Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-11-10
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SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBEH 10.
s,Dn.Ilar sayiilgS.

Almost crerr one has ca ha5d q store ci rlt@
opposite sentences, ueioe them daily, but hav,
ing no kooaedgo Of their authorship; and as
men arc apt 70 be curious concerning the habits
and laws they follow or arc governed hy, trac
ing their origin back into the ainness OF long
slumbcrng c4oturies, SC they axe often posses
sed with . desire to know who first framed
these words i1to the sentences 50 familiar l.
them. The following have been strung together
by one whose nature leads him TO ramD!c among
books for his souls best Amusement.
1t Was Thomas Attempts who, 10 the nj
tecuth century, gave us Man proposes, but
God dsposes;;" and the cquoy we'll known say
ing, "Of two evils the les: is to be chosen.
the original Of "Of two evils choose the least.
Thomas Tusser, writer Of the sixteenth cen
tury, gave, Better late than never, and he
key for four other common phrases 10 For
Christmas comes but once year, Its 40 III
wind that turns none to good, 1.-The stone
that is rolling can gather 10 moss, "L2ok ere
thou leap, see ere thou 60" 1t was Francis
Rabeais, a French wit OF the same century.
who said that by "Robbing Peter he paid
Paul." and told that when
"The devil was sick, the devil monk would be,
The devil was well, the devil q monk was he:
It was also in the sixteenth century that Sir
Edward Coke, celebrated Eoglish lawyer.
said 'Eor mans house is his castle, and LorI
Brooke sung, And out of mind as soOn out OF
sight" Ii was Christopher Marlowc, the
fo1erunner Of Shakespeare, and father OF the
grand old English drama, who sang to the la:
dies, Love mc little, love me long, and told
of "IoGnte riches in little room.
We owe to the public genius of Shakespeare
.. II of hh
worlds mine oyster" "Comparsons are odl-
ous," "As merry as tic day is long, "A
Daniel come to Judgment" ''ltis wise father
that knows his own chld,' And thereby
hangs a tale," "Ele needs must go that the
devil drives, "Why this is very midsummer
madness" THE smallest worm will turn when
trodden on" Smooth runs the water where
the brook is deep" $50 wise so young, they
sav. do nc'er live long," '1'hc weakest goes to
the wall, "We have seen better days. " This
was the most unkindest cut of all, Stand not
upon the order OF your going, "a deed with,
out namc," "Frailty, thy name is woman'
Il am man more siuned against than sin,
Ming" They laugh that win. and thousand
moro as good, though not as we'll known.
Francis Bacon, the "wisest, greatest, mean.
est of mankind" said "kuowcdgc is power,
and Beaumont aud Fletcher pronounced that
whats one man IS poison, slgnor, is anothcrS
meat or drink" Milton tells Of a "hlorlns
melancholy and moonstruck madncss,' and al
so of "a wilderness OF sweets, "All hell broke
loose" and The paradise Of fools
Samuel Butler, author Of "lludbrss, dub
bed religious creed thus :-"Twas Presbytc'
riau true blue" Dryden says, None hu
the brave deserve the fair" and Sweet Is
pleasure after paic.' lie also warns thus -
beware the fury Of patient man, al! dc
lays arc dangerous ii var, aud thinks shat
Men arc but children Of a larger growth.
TIE Earl Of Roscommon has it that one mus,
Choose au author as you choose q lrlcui,
and says that '"Ihe multitude are always II the
wrong" John BuUyan wisely reminds us tia:
"II3 that IS down needs fear 20 iall,' and
Thomas Southeroo THAT PHYS akin to love.
|. vas crazy Nathaniel Lee, who averred that
"When Greeks joined Greeks, then "as the tug
or war. -.
Matthew Prior thought. "Tha end must justify
the means" and Dean Swift said Bread is the
staff of lifo" George Farquhsr called "Nec"S.
s:ty the mother Of nvonlion;' Edward Young.
q very sombTc fellow ssid "Dcsth loves shin ?
ing marx" he also Thought that Nan want h'!t
little, nor tha. little long" and fool at forty i
! fool indeed !" no also told O! Tired nature
swee! restorer, bslmy sleop;' Pope says ''To err
| IS human, to forgive divine and Thompson
| tells or .'Cruel rs doGLh AID hungry ~ TIE
| grave" 1t was John Gsy who ssid 'Whi''
The bills and "a. away LswronceS! emo thought
| that God .0mpers the wind TO tho ahorn lamb
| and BENJAMIN Franklin that ''GCd help them
! who help themselves - Gowpcr said tItst "TsI--
! icty's tho very spieo Of life; Thomas Campoii
that "Tis distance lends enchsntmoat 70 inc
| their shadow beFoIo;' Darrell Webster told OF q
''Sea Of upturnoi faces" and Washington Irv-
| thought our lido! was The mighty dollar By
ron SAYS tia. war presents "Bstt5s magnIII,
Gently stern array" and Keats that "a tEinH Of
beauty Joy i5FeVer s" @ hsI III II WIS Sa pIS"T snyn
tcenth century said "Westward tho cour'c "i
| empire takes it! way
R1lchcriuc heller is thus described IN the
Boston Herald :-"lIcr heat! wos tied down to
the floor, SO as to present her broad forehead
10 the mallct. The athletic wiclder Of tbs
struck her first uuAcr the left horn. Nov ali
sensibiiiy is gooe, said he, as the heller the
chani.aIy recovered from the blow. 'lhat
conclusion acted on the spinal marrow, or the
meth, as we cali it, aud she is Dumb aud d!Zzy
She won't feel these othcc blows, hardly, and
| 90 saving he Administered hall dozen
blows, one alter auothcr, on the forehead OF
! thc COW. Which grew weaker and weaker, and
finally fell inert. The brain, it seems, dictate:
q rebellion sometimes, il the first blow Is no
hard enough, but skillful butcher understand
| lust how hard it should be to shock the system
and produce comparative inscpsibility. a
the abattoir the victim is kniicd 10 the stom
ach, instead Of the neck, as in many other e'
Establishments. This is superior process be
cause the knife strikes into the conccntrat:9 o.
Of veins and arteries, and provides way 10
the immediate passage out of all the blood, be
fore it coagulatcs"