Connecticut western news., 1885-03-04
WIT AND WISDOM.

A WORD in mind IS worth two Tn the dictionary. Tnr jackass would not hide his ears if he could.
 TIE sack is an appropriate coat for rejected lover.
 WELL watched-the pickpocket with several timepieces.
 A ROAD made of quartz is very hard, but if is a oneiss road.
 GIRLS look upon the engagement ring as a very promising affair.
 TIE pioneers of civilization -- the saucepan and the gridiron.
 PRINCE ConoNNA believes in the old saw: "NTackay while the sun shines. " CoAoHsIES elopers have been knocked out in one winter by managers of skating rinks.
 Yoy may find ecstatic joy in the dream of hope, but it takes money to go to market.
 ALWAYS taking out of q meal.tub and never putting in soon brings you to the bottom.
 WHAT arc pearls to the hungry man who wants a handful of wheat or a drop of water2
 IT was Charles Lamb who made the Latin pun on the tea.chest-tu doces- thou teachest.
 A MAN is, in general, better pleased when he has Q good dinner upon his table than when his wife talks Greek.
 A MAN who is oyerworked is not only injured himself, but he is the means of iniuring his unemployed fellow-workcr,
 "JonN, said the grocery man, 'I see the thermometer is down to zero. We'll have to charge five cents more a bucket for coal. God help the poor r
 "How DID you begin life P the young man asked the great man. "I didn't begin it." truthfully replied the great man; "it was here when I got here"
 "WAs ROME founded by Romeo ?" in- quired a pupil of his teacher. "No, my son." replied the wise man; ''it was Juliet who was found dead by Romeo. "
 TIE impecunious young man who can. not afford to hire n sleigh may find com. fort in the suggestion that he put his feet in tub of ice water and jingle a string Of bells.
 I WANT to know why it is that when a baby is clean and nicely dressed il won't come to me; but when it is covered with tafry and bread and butter it insists upon climbing all over me.
 IT ain't bon in some folks ter bt hones'. Doan' make no difference how much CT duck 'sociates wid chickens, noI no matter how fur she lib rum water soon ez she fms CT puddle she's gwint in dar.
 IT is the cold weather probably thai prompts correspondent to say that h' hopes that the man who stands in from of inc fire keeping the heat from every body else may have the samc chance hereafter.
 THEY were skating together
 Der the smooth floor,
 And he said, "AIy dear maiden,
 Your grace I adore,
 And would that through life
 We could thus onward go; Will you take me, dear one,
 For wheel or for woe?"
 CHILDREN got hold of pretty conceih sometimes. "What does God send tn l snow for" asked one little girl of an other. "Why, tue snow-hakes are tn umbrellas He covers His flowers with, was the answer. TIE most natural beauty in the work 7 is honesty and moral truth; for all beaut. is truth; features make tho beauty c the face. and t-ue proportions the beautl 9 of architecture, as true measures that 2 harmony and music. REST BEYOND. Far away, beyond life's restless fever, 3 There is peace and rest; r And the sun shines on undimmed forever, ? In that home so blest | Allthe hopes that here are chilled and blightet
 Find fuition there; With the loved of other years united, We arc done with care. i LILA N. CusuMAN.
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