Connecticut western news., 1878-03-28
: WIT AND WISDOM.

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 =" Where there's awill there's 2 way ito break it. .baat .s ,msjsai .tn-iissfsr
 He who masters his passion subduesE fearful enemy. yaa spy1" srIdtvos
 To believe business impossibleits the way to make 1t so.oboallo lroilsguaYI { Under our great troubles often ie1 our greatest treasures. Lguiosdi io ms says
 He that knows not when't be silent knows not when to speak. bda fniSin
 The tears of affection are dewdropsi from the blue sky of the soul. 's odi aiiw -There is hardly any circumstance' that may not have been worse. .o N''i.ts
 He that can compose himself is wiser than he that ycomposes books. (t,,r.., :. "
 The envious man grows base by coh- templatlng the success of another.
 Those who trandple on the ohelpless are disposed to cringe to the powerful
 q Never decelve, for the heart, once, misled, can never trust wholly again. .. aj
 70. Vanderbilt, Jr., is quite uncer- tain which hurts him most, his fathers will or his brothers won't. .si ssadN rto
 Many tear of wounded pride, yg!il
 Many fault of human blindness, s'.i;
 Has been soothed, or turned aside, ,.,, Y . Bya quiet voice of kindness
 If money could be borrowed as, easily as trouble, how round7shouldered some men would soon become lsa,, agg3s
 --Precocious boy (munching the fruit of the date tree ) Mamma, if I eat dates enough will grow up5to be an almanac ?" .sioo:
 -4l" During his ministry he mhdscsix hundred hearts beat as three hundred,h is the way Maine paper neatly puts lit concerning a local pastor aa'l4 --Sl- .. ..4d-
 London Fun Mrs. Stodger-a"How be your wife gettin' on,a Mr. Hen peckin ?" MT. H." be most mortal glad, Mrs. Stodgers, to say she's a re- coverin' very slowlyp a 'lilSa
 "A movement is on foot among the New York merchants to do away with drimmers. We suspect, says the Bretsh- fast 7'a6le, this is an attempt to close up the saloons in small towns. a p21'''2f-
 -Nurse Gust engaged )-" He's notpo purity as I'd loike, mum" "Why, what do you meanp" Nurse--"'s Why, in walk ing out, mum, folks might think he was me own, an I'd be ashamed, so l would" "
 Boy (reading)-" And as she sailed down the river" Teacher--"Why are ships called sheP" Boy (preeociously alive to the responsibilities of his sex)-T7t i" Because they need men to manage them" e4ssr Now, boys, cut this out aud leavSit on your father's plate at breakfast time A Cincinnati man named Sulllyaina dropped dead from anerism of the aoFta, the result of exertion and excitemente while in the act of chastisiug bis son.-- Jersey City EVeraiag Journal 4ig1 ,rls
 Rev. MT. Murry ism favor of ahav- ing fathers play cards with their boystto keep them at home in the evenings. 1NlFs. Griggins has written to the pastor to find out whether she ought to have a kegfof beer and few stale herrings in her cellar to keep the old man at home of nights.
 He had brought her the very things she wanted from the supper table to her safe retreat on the stairs, and she was moved to say, half laughingly, "You are a man after my own heart, MT. B. Just what I'm after," he answered., quick as a flash, covering her with con fusion. ..''' e.t" t# 7A
 "A Lowell man who lost his good character some time ago, was severely hauled over by some of his former friends. l know it, boys. l know my charac- ter's gone, lost entirely. And, " he added rather pointedly, "it's too confounded bad, for it was the only one in the place worth saving. "--Lo,OeU Jou7sat.
 A gentleman said to asurgeon, ''My daughter IS very i'll; she sometimes falls into a swoon, and continues for hours without understanding. J" The surgeon replied, " We'll, she is not as i'll as I feared, for I have actually known cases in which people were so afflicted that they remained all their lives without Iin- derstanding." @ .- E'st!
 We read in an English paper that the ",pistol pocketbook" is the latest safeguard for American ladies against thieves. These pocket books, when car car ried in the hand, look exactly like an ordinary purse, but should an unwary person make snatch at them, the owner has only to press spring, and the thief thief is shot through the heart, provided the aim is good. .5...., .i.,,-..
 IA lad some 8 or g years old was per mitted by his mother not many years ago to go out skating with some companions, He did not return home until quite late in the afternoon, and his mother repri- manded him for staying so long, finally saying she would tell his father when the latter came home. e !" If father had got into the same fix I did he would have done just like me, ]" said the lad. When his mother asked him what he meant, he said, ssWhy, went out with the boys, and of. course I had to come home with