Middletown transcript., 1876-10-21
Uauriieties.

HartkttfS.
All natures differences keep all ma
ture's peace.
/ A beautiful woman is 10 commsad Of
one of the companies Of the Ssrvian ar
my.
| The man who is honest from policy
is the most dangerous customer We have
to deal with.
| Ground has already been broken in
the Champ de Mars. at Paris. for the
exhibition Of 1878.
| Bay City. Mich, has its Centennial
history bound and ready to lay away
for it's hundred years Of rest.
i The wood used BY the mills on the
Comstock lode, Nevada, for the year
1875 is estimated to cost over 81, ,000.-
900.
Brignoli weighs 300 pounds, and he
approaches nearer to being ) perfect
"tonner" than any singer injthe world.
Twenty millions Of pounds have been
spent in church-restoring and church.
building in England in the past forty
years.
Mary Finney, a welI-known beggar
Of Richmond. died recently, and among
hor effects was found $4,000 in coin
and currency.
New Yorkers were horri6ed one day
recently by seeing three young ladies
of respectable appearance smoking on
the street-cars. sa s
The system Of getting poor stock run
over on railroads is said to be extensive
ly practiced by farmers for the sake Of
the damages.
Reflection is fowor Of the mind,
giving out wholesome fragrance; but
reveric is the same flower, when rank.
and running to seed.
A sensitive old bachelor says that
pretty girls always affect him as orna-
mental confectionery does-they give
him the heartburn.
The smallest and slightest impede
ments are the most annoying and ~
little letters most tire the eyes, 70 do
little affairs most disturb Us.
To ordinary teachers naughty trick
in sohoolboy or schoolgirl seemsa
wicked nature. as if pimple or a pock-
mark were part Of the countenance
Whose would feel the tenderest par
ticipation in Joy, let him not look at
happy children, but at the father and
mother who rejoice to see them happy.
The golden moments in the stream
Of life rush past US, and We can see
nothing but sand the angels come to
visit us, and we only know them when
they are gone.
In New York the acme Of laziness
has been reached, for there sun umbrel-
las, made to be fastened to the back in
stead Of being carried in the hand, are
offered for sale.
The voice that rolls the stars along
spoke all the promises. Plead them
before God Adopt the language Of
one Of old. II will not let thee go ex-
cept thou bless me-"
A romantic young lady Of Edin-
burgh, Scotland. 10 years Of age. of
fine appearance and superior accom-
plishments. recently eloped with and
was married to her fathers coachman.
Children sweeten labors. but they
make misfortunes more bitter; they in
crease the cares Of life; but they miti-
gate the remembrance Of death. h.-Bo-
con.
Talent is very common family trait;
genius belongs rather to individuals;
just as you find one giant or one dwarf
in a family. but rarely whole brood Of
either.
Women are fond Of deferring men
Of going ahead. With the former We
gain by exhibiting patience; With the
latter. as with public functionaries, by
impatience.
When the war of the Revolution be-
gan there was but one man in Massa-
chusetts who was worth more than
thirty thousand dollars; there are now
forty-6ve worth more than million.
Genius is not intoxication, and it il
even more than rapture /; it is capacity
subject to the law of truth and beauty
the intense action Of the soul, ex-
alted, harmonious, and illuminated.
What is done from habit is done
without reflection and without recollec-
ton. This explains why We are SO lit
tie able to give the reasons for our past
career, or to revive remembrance Of
its incidents.
Aim at perfection in every thing,
though in most things it is unattained;
however, they who aim at it, aud per-