Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1875 — Bitters. [ARTICLE]

Bitters.

One ov the hardest things I kho ov to put yure finger on iz human happiness; a man gits it and loozes it a good deal az he duz the meazles. Thare iz so mutch learning in the world just now that good, old-fashioned, common sense looks like foolishness. Az a streak ov fat and a streak ov lean make the most palateable meats, so duz good and bad luk, mixt in right proporshuns, giv the best zest to life. I dont think that enny one haz ever realized the amount ov happiness or mizery he anticipated. Justiss iz sum times slo, but it never iz uncertain. Sooner or later, right prevails. When a man reaches the top round in the ladder ov fame he thinks he owns that round, and he can’t make enny room on it for enny boddy else. The plauzible truths are wuss to contend with than the downright falsehoods. . Yu can’t bury a lie so deep but what it will sprout. No man can expect to be happy whose thoughts all center on himself. Honesty iz allwuss quoted abuv par, even among thieves. Thare iz but very fu fust class things in this life, ennyhow, and we ought not to be surprized if we don’t git enny ov them. What a man don’t need iz dear at enny price. It iz not only a grate evidence ov happiness but ov virtew to be satisfied with what we hav got. I hav seen plenty ov dogs that yu couldn’t flatter, but 1 don’t think Lever see a man but what would take a litne ov it kindly. Courage iz often merely the result ov fear. The vanity ov man iz more than a match for all the other things in his natur, good, bad and indifferent.— Josh. Billings , in N. T. Weekly. Why, one would hardly recognize the old poem of: If I had a donkey who wouldn't go Do you think I’d wollop him? Oh, no, no! I’d give him some wuts, and cry, “Gee wo! Gee hup, Neddy!” in this elegant version of it: If I had an animal averse to speed Do you think I’d chastise him? No, indeed! I would give him some oats and observe “ Proceed — Go on, Edward.” X ' Bkoom-corn was introduced into our country by Dr. Frankiin. While examining a corn whisk (imported) he accidentally fohnd a single seed, which he planted in his garden, and from which the corn was propagated. A solution of chloride of limp in water to which a little acetic acid has been added is among the many recipes recommended to’ remove ink-stains from linen.