Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1881 — Moral Musings. [ARTICLE]

Moral Musings.

It was said of a Boston philosopher that he had grown to be so tall that lib had forgotten most Of the incidents that occurred during his childhood. When you say in praise of a man that he fc a tried man, your judgment is made more valuable by adding the name of the court in -which the trial took place. *lt does not follow because you and your wife both agree on one point—namely,, that you want to be master, that you should therefore have a peaceful and harmonious household. - {'lt could not have been an Irishman who put a sign board on a road across a bog with this inscription. “Please take notice that when this board is under water the road is impassable.” If yon should never worry about a misfortune until it actually happened, you would be far more cheerful than vou are. We borrow trouble as natu* rally as we would like to borrow money. I The farmer who told Lord Landsdowne that he was so accustomed to the company of “honest, plain spoken people” that be felt out of place in the presence of His Lordship, showed t&at .- .......

“My Drethxdb,” said a Western minister, “the preaching of fee Gospel to some people is like pouring -water over a chicken ooop. My experience of this eoncregattaa im that it ooftthipa more chicken coop* than sponges. 1 It is the pride of America that she offers an opportunity to the hum blest to become great. We knew a boy who -was so poorAwsnty-flve years ago that hrhaffto Secretly borrow a loaf of cake from from a passing baker’s eart to keep him from starving, while now he is one of the best shoemakers in Jgiog Bing. ? It is said that the real dilterence.be--tween a blonder and a mistake is that —When a man puts down a poor umbrella and takes up a good one he makes a mistake, but when he puts down a good one and takes up a bad one. he makes a blunder. For the former there is abundant excuse, bat for the latter there Is none at all. Borne knaves are meek like Uriah Heep, and others are but knavish and impudent. A judge, after a teasing examination of a culprit, lost his patience and cried; “Sirrah* y° n are an unmittigated rogue.” Tbe fellow, locked blandly at the Judge and replied; “Sir, just as you uttered- that sentence the clock struck two. Did you notice?”