Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-12-19
PITH AND POINT.

The innocence of the intention
apates nothing of the mischief OF the
example.
The man who talks too much gets
so liberal that he gives himself away.
Small geniuses are hurt by small
events; great geniuses see through and
despise them. q 5s .
Pride will often keep q man going
right when conviction has long ceased
to influence him.
"A misery is not to be measured
from the nature Of the evil, but by the
temper of the sufferer.
1t is q common fault to be never
satisfied with our fortune, nor dissatis.
fed with our understanding.
III we would think of tho little We
know rather than the much. We would
have fewer cyclists and more students.
Our very best friends have tinct-
ure OF jealousy even in their friend
ship; and when they hear us praised
by others, will ascribe it to sinister
and interested motives if they can
Cotton.
"A reputashun," said Josh Bill
lings, ''once broken may possibly ba
repaired, but the world will always
keep their eyes on the spot where the
crack " as"
There are two things needed In
these days: first, for rich men to find
out how poor men live; and second, for
poor men to know how rich men work. :
-EdzOard Atkinson. -.
Money in the hands of one or two
men is like dungheap in barnyard.
So long as it lies in a mass, it does no
good; but, if it is only spread out
| evenly on the land, every thing will
grow.-Beecher.
"A narrow-minded man should be
kept in half-bushel space and at
routine work. His horizon is too near
his nose to suspect there are places
and peoples and ideas in the world not
known to him. o. P;cayune.
AS the art of criticism never made
an orator or poet, though it enables
us to judge of their merits, so the COM
prehensive speculation of mor,,rn
times, which has compared and re-
viewed the manners of every age and
country, has never formed wise gov
eminent or happy people.-R5bert
| 1aH.
Consistency is an acquired habit
nd OF slow growth. The conditions
necessary for its acquisition are right
and fixed principles of faith and NOR
ais, sincerity, simplicity, singleness of
aim, contentment, high temper enough
not to be triaed with, honest pride,
temperance and fortitude.
! "A true gentleman is as courteous
md kind in his manner to the lowliest
as to the greatest-to those at home as
to those abroad. His kindness and
courtesy are not for the purpose of
making good impression on others,
but the offspring of his own heart to
satisfy the demands of the gentleman
~ spirit in his own heart. A man
whose heart is filled with true kind
ness is gentleman everywhere. He
is kind and gentle to all.
Have we wasted our spring-time of
life? Are we wasting our summer
Has our frosty fall overtalxen us, or
has winters snow fallen upon our
heads, and found us with empty handse
Have we no fruits or flowers to show
for our time spent in life's harvest
field? Have we nothing but leaves?'
If we are nearing Deaths portal with
empty hands, it is not too late to SOW
something even now, for the good of
mankind, though it will be too late for
is to reap thereof. Those who come
after may gather the harvest and bless
our name while so doing.-Dora Har..
Cey Vroonaan.