Middletown transcript., 1876-12-16
Uarietits.

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he who knows not love in light.
!. A great heart is as quick to find an
: other as the world is slow.
/ We are only really alive when We
enjoy the good Of others
= The best fax grown in the United
7 States comes from Oregon.
A difference Of taste in jokes is .
great strain on the affections.
Maine claims to have raised $500,
600 bushels Of potatoes this year.
The most laudable ambition is to be
wise, and the greatest wisdom is to be
good
Idlensss is the stupidity Of the body,
and stupidity is the idleness Of the
mind.
It is considered etiquette at western
funeral to .exclaim "what . beautiful
corp!"
The receipts at the New YORK places
of amusement on Thanksgiving foot up
$65. 900.
One hundred thousand cans Of toma-
toes were packed last season at San
Jose, Cal.
To think kindly Of each other is good,
but to act kindly toward one another is
best of all.
That is the great happiness Of life
to add to our high acquaintances.-
Emerson. 'f
The idea Of protecting is always .
strong incentive to manliness in boy,
however youthful.
If the best mans faults were written
on his forehead, he would draw his hat
over his eyes.
If you would pass for more than your
value. say little. It is easier to look
wise than talk wise
It was Addison who. ~ many quoters
seem to forget, said that s.the woman
who deliberates is lost"
The integrity ofmen is to be measured
by their conduct, not by their profess
sions -Juntus.
Alphonso Karr says women guess at
everything. They never make mistakes
unless they think.
Who supposes that it i an impossi-
ble contradiction to be supsrstitious and
rational at the same time.
The Italians do not say the author Of
dictionary. but the compiler. and that
appellation is the truest.
Take things a. they are, and make
the best Of them. That Is the only
true and practical philosophy.
There are persons who would be pros
trate on the ground If their vanity or
their pride did not hold them up.
They who do speak i'll Of themselves
do so mostly as the surest way Of prov
ing how modest and candid they are.
How few are our real wants, and how
easy it is to satisfy them! Our i'm
aginary ones are boundless and unsatia-
BILE.
Some goodness is like the glowworm
in this. that it shines most when no eyes
except those Of heaven. are upon it.
The first step to self-knowlsdge is
Nor can ws attain to any
Kind of knowledge except by . like pro-
,ess
The value of exports at the port Of
Boston thus far. this year. exceeds the
IMPORTS by upwards Of 81. .O00.0 900.
There are no less than one hundred
md sixty different religious dsnomina-
ions in the United States.
Ennis county, Texas. cast . solid
Democratic vote. and then had jubilee
nth 5000 men in line, cannons and
,rest ball.
"He who laughs. can commit no dead
= sin, said the wise and eet-hsarted
7oman who was the mother Of Goethe.
Evil speaking will cease just as soon
8 evil hearing does. In this business
be tongue depends upon the ear and is
s servant
The Springfield Republican, notes
lat Chamberlain is the second Gov.
rnor of State that Grant aad the
Fmy have elected as against the peo-
le."
There are two ways Of going though
lis world. One is to make the best Of
and the other the worst Of il. Those
ho take the latter course work hard
r poor pay.
The church-yard is the market place
here all things are rated at their true
llue, and those who are approaching
talk of the world and its vanities
lth wisdom never known before.
QEter
It is an argument Of candid, in
'hius mind to delight in the good
'me and comnendations Of Others to
ss BY their defects and take notice Of
cir virtues; and to speak or hear v;l.