Connecticut western news., 1877-12-28
WIT AND WISDOM.

The great art of life is to play for much and stake little.
 What have kings that prlvates have not, too, save ceremony?
 He who runs against time has an an. tagonist not liable to casualties.
 What succeeds we keep, and it be. comes the habit of mankind.
 Volatility of words is carelessness in actions. Words are the wings of action.
 For silence and chaste reserve is woman's genuine praise, and to remain quiet within the house.
 We sleep, but the loom of life never stops and the pattern which was weav- ing when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up tomorrow.
 Postage stamps cost about one cent 0 hundred, and the government can well afford to sell them for three cents apiece.
 -"Does Death End All ?" asks the Rev. Joseph Cook We'll, it wouldn't appear that it does, judging from tho Vanderbilt will case.
 kindness has converted more sin ners than either zeal, eloquence or learn ing, and these three last have never con- verted any one unless they were kind also.
 Rhetoric in serious discourses is like the flowers in corn; pleasing to those who come only for amusement; ! but prejudicial to him who would reap profit from it.
 A mother seeing her little four year old nearly asleep in her chair, asked if she had not better go to bed. "Oh, no, mamma; only shut my eyes to keep the dust out"
 Several exchanges are giving direo- tions "How to Dress. The most sensi- ble way is to stay in bed till the fire is started, and then take your clothes under your arm and trot out to the dining-room stove.
 l -" Why, doctor," said a sick lady, "you give me the same medicine as you are giving my husband; how's that?' "All right" replied the doctor Y" what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander!'
 -" Papa," asked a little six-year-old daughter of a physician, wasn't Job doctor ?" "I never heard that he was. Why?" "Because mamma said the other day she didn't think you had any of the patients of Job." ...s.E
 Smith and his boy met Jones the other day. "Why, Jones'" exclaimed the former, "what's the matter ?" "Tve just got up from sick bed," answered he. "What's the matter with your bed?" asked Smiths boy. .t
 -George Francis Train has discovered how any man can live in luxury on five cents day, But why should we live in luxury when we see so many poor fam flies around us who ore struggling to get through the winter with only one dog?
 -Sensitiveness - This is from tho Greek A man saw physician once and hid behind stone wall. Why do you hidep" asked friend. "For the simple reason that it's so long since I was sick I'm ashamed to meet @ doctor face to face" was the reply. # l For the First Reader: De you see that aged man? He is almost seventy years old. Do you suppose he is very rich? Yes, he is. Once he was poor boy. He has worked hard all his long life. He will not live much longer. After he is dead his son will play polo.
 A young German girl in Richmond, Va, sued faitlless lover for breach of contract. His defence was that when he went to kiss her he discovered that her breath was malodorous, but jury, presumably composed of men with colds in their heads, awarded her 8 verdict of $s00
 -Grenvil1e- -Monay tells us that Du- mas used to keep his gold pieces in large wooden bowls on his writing table, and when needy friend came coughing and stammering to ask for loan, the great romancer would look up from his work, point to the bowls with his pen, and say, in kindly and inviting tone, "Help yourself, and come again if you need to-"
 While in Algeria mighty hunter went off on long excursion accompan- jed by native guide. They had scant luck, provisions ran short, and the guide proposed to his employer 8 dish of broiled monkey. "I don't know," said the European, though he was hungry;
 
 derer than man, but not so juicy" said the guide, in the most matter-of-fact manner. The European at once broke camp and returned homeward, insisting on carrying his own gun and having the