The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1899-02-23
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q asfisef 10 London Tit.Bi,s. ihst ptovuth.
0 are epitcmes Of wisdom. The concentrated
D experience oi generations, aud that 10
quote one of them in discussion 10 10 al
vance sn unsussetahle stsoment Aed
4 yet shat Is there TO recommcnd many Of
them beyond their iinsIei Take cur 70
,nilisr friend;
Early 10 Bed and Euly Rse Makes a
, Msn Hsslthy, Wealthy aud Vine. 90
/ viously, the msin idea vas to lod xori
TO rhyme with rise. and 'slse' vas chos
en-. And nov irustinl little boys are per
tusded TO go 10 bed st uniessonshly urly
hours In the hope OF becoming . sort OF
Ssndow. Rot otbschild.SoIom 90, though VIZ
, all know milkmeu and market gsrdcueta
who get mp u D q IN aud sto neilhrr rich
nor clever, and members OF pstlismen,
who 90 10 bod late and arc. II not clever.
q, least not poor and ipil'm. Since lbe IN
ventiop OF gas and electric lsh, this
ridiculous old proverb has oatlised lie
original modicum OF truth, and proves 40
must not venerat proverbs on account OF
their hoary antiquity.
The Early Bud Catches The Worm,
The mistake made here Is that Il assumes
we are all birds. Bn, some Of us are
worms. II we were not wha, would DO
come oil the birdsf Add therefore while
the birds do we'll 10 be early, let the
worms be late the later the better
The Pitcher That Goes on TO The Well
is Broken at lat Note, /, does not say
lis broken frat but rs broken at last. +"
OF course every pitcher, whether 1t coca
TO the we'll or stays ii home, ie broken at
last, and the only result OF this absurd
proverb is TO encourage lsgy folk 10 do as
little work as possible and unnecessarily
keep out OF harms way,
i II You Wants Thing Well Done, DO IL
Yourself. There's thooking bad advice
With which TO stnt youth on liie's jour
ney. II be wants u button we'll sewed ou,
he's TO do IL himself; II he wants his hair
we'll cut, he's 10 cot 1t himself. He must
mend his own chsirs, ehoe his own nag,
darn his own socks. Ia short, from buy
ing horse to blacking his boots, he must
do it himself. Poor fellow
A Cobtented Mind is y Continual Feast.
Gan any one say what that means? Does
it mean that the owner continually feas,s
on bis contented mind or that tho content
ed mind is continually fesstingp Probab
ly the latter, ss We sometimes hear that a
hungry man is an angry man, aud We all
know that . satisfied sppetts is the source
OF contentment. Hence 1t is not the con
tented mind which makes the feast. IS the
silly proverb implies, but the continual
feast which produces the contented mind,
There's No Rule Without an Exception.
This net only proverb; II is also u rule.
But obviously there is an exception to this
rule. because il there we're rule with an
exception this proverb would be untrue.
But the proverb is o rule which has no CT
ceplion, which as Fa. Euclid would say,
is absurd. Which was to be shown;
Where Ignorance 10 Bliss. lis Folly to
Be Wise. For orsculsr stupidity this pro
verb msy be clsssed with the one about
the pitcher. Granting 1t true. the difiicul
~ 10 To know where ignorance is bliss aud
OF course the proverb gives no assistance
| Il. lad Mask npnnia
quote IT as ignorance is bliss 10 their
blissiul ignorance. but II proverb gives
rise 10 error II is rot only absurd; It Is al
90 dangerous When people say
| A Little Lssrning Is Dangerous
Thing They make that q reason not fer
lesrning more. but for lesrning less.
Love Me, Love My Dog. III l go q
counting, and my lsdyloye bids me love
ner scented, dyspeptic poodle. which is
not necessary TO her health and comfort.
% ust not much more love her glass eye
and ialse teeth and hair. which sref Yet
common sense revolts al tbe notion,
aud ], therefore assume that proyerb
which, logically trest,d, makes such IN
reasonable demands on my ageetions Is
wrong and sbsurj.
Seeing IL Believing How can any 70
Hecling person repeat these wordsi For
very often we believe We see what really
We do not. II copjurer were TO take
this proverb ss bis motto, every one would
see its sbsurdity. A straight stick hall
submerged 10 water locke crooked. For
tunstely another pfoverb says. Trnst
not 10 appearances. And ihis brings Us
10 the exquisite sbsurdity Of popular pro
verbs which run 10 oontfsdiolory pairs
snd support both sides OF On argument.
Thus one proverb says, Look before Jon
Iesp, smother. VINO hesitstes is lost.
Sometimes we bear that Second thoughts
are bess, al o'her times that Delays are
dangerous. The desperate man relies on
Nothing venture, nothing have, sbe can
,ious msp on Never venture on! Of Jour
depth til you can swim The impatient
nstrim onisl candidate believes that Hep
p,'s the wooing that's mol long s.doiog.
the t.rdy ope tbs, one msy Marry 10
bsete spd repent II leisure. Aad 90 90
sd iuhoiiun. Absence nskes the heart
qtow .oadef- O9t oi sight, ont Of mind,
Ia never TOO lsie 10 mshd'-' "A fool st ~
viii seyer be wlss.'' Too msny cooks
sptii the broth There's safety Ia nnm
btr, snd Two hesis sre better tbse one.
Therefore let us ersmine our sfoyefbisi
eoinsse before ~e psss II ilio the nsofsi
currfrcy.
A sid young cowgiri vto came from
The fsuges TO Denver tnt Two months ago
10 be educated and renned is msking "a