at rest whilst others are
goaded and tortured by the stings of a
wounded conscience, the remonstrauces
and risings up of principles which they
cannot forget; perpetually teased by re-
turning temptations, perpetually lament
ing defeated resolutiors.
MARQUETTE Mining Journal: If an
editor onits nything he is lazy. If ne
speaks of things as they are people get
angry. If he CLOSES over or smooths the
rough Ioints, be is bribed. If he calls
things by their proper names he is unfit
for the position of editor. If he does not
furnish his readers with jokes he is a
mullet. If he does he is a rattlehead
lacking stability. If he condemns the
wrong, he is good fellow but lacks dis
creti0n. If he lets wrongs and injuries
90 unmentioned, he is a coward. If he
exposes a puoic man he does it to crafty
spite or is tool of clique. If he in
duges in ptr.onaltes he is a blackguard.
If he does not his paper is dull and in
sipid. Who can fill The bill?