Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-15
and justice, beside which his own ideals
are dark, he will fail in every loftler form
Of ambition, and ought to fail.
SDnae ana Nonsense,

Many VIII give advice few Will give help.
Measure ten times. YOU can cut only once
4 worm OH the hook is worth two In the
mud.
Our actions arcUur own; their CONSEQUENCES
Belong To- Heaven.
There il boy in Chicago So bright that
his mother looks at him through smoked
glass
lwoula not live Away, | rurc not to stay,
1t cost too much for washing, wearing three
shirts day.
Who Is powerful? He who can control his
passions. VINO is rich? lie who is contented
with What he has.
A granger observed lady kick up her
| skirts yesterday, and exclaimed: IMr', l'ye
COW tha. can do thutm
One OF Jaspcr's converts is frank enough
| to reply; II aoan know wheddcr Pc got re-
| llgim or notify NE wild a rhickun"'
"Wht is pattnCr:' asked q teacher Of
| class of children. "Wait a wee, and dnna
weary" answerrda little Scotch girl
\ shoikcepvr of great experience says that
| however talkativc clerks may BIZ during the
day; they are always ready to shut up at
night.
Practical observations by the Worcester
! Press: "rhv pen is mi.,htitr than the sword,
tut the humble paste-pot IS glcatcr Than lie
that takcth city,
The closest shave III the way OF Il joke re-
Gently, is the observation that the grass is
short IN Colorado, that ii has to he latllevcu
before II cam be H.owcd.
One extra strong minded wolnan has
! marked that an Old bachelor is II man who,
Through selfish motives, has rciraincd from
| making some woman Wretvhed.
The Detroit Free Press asks: Are water
melons healthy" THEY arc not. Fhey arc
| drorSical, and never attain ''rpc old age"
| seldom living over six months.
| I Mai, nh, I
minutes after school, and the boy asked htr
| to make 1t half M hour, rs he thought she
was the prettiest teacher in town.
beg pardon for stepping on your 'tran,'
said flop at a ball; then added, YOU ouy lit to
have ii cow catcher on it." "And would have
caught calf" sat he'youny lady.
y Mr.. Post, of Ohio, aged one hundred
should look for him in the dead letter office,
| " here he is I'robrb!y hvla for rus: see.
"ihousht III leave MY measure on your
! liJur, saiss !, man who fell down, in barroUm.
~ necessity Tor tl!ut,' said the Darkceper;
I'VE kno" exactly how much You hold"
The Russians give their dogs the powdered
Larvae OF the ruSe-bretle rs q preventive for
h:>''opl.obi;,. Ike same remedy is given to
human! beings who have been bitten hy~do"s.
Success in life is very apt to make us forget
! the time when we weren't much. T. is lust
SO with the frog on 81 jump; he can't remttn-
her when he WAS a tadroio-Hut ether folks
cn,,,
These are days Of progress. It tool. Moses
fcrty years 10 travel through the Wilderness
The average bank cashier of to-day would
cover the ground in about twenty-four
hours.
The following sentiment l., attributed to
Napoleon DouA1 arte ~ handsome woman
ple;ses the eye: but a good woman pleascs the
heart. The one is 81 Jewel; the other a
tl:,-aauSe.H.
Angels III The grave will not question thee
IS to the amount of wealth thou has left be
hind thee. but O! good deeds thou hast done
in the world, to entile thee to syat ":n,'l'g
the blessed
=. Wc!iticr whcr" those clouds arc gong, "
s!rh"d Flora, pensivclv, as she pointed. will,
dcIical" finger, to the heavy masses foatine
III the sky, Il think tiiey are going to thund
err said her brother.
Women arc not very proud Of their snces.
t::: not nearly 50 mu"b as mch. lou will
t"'' & til''',5;:l::i men named Adam where YOU
viii ind one woman named after her ilustri
;N'> grandmother, Eye.
Tie ruling passion cropped out in ! barber
who while shaving the face OF dad man gave
the corpse the whole history of the Euroneall
war. the rise and fol- % gold. ana the pro
gr',ss OF the rapid transit railroads.
4 man in Illinois committed suitlde by
drowning, lately, in six inches OF. water. lie
couldn't have done it alone, but his wife, with
the sclf-sacrficing devotion and hcl,.f,,lue.:s
20 characteristic OF the sev, sat Or his head.
Sarah Ann: Oh, aint my brother q clever
boy, Eliza jane' He's on'y bin tc school
tNu inoil::ils, an he 5 cot the catechsnl. Eliza
Not > that: Why my brothers. cn'y bin to
school two weeks an he's g::t L" .ucaSlcs.
AS q note OF trave-on ioot-the remark OF
tra'np who was begging something to eat is
one OF the best on record. H was 50 thin
q at hcn E,.h a6 Ia. nai he. Ink
tell whether it Was Il stomach ache or back
che.
The phonogra. pin may bottle ,;1 the voice
and pass 1t down to future ugca; but the
smile that twists the face Of II man as he
seeks ~''i'tndc and gaze upnn his Namc in
print for the first time, will always have to be
guessed al.
Germantown gentleman mas d dog that
will not permit him to enter the house if his
wife his out of temper. The animal. foresees
time" between lis master and mistress,
and ont OF consideration for the latter prevents
his entrances.
And row, young gentlemen, which Of you
can tell the name OF the greatest Of the plan
et;-lhe champion planet 60 to spcak-.of our
solar SYSTEM" | can sir. Its Saturn
And how is that: pray: why, because he
carries the belt.'
whats that:" he asked his lantl1ady, as she
set his cup by his plate Coffee" was the
boaIdvr; with an air of interest, land what is it
made of?' And there was lence around the
table for the space of half an hour
One Of the great and lamcntable mistakes of
many pastors is in not "weaving in" some
! thing for the children at every public Sunday
service. AS q rule, every part CT every service
is beyond their reach, whether it be the pray
ing, reading singing or preaching.
Mrs. Dennison, says an exchange, has made
,,rh If Io{
Minc' to purchase Washington residence
1t Is not strange; many woman has made
enough money out of that husband Of hers to
60 into all sorts OF cXtravagauccs.
Sunday ut home~Mamna: Now Jack
there are ten commandments YOU have to
keep. If you took thing that wasn't yours
You would break q commandment Jack
remembering something about some little
darkies): And then tllcrc'd be nine.'
Ten dimes make one dollar,' said the
I schoomaster. "Now go on, sir. Ten uollors
make one what"' "They make one mi shty
glad these times,' replied the boy; and the
teacher, who hadn't got his last months sal.
ary yet, concluded that the boy was about
right. :.>.',- ::
Let him who wropes painfully in darkness
or uncertain light, md prays vehcmently that
the dawn may ripen into day, lay this prccept
we'll to heart: "Do the duty which lies near
est to thee, which thou knowest to bca duty:
thy second duty will have already become
clearcr.'
"Is it becoming to me?" asked she, as she
parade0 in the costume of one hundred
years ago before her husband. Eyes my
dear" said he meekly. "Don't YOU wish
could dress this way all the time?' she asked
NO, my DEAR" he replied; "but wish yol,
had lived when that was the style.'
A celebrated actress whose fresh smile and
silvcry voice favored the deception, always
| called herself sweet sixteen" She stated
her age as sixteen in court as witness. Her
son was directly aftcrwa.d called up, and
asked how old he was. "Six months older
than mothcr,' was the honest and candid
reply.
"How did you come to know her." asked "a
mother Of her little girl as she saw her bid
ding good bye to a poorly dressed child at the
church door, "Why you see, mamma, she
came into our Sunday school alone, and
made place for her on nv seat, and I smiled
and she smiled and then VIC were acquainted ,
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