Middletown transcript., 1877-02-10
Barieties,


ing him to rein bis spirit.
knowledge will become folly if good
sense do not take care Of it.
1t never was a wise thing yet to
make men desperate, for one Whs hath
no hape of good hath no fear Of evil.
Every one who works at some useful
occupation makes the times better for
othOrs as well as for himself
The weather in France Is 80 unsoa-
sonably mild as to alarm the agricul-
tural interests.
A drm in London. who lately advsr-
tised for gateksspsr, received in one
week 900 answers.
There are now 12O prisoners in the
Charleston Is. CO. Jail. Only twelve
of them are white.
| A Belgian Court has set aside lady's
will because she was under the infu-
enee of belief in Spiritualism
While at Cairo, the Emperor and
Empress Of Brazil declined the proHered
hospitality Of the Khedivs
The Berkshire (Mass. ice product
is so clear that newspaper may be read
through three feet Of it.
The people Of Massachusetts, took cut
of the savings banks some 50. 400, 600
more last year than they put in.
Life is the jailsr, death the angel
sent to draw the unwilling bolts and set
US ree.-LOs0elI.
Pray for the poor, and now and then
throw in loaf of bread. basket Of pota-
toes or barrow Of coal
Set your mark high in the world, and
then move toward it. Do not wait for
somebody to lift you up to the place
you aspire io--lift yourself
It is authoritatively asserted that
Professor Huxley wears mines. which
is evidence enough that he is not over
here on bootless errand.
Have the courage to speak your miad
when it is necessary to do 50, and hold
your tongue, when it is prudent that
you should do so.
Were we as eloquent as angels, yet
should we please some men, some Wo-
men, and some children much more By
listening than BY talking
Always try to have worthy COM
pstitOr. Set the hare to run with the
tortoise, and he will probably fall asleep
aud lose.
It is fact that savsgss who live on
plain simple fare do not attain so great
an average age as the civilized people
who indulge in rich cookery.
Ceylon's coffee estates have enhanced
from S4OO and $500 per acre to $3.50,
BY the continued high prices Of the pro-
duct.
In Texas, by new Law, physicians
must pass examination in all branches
Of their science before they can collect
their bills.
Bread, purchased with unssrnsd
money, is never so sweet as that which
has been earned BY the sweat of ones
brow.
Inquistive School Board officer to
Hibernian parent-"Was your boy
born in Glascae 2" "No, sor an /
hope he never win bel"
When you exClaim "God help the
poor" be sure you are not Sinking
Jour own responsibility in the matter.
-NeU York Express
In sadness then l ponder how quickly
fleets the hour of human strength and
action, mans courage and his power.
.Bryant.
Every plain girl has one consolation
though not pretty young lady, she
will Gf she lives long enough) be
pretty old one.
There is time We know not when,
/ point. We know not where, that marks
he destiny Of man to glory or despair,
Addison Alexander
The New York Tribune wants the
Electoral Tribunal to be allowed to
let for themselves without being sub
ected to intimidation or Wst-nursing."
The nearest living relative OF the old
revolutionary soldier, John Stark, il
grand daughter, now living in the
I'D family mansion at DunbaTton, Vt.
The happiest moment in the life Of a
,irl is when she is in possession Of
over, chair that holds twice at once,
nd pa who trusts to her experience.
A statuette Of Theodore Parker has
cen given to the Cary Library. at Lex
Dgton, Mass, the base of which is
lade from the wood of the old church
elfry.
A New Hampshire woman received,
he other day, $470S as damages for
ljuries received frem an icicle falling
pom her head from the defendants
uilding.
She who does not make her family
,mfortable will herself never be happy
home and she who is not happy ct
1pe will never be happy anywhere
ddison.
Worcester's well-knOwn series Of Die
onaries have been purchased by ]. B.
ippincott & Co., of Philadelphia. aud
i'll hereafter be issued in much i'm
owed styles.
There are people in this world who
ould make just as much stir. aud do
st as much good, and benefit society
st as mueh-and we don't know but
they killed and stuffed.
ANOTHER MopEL IN BurrER.-Mra.