Connecticut western news., 1878-08-15
WIT AND WISDOM.

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 arc WIT AND WISDOM.
 Never abuse a thermometer when it
 is down. .CG sSar aa ~afsIske 2ur
 F Did anybody ever see bull hide in
 a leather store ..-.r .,,..,..t .s,l fl .....t-. l Many man bears his own faults
 patiently, and those of his neighbor im-
 patiently. a. s.,s i'.'as s.SG I The most beautiful thing in human n | life is attainment to resemblance of the
 divine. .i@i.t aF @7a5 asisW
 If you want to 's rile " an editor, ask
 him to do something at his leisure. :"
 He never has any. li 9l4G 7s tlor
 -ss Let me kick him for his motor"
 is what the disappointed stockholders
 now say about Keely. .agcI b.t,l.'i sa. l He who takes care of the universe
 has arranged all things for the safety
 and good of the whole. k, tsg,,.,. | If one strives to treat others as he
 would be treated by them, he will not
 fail to come near the perfect life. l'- | ,--Only a few roosters were fooled by
 the eclipse, and they commenced crow ing as soon as the fraud was discovered.
 What the horticulturists of this
 country need is way to make peaches
 and apples grow withoutworms in them. | The Detroit Free Press refers to a
 man who lives on one meal day, but : l neglects to give the name of his paper.
 IA pint of .huckleberries on the bush
 is better than two pints on the table;
 but they don't contain so many dead
 flies. ....4., s5ii | When usefulness is considered, the
 man who smokes cigarettes dwindles
 into insigni6cance by the side of the l individual who smokes hams. #,s. Don't reckon on what may possibly
 come to pass as though it had already
 come to pass. There is little use in
 counting four unless you have them in
 your bag, "A l | There isn't as much fuss made over | the inauguration of Q boys first pants
 pocket as there is over the laying of
 corner stone, but there are more things
 put in them. .si.J s..aJ .a.asag' s sl5 r An English laborer near Farnham,
 in Surrey, lately beat his little girl about ths head with a sledge hammer and killed
 her, because she refused to go and fetch I him some beer. Tl it sI tsta5fe q taA' r. A young lady in Sacramento be-
 came a raving maniac through taking arsenic to beautify her complexiou.n It
 is surmised that she was something Of q lunatic before she began to use 1t. usi,s F. He who spends hiz younger days in
 disapashun, says Josh Billings, is mort
 gaging himself tew diseaze and poverty,
 two inexorable creditors, who are certain
 tew foreclose at7last, and take possession
 of the premises. la Ev. Yi'..l'sS s5st ias ... I -" What would you say if you should see tile Indians coming right down upon I you now?'' asks an Oregon paper
 Haven't given the question much
 thought, but it strikes us we would ssy,s
 C Excuse my back. "t aJ 10 is28 M I -Yesterday, an exchange says, our representative ran across the man who
 is .'really unable to take a weekly pa
 per. "s He was from the, country and in- vested $3 in circus tickets for himself
 and family. There are many such. , | -"Is there an opening here for an intellectual writer. ?" asked a seedy, red nosed individual of an editor. "Yes,
 my friend, !" said the man of quills, "a
 considerate carpenter, foreseeing your
 visit, left an opening for you; turn the
 knob to the right. aaT .a7 h.'act The love of glory, the fear of
 shame, the design of making a fortune,
 the desire of rendering life, easy and
 agreeable, and the hcmor of pulling down other people are often the causes of that valor so celebrated among men. The soul may be compared to a field :, of battle, where the armies are ready at I every moment to encounter. Not & | single vice but has a more powerful
 opponent, and not one virtue but may l be ,overborne by combination of vices l Laws always revenge themselves
 when broken, You can neither coax nor pthreaten them: They are your masters,
 and you may as we'll submit. Resistance. f is folly. There Is an old proyerb, and a :,
 homely one, which runs, .t .t He who spits ; 1 against heaven will find the spittle fall in his face.n gss' ajeS .qa a9aa'g nssl I He lives in the, country, and he
 wanted to get married, but his remark, ' was applicable even unto the youth of the city ::-1"I can almost support my self now, and it must be q mighty poor
 sort et a woman who can t do the rest | I Is theresa father and mother who wish
 to take another boarder 3ea i-. ..g .sssta, 2. l An individual who recently called bhis ereaitoGs toggtlIer showed . surplus I over liabilities of two ho thousand dollsfrs. S .f and his lawyer proposes 8 settlements of 1ififts cents Oh the dollar, at which the ]acredftors objected, insisting pn At, least
 sevepty-fYesb taslOh lno. II canf do ;that..n'i II interrupted therCdehtor, jsf for I, should Ehsvs hardly anything left for myself 'st "A fact .ztS4st-.