St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-02-14

be it from him that he should have a
son."
The cosmopolitan character fprOverbs
has often been noticed. Many of the |
following will readily suggest those
W which are already familiar in our Ian
guage.
"PhosphoruS conceals fire."
"The hungry bear does not play"
''The open mouth does not remain
hungry"
'Mistakes make a. man wise"
..To know the much you must know
the little"
';The open enemy is better than the
secret foe"
"Weep not for the dying, but for the
foolish man.
"Running water keeps clean"
Don't cry for spent money, but mind
your business"
'sMen think IA white sheep fat" or as
the Khodja puts it, "Whosoever look
upon the white sheep suppose that Its
inside is full of fatness."
..He rows up stream" evidently had
its origin by the swift Bosphorus cur
rent.
$50 to the wine shop to find lazy
man. or. as the manuscript has it ''the
lazies."
.sChew before YOU swallow"
"A headache may be deaths messen-
ger"
Death alone can not be avoided"
The next has puzzled me. 1t reads,-
"Whosoever eat his bread alone, will
exalt his burden himself" 1t probably
means ..Thc selfish man must bear his
own burden"
Perhaps had better have given the
original translations entire, and put
| them under the head of cOnundrums.
For instance heIe is one, ''For man
who comprehends, the buzzing fly is
like il guitar: but for Il man who don't
understand anything if you sing and
ring and play with the timbrel and
tiout. is little" Answers solicited.
Also lhis,-''He gives to the others the
advice of abstination of injuries, and
he himself swallows the whole grape
without permission OF its master"
In what manner You make your
defamation, the same will he the sen
tence," is little obscure unless ex-
pressed something thus, ''As you speak,
So YOU will be answered.
"Bind formerly well your donkey
and after trust it to Cod contains a
truth much like Cromwell's "Trust in
God and keep your powder dry"
select the following gems of practi-
cal wisdom:
"No seed, no harvest"
1.-The farmer wants rain, the traveller
: fair weather"
"The bowing head is not cut"
lone hand washes the other, anC
both the face"
The last seems to point to the kline
of service officials give to each other
and to their superior.
: "Whosoevcr weeps at every i'll, vii
at last weep out both his eyes"
} "WhosoeveI looks at others mouths
will remain hungry" seems to be the
oriental expression for CHARITY begins
, at home"
'Sword wounds can be healed, bu
not those of the tongue"
"Home calculations do not meet mar
J ket demands"
! Think, then speak"
: 'First eat, then speak"
Every new thing is sweet"
: "WhOsoever destroys his house mus
go without"
The biting dog does not show hi
: teeth.
"a man who is wet does not care fo
the rain"
"One man is another mans Satan"
IA man needs men,"
''Only merit appreciates merit"
? ''Lions beget lions"
D These two express a truth as mucl
I recognized East ds West :-"Gold doe
not rust,r and ga diamond is diamond
e still, though thrown in the mud"
| This well expresses the after-sight O
t some men, ,-"After the horse is stolel
e he shuts the stable door," Also this
"He GOT off his horse and mounted
donkey"
Practical prudence is illustrated b.
a the following:
"The thrown arrow does not return.
S ''Do not be a friend of a hungry man.
"Do not play in the fire with cotton.
y HE who says what he pleases, wi
hear what he does not please"
These inculcate the value of honesty
a ga man deceives his neighbor bu
once"
: ..The true man is he that keeps hi
promises"
''The deceiver will be deceived"
The following can hardly be classified
''Where fire falls it burns"
It "Good or bad d,-seek it and you sha
find it."
e "Only the banker knows the price {
= gold"
e at is easy to mount and ride littl
: donkey"
e 1.-The old friend will not be foe."
IS "The eye of the master makes tn
horse grow fat.n