Connecticut western news., 1878-01-10
WIT AND WISDOM.

Spring will be jealous of winter lin gering in the lap of fall.
 When the pious Scotchman elects to sing "Hold the Fort in Gaelic, this is the way he does It t:
 We know of a man who returned a lost wallet to it's owner, and for his hon. esty was presented with'a horse which ran away and killed his sister,.
 It requires great deal of badness and great deal of caution to make a great fortune, and when you have got it it requires ten times as much wit to keep it.
 A Nevada man, who had seven homely daughters, gotsa paper to hint that he had seven kegs filled with gold in his cellar, and every girl was married in five months.
 A Yankee editor wishes to know whether the law recently enacted against the carrying of deadly weapons applies to doctors who carry pills in their pockets.
 "A young Iowa man welcomed his sweetheart with so cordial an embrace that pistol in his pocket exploded, se- riously wounding boy who was looking on, torgetful that two were company.
 The mind is nourished at cheap rate. Neither cold, nor heat, nor age it. self can interrupt this exercise. Give, therefore, all you can to possession which amehorates even in its old age.
 Whatever comes out of despair can not bear the title of valor, which should be lifted up to such height that hold ing all things under itself it should be able to maintain its greatness even in the midst of miseries.
 Two gentlemen were debating the character of Q mutual acquaintance. Said one, "You must admit he has lots of moral principle" "Well," ," retorted the other, Che ought to have, for he never uses any"
 The Cincinnati Commercial makes mention of a grim joke in the promise of the.successor of bankrupt firm in that city that they will pursue the same busi- ness policy which has characterized their past transactions.
 Have you known how to compose your manners? You have done great deal more than he who has composed books. Have you known how to take repose? You have done more than he who has taken cities and empires.
 The great highroad of human well fare lies along the old highway of stead fast we'll doing and they who are the most persistent and work in the tluest spirit will invariably be the most suc- cessful; success treads on the heels of every right effort.
 A memorial window in a church in Minneapolis, Minn., which was heavily burdened by debt, bore the inscription, "I will give the rest" until the skillful brush of an artist added another c, and took away the hope that the donor in- tended to pay off the membranes.
 The manufacture of paper from wood has reached the altitude of perfec- tion in Canada. The superintendent of mill up there says tree is cut down and showed into one end of the mill and five minutes later there is neighbor at the other end to borrow the paper.
 -Schoolboys usually doubt the text books statement that tallow- candle shot from gun would go through board. MT. BlondelI is convinced on that point. He was acting in border drama in Baltimore theater. A blank cartridge was fired at him, and some tallow that had adhered to the charge passed through his nose.
 -" Did I not give you flogging the other day?" asked schoolmaster of a trembling boy. "Yes, sir" answered the boy. Well, what do the Scrip lures say upon the subject ?" "I don't know, sir, said the boy, "except it is in that passage which says, It's more blessed to give than to receive. ,"
 Out in Dakota the other day stage load of passengers were compelled to nOlu bIl6lT udu1lb dUONc bllSI uSdub WhAAO gang of highwaymen robbed them. One of the victims, who remarked, "This is high-handed piece of busi- ness," was allowed to keep his watch as @ reward for his humor. Puns must be rare in the light atmosphere of the mountains.
 A philosopher says: There is noth- | ing so sweet in life as to see happy child. The world has hardened my na- ture. believe in no one, trust no one j; but have one spot that childish hands can open. When that hardens and closes I shall take up my palm-leaf, cultivate my voice, and make all preparations for becoming a frst-class angel at once. O mo bhrothair, faic a bhratach, Luasgadh anus a ghaoith; | Cuideahadh a teached am fradhare; | Buaidh bid air ar taobh. | Gleidh an dun, tha mise tghiun, So tha Iosa g rahd;