The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-10-04
All Sorts Of ParagranIIs.

All SOftS OF paragraphs.
: 1t is said that the pen il mightier
than the sword. Neither is of much use
without the holder.
= May exalting snd humanizing
thoughts forever accompany me, making
me confident without pride, and modest
without scryiity.
= Men are made tc 1e ctcrnally sha-
ken about, but women are flowers that
lose their beautiful colors in the noise
aud tumult of lite.
= II is base to filch purse, daring 70
embezzle million, but It is greater be-
y0nd measure to steal crown. The sin
decreases as the Sit. increases.
= A Nebraska farmer bitches a pair
of cows to wagon when he journeys,
and milks them when he comes to q toll
gate, paying the toll with the milk.
a man should insure himself to
voluntary labor, and not give up to in
dulgenco and pleasure, as they beget no
good constitution of body nor knowledge
of mind.
= Wealth and want equally harden the
human heart, as frost and fire are both
alien 20 the human f,,i,. Famine and
gluttony alike drive nature away from
the heart Of man.
= Three men were found hanging
from tree in Texas, and one of them
was placarded "They stole horses
here Is where we found them, and here is
where we left them."
= Honest and courageous people have
very little to say either about their hon.
esty or their courage. The sun has no
need TO boast of his brightness nor the
moon of her effuleence.
= All tho nice things of this world
are OF no further good to US than they
are of use; and whatever we may heap
up to others we enjoy only as much "a
we can use, aud no more.
- Gentlemen, l introduce you to my
friend, who isn't as g. pid as he appears
to be-" Introduced friend, with vivacity
That's precisely the difference be-
tween my friend and myself"
= Hope calculates its schemes for
long and durable life, presses forward to
imaginary points of bliss, and grasps at
impossibilities; and consequently en-.
snares men into beggary, ruin, and dis.
honor.
= a good little boy, who was kicked
by n mule, did not say naughty words. or
go home crying to his mother. He lust
tied the mule within five feet of q bee
hive. backed him round to it, and let
him kick.
A noble man compares and esti-
mates himself by an idea which in high
er than himself, and n man by one
which is lower than himself. The one
produces aspirations, the other ambition.
Ambition is the way in which q vulgar
man aspires.
- General Hood Is raising new
brigade. The gallant General has nine
children, all under the age of eight years,
and three pairs of them twins. They
are differed by four nuraes, o governess,
his wife and his mother-in-law, aud the
corps present fine appes.ance CT dress
parade.
= In all governments there must of
necessity be both law aud the sword.
Laws sT:tiioa. arms would give US not
liberty, but licentiousness, and arms with.
out laws would produce not subjection
but slavery. The law, therefore, should
be unto the sword v hat the handle is to
tho Ratchet; it should direct the stroke
and temper the force.
- Every failure is step to success
every detection OF what is false directs
us towards vhat is true; every trial ex-
hausts some tempting form of error.
Not only so: but scarcely any attempt
is entirely failure scarcely any theory,
the result of steady thought, is altogeth-
or false; no tompting form Ia without
some latent charm derived from truth.
- No man knows any one except hims
aoii wnon no Juuges nj 10 Set Iree from
the coercion Of laws and to be abandoned
entirely to ais own choice. BY this con-
sideration have all civilized nations been
induced to the enao:ion of penal laws !;
laws by which every mans ds,>-er be-
comes every mans safety, and by which,
though all restrained, yet all are beNe.
fited.
- 1t is n strange .:i:ng 10 see city
chap ut country party, but ne was
there, and in his conversation with one
Of the prettiest lasses ventured to inquire:
"Were you ever ut O watering place p"
"Oh, yes" replied she, ~ live right at
one" Indeed |" exclaimed he, growing
interested, "where nigh: it be?S +Oh,
just out hero little way" was her reply
my father keeps the railroad tank. 3
The city chap, wondering whether she
was In earnest or making fun of him.
thero dropped the subject.
= It Is generally charged that the
secret service fund of the Treasury De.
partment has Sor years been to a great
e--tent directed to outside and improper
purposes. It is believed that under the
Grant administration thousands of dol
lara belonging TO the fund wero paid
out for secret political use in several of
the Southern States. The responsihilitS
fog this rests npon officials much higher
than any of the members Of the secret
,service force. II the investigation of
the secretsorvice which is now In progress
DO thorough and honest all these facts viii
undoubtedly come out.