The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-06-29
VARIETIES.

Consult the lips ZOE oplnIohS' Un0 0
duct for convictions.
He who is ashamed of his poverty will
surely be arrogant of his wealth.
1t ever is the marked propensity OF
reckless and aspiring minds to look into
the stretch of dark futuritY.
Events are not determined by the
wheel of fortune, which is blind, but by
the wheels of Providence, which are
full Of eyes.
ooh, dear, exclaimed Penniman, 81
wish could excel in something! l dc
believe if | should kill man, it would
only be murder in the second degree.
A beautiful maid of Carlisle,
On the back of her neck had a b1sle,
When her lover forgot,
And Rugged the sore spot,
Her screams could be heard for a misle.
Modern Argo.
Where ignorance is bliss: Miss Fether-
fuss, sitting in the front pew in her
gorgeous new hat, was totally oblivious
of the innocent little tag that told to the
congregation that that stunning spray
of flowers cost her just '62c.'
A very diminutive man once solicited
the hand of buxom girl. ''Oh. mol"
said the fair but insulting young lady,
81 can't think of il for moment. The
fact is, Tom, you are too big for cradle
and little too small to go to church
with
The only cure for Incidence is work;
the only cure for selfishness is sacrifice;
tse,p only cure for uphelief is to shake off
the ague of doubt by doing your con-
sciences bidding; the only cure for
timldity is to plung into some dreaded
duty before the chill comes on.
Hope is the rudy morning of JOY,
recollection is it's golden tinge; but the
latter is wont to sink amid the dews and
dusky shades of twilight; and the
bright blue day which the other prom
ises, breaks indeed, but in another
world, and with another sun.-RICHTER.
Block Island is remarkable in many
ways. OF its 1,147 in population, 1882
were born on the island. The inhabit-
ants use peat for fuel, and sea weed nets
them over $40. 900 year. There never
was Jail or lawyer among them, and
for 100 years no mails came to the
island.
"Wife,' once exclaimed man return
ing from q military muster, "they've
made me corporal" :'Dad,' exclaim-
ed the eldest of a set of tow-headed
scions, "did they make US corporals,
too?" "What a question: exclaimed
the mother, scorntully. ''Nobody is
corporal but your daddy and me-"
True heavenly wisdom doth seem
very mean, of small account, and almost
forgotten among men, as having no
high thoughts of itself, nor seeking to
be magnifed upon earth. Many in
deed, praise it with their mouth, out in
their life they are far from it; yet it is
the precious pearl which is hidden from
many. Thomas Kempis.
Twas the first twilight interview. She
swinging in the hammock on the side
veranda, and he sitting submissively at
her feet, with his legs dangling off the
boards. "How refreshing at the closing
hour of day. he gently remarked, "to
thus in sweet communionship await the
rising of the stars that will soon feck
the ceruleon dome of heaven with
spangles of silver. I would ever thus,
with thee at my side revel in the glories
of the azure-azure, as sure as
"What exquisite language" said she
with a sigh. elbow can you afford it on
S6 week?" The young man was not
quite AS SURE as he was, and slid down
the pillar to the yard, and was seen no
more Whereabouts forever.-New Haven
! RaOister