Connecticut western news., 1878-01-24
WIT AND WISDOM.

.a# WIT AND WISDOM. 5, .. -Mince pies cover multitude of sins as the mans wife said when he brought home demijohn. Y sa3asizs A...T-5
 There is no history worthy cf atten- tion but that of free people the his tory of people subjected to despotism is only collection of anecdotes. a.a,1 |, Heat not furnace for your foe that it doth singe yourself. We may outrun by violent swiftness that which we, run at and lose by oyerrunning. a,T, a,'-, G Every wanton and, scauseless ie- straint of the will of the subject. whether practiced by monarch, g nobility or @ popular assemblage is degree of ty- rany. 7vTaa ad L'ag7 yet 20 glot -g:7sgo
 --Oratory and poetry are of little val ue unless they reach the highest perfec- tion but history, in whatever way it may be executed, is source of pleasure.
 Time sheds softness on remote ob- iects ot events, as pcal distance imparts to the landscape a smoothness and mel lowness which disappear on nearer ap- proach. .neGI gg&3giau na'tn.dlar e:r3
 There is one single fact, says Han nah More, which one may oppose to all the wit and argument of infdelity- namely, that no man, ever 7repented of being @ Christian on his deathbed.
 The hand is the minds own perfect vassal, and when, through age CT illness the connection between them is, inter- rupted, there are few more affecting tokens of human decay. : yo t5gom57
 Truth comes to us from the past as gold is washed down the mountains of Sierra Nevada, in minute but precious particles, and intermixedA with infinite alloy, the debris of the centuries. aui -.-variety may be the spice of life, says the Cincinnati BSeakJdst 1'dote, but ad- yertising is the pepper and salt of newspaper, and the bread and butter of the advertiser. The customer gets the cream. ,..-...,....
 IT Millions and millions of years old is what the servants have to say about the age of the world. And yet nobody ever had gumption to get up shirt open in the back until the present generation came upon the stage. rfsn,.,r; ,3g
 h--An exchange says, eve can't un- derstand why the newspapers and his relatives make so much ado over MT. Lord marrying the widow Hicks. He was certainly old enough to get married without asking his parents' consent- wasn't he ?'h T'eayoI s.a9 easiiI
 The St. Lotus Journal explains the cause of the bank suspensions of Chicago thus Boston is Ohicago's. mother-in- law, and the old lady is just beginning to draw her purse-stings. "asoY waK A kitten that is drowned before it gets its eyes open is saved the pain of growing up and getting it's tail pinched by the woodshed door, Aiss aa'z;s1
 The Scienttfc Aniericam says you sscan't sncre unless you open your mouth, and the practice may be readily checked by persons holding their mouth before going to sleep, and hiring some one to sit at their bedsides during the night to keep 1t shut. -'a ''5@ y''91q
 An editor was knocked down the other day by a highwayman, who de- manded his valuables. The poor man took out his scissors to pass them over to the highwayman, but the latter thought them a revolver and immediate ly retreated. es9.i+ .g-,,sif.taJ
 A friend viewing Putney bridge from his terrace, inquired of Hook if it was good investment-h it really am swered. !" don't know," he replied, ssbut you have only to cross it and you are sure to be toiIed."
 At dinner of 8 provincial law so- ciety once, the president called upon the senior solicitor present to give as toast the person whom he considered the best friend of the profession. Then," re- piled the sly old fox, "I'l give you the man who makes his own will. '"
 :. A clergyman says, !" once married & handsome young couple, and as took tho bride by the hand and gave her my warmest congratulations, she tossed her pretty face, and pointing to the bride groom, replied, "I think he's to be con- graduated" -'.,.a r.., .a r,..,. Tommy came home from school, and handed his father the teachers report on his progress during the month. "This is very unsatisfactory, Tom you've very small. number ofgood marks. l am not at all pleased with it.'' "-I told the teacher you wouldn't be, but he would not alter it" ,eo-
 -" Sound," said schoolmaster, "is what you hear. For instance, you can not feel sound" "Oh, yes, you can," said smart boy. " John Wilson," re- torted the pedagogue, how do you make that out ?, What sound can you feel?n "A sound thrashing," quickly replied the smart boy" !" Correct" said the teacher. ''Come up. 2" And smart hoy felt and smarted.
 ... =" Now, under yon wood-pile go,
 Where toll till I return,
 And feel how proud a thing 1t is
 A livelihood to earn."
 ,.t A saddened look came OCT the tramp,
 He seemed like one bereft;
 He slowed away the vituals cold;
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