Middletown transcript., 1876-09-02
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A hasty man never wants.

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! A hasty man never wants
Q Words are but the froth Of thoughts
2 Music is an Invisible dance. as dane.
ing is silent music.
6 The defects Of great men are the con-
! ISOLATION of the ounces
Submission is the footprint Of faith in
|. the pathway Of sorrow.
The heart can leap, futter, sing. and
dance 10 the dark cage Of the bosom
Good aims do not always make good
books Well tempered spades turn up
] ill-smelling sods.
There may be connssls toos weighty
for women to bear be knows little Who
tells his wife all.
There is in the heart Of q woman such
a deep well Of love. that no winter Of
age can freeze it.
| Most Of the shadows that cross orr
path through life are caused By stand
ing in our own light,
Il is we'll enough for. us to see beap-
| tiful illusiops ip our dreams. but We
should walk awake with truth.
| Action is the great law i is BY
steady. st,ong. continuous action that
all great works are accomplished.
Argument in compsny ID generally
the worst sort Of conversation, and 10
books the worst sort Of reading
j Many : man saves bis life BY not
fearing to lose il. and many man loses
his life BY being over anxious to save
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Some men are called sagacious be-
cause they are avaricious; whereas 4
child can clench it's Est the moment it
is, born -
In siezing his moments of happiness,
man has as little, time as the pearl
diver; perhaps two minutes only TO
secure bis prize.
The too frequent use Of authority
impairs it If.thsuder we're continual,
Iitlwould excite no more sensation than
the noise of|a mill.
Say what is right, and lei others say
what they please. You are responsible
for only one tongue-even it you are
. married man s
A praying hypocrite is ike an imp1-
dent debtor, who goes every day to talk
familiarly With bis creditor without ever
paying what he owes
Up in the heavens the fogs. Of opr
days must one day Be resolved into
stars. even as the mist Of the milky
way Is parted by the telescope into suns.
Hypocrisy isvsry comnon-it being
easy to acquire it-but hypocricy Is
totally different, from dissimulation
hypocrisy is the attribute Of low and
evil minds. - s's = s'
He who spends his whole time in
sports, and calls it recreation, might
appropriately wear garments al made of
fringes, and eat dinners Of nothing bpt
sauces ss
True courage is cool and calm. The
bravest Of men have the least Of
brutal, bullying insolence and in the
very time Of danger are found the most
serene and free
To pardon those absurdities in our-
selves which We cannot suffer in others
ID neither better nor worse than to be
more willing to be fools ourselves than
to see others so. -
Misery assails riches, as lightning
does the highest towers Or g tree
that is heasy-laden with fruit breaks its
own boughs, 80 does riches destroy the
virtue Of their possessor.
Love. like sailor upon wind
calmed sea, beholds no earth, bat only
heaven Heaven opens above heaven
opens beneath-~and the water that bears
it up is merely . paler heaven.
A weakly, aftectionate heart must not
be hardened, bat ito sense Of honor and
purity strengthened the daring spirit
must not be rudely checked and made
timid. but only taught to be prudent.
A couple Of oranges in Lenawee co.,
Mich, discussed woman suffrage re-
Gently, and male and female separate
vote was taken. resulting in verdict
from both wings against such suffrage
The New England apple crop Is i'm
mensely heavy this year, and trees will
suffer from breaking branches. Mer-
chants are buying heavily Of green ap-
Piles, at one dollar barrel. for ship
ment.
There are from 1900 to $500 miles
Of oil pipe lines in the oil region, lying
mostly 10 Butter county. Pa, costing
more than 81, 500. 900. Cost Of pumps,
tanks. &e.,. will more than double this
amount.
As in literature We shall find some
things that are true. and some that are
new, but very few things that are both
true and new; so also in life we shall
find some men that are great, and some
that are good, but very few men tha.
are both great and good.
Joy il one Of the greatest panaceas Of
life. No joy il more healthful or better
calculated to prolong life. than that
which is to be found in domestic happi-
ness. in the company Of good and cheer
full men. and in contemplating with de-
light the beauties Of nature.
As We stand BY the seashors. and
watch the huge tides come in, We re-
treat, thinking we shall be overwhelmed;
soon, however, they flow back. So
with the waves Of trouble in the world,
they threaten us, but firm resistance
makes them break at our feet
We would warn you against rsck-
lessly risking the loss or abatement Of
love. It 10 too priceless ! blessinr to