Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-11-07
Wrong none by doing injuries, Or
emitting the benefits that are your duty.

Wrong none by doing INJURIES, Or
emitting the benefits. that are your duty.
Life becomes useless and insipid
when we have ne longer either friends
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An able man shows his spirit by ger.
tie words and resolute actions; he ID
neither hot NOT timid. 40 .
The ineapacity of men to understand
each other is one of the principal causes
of their ill-temper towards each other.
Those who excel in strength are not
most likely to show contempt in weak.
ness. A man does not despise the
weakness of a child. s7-77.f ~ -: /. >
Make no more vows to perform this
or that; it shows no great strength. ard
makes thee ride behind myself,
Man wastes his mornings in anticipa-
ting his afternoons, and wastes his af-
ternoons in reorettis.~ he ------;--------.--
We have seen q prudent, industrious
wife retrieve the fortunes of a family
when her husband pulled at the othtr
end of the rope.
There is wonderful yigor of consti-
tuition in popular fallacy. Vixen the
world has once got hold of lie, it is as
tonishing how hard it is to get it out Of
the world. .,- --....-....- os5.lt ...-,.]l
Thore are few men who, were they
certain of death on their SEVENTEEN
birthday, would think Of preparation.
Tomorrow may be the gate Of an eter-
nifty, and they go on in their folly.
Mental pleasures never cloy. Unlike
those Of the body, they are increased by
repetition, approve Of by reflection, and
strengthened by enjoyment. lz'.
We should no more lament that ws
have grown old than the husbandman,
when the bloom and fragrance of spring
have passed away, should lament that
summer or autumn has come.
A witness in the box, questioned by q
lawyer as to the general reputation Of
another witness. was asked whether the
individual was not notorious liar.
':Why," said be, s''not exactly that; bat
he is what call an Intermittent liar"
An Iowa paper speaks Of a man hay
ing been lynched ''for burning the barn
and contents of his son-in-law." Any
man who will burn the contents Of his
son-in-law ought to be lynched.
Johnny, have you learned anything
durin: the week." asked father of a
fve-year old pupil. ''Yeth'm." well,
what it is?" Never to lead a small
trump when you hold both bowers"
A young man sent sixty cents to
firm in Michigan who advertised re.
cipe to prevent bad dreams. He re-
ceiyed slip Of paper on which was
written: 'Don'tgo to sleep" ...
country nsns som il save a sh9ar s wa at aa
uncommon smart boy. He had little
too much curiosity, perhaps. or he
would not have peeped so fatally into
the muzzle Of his fathers loaded shot
gun" .-s,--.r ...
s'Frank, +" said an afectionate mother,
the other day to q promising boy. "lf
you don't stop smoking and reading so
much, You will get SO after awhile that
you don't care about work. mother,
replied the hopeful leisurely removing
a long cigar, Il have got 80 now.
That was dainty young Boston
swain who addressed his inamorata:
"Bewitching d--sel."
talked with minlon from Her Maj
esty's dominlons: Says I, s'Where are
you goings"Says he, ITO hide hoe"
Says I, "What are you going to hide q
hoe forg" Says he, 81 didn't say hide q
hoe; I said hide a hoe. "says I, Spell
It," Says he, ''I-d-a-ho." 80, says I,
ssIdaho." ''Yes,' says he, Hide a
hoe" ....r, ,.,,....r,.r.-.. of
"Why do you continue to retai
spirituous liquor g''-"If did not sell,
these drinking fellows would not come
to my shop, and I should have no
chance to give them good advice.
The idea of teaching every girl to
thump piano and every boy to be a
book-keeper, will. make potatoes four
dollars per bushel in twenty years.
A beautiful, writer, Mr.. Faber, says,
''God loves to be longed tor. He loves
to be sought" Come, let US all love
God more than we have done, remem-
bering that He made us and made us to
! love and to serve Him. y.
you'll never marry again. Susie,
you grieve so arter Inc. Was it twice't
you tainted, or three times, at the grave?"
''Bless yo' soul, Sary, it was free times
tainted, an de Last time Inebber like
to come to-" s'Oh, Susie, you'll nebber
marry again, will yer?'' BLESS yo' soul,
Frank Dunn axt me bout dis before my
husband died, and 1 promised him If he
died I'd hab him, an 1 b'longs to de
church, an |. won't tell q lie." Dl..i-7 a3
! A lady al summer resort, whose
unruly children annoyed everybody in
the hotel, she other day said 10 a noted
teacher, sitting near her at table: PRO
lessor, do you believe in the use Of the
rod, in the management Of children ?"
The professor glared at her annoying
children, and grimly replied ''Some-
times, madam; but there are cases
where I should prefer the revolver"
A farmer was asked why he did not
take tho newspaper. 9''Beeause," sad
4 he tsnv fa ther when he died. left me