The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-03-08
ODDS AND ENDS.

IT was a New Jersey boy who, having
| done some wicked thing, and being
| asked whether he did not want to 20 to
heaven, replied: "No; i don't want to
get my fingers sore playing on an old
harp ....,...., ....f.....,-...
ILLUSTRATED Weekly: These tramps
are getting to be very cool and auda-
oious, One called at, the Hartford sta
tion-house the other day, and, intro
ducing himself, asked ii any mail had
been resolved there for him.. lo ..rT.
WHEN mans pride is subdued, it is
like the sides of Mount Etna. 1t was
terrible during the eruption, but when
that is over, and the lava is turned into
soil, there are vineyards and olive trees
which grow up TO the top.-Beecher.
In an Iowa church, a few evenings
ago, a couple came forward to be made
man and wife. Just before the cere-
mOny the minister requested the congre-
CATION to rise and sing, himself begin
ming the hymn, "What will the Harvest
be-" ti sl gg. s'ot
WE smile at the ignorance of the saw
age who cuts down the tree in order to
obtain its fruits but the fact is, that
blunder of this description is made by
every person who is Over-eager and I'M
patient in the pursuit of pleasure
Claiming. e. (, ...et,.s r.l.t
COMPARISONS are odious. The major,
(rocking Nelly on his knee, for Aunt
Mary's sake), 81 suppose that is what
you like, Nellyw Nelly--"Yes, it's
very nice. But rode on real donkey,
yesterday-I mean one with four legs,
yeu know" .ar..- e,s
MAKE use of time if thou. lowest eter-
nifty; know yesterday can not be re-
called tomorrow can not be assured;
to-day is only thine, which if thou pro-
crastinate thou losest, which lost is lost
forever; one to-day is worth two to-mor-
rows.-Quarles. ......s...-P.
A CHICAGO newspaper says that a st.
Louis belle, travelling in Europe, had
last made exactly like her foot, and she
got it through the custom-house free of
charge, as a work of art, by pretending
that it was part of Bartholdi's colossal
statue of Liberty. .
A MOTHER may never find words in
which to express the emotions which
surge through her heart on finding her
babe, Just dressed in its Sunday best,
stirring the contents of a bottle of ink
into the coal ashes with the hair brush,
but she will try to, and try with all her
might.
NEW YORK Commercial advertiser: 81
had nine children to support, and it kept
me busy" said Smith to Jones, as they
met; "but one of the girls got married.
Now have -" Eighth interrupted
Jones. "No ten-counting, the son.in-
laww said Smith, with sigh which
might have been heard afar off.
STARS AND DAISIES.
The stars are tiny daisies high,
Opening and shutting in the sky; .
While daisies are the stars below,
Twinkling and sparkling as they grow.
The star-buds blossom in the night,
And love the moons calm, tender light
But daisies bloom out In the day,
And watch the strong sun on his way.
IT is now generally believed that Mr..
Bennett went to Europe because, ac-
cording to the terms of the duel, the
principals were to stand on different
sides of the Atlantic and shoot, and Mr..
May won the toss for the American
shore.
The catcher of the Harvard Base Ball
Club has invented a brass wire mask for
the face. If it were not for cur Ameri-
can colleges, the latent genius in some
men would slumber forever. The best
protection in base ball, however, is to
hire another fellow to take your place,
while you set on the fence and watch
the players get crippled up.
A Boston lawyer named Robinson,
uncommonly pious and extremely high
church, thinks it needful to SOW seed by
all waters, and SO has his note-paper
branded with Scripture texts. The
other day he had occasion to write for
a favor from Chief Justice Gray, and he
unluckily used sheet headed. "Ye are
all bought with price," He didn't
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