The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-08-21
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more absolutely certain is the clerk to send |
you there Darlington Hasekeye.
Idleness is the mother Of vice, and q boy
who is allowed to grow uD in idleness is
pretty sure to be a vicious man. The parents
Of such boys have o fearful responsibility rest
ing upon them when they let their sons run |
about late hours Of the night instead of keep.
ing them at home reading good newspapers |
and books, and training them into moral hab.
its SO as to become respectable men instead OF |
which is sure to be the case with the night |
runners and day idlers, then theresponsibility |
Is increased. Give the boys plenty to 40. and
you will preserve their morals. Better
tired body than a vicious mind.
John Mole, an Englshman noted for his |
skill in rapid calculation, was indebted to |
chance for the discovery of his talents When
in tt humble capacity Of a farm servant he
was sent toa carpenters shop for load OF
lumber. A workmen asked him whether he
could tell how many cubical quarters OF inches
he could cut out of a solid foot of wood, upon
which Mole replied that he could tell how
many could be cut out OF Ten thousand solid
feet. He then answered the question: How
many farthings there were in million OF
moidores of the value of twenty-seven shill-
ings each. From that time he applied diligent-
ly to acquire knowledge of figures, and
became eminent for his skill in algebra.
There was recently received in Milan
great curiosity in the shape Of clock made
entirely of bread. The maker is Peruvian,
| q native Indian, and he has devoted three
years of his life to the construction OF this
| curiosity. He was very poor, and being with:
deprived himself regularly Of portion OF his
daily bread, which he devoted to the con.
struction of this curiosity, eating the crust
| and saving the soft part for his work. He
| made use of certain salt to solidify his ma
terial, and when the various pieces were dry
they were perfectly hard and insOluble to
water. The clock is Of respectable size, and
goes perfectly we'll The case, which is also OF
hardened bread, displays, great talent, both
| in design and execution, and taken altogether
| it would be difficult to find greater curiosity
| To all who make use of the comparative
! leisure of mid summer to visit the orchards,
gardens and grounds Of others, we have one
bit of advice to give: "Shut your own gate
behind yon!" When you leave your garden,
fruit patch or grounds, of whatever kind,
shut the gate and leave whatever is behind
you there-don't take it with you. Recol
you 60 to see what he has to show and learn
| what he has to teach. If YOU would be a
| welcome visitor and dismissed with press
( ing invitation to come again, place yourself
in I receptive mood; be for the time the at
tentive pupil and not the teacher. When
others visit your place will be the proper
time to teach. OF all the intolerable bores
| who visit us is the man who brings his own
place along with him, and who, whatever
may be shown him, at once institutes COM
parison with his own, and at once begins to
tell that mine are much better than that"
and ignoring the things before HIM, tells us,
"Ah, you should see my strawberries, my
roses, my tomatoes" and so on all through;
in short, the man who did not "shut his own
gate behind him."-Amaerican Agricatlturist.
Russian Proverbs.-The wolf asked the
goat to dinner; but the goat declined.-A fox
wolf changes his hair every year, but remains
a wolf.-Dog, why do you bark? To brighten
the VOLTS away. Dog, why do you keep your
tail between your legs? am afraid Of the
wolf.-Love, fire, and cough cannot be hid.
! Make friends with bear, but keep hold OF
gall in his mouth.-Bread aad salt humble
even robber.-A full stomach is deaf to in
struction.-1f you hunt two harcs you will
catch neither-God is not in haste, but Hi
devil, but he will enter by the window
Praise not the crop until it is stacked.-lt il
not necessary to plough and SOW fools-they
| grow Of themselves-With God go even ove1
the sea; without Him not over the threshold
Truth is not drowned in water, nor burned
| in fire.-A fool may throw stone into pond
it may take seven sages 10 pull it out.-N<
bones are broken by a mothers fst.-Whost
bread and whose salt eat, his praise sing
? Lies march on rotten legs; who lies will steal
q The French code does not allow lovely wo
man to drive coach in the streets and parks
g of Paris. As matter of fact she drives ever,
q afternoon pony chaise or dashing victori
around the lakes in the Bots de Boulogne
f. and no presumptuous policeman ever dreams
# of interfering with an amusement which ha
risen to the height of fashion; and for all tina
the visitor to the Bots can suppose, the pelic
u interdict against ladies who drive might be a
r. complete dead letter. Three weeks ago al
accident led to the tardy application Of tn
o forgotten law. The young lady driving he
: victoria, had the misfortune to run over al
old woman; and although the latter, comfort
e ed with all sorts of good things, was quite con
e tent to forget and forgive, the guardians Q
public morality felt in duty bound to interfere
u She was summoned before the Corrections
+ Tribune for striking and wounding by i'm
prudence,'' as well as for infraction of the no
y t lice rules. She was indignant at finding he
y sex included with infants in such prohibition
i and commented upon the want of gallal,try Q
3 the law. There was great impudence, she de
= clarad, on the part of the old woman, who
q "as it were, threw herself at the head OF ri
2 DOR" The Judge inquired as to the charm
y of creature for whom such affection wa
displayed, and was informed that ne was he
e hunter, an English bay, noted for his exqu
81 site performances in the field. So the willfu
e otfense of driving was visited with fine
d. $40, and the upsetting of the old woman wit
Id penalty of 81.
. .'S THEODOSIA BURR.