Middletown transcript., 1876-03-04
Uarietits.l

j San Fraucisco has green peas, aspar-
sgus aed new potatoes. ~ a5fE4
! An original portrait Of Pocahontas
has been found in England ~
/ Man alone is born crying. lives com
planning and dies disappointed.
A Worcester, Mass. man has sold
$4,000 pairs Of skates this winter.
Manner is Of importance. A kind
no is often more agreeable than . rough
yes. ~ asfs'sa ssa s2nFs1ssr3i
Work as though you would live for
ever live as though son would die to.
day. ~ -
The famous old elm tree in Boston
Commons was blown down BY q recent
storm.
It was George Herbert who said q
handful Of good life is worth busbel
Of learning. sii d sm5sls .ii asia
The true man il. undaasled BY . star
when it glitters on the breast Of ruff
fan or Ounce.
MY inkstand is stationery" ss the
schoolmaster said when be found it
nailed to the desk. assn 'si q ife' afs
Charities should Be diGused. Grain
will not grow il piled ID . heap; it
must be scattered
Help somebody worse Of than syouf-
self. and you will feelrthat you are bet
ter of than you fancied. - s;. 40
He who differs from, The world in inn
portant matters. should the more, care
fully conform to il 10 Indifferent oues
) War has the same effect upon nations
as upon individuals. II destroys the
feeble and strengthens the strong. sap
With the forest leaf a. with the
Christian. the glory Of, its coming is
eclipsed BY the glory ofits departure,
There are many men so particular
about little things that they even have
their brows furrowed Ger With care.
james Parton is the only man iD
Massachusetts, who ever held the situa-
tion of husband to his mother-ip-law.
Use not evasions when called upon
to do good thing, nor excuses when
you are reproached for doing bad one.
IT'S little troubles that wear the
heart out II is easier to throw 4 bomb
shell mile than a feather, even with
artillery. ssaii9 .sss.ia
Persons who complain at growing
old would find fault at fruit ripeuing on
the trees. Old age is the perfection Of
human life. .f,.t..t ..:.:
Habit, or custom. like complex
mathematical scheme. insensibly be-
comes limo. and, unhsppily may be-
come q curve. si isss f13
The only way Of not being bored in
good company. is to say witty things
yourself, or sit still and listen, to the
witty things Of other people.
There is no policy like poli.eness;
and good manner is the best thing in
the world. either to get good name.
or to supply the want Of it. M i. gt!
As lung a. love prevails inthe house,
space of the breadth Of . sword is sat
isfac,ory as soon as it disappears sixty
hands breaths are not sufficient.
A cynical man insists that the fewer
relations or friends We have the happier
we are In your poverty they never
help you. and iu your prosperity they
always help themselves. zsaass.l sa,
Let US be as the. trees, which yield
their fruit even to those that throw
stones at them; and as the fruitful
boughs bend towards the ground, so
let our good works beget. humility. i'l
If you have talents, industry will i'm
prove them; if moderate abilities. in
dustry will supply the ds6cieuces4 Moth
ing, Is denied to well directed labor,
nothing is ever to be obtained without
it. i is .'s i.5s ss1tdt lli 10 II sa
+ Never compare thy condition with
those above thee but toi secure thy
content. look upon those thousands
with whom thou wouldst not. for any
interest. change thy fortune and condi-
tion.
The past is disclosed, the future con.
cealed in doubt. And yet human IA.
ture il beedless Of the past. and fearful
Of the fnture-regard not the science
and experience that past ages have -aa7
veiled.
Too austere philosophy makes few
wise men; too rigorous government
few good subjects; too harsh q religion
few devout souls-we mean that will
continue SO. for nothing is durable that
is not suitable to nature.
The most important lesson Of life is
to know. how to be happy with our
selves when home is our comfort. and
all in it. even to the dog andscat, share
our affection. Do not refine away hap
pinesa by thinking that which is good
may be better. 4Mf ..4
He who always. receives and never
gives. acquires. as a matter Of course,
a narrow, contracted. selfish character.
His soul has no expansion, no beneva.
lent impulses, no elevation Of aim. He
learns to feel, aud think, aud care only
for himself. -....,..
Over three hundred tr. es, and more
than eight hundred woody species Of
plants are believed to be embraced 10 :
the fora Of the United States, and of
the trees two hundred and fifty species
are tolerably abundant in one region or
another. one hundred and twenty Of
them growing to large size.
DR.. Talmage says: 'sWhen We End
a man contemptuous Of labor. and act
ing as though he never worked 1t all,
and as though his ancestors had never
worked. we make up our mind that IL
you 60 little further back in that.
mans ancestral line you will run