Connecticut western news., 1878-05-16
WIT AND WISDOM.

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 Egypt is the place for juvenile exiA cursions. A boy can always find his s' mummy" there. 's' -'" ..-' 'a
 -"What are Russia's terms ?" asked a visitor, referring to the proposed treaty. !" Two dollars year, in advance, replied on abstracted editor.
 There are plenty of men who boast that they made themselves, and plenty, more who must confess that they have unmade themselves. r.l.l 4.f ,,.9iu.
 A musical sociable is an entertain ment where one poor person plays on an unoffending piano, while all other people present sit around and talk, sfts7g '3F,fru
 The streets of Paris are kept so clean and tidy that the people who are run over and killed do not look as mussed up as New Yorker who slips on an orange peel. s..7..-.- .,.nr ut .as Iq~1
 They do not indulge in fox hunts in. Nevada. When man wants to make aa fool of himself he goes ont and tackles a bear, and has fun and foolishness9 mixed. a s..I ... "4.'"I aa t@ '"A
 The great blessings of mankind ara ; within us and within our reach but we shut our eyes, and, like the people in the dark, we fall foul upon the very thing we search for without finding it. 'o'
 Then dash the brimming cup aside
 'a And spill its purple wine, '"' H'N'0
 Take not its madness to thy lip, d nfdW
 Let not its curse be thine. hlga 7sG
 "Tis rich and rcd, but grief and woe, 5ai
 Are hid in it's rosy depths below. ,, s,s
 A circus man says he can get along with cross wife, fault-fnding mother in-law, or bowling dog better than with the old lady from the country who tries to pass her husband in as '' under twelve Z years of age" s,V ..r.E .gramUH- ali
 "A servant girl in Dayton, Ohio. has been pronounced an irresponsible klep- ( tomaniac by a Judge. An exchange, SAYS that this case is the first one othat has come under its attention in which the victim was poor e' ,# '.." yH "o. sao'1i
 A man to be success must not be pure idealist, but.he must have ideas. He does not want to be sun-dazEled or sun-blind, but he must have glimmer enough to keep him from knocking his head against the wall. """ ''' ''h''' e'' =" Hey, Tommy" said i've yea. old urchin to another in the street, ''we've moved into house they call flats, an yer don't have ter go up stairs, but ride up in the ventilator, an mother sends all the washin' to the for1ndery." +i1 @o g I5 New Curate twho wishes to know |, all about his parishioners): Then do understand that your aunt is on youI' fathers side or your mothers ?? CouR try lad: Zometimes one an zom1e, z1 times the other, 'ceptin' when feyttheeris CT whacks 'em both, sir. ... .,,..r.l,o.ss I "A great many of us are like the old salt who said, when recounting his ad-l ventures, that he began the world with, nothing, and by hard work had sueceefdteed fte !, in holding his own ever since. fhere tlfpf . are others who have managed to bold their own and other peoples too. gau ua "A correspondent wants to know, "Can 8 Christian go to a circus 2Do Why, yes he can go to the circus easily enough but it will cost him quarter when he gets there to get in. You sec, i Christian is always too proud to carry water for the elephant; and that IS where the sinner has the advantage over him in the matter of free passes. 1ulaaH ,19]7e, Leisure, the richest happiness on. earth, is seldom enjoyed with perfect satisfaction except in solitude. Indo- lence and indifference do not always afford leisure, for true leisure is fre- auently found in that interval of relexa- ton which divides painful duty from an agreeable relax--recreation toilsome business from the more agreeable occu- pations of literature and philosophy. ''
 -"G Girls" said @ worthy old lady to her grandaughters, "whenever a fellow pops the question don't blush and stare at your feet. Just throw your arms around his neck, look him full in the face and commence talking about the furniture. Young fellows are mighty nervous sometimes. I lost several good chances before I caught your fond, dear grandfather, by putting on airs, but learned how to do it after a while. '.'' '-' N
 Only boy, with his noise and fun, rar The veriest mystery under the sum iis3
 As brimful of mischief and wit and glee As ever human frame can be-, 50 '...
 And as hard to manage as--Ah! An, me ;.
 'Tis hard to tell, '-
 Yet we love him well. ~ ...
 Only boy, who will be a man lsli Q -l
 If nature goes on with her first great plan If water, or ire or some fatal snare Conspire not to rob us of this our heir, Our blessinp. .our trouble, our rest, our care,