Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-04-09
Chat bY the WAY.

Contentment is undoubtedly better
than money; still moderate amount
of hard cash rather conduces to content
ment than otherwise.
When man who hits his thumb in
Trains from using 1.-THE plain language"
it is good evidence of a thorough con-
version. The natural man" cannot
accomplish such feat.
Honesty is a priceless virtue, and
ought to be inculcated. There is no ex-
cuse for any ones dishonesty except
our own.
An infidel is generally one who wants
to get God out of the way so that he can
have good time all to himself and no
questions asked.
A great many ladies in fashionable
society are studying to become first class
artists. They begin their career of glory
by painting themselves.
It is almost time to circulate that jo-
cose saying, which has been our stand
by for SO many generations, that UNI
brellas have an Episcopalian tendency,
because they invariably keep Lent.
| SO1u0 I1eu dr6 Ike CucSCAuC QUITS !,
you must smooth them the right way or
you will get hurt.
In every ballroom corner you will find,
hidden behind the stucco work, med
itative spider. He is learning how to
spin web, and so watches some NAM
ma who has a daughter for sale.
If man is to be baptized it ought to
Il lo fhnroy1nh1v Tho nfhnr AoSy n
convert was immersed, AID when he
went home he took with him the min.
ister's pocketbook. If he had been held
under water for half an hour this acci.
dent would never have occurred.
Self-denial is grand virtue; we al
ways delight to see it in other persons
| prosperity is apt to spoil U.s." says
the preacher, but most of us would like
, to see how much it would require tt
} produce that effect.
81 The two ingredients of sedlitz pow.
} der produce tremendous effervescenc e
r but it soon cools down, and nothing il
left but nauseous insipidity. Some PEG
!, pies religion is after the same sort.
!, The times are so hard and money i.
SO scarce that proposition has beer
made to cut off the conventional "silvel
lining" from the clouds and coin it init
) those new dollars which are SO frightfu
, to look at, but SO delightful to possess.
+ A man is not morally fitted for tn,
care of baby. When he is walked VI
, at two o'clock in the morning by al
ominous cry from the cradle he feel
r that there are certain emergencies TO
+ which religion has ne consultations. HI
tries to ignore the infantile demands
but no baby has ever yet been treatet
: in that way with impunity. At last
and just before the child threatens t.
q strangle, he leaps from his bed, grasp
! the embryo in anything but motherl,
q way, and then proves the possibility Q
+ carrying on two different trains o
: thought at the same time. He not onl.
sings cultural lullaby as he walks t
: and fro, but he also INDUCES in sub
. stratum of thought which cannot b
n expressed in the ordinary adjectives o
q fashionable society. When the bah.
j shows plainly that he has started on
. regular tempest and introduces his voca
n thunder and Zig htning by turning re-
a in the face, shutting his eyes an
= screaming at the top of his voice, thel
q it is one of the masculine gender be
/. COmcS COuNlICCu Cu1b Cuc ulObueT OuSU
n never to spend the night away from he
r home and her children. He shakes tn
baby, he coaxes it, he threatens to XII
e it, he calls it pet names, and then h
+ sits down on the edge of the bed in ute
3 despair, and cries 20. Lord!" in a wa
that makes you feel that earth has n,
= deeper woe than baby who will CT
+ and father who doesn't know what t
y do about it.