Connecticut western news., 1878-09-05
WIT AND WISDOM.

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 The man who loved the watch dogs honest bark was not tramp. a ..r
 Applause is the spur of noble minds, tho end and aim of weak ones. .2..H
 One bell serves parish, and one helpful hand serves many 8 cause. o .'a
 Knowledge and timber should not be much used until they are seasoned.
 Motives are like harlequins there is always second dress beneath the first. ....y ..ly To be in passion is to punish one's self for the faults and impertinences of another. ...,. ........ -.t ..,....uL
 Kind words are better than gold, and the voice of friend has saved many man from ruin. ..u
 How immensely would our conver- sation be abridged if all mankind would speak only the truth. .e......
 Trust him little who praises all i; him less who censures all and him least who is indifferent to all. .. .- ...-.-
 The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little. ,,.. ,f...-..s-
 False friendship is like the parasitic moss which feeds on the life of the tree which it pretends to adorn. .. ' g..5. s.,
 Abuse is the penalty levied on the bond of praise. and can be rendered. effective only when noticed. .s.-..g
 The label upon bottle of ague remedy, requesting the patient to shake well before using, is superhuous
 A man in Detroit has recently in- vented an apparatus for arresting and extinguishing sparks. Are the girls going to stand that ?
 The fat girl of Iowa, who weighed six hundred pounds, is dead. It used to he her regroUfut ~ap>L- Al,nA- -n1,n ,,e------ sat on a mans knee in all her born days. es-ai.f... .-ta. &3 a--' --"'"
 Sharks are numerous along the Atlantic coast just now, says the Detroit Free Press, and it is really appalling to see the wild struggles of an old maid as lobster reaches out for her heel. '7'f
 When placed under a microscope the sting of bee presents polish of dazzling beauty, but when placed in the end of man's nose it takes on the sem blance of rat-tail file dipped in vitrol.
 "A writer has aptly remarked , f' Take company of boys chasing but terAies, put long-tailed coats on the , boys, and turn the butterflies into dol lars, and you have fine panorama of the world " -.,......., 4....,,..,,, ..t f,
 CT sigh for one glance of, your rye" warbled an impecunious fellow as he wandered into 8 leading sAloon few 9 days ago. He got but a "glance," his range of vision being suddenly trans tered to the outer air. l-a.. gus uG yii+
 The Breakfast Table publishes the startling information that there are no [ reserved seats in heaven. Most people would banish all uneasiness on that ac- count if they could only make sure of obtaining standing room. .8a, .. .'.5-59
 A Milwaukee girPspet dog was sum- struck. She had tent built over the sufferer and ice-bags placed about his poor head, but her stern father came home and ordered hydropathic treatment in bag fire m the bridge. Gj- r "a
 -"What is the national air of this country ?" asked foreigner in Wash 1ngton. "That is the national lair, replied native, pointing to the Capi- tol. |" but the animals are all out in the jungle just now, chasing voters" s' ',
 "A love-smitten youth closed his let ter with, "I send you ten thousand kisses, darling" If ''darling" has had - any experience in such matters, she knows that one kiss on the lips is sweet CT than ten thousand on paper. is,.....
 -Prune thou thy words, the thoughts control .- That OCT thee swell and throng ;-
 They will condense within thy soul -.
 And change to purpose strong;
 But he who lets his feelings run
 In soft, luxurious flow, -'f' .'f
 Sbrinks when hard service must be done And faints at every woe. d ....-. ..s.
 -One of the end men of a newly or ganized minstrel troupe applied at one o of our book stores yesterday for comic almanac fifty years old. , He explained that the troupe wanted to study up @ stock of jokes little fresher than those used by the minstrels now on the road. !, That troop should be encouraged. a Q
 How doth the busy fly a TtN .o 7. o f .r Improve each day that passes; am
 Without, however, bettering r..4a,s
 The butter and molasses. .-. r- ...I
 How clinging are his feet ... .... At morn when we're reposing, How we'll his mission he fulfls
 .f.. By keeping us from dozing! sin
 A Baltimore lady, who had been ex. ceedingly annoyed by boys who rang her doorbell and then ran away, set a trap for them by which pail of water was to be spilled upon the next person who rang the bell. In a few minutes her pastor called and was deluged, but retired without making visit.
 .sa-An M. D. who lately opened an office was favored by visit from his i, young wife. Wishing to start an inter- N esting subject for conversation, he said: "My dear. how many people do you suppose pass by my office in the course of an hour ?' "I should judge they all passed by." nonchalantly exclaimed