Middletown transcript., 1876-07-15
Uarifties.
There is many poor man whose
word is as good as his bond.

The Emperor William accepted from
his subjects. last year, Al, ,371 presents.
Until all men master the art of liv-
ing without working there will be COM
plants OF hard times
The Michigan "fruit belt' peach
crop is going to be better than vas an
ticipated.
The corn crop throughout Pennsyl-!
vauia is reported as promising more.
than an average yield.
A Portland Republican took thim-
bleful too much and hurrahed for
wheeler and Wilson"
The latest anti-C Chinese move in San
Francisco is to cut off the queues Of all
who chance to get into Jail.
The Empress of Germany thinks that
women should have more to do with
politics than they have.
Nearly 200 persons in Portland Me-.
have gone out of the liquor business
within the past year and half.
Be what you are; this is the 6rst
step toward becoming better than you
are. C. Hare. - - -
Gentility Eating meat with sill
yer fork when the butchers bill has
not been paid.
A dwarf in Ningpo. China, is so
small that his brother carries him in a
basket, and opens the cover for those
who pay to see.
He who refuses to do justice to the
defenceless will often be found making
unreasonable concessions to the power
full.
Benefit your friends, that they may
love you still more dearly; benefit your
enemies that they may become your
| friends.
Honor is but the reflection of mans
own actions shining bright in the face of
all about him, and from thence rebound
ing upon himself.
Sense shines with double lustre
when it is set in humility. An able
and yet humble man is jewel worth
kingdom William Penn.
The violet grows low, and covers
itself with its own leaves; and yet of
all flowers yields the most delicious and
fragrant smell. Such is humility.
Many men have the material of hap
piuess placed within their reach, but
not one in ten knows howto manufact-
ure anything out of them, except ennui.
The London Lancet says that no
woman dies Of fright. Her corset is
laced SO tight that she can do no more
than utter one yell and fall over.
There are richer lawyers in America
than in any other country. This is
because there are also bigger rascals in
America than in any other country.
Two guns belonging to the Spanish
Armada. which have been under water
for 28S years have been recovered off
the Scotch coast by diving party.
There is kind of physiognomy in
the titles of books, no less than in the
faces of men, by which skillful OBJ
server will know what to expect from the
one as the other:
The Boston City Directory. which
has just been published, contains 129.-
30S names, a gain of 1850 over last
year. In preparing the volume 29. 9.843
names were erased and 1882 added.
It is when the hour of conflict is
over, that history comes to right un-
derstanding of the strife, and is ready
to exclaim "Lo! God is here, and we
knew it moi" t."-Bancrof
The prudent sees only the difficulties,
the bold only the advantages. of great
enterprise the hero sees both, dimin-
ishes those, makes these preponderate,
and conquers.-Lauater.
There is an emanation from the heart
in genuine hospitality which cannot be
described. but is Immediately felt. and
puts the stranger at once at ease
Washington irving.
In smiling region the man of money
sees only the relations Of hay, grain,
and wood; his admiration, radiant with
calculation, reduces nature to figures,
and adds up the scenery.
Gov. Lippitt, of Rhode Island. states
that not withstanding the expenditure
of from two-thirds to three quarters Of
the whole income Of that State for pub
lie education, fully forty per cent. Of
the children are not at school.
It is worthy of observation that the
Latin word for miserable has been ap-
piled to designate an individual who
possesses, but cannot enjoy. And well
may be be called miser, for of all men
be is the most mean. and abject, and
comfortless.
If you would have your son be some
thing in the world, teach him to depend
on himself. Let him learn that it is by
close, strenuous personal application
that he must rise-that he must, in
short, make himself, and be the architect
of his own fortune.
England, the merchant. has traversed
the globe; England, the manufacturer,
has clothed it with cheap fabrics Eng
land, the farmer. has spread plantations
over India, and America, and New
Holland, and established score of
colonies in every zone.
What Auacharsis said of the vine
may aptly be said Of prosperity She
bear three grapes-of drunkenness,
pleasure and sorrow. and happy it is if
the last can cure the mischief which the
former work When Affections fail to
have.their due effect, the case is despe-
rate.
There are two distinct sorts of what
we call bashfulness-this, the awkward
ness of a BOBBY, which few steps into
the world will convert into the pertness