The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-11-16
TRUTHS AND TRIPLES.

PORTLAND boasts of lady who has
travelled around the world four times
instead of remaining at home to can
peaches and see to the bread.
VIRTUE seems to be nothing more than
motion consOnant to the system of
things; were planet to fly from its
orbit, it would represent vicious man.
The underlying cause of almost all
financial distress is extravagance-Of
individual distress, personal extrava-
gance; of public distress, general ex-
travagance.
A LITTLE boy, gazing upon an old
picture of his mother, taken in low
neck dress, remarked: Mamma, you
was mos ready for bed when dat picter
was tOOken."
A TENNESSEE paper has discovered
that rum costs the country 5000, 100000
and the clergy $2,0O0,000, whereat a
profane contemporary cries for the
adjustment of the latter OH the ground
of economy.
INFIDELITY is milestone which,
though it does not itself cut anything,
serves well to sharpen the sword of
Christianity with. Religion must needs
be rubbed TO and fro on the rough sur
face of unbelief before it has fine edge
with which to sever the knotty problems
of human life.
SCRATCH, scratch. scratch, for his daily bread,
The editor sits, with low bent head;
lie writes that the rest Of the world may read
That old man Jones has made deed,
Or little John Smith has stole pig;
That farmer Brown has brand gig:
That old maid Green is married at last
Or Mr.. Black from the earth is passed;
Thus he writes OF all that is said,
'rill at last we hear that the editor s dead.
Rest has come for the weary hand;
He held free tickets for the better land.
The following appears in Manchcs-
ter (Mass) newspaper: Notice.-Has
the Lord Jesus Christ, in thi, city, q
friend who has to spare, cheerfully. for
this work, $3.50 to $500? Information
desired this week. The interested only
need to apply a.this Office"
FROM Nature we learn that the results
of recent Investigations in the French
Academy seem to prove that water in
which animals and plants of higher
organization will thrive is fit TO drink;
and on the other hand, water in which
only the infusoria and lower cryptogaams
will grow is unhealthy"
We seldom experience upalloycd hap
piness. We may ramble through the all
glorious autumnal woods, and list to the
delicious futtiDg of nature-the whisper
ings of the mottled leaves, the sound of
the falling nuts, and the chatter of
squirrels and the songso birds. But all
this pleasure may be instantly destroyed
through the excruciating pain of precipi-
tating ourselves on the polished shafts of
a full.grown chestnut burr.
AN agent for the sale of some house.
hold article attempted to mount the
steps of house recently, but a dog
came around the corner and took half a
yard of cloth from the back of his ccat.
The man was sliding out when the owner
of the house came and asked: "Did
doze dog bide your He didn't bite
me, but he ruined my coat" was the
reply. "My good friend, excuse doze
dog if he didn't bide you. He ish a
young dog now, but by and by he shall
take holt Of some agents and eat der
bones ride oud of them. He bides coat
now, but he shall soon do PETER"
A PARIS landlord not being able to
squeeze rent out of one of his tenants,
recently made visit to the fifth floor
and caught him in the act of concealing
something under the tablecloeth. The
poor lodger finally yielded to threats and
showed the landlord bank note of fifty
francs which he had been copying. You
scoundrel," said the landlord, "are you
running the risk of the gaAows
for q miserable sum of fifty francs ?''
"Ah, Monsieur" whined the lodger,
/ am entirely of your opinion; it is a
wretched sum to forge. but the model of
a bigger note is wanting to me-"