News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-21
WIT AND WISDOM.

gives foreboding.
THEY are happy whose natures sort
with their vocations.
WHEN creek meets creek then comes
the annual spring freshet.
GooD-w1nL like good name, is got
by many actions, and lost by one.
TIE master is respected according to
the discretion and good breeding of his
servants.
If punishment reaches not the mind
and makes the will supple, it hardens
the offender.
Coal is said to have been discovered
''in the heart of Mexico Hope Mexico
will not have the heartburn.
My heart, like the world about me,
came forth to meet the sunshine, and
thawed after its long winter.
WIoKEDNEss may prosper for while,
but at the long run he that sets all
knaves at work will pay them.
SOME men are 80 covetous, as if they
were to live forever, and others SO pro-
fuse, as If they were to die the next mo-
ment.
AN Irishnan tells of fight in which
there was only one whole nose left in the
crowd, and that belonged to the tay-
kettle.
IT is always a personal favor to
mention one mans name in newspaper.
It is the same thing to leave another
mans out.
THE late James T. Fields used to say
of certain idealists that they were ''ever
striving after the inefable and never
paid cash. |"
THE person who has firm trust in
the Supreme Being is powerful in his
power, wise by his wisdom, happy by
his happiness.
WHAT must be shall be; and that
which is necessity to him that strug-
giles is little more than choice to him
that is willing.
A FRENCH physician has written
long letter on the advantages of groan-
ing and crying. One is that neither will
be mistaken for singing.
AN old colored man who had imbibed
200 freely of New Jersey apple-iack said:
;'Some people is filed with delight, but
Use filled with de lightning"
GROUND waists are still fashionable,
and the young men will see that the
fashion is not changed for want of press
ing.--Dansuille (M. ~ Breeze.
In the agitation of the trouble be-
tween England and Russia it seems that
the ruler of Afghanistan Is regarded as
nothing more than Ameer dummy.
GLOW CAN 1 find out all about the
young lady to whom I am engaged ?"
asks prospective benedick. Has she
a younger brotherp If so, consult him.
THERE is some help for all the defects
of fortune, for if man cannot attain to
the length of his wishes, he may have
his remedy by cutting OF them shorter.
AN observing politician says that the
difference between those going in and
out of office is mainly this-the former
are 81 orn in and the latter go out swear
ing.
A FrFrY dollar engagement ring may
not typify the depth of the love that
presents it, but it may tell tale of ter
ribIe strain upon the pocket that pays
for it.
A NORTH Side man makes his daugh-
ter eat an onion just before starting for
the skating rink. II all would act on
this hint the new craze would be short
lived. Chicago Ledger.
"WHAT is the matter with the baby ?"
asked lady of little girl, whose baby
brother she understood to be ailing.
"Oh, nothin' much" was the answer.
"He's only hatchin' teeth.
THE curtain had just dropped on the
first act and he already had his hat in
his hand when she, putting her hand in
her pocket said "Here, dear, I thought
you would want one; you needn't go
out" and she handed him Glove.
BRTsFY, an old colored cook, was
incoming around the kitchen one day,
when her mistress asked her il she was
Ill. "No, ma'am, not 'zactly," said
Betsey; s'but the fact is, don't feel
ambition 'nough to git outer my Own
way"