The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-06-27
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ana AhS lrOfa lnoI were dreaming uIUrDIn1DE .
-lBunaiO Commercial.
The idle should not be classed among
the living; they are a sort of dead men
not at to be buried.
LADIES are like violets; the more
modest and retiring they appear, the
more you love them.
A MAN is obliged to die before his will
amounts to anything, but that of a
woman is always in force.
THE Philadelphia Bulletin editor re-
cognized q long-lOst shortcake by q
strawberry mark near one end.
A WRITER says that many Women
are never pretty till they are Old"
And then they are only pretty cid.
MIsTHRFss MULDEYNEY, it was this
blessed mint that ever was, ! jist wint
around the cor r-ner for aquarter Ov tea,
an lux at the eye l got l"-[ HsWkeye.
Mr.. EDISON, the inventor of the phon-
| Ograph. parts his hair at the top of his
collar, and combs it straight up in the
air. When Re walks ont he hangs his
hat upon it.
WIT loses its respect with the good
when seen in company with malice and
to smile at the jest which plants thorn
| in the breast of another Is to become
principal in the mischief.
BE not diverted from your study by
any idle reflections the silly world may
make on you, for their censures are MOI
in your power, and consequently sheuld
be no part of your concern.
A WESTERN editor throws up the
sponge, with the remark that 1t doesn't
! pay TO run paper in a town where busi-
ness men read almanacs and pick their
teeth with the tail of herring"
WHEN disguised In liquor the Russians
are never quarrelsome. They 60 through
an affectionate phase, during which they
want to hug their neighbOrs. This Is
followed by stOlid, spathetie idiOcy.
WOMEN outnumbeT men three to one
in heaven, and in the same proportion
men Outnumber women in hell. do
not say this as an idle boast, but simply
present fsct that every Christian must
accept on examinatiOn.-[ Mary Ellen
Chase.
A MUDDY stream, flowing into one
clear and sparkling, for a time runs along
hby itsel! A little further down, they
unite and the whole is impure. So youth,
| untouched by sin, may for a time keep
its purity in foul company, but they
finally unite.
SOME people scorn to be taught; Others
are ashamed of it, as they would be OF
going to school when they are old; but
It is never too late to learn what it is
always necessary 10 know; and it is no
shame to learn ss long as you are
ignerant-that Ia 10 say, so long IS we
live
4 CONNECTICUT lover, young and
enthusiastic, who sang and played for
nearly two hours before the house of bis
lsdy love the other evening, was electTi~
fied-that is, shOcked-after a short
pause, by cordial thank you" grace
fully pronounced by the "Other fellow"
who appeared at the drawing-room win
dow.
"MY son, you must rise with the SUM-"
said the old gentleman, knocking at the
door Governor" mumbled youthful
voice from under the bed clothes, "I
fear you never studied the COperDican
| theOry-the sun does not rise or other
wise move" Well, it don't need books
| to tell me ii is true of my son replied
the blunt pateTnal, turning away. And
the young collegian concluded that pos
sibly the cold man" was naturally just
about as smart as his boy.
observation-disclosures & child as
soon as it can speak, to naTrate his little
experiences, his chapter ofaccidents his
griefs, his fears, his hopes; to communi-
cate what he has noticed in the world
within. Anxious to have something TO
narraJe, he will be induced TO give at
tention to objects around him, and what
| is passing ia the sphere of his instruction,
and to observe and note events will be
come one of his first pleasures; and this
is the groundwork of thoughtful chRrsc-
ter
No PERFECTION .--NaamAn was
mighty man, but he was lePer. Every
man has some but or other in his char
acter-something that blemlshes and
dimiuishes him-some alloy in his grans
deur-some damp to his JOY. He may
be very happy-very good; yet, IN
something or other, not 20 good as be
should be, nor so hsppy as he should be.
Naamap was as great as the world could
make him; and yet, as Bishop Hall
remarks. the basest slave in Syria would
not have changed skins with him.
WHEE man goes to an evening party
and another man sits down on his plug
bat and sits there till the hat resembles
an attenusted pancake, and when a
mutuaI friend takes that hat and jams
n into shape and brushes 1t the wrong
wsy with his elbow, aud hands It to The
party OF the first part, and when the
party of the first part places 1t upon MS
head and gees home without knowing
that ANYTHING has happened, the indlcar
lions are that beer WIS one Of the pr1D-
cipal features Of the eDtertalnment.-
Buffalo Express.
Pm glad TO say that our child IS a gen
e,ons little body. The other day her
orandfather gave her 6 cent to buy herr
sei4 seme candy. As she was going out,
she discovered little beggaT boy on the
front steps. She stopped, and looked
Srsf at him then at her cent; then loeksd q
down an the ground, apparently lost In
, tbe1oht. Finally, with the sweetest
, sro;Is an her beautiful face, she stepped
. m - the forlorn child, and laying ber
bard on his shoulder, said, in gentle
tone: "Here, little boy, take TINS cent,
snd 90 snd buy yourself q suit OF c'olnes
= and some dinneT.-L -LtndePendsnt-
THEY have captured singing mouso
! IN Cincinnati that "twitters ike wood
bird. mimics a canary, and WDlnes IKE l.s .
DOG. - That is pretty good iof Gin-
/. cinnatf mouse, but out here on "eSs
ain last Wednesday, Young son oi
Mr 7. g. VOIkefs, the stone mason,
: c.-,tura5 $ lar. Q gray Norway rat, that
-. tha oria ain native worth from
q go 9I @ Creation." with fine effect, and
tbsn rendered the old bass solo, My
/. fathers half bushel," and gave foF ,S So
encore. "The friar OF orders gray 1he
rat speaks French with great hnepcy'
2 and plavs the either, piano and mouth
! organ ike one OF the old masteIe -
ITHawkeye.