The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-09-21

t"ui nohftir.
1T has been inferred that Dryden
wasn't opposed to a sherry cobbler, from
a remark he once made: Straws may
be made the instrument of happiness"
Doctor, my daughter seems to be
going blind, and she just getting ready
for her wedding, too. o, dear me, what
Is to be done 2" Let her 20 right on
with the wedding, madame, by all means.
If anything can open her eyes, marriage
will"
He that never changed any Of his
opinions, never corrected any of his mis-
takes. and he who was never wise
enough TO find out any mistakes in
himself, will not be charitable enough
to excuse what he reekons mistakes in
others.
Freddy Longshanks (who is really
very proud of his lofty stature): 81 as
sure you, my dear fellow, I find my
height au awful nuisance. I'D give any
thing 20 be no bigger than you Jack
Short Then why The Dickens do you
Wear speh enorpigg= hsels - Flv'vt.
When Macready was once reheasing
William Tell, he spoke the line, ado
you >hoot?' in q very natural and col
loquial tone, which threw the raw actor
he addressed of his guard A little"
he answered but ] don't fancy them
cr0ssbows. Mr.. AIacready, though / am
death on gum"
With many persons the early age OF
life IS passed in sowing in their minds
the vices that are most suitable 10 their
incliuations: the middle ages goes on
nouri-hinr and maturing these vices;
and the la-t age couclud in gathering,
I'm pain and anguish, the bitter fruits Of
teh most accursed seeds.
1T r. noted as a curious fact by Sir
Samuel Baker that O. negro has never
been known 10 tame an elephant OF any
wild animal. The elephants employed
10y the ancient Carthaginians and Ro-
mans were trained by Arab. or Cartha-
giuiu-, never by negroes. A person
might travel an over Africa, and never
see q wild animal trained and petted. IL
had often struck Sir samuel Baker as
very distressing that the little children
never had n pet animal; and, though he
had often offered rewards for young ele-
plants, he bad never succeeded in getting
one alive.
Italians are unusually excited about
Mount Ne-uvius and strange stories are
told of the sounds emitted from its inte-
rior, which are likened to the roar of
disturbed g., amidst which is distin-
guished aerackling as of many burning
logs Of wood These noises are heard, il
IS said, ut a distance Of two miles from
the crater; and fears have been expressed
lest q continuous discharge of lava should
effect n passage which would place the
observatory IN danger some thirty per-
SONS, ladies included make a nightly as
cent If the mountain % witness the mag
nifcent spectacle presented
Some people have O peculiarly happy
faculty OF looking on tho bright side Of
things. 10 is a comfort 10 themselves
and those about them, and so desirable.
But tt IS q faculty.most difficult to ac-
quire, and few there be who possess it.
One ofDmbury's sons favored in this
respect recently borrowed an AK Of a
neighbor. While using il in the repair
of his well-curb it slipped from his hands
and went straight TO the bottom Of very
deep well. IN explaining the loss to the
owner he cheerully observed ct is
bad, Of course, but 10 can't be helped,
and we Must make the best OF it. It
don't pay to worry over what can't be
helped. We must look on the bright
side of everything Besides, it wasn't
much Of an AK, anyway DaRJ1y Nelos.
A few weeks ago a boy in Lancaster,
Pa. fell between The bumpers Of a NOV
ing train, but his pautalooDs catching on
some portion Of the car he was held sus-
pended over the rail without injury until
the train stopped, when he was released.
Had the cloth in his trousers been poor
stuff the lad would have been killed.
This incident shows the advantage Of
wearing strong clothing. In Lancaster
county a few days ago, man who was
driving a threshing machine had one of
the legs OF his pantaloons caught in the
couplings and torn completely of. Had
the cloth been Of sterner stuff the man
probably would have been killed. The
moral OF this incident is-well, it is 70
plainIy and dramatically opposed to the
first that it is hardly worth while indi
eating. N0rrisi0lUa Herald.