The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-01-20
WORDS OF WISDOM,
The blIn' mans peck should be well me


The blin' mans peck should be well measured.
The day ye do weel there will be seven moons
In the lit and ane on the midden.-scots Pro.
verbs
The best charity is TO teach the people how to
work most productivity, and to elevate tabor by
placing 1t on level with science, and making It
part OF education Elizabeth Thorn fsOn.
The passions may be humored TIL they become
our MASTER as a horse may be pampered until he
gets the better Of his rider; but early discipline
Will prevent mutiny, and keep the helm in the
hands Of reason.
THE NJ BILE NATURE.
It is not growing like tree
In bulk, doth make man better be;
Or standing long on oak, three hundred years,
To fall log at last, dry, bald and sere.
lily of a day,
Is iairer far In May
Although 1t fall and die that night,
1t was the plant and flower Of light.
In small proportions we last beauties see;
And In short measure life ma perfect be,
Ben Johnson.
Kindness is the music Of goodwill to men; and
on this harp the smallest fingers may play HeaV.
en- 3 sweetest tunes on earth.
"see," said Luther one evening when money
to supply his wants was scarce, "see that little
bird has chosen his shelter and is about to go to
sleep, sits in peace on It's slender branch, lesy.
ing God to provide for IT,"
Calumny would soon starve and die Of itself II
nobody took 1t in and gave 1t lodging leighton.
Evil ministers Of good things are as torches-a
light to others, a waste to none but themselves
only.-[ Hooker.
There never was a time when young men
should not be warned that power doesn't come
by treasure, and that prosperity doesn't follow
wickedness, tell you that manliness is prcfila.
BILE. tell you that there is no manlines with.
out truth; fidelity, integrity purity. These are
real; and he that dsbeieVes them does so at his
own peril,-[BeeCher
He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge
over which he must pass himself for every man
has need to be forgiven re, Herbert
Were Chrlstens in general all that they profess
to be and onght to be, l doubt whether there
would be need Of Offering any other evidence for
Christianity than the lives of lis disciples-[An.
drew P, Peabody,
The best security fog civilization is the dwelling;
Lord Beaconsfeld.
There is no creature which creepeth On the
earth but God pTovideth Its food; and He know.
eth the place Of Its retreat, and where 1t iB laid
up.-[The Koran
Infinite toll would not enable you to sweep
away mist but by ascending little you may
often look over 1t altogether. So 1t is with our
moral improvement; we wrestle flercely with q
vicious habit, which could have no hold upon US
II we assembled into higher moral atmosphere.
Il Helps.
Quarrel not rashly with adversltles not yet un.
derstoed, and overlook not the mercies often
bound up In them; for we consider not sufficient.
ly the good Of evils, nor fairly compute the mer-
ces Of Providence in things ficted at FIRST hand
-[sIr Thomas Browne
Never does man portray his own character
SO vivldly as in his manner Of portraying an.
others.
Dogenes has well said, that the only way to
preserve his liberty was always being ready to
die without pain.
Love Of truth shows itself IN discovering and
apprecisting what is good whenever It may exist.
A generous man places the benefits he confers
beneath his feet those he receives nearest his
heart,
1t would be better for the world II the word
pity and kindred expressions were out Of usei
kindness and tender feelings would then only be
expressed by actions
The hills Of lofty endeavor and high achieve.
ment lie all around us, and If we never catch o
glimpse of the views they afford, we need not
complain that II is because of the insuperable
limitations of our surroundings
Has 1t never occurred to US, when surrounded
by sorrows, that they may be sent to us only for
our instructlon-as we darken the cages Of birds
when we wish to teach them to sDg7