The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1877-12-08
mo. 5.
An ser,s.

I - fHt " 1882 estlta
Advice il like castor oil-eAsy en-
ough to give but dreadful t. take.
1.-The happiest women, like the
happiest natiOns, have nO histoFy."
L"oking to others for our standard
of happiness is the sure way to be
miserable. Our business In with our
own heart and our own motives.
knowledge cannot be acquired
without pains and application. 1t 10
troublesome, aud like digging for
deep waters; but when you once
come to the spring, they rise to meet
you. -,
Agenteei farmer in Massachusetts,,
sretired B0st0nian didn't know how
to take wagon wheel OF to grease
the axle, and 80 he bored holes
through the hub aud poured in the
grease. -. ~.
A matter-of- fact philosopher A.
s~rts that "love is to domestic life
what butter il tn bread lit possesses
little nourishment III itself but Riyee
substaDtials grand relish without
which they would be hard to swal-
'""' asis7a0 IS = gzAata;t. -
Did you ever hear If the man bhS.
being required by his physician 70
take two blue pills sin ssiaae exsove.
nient vehicle" sat down ID In
wheeibarr0w tn swsiiow the pelists,
~ he didn't keep y carriage 7 no
IL is simply absurd To talk about .
woman being qualified to ill every
position 10 life that = man flls. For
iDstaRce, what woman could Lounge
around the stove in q country gro.
Gerry and lie about the number Of tish
she caught last summer.
The hardest thing to get on with
in this life 10 mans own teif. A
cross, selfish fellows deapooAing
and complaining fellow IA timid smd
re-burdened man-these ale all
lNrn defOrmied Ou the inside They
d" not limp, but their thoughts do.
"A gentleman who was on Q jour.
ney became deeply engaged in
Thought, when a lady approached
and said, '.Sir, can l open that win.
dow y He slowly sirswled aut, 81
suppose you can if you bring your
mind to it, Shs quickly retorted:
'.None If yonr paiaver, cir; for pm
sick vt my stOmacli." - s7f3
A man may conceal his name, HE
age, the circumstances Of his life, but
not his character. This is his moral
atmosphere, and it IL ~ insepaSAbl6
from him ~ the fragrance Of she rose
from the rose itself. In the glance
Of the eye, in the tones If the Y. ice.
in mien aud gesture, chsraetef disl
closes itself. - p - -
The widower'a grief has been pro.
n0unced by competent aathority 70
be lovely while it lasts, but it il noe
constructed tn endure the rude a.
saults Of time. A Connecticut man
who only last spring threw himself
upon the cold turf. that wrapped his
belOved's clay and wept until his
eye-lashes fell out, has since had
three women following him around
for alimony. IN ESQ $50
A man mp North loafed around oil
day trying to get the highest bid for
his vote. He wanted three dollsss;
but just ~ they were about To e0m.g
promise ON two dollars and q half.
the nun went down and the inspector
declared the polls closed. All he req
was, ~'''6reat Cesar 10 it
possible I'm not in time tn vote for
the constitutional amendment pro-.
bribery ut elections"
Here ia a poet who says: aim
sitting sadly on the strand, that
stretches to the waters brink; and a.
the day slips sluwiy by, idly fold
my hands aud Think Whilst he 10
sitting on the strand with idle folded
bands, his family at home may b.
suffering for the necessaries Of life.
lie should skirmisli around before
the day slips slowly bv, and secure =
90 AT d1yging cellar.
No man can do an nnmanly thing
without intiicting al injury on the
whole human race. Nh man can say.
Il will do as choose, and it will bs
Iolody's buainess ~ Every mans sin
= every body's business literally.
Every sin shakes mems condolences in
men, and becomes, whatever its ORR.
m, the enemy of mankind; aud all
have right tn make COM
non cause in its denomination.
IT is related Of a Partisan portrait.
FAINTER that having recently painted
he portrait of . l:sdy, . critic, who
rad jnst dropped in to see what wss
,oing on in the studio, exclaimed,
~ is very nicely paiuted; bat Why
lid you take such an ugly modal ~
1T is my mother" calmly. seplied
he artist. ssOh pardon. athOyISS5id