Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-10-04
Hn.ds of Wisdom.

A little g1T1 was asAeus uab e
faith p She replied, Doing Gods will,
and asking no questions"
MANY a sHeetly fashioned mouth has
been dis6gured and made hideous by
the fiery tongue within it.
Piety ought to be lovable, because it
ought TO be virtue adorned, and there is
nothing 50 lovely as virtue.
As the body cannot live without food,
30 the soul cannot preserve the grace of
God, its life, without prayer.
Wherever you can find man who
stands by God, God will stand by him ;
If you honor Him, He will honor you.
1t is little troubles that wear the heart
out. It is easier to throw bOmbsheh q
mile than q feather even with artillery.
When the tongue is silent and dares
not speak, there may be look, a gesture,
an innuendo that stlbs ike the stilettO,
and is more fatal than the poison of the
asp.
The rude man is eontented if he sees
bat something going on; tie man Of
more refinement must be made to feel /;
the man entirely refined desires TO re-
feet.
Have enough regard for yourself to
treat your greatest enemy with quiet
pOliteness. All petty spites are mere
meannesses and hurt yourself more than
any one else.
Let us carefully observe these good
qualities wherein our enemies excel US
and endeayor to excel them by avoiding
what is faulty, and initiating what IS
excellent in them.
Leisure is time for doing something
useful, this leisure the diligent man viii
obtain, but the lazy man never, 30 that,
as Poor Richard says, a life of leisure
and life of laziness are two different
things.
Heat and animosity, contest and con-
hict, may sharpen the wits, although
they rarely do; they never strengthen
the understanding, clear the peTsplca-
city, guide the judgment, or improve the
heart.
Liberty is a great word but so is duty.
We must not forget, or allow others 10
FORGET. how much of life's happiness.
sweetness and usefulness is secured by
bending to our duties, and being like
him who came not to be ministered unto
Dull 10 MINISTER.
Love, like the opening Of the heavens
to the saints, shows for a moment, even
to the dullest man, the possibilities Of
the human race. He has faith, hope
and charity for another being, perhaps
but a creation of his imagination; still,
It is great advance for q man TO be
profoundly loving even in his imagina-
tiOns.
Men unfold their natures gradually,
and their traits and peculiarities are
called out by variety of circumstances.
As q feather may show which way the
wind blows, and a floating twig the cur
rent of stream, SO may little matter
enable you TO determine the true char
aeter of a man, and to know how far you
can trust him, and what are his capa-
bilities.
Servant Ito Irish Iaborer): @Here is
some beer, Pat, if You care to have it ;
but Pm afraid its quite dead.n Pat:-"O,
dead is it? Sure, then, darlint, it's Pm
tile boy to bury it."
HMy dear" said husband to his wife,
on observing red-striped stockings on
his heir, "why have you made barber
poles of our ehild's legsF' Because he
is little shaver" was the reply.
An attorney, about to furnish a bill Of
costs, was requested by his client, q
baker, 'fto make it as light as he could" ("
GAh, !" replied the attorney, "that's what
you say to your foreman, but that's not
the way I make my bread"
A French gentleman, who supposed
he had mastered the English language
was sadly puzzled one day when friend
looked at him and said: show do you
doP' "Do vat ?" 81 mean how do you
find yourselfF' "Sair, 1 never loses
myself" "But how do you feel ~
fSmooth-you just feel me"
His mother was putting on her slipper
again when hesbrushed away the tears,
and afectionately caressing the place
that smarted worst, asked between his
sobs, "M-ma, DIDO you k-know why /
I'm like little M-maTyT She looked at
.IiIn cross-Ways without speaking, but he
answered it: "B-because /, had a
l-l-little lam"
@Got any cow bellsP' eyes; step this
way" 'Those are too small. Haven't
you any largerT' mo, sir, the large ones
are all sold" Rusticus started off and
got as far as the door, when the clerk
called after him: "Look here, stranger,
take one of these small bells for your
COW. and you won't have half the trouble
in finding her; for when you hear her
bell you will always know she can't be
far of"