Middletown transcript., 1876-04-29
Uarieties.
To owe men is a bad omen.

A thousand probabilities will not
make one truth.
Florida watering place hotels are clos
ing for the season.
Those usually deserve most from their
friends who expect least Of them.
Australia exported. in 1875. gold
dust to the amount Of $15. 8S9.525.
| Ought to be allowed to sit down
A merchant Of forty years standing.
Blind people, like blinded fnches,
sing better but louder than those who
see.
Happiness grows at our own fireside,
and is not to be picked 10 a strangers
garden.
The moment man is satisfied with
himself. everybody else is dissatisfied
with him.
Millais, the artist. has been offered
$4,000 for single picture not yet
painted.
Thackery once said, very finely, g
Next to excellence is the appreciation
of it."
Lost time is never found again. and
what we call I" time enough" always
proves little enough.
Glory will do very well 10 homeo-
pathic doses but it is poison. never
theless
Some men are SO far-sighted they look
through and beyond objects, and swear
they are not.
Merit readily recognizes merit. Ger
tainly be cannot have it who doesn't
know it when he sees it.
To the old man, there is in the heart
Of rose or violet the fragrant echo OF
scores Of dead springs.
Look we'll into tbyself; there is
source which will always spring up.if
thou wilt always search there.
I never saw an oft-femoved tree, nor
yet an oft-removed family that throve as
we'll as those who settled be Franklin.
Happiness Is having what one likes;
contentment is liking what one has;
contentment is only the pale ghost Of
happiness.
There are more sorrows of women
than Of men, just as in heaven. there
are more eclipsss Of the moon than Of
the sun.
A Persian proverb says; "There are
only two days for which to feel anxious.
One is the day that is past, the other is
the day to come"
Drink water From water Venus was
born. 1t is the mother Of beauty. the
girdle Of earth, and the marriage Of na-
tions.
Absolute. psremptory facts are bull
lies, and those who keep company with
them are apt to get bullying habit Of
mind.
Excitement promotes the develop
ment Of genius. as phosphorescent sea
is the more brilliant the more it is agi-
tated.
Contentment is more satisfying than
exhilaration and contentment means
simply the sum Of small and quiet plea
sures.
A man rarely speaks Of himself with
out loss. His accusations Of himself are
always believed; his praises never
lMontaigne.
Somebody wants to know why news
papers will persist in abreviating son
Of temperance and make an s. O. T.
Of him. e
A man in Oswego county proposes to
wear to the centennial pair of trowsers
that his grandfather wore in 1776. He
pants for fame.
The way to conquer men is by their
passions catch but the ruling foible Of
hearts, and all their boasted virtues
shrink before you.
Most lives. though their strength is
loaded with sand and turbid with allu-
vial waste. drop few golden grains of
wisdom as they flow along.
Society is strong solution Of books.
It draws the virtue out Of what is best
worth reading. as hot water draws the
strength of tea-leaves.
A home for friendless women and
girls is aboutto be established in Wash
ington. in which they may be trained
for useful avocations ir life
The surest remedy for chapped hands
is to rinse them we'll after washing with
soap and dry them thoroughly by apply
ing Indian meal or rice powder.
One cent per bushel makes differ
euce of ten million of dollars in the
salue of the annual crop Of corn IN the
United States.
How the moons fair. pale light and
all its magic pass away when it is
brought near BY the telescope! as when
the future becomes the present.
Some men are kinder to the occu-
pants of their kennels than to their fam
lilies. They will treat wife and children
like dogs, but not dogs themselves SO.
The heart that is at once softened by
gratitude and the tear Of JOY will show
its thankfulness in this. at least, that it
will be milder towards others. :
One Of the happiest and most inde-
pendent Of the human occupations is
that of an intelligent farmer, whose
land is paid for and who keeps out Of
debt. e.
A prominent lawyer at Petersburg,
Va. was so confused recently by the
entry Of bis wife into the Courtroom as
a spectator that he broke down in his
argument.
Truth being founded on rock. you
may boldly dig to see its foundation;
but falsehood being built on the sand,
if you proceed to examine its founda-