Smyrna times., 1878-08-07

to think that his mother doesn't know
enough to select clothing for him; but,
if she has energy and muscle, he may
vet be saved" "......Even the bumble-bee
can be felt when you sit down on him.
Let tricky politicians beware....... The river
of prosperity would frequently run over
were it not for the sponges that suck it up.
The difference is that the sponge acts
much sooner on some people than others
they feel the sponge before they do the
prospesity.. cent pieces are being
called in because they are regular cheats.
......It is good to be deaf when the SANDER
er begins to talk......An industrious person
always finds something to do.......Sharks
are reported at the watering places. Those
on the land are moro to be dreaded than
those in the sea. Keep a look out for
then......A shaved head used to be the
mark of degradation, now it is the ton
among our young bloods.. 1.-The overtlown
places in our corn fields are attracting the
semi-aquatic birds, and some of our sports
men have had fine sport in knocking over
snipe and plover. The Episcopal Sunday
School pic-nicked on Friday at Collins
Beach and had delightful day.......A
writer occupies Il column in one Of our
contemporaries, and reaches the conclu-
sion that the whole trouble in the business
world arises from the fact that ga great
many people have not the money in their
pockets to buy what they want" "......It is
easy in the world to live after the worlds
opinion it is easy in solitude to live after
your own; but the great man is he who, in
the midst of the crowd, keeps with per-
| feet sweetness tho independence Of soli-
tude. The man who kept on dishing out
oft l. l. Al. Il 4
| Camp while the minister was asking a bles-
sing had neither the habits of solitude or
the crowd.......The colored excursion to
Cape May on Saturday was satisfactory eX-
cept in one particularly Walter Johnson had
his brute instincts aroused by drink at
Cape May, and before he could be securely
tied, cut his wife's hand and his brother's
head badly with a raZor.......It is a curious
habit Of human nature to look at the man
through the transparent medium Of q dol
lar bill. If a rich man is rude, it is re
garded as a quaint and laughable eccen
tricity; but if a poor man does or says the
same thing, he Is a boor, and we are dis
| gusted beyond measure. We are ready tC
find any excuse for an act that has money
behind it, and equally ready to find faul
with any act that is backed by poverty......
The pastor and people Of the Mount Friend
ship (colored) Church, Kenton IId., will
hold a three days church meeting at tha
place on the 10th, 18th and 18th insts
Late potatoes are being completely riddleC
by the second crop Of potato bugs. II
some Of the patches we have noticed til,
vines have been ruined. THE next eclips
will be of the moon, and takes place OF
August 10Th, at 7.08, p. M......Y You can trail
the eye to see all the bright places in you
life, and SO slip over the hard ones will
surprising ease. You can also train the ey
to rest on the gloomy spots, in utter forget
fulness Of all that is bright and beautiful
} The former is the best education. Life
too short 10 nurse ones misery. Hurr,
across the lowlands that you may linge
longer on the mountain-tops...... color
ed camp in Spruance's woods was largel
attended on Sunday and the conduct ger
orally good. One of the men from thi
town, however took it upon himself
improve the occasion by whipping hi
f wife.....Among other improvements a
Belmont Hall'' Mr.. Speakman has adde
a bath room with tank which gives a suppl
Of water from the roof.......Our Martha
. Vineyard correspondent has the confdenc
of an old friend in all his statements saV
one-that Of eating Il Egh breakfast Q
4IONlueHCC' he says IL never Happelc(
unless the supply run short.......We broli
down our machine last spring in trying t
, grind out some poetry on new coffee mi
of Harry Huffington's on the Hill," o.
, posite Worden's mill. From indignatio
. at causing US such a serious mishap, or I
\ meet the demands of his increasing trad,
i we are not prepared to say which, Harr
5 has removed that mill and put one in i
J, place twice as large.......If our "cit
!, fathers" do not speedily mend those hol
!. in Main St., near the Americus Club room
} which have jostled the equilibrium an
e equanimity or so many, they may look OF
g for acrit Of ro,tSter to be served on the
d forthwith. The mud, from theshower la
O night made it easy to track the thievt
from Bailey's almost to the Landing. Th
leads to the suppostion that they can
y from the creek. Their shoes (there we
Is two) measured l09 and III inches loi
I, and 81 and Al inches wide.......A gentl
IL man who is observant of what is passin
E. notes the constant companiship Of thr
e young men who "toil not neither do tn,
n spin" and yet are without any wish
= means Of support. This anomalous way
u making living he thinks cannot be a
y counted for by any of the usual legitima
70 daily modes.