Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-12-27
Rords Of Wisdom.

Cheated men have long memories.
A fool and his fathers money are soon
parted,
POpula! opinion is the greatest lie in
the world.
Never despair; but if yOu do, work en-
ii despair
Do not meddle with business you know
nothing Of.
Never trouble trouble till trouble
troubles ypl,
Virtue requires no other recompense
than the tribute Of selfappFobatiop and
respect.
Politeness is money, which enriches
not him who receives it, but him who
diSpenses it.
Politeness is like an air cushion. There
may be nothing solid in it, but it eases
iolts wonderfully.
The conscience has to do, not with it-
ness, or exPediency, or advantage, but
with right and wrong.
Deliberate with caution, but act with
decision; and yield with graciouness,
or oppose with ffmness. ) =
It would be well if we had less medi-
cine and more cures, less cant and more
pity, less law and more justice.
Eext in point of meanness to doing a
man an injury is to do him favor, and
every now and then remind him of it.
Style is the only frame to hold our
thoughts. 1t is ike the sash of a
window heavy sash viii obscure the
Good nature, like a bee, collects its
honey from every herb. III nature, like
spider, sucks poison from the sweetest
flowers; satj
The ordinary employment Of artifce is
the mark of petty mind, and 1t almost
always happens that he who uses It to
cover himself in one place uncovers him.
self in another.
Ifyou were as willing to be pleasant
and as anxious to please in your own
home as you are in the company of your
neighbors, you would have the happiest
home in the world.
The happiness of your life depends
upon the quality of your thoughts
therefore guard accordingly, and take
care that you entertain no notions un-
suitable to virtue and unreasonable to
hature.f &
= Warm your body by heaithful exer-
else, not by covering over stove. Warm
your spirit by performing independently
noble deeds, not by ignobly seeking the
sympathy Of your fellows who are no
better than yourself
Nothing Is easier to men of genius,
nothing more certainly proof and part
of it, than to compose what raises mems
wonder and admiration; nothing more
difficult than to show them distinctly the
simplest and most obvious truth.
Philosophy Of Connecticut TrOmPs.
A Hartford correspondent says: A
tramp told me that he didn't like Com
necticut railroads; it was great deal
harder to steal ride than in Pennsyl-
vania, where one could get on coal
train easily, and freight or passenger
train now and then. He made many
inquiries about the state laws as to the |
penalties for gettiug on trains and not |
know whether Massachusetts, law was
similar. He thought we had "too many |
cussed brakemen" on our roads, The |
other day a tramp came to q summer |
home near Hartford and asked for food. |
The owner of the place offered him |
work for food and showed kim his wood
pile. The tramp looked it over, meas
ured it carefully, and said: "No, guess
not. I couldfprobably get a dollar a
day and food l6r a days work on that.
| can do hetteY on the road, People will
give me food, and by and by somebody
will give me pair Of boots, and some
one else pair Of pants-better In each
case than1 could afford TO buy. The
world has used me 50 well since quit
work that I reckon I'll keep on awhile"