Middletown transcript., 1877-01-20
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Oarieties.
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q The heart is a crystal palace; once
broken it can never be mended
True wisdom in general consists in
energetic determination. Napoleon.
The conceited man is a great comfort
to himself and needs no sympathy.
1t isn't the man who yells the loud
est that comes in ahead on the race.
The man who keeps his temper at all
times is the best man every time.
We can hardly learn humanity and
tenderness enough except by suffering.
At distance small men are thought
to be great, and they should stay there.
Politeness has been we'll defined as
benevolence in small things -Macau-
lay.
Wilmington is building narrow gauge
post offices and passenger cars for Bra
zil.
One must leave certain minds in un-
disturbed possession of their idiosyncra-
sizes.
He that cannot forgive others breaks
the bridge over which he must certainly
pass.
Pride is increased by ignorance those
assuming the most who know the least.
Gay.
There are a thousand hacking at the
branches of evil to one who is striking
at the root
A party of one hundred enthusiasts
left Massachusetts the other day for the
Black Hills
Flocks of wild geese are doing great
damage to the wheat fields of Colusa
county, California.
Little drops of rain brighten the
meadows, and little acts of kindness
brighten the world
To make the most of the good and
the least of the evil of life is the best
philosophy of life.
Pride and weakness are Siamese twins
knit together by the indissoluble hy-
phen.-LoreU
Solitude is we'll enough, says an i'm
pecunious exchange, until you want to
borrow something.
A mind that is conscious Of its integ-
rity scorns to say more than it means
to perform Burns.
There are some kinds of men who
cannot pass their time alone They are
the fails of occupied people
At a Norristown apple dumpling
party 40 persons ate $50 dumpliDgs.
One man ate "a and another 18.
We must be as courteous to man as
to picture, which we are willing to
give the advantage of good light.
When a man has not a good reason
for doing thing, he has one good rea-
son for letting it alone Waiter Scott.
The San Francisco newspapers assert
that there is a great deal of idle capital
in their city, seeking profitable invest
ment.
You are all of you like the ocean,
which distinguished by different appel
lations is, after all, nothing but salt
water.
A London newsboy found a $4,000
diamond which he carried about in his
pocket for a month without knowing its
worth.
Empty self-praise is said to smell
amiss that may be, but the public has
no nose for the detection of unjust blame
of others.
Hate is an active, envy passive dis
pleasure it need not surprise US, there
fore, to see how quickly envy passes in
to hate.
Lord Palmerston once said, speaking
of the Turks, What energy can be
expected of people with no heels to
their shoes?"
The farmers around Antioch, Ca,
have sowed % per cent more wheat,
and 100 per cent more fall oats than
any year since the war.
A large hawk was lately captured in
the woods near Chester, Pa, the birds
feet being frozen to the limb of tree,
SO that it could not fly.
Some articles of jewelry recovered
from the Brooklyn Theatre fire still re-
main unclaimed in the hands of the Po-
lice Property Clerk Of that city.
Lumber cutting has begun in the i'm
meuse forests Of California, and large
increase of wealth in that State from
this source is expected.
A large snow bank, at Rutland, VT,
was recently carried into the boiler room
of a factory and melted, in order to find
a valuable ring lady had lost in it.
One beautiful trait in true Woman's
character is her invariable readiness to
smooth her husbands temperament,
even if she has to do it with an aching
heart.
Sprigg's wife woke him up at three
o'clock in the morning to say she had
decided, on the whole, to have a dark
green suit and green velvet bonnet
this winter.
A very practical old lady having
priced comfortable locking, antique
chair at store devoted to the sale of
old curosities remarked, with iounce,
GOOD gracious your old truck costs
more than the new"
Death is the wish of some, the relief
of many, and the end of all 1t sets
the slave at liberty, carries the banished
man home, and places all mortals on
the same level, insomuch that life itself
we're punishment without it.
The most important lesson of life is
to know how to be happy within our
selves, when home is our comfort, and
all in it, even to the dog and cat, share
our affection. Do not refine away han