The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-06-17
WIT AND WISDOM.
The good arc better made by Ill,
Az odOfs crushed are syester still.

is virtue, can no more die than virtue
itself.
I'll winter night fair Isabel;
I'll spring upon my knees and tell
80 Girl Is hand summer than she,
And that she autumn marry me.
Real merit Of any kind cannot long be
concealed; ii will be discovered, end
nothing can deprlciate it but a mans
exhibiting it himself.
How can he look with conddenc to
a heaven above who does so little TO
help TO make a heaven here below,
around and about him.
A lady in Lansingburg says that her
grandmother's full name was Frances
Caroline MIria Van Rleder Van Raes
Van 0utzorn Van Bran Van H~elsdinger.
ALL those good old simple times.
Leisure is time for doing something
useful; this leisure the diligent man
will obtain. but the Levy mar never; so
that, Poor Richard says: "a life OF
~lazinoss and leisure are two things"
Tutor. Come now Mr.. B, give
me a familiar example of Hogarth's line
OF grace. Can't you think of itP It's a
curved article that you see every day."
Mr.. B. desperately "A-a-pret-
EEL"
The plump, nice looking spring
chickens that are allowed to roam about
the lawns in the vicinity Of sea-side
hotels are merely walking advertise
ments. They are not intended for table
use.
A loaded revolver was discharged in
a trunk which was being handled by a
reckless baggage smaeher, in Coun-
Gil Bluffs, Iowa, the other day. The
bullet whizEed by his ear. BE lifted the
next trunk very tenderly.
What a beautiful lesson is taught in
those. words Of SteIne' $50 quickly
sometimes has the wheel OF fortune
turned round that many a man has lived
to enjoy the benefit of that charity
which his own piety projected.
One glass Of plain soda water costs
one-tenth of a cent, first price. Now
we can understand why it is that a
druggists clerk can use the most expen-
sive kind of hair oil and wear q very
small cane.
sis this my train ?" asked a traveller
at the Kansas Pacific depot of a lounger.
81 don't know, but 1 guess not" was
the doubtful reply. II see it's got the
name of the railroad company on the
side, and l expect it belongs to them.
Have you lost q train anywhere 7"
"Now," said the examining physician
to the unhappy pilot, "you must pick
out all the reds you see." The pilot
commenced by grasping the learned
professors nose, which was worsted.-
will do" said the professor;
''your certificate is ready"
"My friends" said the political
with a burst of ingenious
eloquence, 81 will be honest" There
were a large number Of his neighbors
present, and the terrific outburst of
applause which followed this remark
upset the point which the ora
tor was about to introduce.
"Don't waste your time clipping off
The branches" said a woodman to his
son, "but lay your axe at the root Of the
And the young man went out
and laid his axe at the root of the tree,
like a good and dutiful boy-aud then
went a fishing, Truly, there is nothing
like flial obedience.
A lawyer was compelled to apologize
the court. With Stately dignity he
rose in his place, and said: "Your honor
right and l am wrong, as your honor
generally is." There was a dazsd look
the judges eye, and he hardly knew
whether to feel happy or fine the lawyer
or contempt of Court.
Judge Martin decided at Bridgeport,
he other day, that certain evidence was
nadmissible. The attorney took strong
exception to the ruling, and insisted
hat it was admissible, 81 know, your
said he warmly, "that it is
proper evidence. Here l have been
,racticing at the bar for forty years, and
low 1 want to know if 1 am a fOol2"-
That" quietly replied the court, sis
question of fact and not of law, and 80
won't pass upon it, but will let the
ury decide. "-New Haven Pal.
my boys" said a strict Churchwo-
nan to her children at the beginning Of
he recent Lenten season, 81 should
ike very much to have you deny your
elves something during the solemn
weeks of Lent. Will you do it?" 81
will, mamma" said Johnny, a sedate
hid, who was very fond of griddle-
axes; "I1l do without my cakes in the
norning." "That's a good boy. And
will you give up, Harry 2" che
sked of his little brother, a bundle of
he purest mischief that ever lived, who
vas fond of play, but had 20 love for
looks. "Oh, I'll give up going to
chool, mamma, for my part" was his
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