The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1880-07-17

HlokLAND l !S'S.---LA ttalilIN IiaIi VaF
shown Morland's celebrated picture Of
THE Pigs" 40 be sure" said he, they
be deadly like pigs but there is one
fault-nobody ever saw three pigs feed
ing together but what one on 'em had
foot in the hrorph."
0OuR LoT.-We know not what evils
we have been preserved from for day-
zlmg prospects do not always bring the
cheer and comfort We expect, and prom.
lse OF future good often results in lisap-
pointment AMI sorrow. There are bless
ings and privileges in every life; let us
be thankful for all those which fail to
Our lot.
RICHES or lSrEILECT.-To be perfectly
free from the insults Of fortune, We
should arm ourselves with these retiec.
tions we should learn that none bu.
intellectual possessions are what we can
properly call our Own-that all things
from without are but borr1wed-that
what fortune gives 1s. is not cnrs---and
that TnatavGr she gives, ehe can iAks
lNa-
There are said to be still eleven or
twelve survivors Of the men who defend
eel Stonington from the British attack in
1914. Nearly all of them ere living
there, the two oldest being John Bnil-
nett, aged "3, and Col. J. w. Hull, aged
81. Another, Henry Lewis, died recent
ly, III the town he defended. and in
which he was of hate the Oldest person.
It's acc being -, lackin. three months.
DISHONEST EoRrrNEs.--W have seen
since the war colossal fortunes Of $25,-
100000 $50oooo00 and S1OO,O0O,OOO
built up by individuals. We have seen
great corporations enriched and invested
with power. have said Judge Reagan,
and repeat, that no man can by legii-
mate trade OF legitimate speculation,
amass such fortunes III the course of Il
brief life. The men that do it are not
generally Of bad repute; they are not
understood to have violated the law, but
1t is the power misgoN eminent has given
them.
LOVE OF CHILDEES.-~Tell me not Of the
trim, precisely arranged homes. where
there are no children: where as the
good German has il, the Hv-traps al
ways hang straight OH the wall tell
me not of the never disturbed nights and
days; OF the tranquil. uiEsnNious hearts,
where children are not, | care not for
these things. God etnds children for
another purpose than merely to keep up
the fice-to enlarge uur hearts, TO make
as unseltsh, aud full Of kindly svmpa-
thies and affections To give our souls
higher aims, and 10 call all o|lr faculties
to extended enterprise ana cxenion 10
bring round Our tire-slde bright faces and
HAPPY smiles, and loving, tender hearts
WoKrH r17K CHARH.-Young men sre
mistaken when they think good looks
neir principal recommendation to Wo-
nan. 4 woman Admires a handsome
man ior time, but it need. something
NOR than eoni-looking face to retain
this feeling. A woman is, as a general
rule, more strongly drawn by the intel
lectual qualities Of the opposite sex than
by anything else. Doctor johnson. Gold
smith, Curran, and Ehiel wers all very
plain; but they possessed the charm Of
genius, which irresistibly attracts the
noble qualities ofwoman. What is above
said is also true Of the gentler sex. A
man frequently says Of come belle
Yes, she's very beautiful, but thank
Heaven she isn't my wife, Women
we do not mean to blame them for it !;
but it requires something more than
mere beauty 10 enable them 10 retain
their influence over men.
4 BEAUTIFUL IpkA.-Away among the
Alleghanies there is a spring, SO small
that an OK, in summers day, could
drain it dry. 1t steals lis unobtrusve
way among the hills, till it spreads out
in the beautiful Ohio. Thence 1t stretch
| es away thousand miles, leaving on it.
banks more than . hundred villages and
cities, and many thousand cultivated
farms, and bearing on its bosom more
than half thousand steamboats,. Then
joining the Mississippi, i stretches away
and away some twelve hundred miles
more, till it falls into the great emblem
Of eternity. II is one of the great trlbl-
taries of the ocean. which, obedlent only
to God. shall roll and roar till the angel,
with one foot Oh .he sea and the othel
on the land. shall lift up his hand te
heaven, ami swear that time shall be n1
1 longer. So With moral influence. II 4
IL rill--a rivulet-a river an ocean
boundless and fathomless as eternity.
HAVE 4 Observation-Disclosures vou do
have system about it. II Is the creates
/ labor saving machine III the world, ane
the cheapest, b.t it is not the easles
governed. Il requires reason and man
agement 70 contIo! and exercise it. Yet
wherever il has been introduced. 'lll!
great labor saving machine las been ;
success, dcmonstra,in. TO The world tha
it has saved is operator nnnecessar,
manual labor, i multitude OF perplcs
ties, kept his workshop III order, al.
enabled him 10 perform correctly NOR;
by far than III his absence wonlu hav'
been possible. Il has many time KEEP
its possessor ff0m exaspera'lng cntan
clements. it has saved him time :tne
trouble; il has kept hs business recti
ded While others have been confused
system, II has ever been q victor il
! war. Il ls the powerful srcplcr hat the