The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-03-23

six-inch local notice, which he wants
put in for nothing, you can't help but
admire his acreage of "cheek," and
wish you had a gun that would shoot
hundred miles and kill the fellow you
are thinking of, without taking AIM
NorriStoW11 Herald.
Having served eight years in the
Jersey prison for burglary, John o Neil
wandered over to New York, and, for
lack of some other place of shelter,
slouched into mission-house. There
was music in his soul, and the hymn
touched him nearly. He was noticed in
tears; his history was inquired into; en-
ployment was found for him; he became
regular attendant at the services of
the mission; and has just led to the
altar the leader of the choir, with a lot
of new furniture, new carpet, and a
wedding-cake thrown in. Young burg
lar, 90 thou and do likewise.
Potato bugs are budding out
We see the hopper's titful CLEAN.
And now the coy and toothsome trout
Cavorts within his native stream;
And now the bluebird chants lay
And robins twitter in the tree
The bullfrog's murmurs, all the day,
Come floating on the balmy breeze;
The grounding issues from his hole
And browses on the corn, poor thing
These omens of the poets soul
Are harbingers of early spring.
st Louis Journal.
In letter written by Horace Gree
ley in 1S49 he thus refers to his educa-
tional attainments: 81 know little
newspaper Latin and French, and might
have mastered little Greek the same
way if the barbarians had known enough
to use an Ineligible alphabet. OF
mathematics, l learned what is con-
tanned in Adams arithmetic; of gram
mar, just enough to see clearly that
Lindley Murray knew very little and
Numbered shockingly. AS to chirogra-
ply, mine speaks for itself, not clearly
as to matter, but quite distinctly enough
as to manner"
Amid all the clash and jangle of
financial controversy, the worry of civil
service reform, and the roar of Louis
lana affairs, the newspaper reader can
still turn to the Society column and
be Gained. How pleasant it is to know
once more that Miss Tootsypootsy is
visiting, for few days, the Misses Pip
sywipsy, and that Mr.. Baddletydaddlety,
of the well-known house of that name,
is shortly to lead to the altar Miss Je-
rusha Gwendoline Montgorgeousbangle
| -COurter-J0ur7adI.
"A little boy and girl at Waterfowl,
N. Y, were the President and Cashier
of a toy savings bank. They were
naughty one night not long ago, and
their mother sent them to bed without
the usual goodnight kiss, little dream
ing what stir she was thereby creating
in the financial world. When she awoke
| the next morning she found that they
had taken the entire cash deposits in
the bank and fed-gone off in search
of place where angry mammas are
unknown. VIII these bank failures,
frauds and defalcations neUer ceaseP-
Courier-Journdl.
LET BYGONES BE BYGONEs.
Let bygones be bygones; if bygones were
clouded
Oh, let them in darkest oblivion be shrouded
lis wise and It's kind to forgive and forget.
Let bygones be bygones, and good be ex-
tracted
From ill over which it is folly to fret;
| The wisest of mortals have foolishly acted
The kindest are those who forgive and for
get.
Let bygones be bygones; oh, cherish no longer
The thought that the sun of affection has
set,
Eclipsed for moment, its rays will be strong
er,
If you, like a Christian, forgive and forget
Let bygones be bygones; your heart will be
lighter
When kindness of yours with reception has
met,
The fame of your love will be purer and
brighter
If, Godlike, you strive to forgive and forget.
Let bygones be bygones; oh, purge out the
leaven
OF malice, and try an example to set
TO others, who, craving the mercy of Heaven,
Are sadly too slow to forgive and forget.
Letbygones be bygones; remember how deeply
To Heavens forbearance we all are in debt :;
They value Gods infinite goodness too cheaply
Who heed not the precept: Forgive and
forget"
Chambers J0k1mdI.