Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-14

A money-lender serves you in the
present tense, he lends you in the eondl-
tlonal mood, keeps you in the subjective,
and ruins you in the future.
A splendid definition of the meaning
of the word suspicion" was given the
other evening in Parisian drawing room.
at is sentiment" said boulepardier,
(which incites US to search for some
thing which we do not wish to find"
SWaiterr" cried an irritable gentleman
who was dining at a Paris restaurant,
this wine is detestable. tits not Veuve
Clicquot."
%WeT, Sir," replied the garcon humbly,
81 don't know; it's very likely she has
married again"
A Pennsylvania Dutchman, who mar
ried his second wife soon after the ~
neral of the first, was visited by TWO
hours serenade, in token OF dlsapProVa4'
He expostulated pathetically thus say
poys, you ought to pc ashamed OF your
sells to pc making all dis noise ven oar
vas funeral here so soon"
Occasionally potpie dinner is served
at Berks County (Pa.) )Almshouse which
requires the following Ingredients
Slaughtered calves, in all making about
$50 pounds of veal; eighty pounds Of
beef, one and a quarter barrels OF flour
and from eight to ten bushels of pota-
toes. When the seasoning is added II
will be seen that the pie is one of man.
moth proportions.
For preserving the complexion-tem-
perance. For whitening the hands
honesty. To remove estains-repentance.
For improving the sight-observation
A beautiful ring-the home circle. For
improving the voice-civility. The best
companion to the toilet-a wife.
Love is that affection which, being
compounded of esteem and. benevolence,
becomes the bond of attachment and
union between individuals of the differ
ent sexes, and makes them enjoy IN the
society of each other a species Of happi-
ness which they experience nowhere
else.
The love of truth is bow of peace
ready for every concession that Is nom
est, firm against every compromise that
is not. 1t is the noblest stimulus to in
quiry; ardent to seek, yet patient to ex-
anime; willing to communicate, but
more willing to receive; contemptuous
of petty curiosity, but passionate for
knowledge.
It is a law of old times in England, that
if man travelling in the kings highway
be robbed between sun and sun, satlstac-
ton is recoverable on the county where
the robbery was made; but If he takes
his Journey in the night, being an un-
seasonable time, then it is at his OWL
peril-he must take what falls. So #
man keeps in Gods ways, he shall be
sure of Gods protection but if he strayS
MT of them, he exposeth himself to dan
ger.
Some day an enterprising. dramatist
will construct play in twenty-six acts.
giving the spectator a chance to go out
and get twenty-five drinks, and it will run
for ten-thousand nights and make his for
tune. Thus predicts knowing cotem-
porary; and while the dramatist is about
it, he should construct the last act so the
play would end about fifteen or twenty
minutes before it was finished, for the
benefit of the large class who cannot
wait for the curtain to drop on the last
act.
"A woman hearing great deal about
preserving autumn leaves" put up some,
but afterwards told a neighbor they were
not fit to eat, and she might as well have
thrown her sugar away.