The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-02-03
TRUTHS AND TRIPLES.

MALTHUs is the right organ of the
English proprietors; but we shall never
understand political economy until
Burns or Beranger, or some poet, shall
teach it in songs, and he will not teach
Malthuseanism.
SEVEN ancient cities claimed great Homer dead
Through, which the living Homer begged his
bread,
But Thomassen-:even modern countries scorn
Put up their backs and swear they didn't born
him. The Gruphic.
ONE hundred years ago this nation was
simply about to be be born; and you,
for whom the world moves and the sun
shines and all creation is in m0tion,were
merely n remote and unthought of con-
tingency of what was then the future.
NORWICH Bulletin: There are two
words in the English language that con-
tain all the vowels in regular succession,
and if person is willing to live abstemi-
ously, and not regard this statement IA
cetiously, he will see what the words are.
INTER OCEAN: A patent electric
clothes line has been invented. Upon
an attempt to remove the clothes, an
alarm is sounded, four dogs are set loose,
a shotgun is fired, and the thief drops.
A man may also hang himself by that
line and become firstclass meteor, all
in the space of five minutes.
A CONNECTICUT lady was attacked by
a rabid dog the other day, and saved her
self by dropping water from pail she
was carrying before the dog. Always
carry pail of water around with youas
a protection against mad dogs. Or per-
haps fire extinguisher, neatly polished
and strapped to the back day and night,
would serve the purpose as well.
Two gentlemen were recently discuss
ing the relative merits of Universalism
and Congregationalism. The COngrega-
tionalist claimed that the others belief
was nothing but wind, and gave no salts
faction to dying man. The Univer--
salist, on the contrary, thought that 'oind
was what a dying man stood most III
need Of
A LITTLE schoolgirl asked her teacher
what was meant by "Mrs. Grundy."
The teacher replied that it meant "the
world" Some days afterward the teach
er asked the geography class to which
the little "bud of promise" belonged,
"What is zone?" After some hesita-
ton the little girl frightened up and
replied: "It's belt around Mrs. Grun-
dy's waist"
In poetry we say we require the mira.
Gle. The bee flies among the flowers and
gets mint and marjoram, and generates
new product which is not mint and
marjoram, but honey. The chemist
mixes hydrogen and oxygen to yield a
new product, which is not these, but
water; and the poet listens to the con-
versation and beholds all objects in ma
ture to give back not them, but new
and transcendent whole.
ONE of the most prolific sources of
matrimonial difficulties is the lack of
knowledge on the part of wives of the
duties Of housekeeping. In these days
there are hundred young ladies who
can thrum piano to one VINO can make
a good loaf of bread. Yeta husband has
so much of the animal in his nature that
he cares more for good dinner than he
does-so long as his appetite is unap-
peased-to listen to the music of the
spheres. Heavy bread has made many
heavy hearts, given rise to Dyspepsia
horrid dyspepsia-and tsherd Of accom-
panying tOrments.