FO-Poor Richard Improved, 1755

129 reprints from 1753-02-01 to 1898-12-23

FO-Poor Richard Improved, 1755

by Franklin, Benjamin

From unknown source

1755-01-01

ch they come to the Meridian at nine a Clock in the Evening, whereby those unacquainted, may learn to know them. I am, Your obliged Friend and Servant,
R. Saunders

A Table shewing the Assize of Bread in Pennsylvania.

Price of Wheat,per Bushel.
Penny White.
Penny Middling
Penny Brown.

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Note, The Weights are Avoirdupois.

The Happy Man.

Sure Peace is his: A solid Life, estrang’d
To Disappointment and fallacious Hope,
Rich in Content. Thomson.

Happy the Man, who free from noisy Sports,
And all the Pomp and Pageantry of Courts:
Far from the venal World can live secure,
Be moral, honest, virtuous — tho’ but poor,
Who walking still by Equity’s just Rules,
Detesting sordid Knaves, and flatt’ring Fools:
Regarding neither Fortune, Pow’r, nor State,
Nor ever wishing to be vainly great,
Without Malevolence and Spleen can live,
And what his Neighbour wants, with Joy would give;
A Foe to Pride, no Passion’s guilty Friend,
Obeying Nature, faithful to her End;
Severe in Manners, as in Truth severe,
Just to himself, and to his Friends sincere;
His Temper even, and his steady Mind
Refin’d by Friendship, and by Books refin’d.
Some low-roof’d Cottage holds the happy Swain,
Unknown to Lux’ry, or her servile Train;
He studying Nature grows serenely wise,
Like Socrates he lives, or like him dies.
He asks no Glory gain’d by hostile Arms,
Nor sighs for Grandeur with her painted Charms.
With calm Indiff’rence views the shifting Scene,
Thro’ all magnanimous, resign’d, serene.

On Hope sustain’d he treads Life’s devious Road,
And knows no Fear, except the Fear of God.
Would Heav’n indulgent grant my fond Desire,
Thus would I live, and thus should Life expire.

Epitaph on a worthy Clergyman.

Still like his Master, known by breaking Bread,
The Good he entertain’d, the Needy fed;
Of Humour easy, and of Life unblam’d,
The Friend delighted, while the Priest reclaim’d.
The Friend, the Father, and the Husband gone,
The Priest still lives in this recording Stone;
Where pious Eyes may read his Praises o’er,
And learn each Grace his Pulpit taught before.

Epitaph on another Clergyman.

Here lies, who need not here be nam’d,
For Theologic Knowledge fam’d;
Who all the Bible had by rote,
With all the Comments Calvin wrote;
Parsons and Jesuits could confute,
Talk Infidels and Quakers mute,
To every Heretick a Foe;
Was he an honest Man? —— So so.

January. I Month.
The Farmer.

O happy he! happiest of mortal Men!
Who far remov’d from Slavery, as from Pride,
Fears no Man’s Frown, nor cringing waits to catch
The gracious Nothing of a great Man’s Nod;
Where the lac’d Beggar bustles for a Bribe,
The Purchase of his Honour; where Deceit,
And Fraud, and Circumvention, drest in Smiles,

A Man without a Wife, is but half a Man.
Speak little, do much.
He that would travel much, should eat little.
February. II Month.

Hold shameful Commerce, and beneath the Mask
Of Friendship and Sincerity, betray.
Him, nor the stately Mansion’s gilded Pride,
Rich with whate’er the imitative Arts,
Painting or Sculpture, yield to charm the Eye;
Nor shining Heaps of massy Plate, enwrought
With curious, costly Workmanship, allure.
Tempted nor with the Pride nor Pomp of Power,

When the Wine enters, out goes the Truth.
If you would be loved, love and be loveable.
March. III Month.

Nor Pageants of Ambition, nor the Mines
Of grasping Av’rice, nor the poison’d Sweets
Of pamper’d Luxury, he plants his Foot
With Firmness on his old paternal Fields,
And stands unshaken. There sweet Prospects rise
Of Meadows smiling in their flow’ry Pride,
Green Hills and Dales, and Cottages embower’d,
The Scenes of Innocence, and calm Delight.

Ask and have, is sometimes dear buying.
The hasty Bitch brings forth blind Puppies.
April. IV Month.

There the wild Melody of warbling Birds,
And cool refreshing Groves, and murmuring Springs,
Invite to sacred Thought, and lift the Mind
From low Pursuits, to meditate the God!

Rural Life in a higher Class.

But sing, O Muse! the Swain, the happy Swain,
Whom Taste and Nature leading o’er his Fields,

Where there is Hunger, Law is not regarded; and where Law is not regarded, there will be Hunger.
Two dry Sticks will burn a green One.
May. V Month.

Conduct to every rural Beauty. See!
Before his Footsteps winds the waving Walk,
Here gently rising, there descending slow
Thro’ the tall Grove, or near the Water’s Brink,
Where Flow’rs besprinkled paint the shelving Bank,
And weeping Willows bend to kiss the Stream.
Now wand’ring o’er the Lawn he roves, and now
Beneath the Hawthorn’s secret Shade reclines;

The honest Man takes Pains, and then enjoys Pleasures; the Knave takes Pleasure, and then suffers Pains.
Think of three Things, whence you came, where you are going, and to whom you must account.
June. VI Month.

Where purple Violets hang their bashful Heads,
Where yellow Cowslips, and the blushing Pink,
Their mingled Sweets, and lovely Hues combine.
Here, shelter’d from the North, his ripening Fruits
Display their sweet Temptations from the Wall,
Or from the gay Espalier; while below,
His various Esculents, from glowing Beds,
Give the fair Promise of delicious Feasts.

Necessity has no Law; Why? Because ’tis not to be had without Money.
There was never a good Knife made of bad Steel.
The Wolf sheds his Coat once a Year, his Disposition never.

July. VII Month.

There from his forming Hand new Scenes arise,
The fair Creation of his Fancy’s Eye.
Lo! bosom’d in the solemn shady Grove,
Whose rev’rend Branches wave on yonder Hill,
He views the Moss-grown Temple’s ruin’d Tower,
Cover’d with creeping Ivy’s cluster’d Leaves,
The Mansion seeming of some rural God,
Whom Nature’s Choristers, in untaught Hymns

Who is wise? He that learns from every One.
Who is powerful? He that governs his Passions.
Who is rich? He that is content.
Who is that? Nobody.
August. VIII Month.

Of wild yet sweetest Harmony, adore.
From the bold Brow of that aspiring Steep,
Where hang the nibbling Flocks, and view below
Their downward Shadows in the glassy Wave,
What pleasing Landscapes spread before his Eye!
Of scatter’d Villages, and winding Streams,
And Meadows green, and Woods, and distant Spires,
Seeming, above the blue Horizon’s Bound,

A full Belly brings forth every Evil.
The Day is short, the Work great, the Workmen lazy, the Wages high, the Master urgeth; Up, then, and be doing.
The Doors of Wisdom are never shut.
September. IX Month.

To prop the Canopy of Heaven. Now lost
Amidst a blooming Wilderness of Shrubs,
The golden Orange, Arbute ever green,
The early blooming Almond, feathery Pine,

Fair Opulus,

*The Gelder Rose.

to Spring, to Autumn dear,
And the sweet Shades of varying Verdure, caught

Much Virtue in Herbs, little in Men.
The Master’s Eye will do more Work than both his Hands.
When you taste Honey, remember Gall.
October. X Month.

From soft Acacia’s gently waving Branch,
Heedless he wanders; while the grateful Scents
Of Sweet-briar, Roses, Honeysuckles wild,
Regale the Smell; and to th’enchanted Eye
Mezareon’s purple Laurustinus’ white,
And pale Laburnum’s pendant Flow’rs display
Their diff’rent Beauties. O’er the smooth shorn Grass
His lingering Footsteps leisurely proceed,

Being ignorant is not so much a Shame, as being unwilling to learn.
God gives all Things to Industry.
An hundred Thieves cannot strip one naked Man, especially if his Skin’s off.
November. XI Month.

In Meditation deep: When, hark! the Sound
Of distant Water steals upon his Ear;
And sudden opens to his pausing Eye
The rapid rough Cascade, from the rude Rock
Down dashing in a stream of lucid Foam:
Then glides away, meand’ring o’er the Lawn,
A liquid Surface; shining seen afar,
At Intervals, beneath the shadowy Trees;

Diligence overcomes Difficulties, Sloth makes them.
Neglect mending a small Fault, and ’twill soon be a great One.
Bad Gains are truly Losses.

December. XII Month.

Till lost and bury’d in the distant Grove.
Wrapt into sacred Musing, he reclines
Beneath the Covert of embow’ring Shades;
And, painting to his Mind the bustling Scenes
Of Pride and bold Ambition, pities Kings.
The End.

A long Life may not be good enough, but a good Life is long enough.

From The Gentleman's Magazine 1731-1907

1753-02-01 · London, England

Th HAPPY MAN.

Sure peace is bis: a folid life, efrang’d
To dilappointment, and fallacious bopes
Rich ix content. THOMSON.

Appy the man,who free from noify fparts,
And all the pomp and pageantry of courts
Far from the venal world can live fecure,
Be moral, honeft, virtu: us—tho’ but poor,
Who walking ftill by equity’s juft rule-,
Detefting fordid knaves, and att’ ring fools :
Regarding neither fortune, pow'r, nor ftate,
Nor ever withing to be vainly great,
Without malevolence and fpleen can live,
And what his neighbour wants, with joy would
give ;
A foe to pri de, no paffion’s guilty friend,
Obcying nature, faithful to her end;
Severe in manners, as in truth ft vere,
ae to himfeif, and to his friends fincere ;
is temper even, and his fleady mind
Refin'd by friendthip, and by books refin’d.
Some low-roof’d cottage holds the happy {wain,
Unknown to lux’ry, or her fervile train ;
He ftudying nature grows ferenely wife,
Like Sucrates he lives, or like him dies.
He afks no glory gain’d by hoftile arms,
Nor fighs for grandeur with her patnted charms.
With calm indiff’ rence views the hitting fcene,
Thro’ all magnanimous, refign’d, ferene.

On kope fuftain’d he treads life’s devious road,

And knows no fear, except the fear of God.

Would heav'n indulgent grant my fond defire;

Thus woyld I live, and thus thould lite expire

From Ladies Magazine; Or, the Universal Entertainer 1749-1752

1753-03-17 · Oxford, England

the moft celebrated Englifh POE T S.

Th HAPPY MAN.

Sure seace is his 2 a folid life, eftramg’d

To difappointment, and fallacious lope,

Rich in content. THOMSON.

Appy the man, who free from noify fport,

H And all the pomp and pageantry of
courts,

Far from the venal world can live fecure,

Be moral, honeft, virtuous—tho’ but poor,

Who walking itill by eauity’s juft rules.

Derefting fordid knaves, and fiatt’ring fools :

Regarding neither fortune, pow’r, nor fate,

Nor ever wifhing to be vainly great,

Without malevolence and fpleen can live ;

And what his ‘neighbour wants, with joy wou’d
give ;

A foe to pride, no paffion’s guilty friend,

Obeying nature, faithful to her end ;

Severe in manners, as in truth fevere,

Juft to himfelf, and to his friends fincere ;

His temper even, and his fteady mind

Refin'd by friendthip, and’ by books refin'd

Some low-roof'd cottage holds the happy fwain,

Unknown to lux’ry, or her fervile tram ;

Fe fudying nature grows ferenely wife,

Tike Socrates he lives, or like him dies,

He asks no glory gain’d by hoftile arms,

Nor fighs for grandeur with her painted
charms.

With calm indiff’rence views the fhifting fcene,

Thro’ all magnanimous, refign’d ferene.

On hope fuftain’d he treads life’s devious road,

And knows no fear, except the fear of God.

Would heav’n indulgent grant my fond defire,

‘Thus would I live, and thus fhould life expire-

From The Gentleman's Magazine 1731-1907

1753-04-01 · London, England

The pure delights of chafte defire!
Your charms too long I cannot prize,
Yet weep not when the lover dies,
Now fifteen fprings and winters o’er,
Since firft your pleafing chains I wore,
I ftill your love with love engage;
How could I better fpend an age!

Eritaru on a Country Clergyman.
Till, like his faviour known by breaking
bread,
The rich he entertain’d, the needy fed,
Of humour eafy, and of life unblam’d,
The friend delighted,while the prieft reclaim’d :
The friend, the father, and the hufband gone,
The prieft ftill lives in this recording ftone ;
Where piows eyes may read his praifes o’er,
And learn each grace his pulpit taught before.
G. J

From Ladies Magazine; Or, the Universal Entertainer 1749-1752

1753-05-26 · Oxford, England

Epitapu on a Country Clereyman.

TILL, like his faviour known by breaking
bread, ry
The rich he entertain’d, the needy fed,
Of humour eafy and of life unblaim’d ;
The friend delighted, while the ric re-
clatm’d :
The friend, the father, and the hufband gone,
The prief ftill lives in this recording fone ;
Where pious eyes may read his praifes o’er,
And leara each grace bis pulpit taught before,

An EPIGRAM.

OME cardinals the painter chid,
‘Th’ apofttles faces were too red ;
But he reply’d, tranfgreffors

From The Gentleman's Magazine 1731-1907

1753-11-01 · London, England

The Gentireman’s MAG AZI NE,. Vou.

The FARMER.
From Mr Dodfley’s Puntic Virtve,

Happy he! happieft of mortal men!
O Who far remov’d from flavery, as from
pride, : (catch
Fears no man’s frown, nor cringing waits to
‘The gracious nothing of agreat man’s nod:
Where the lac’d begger buftles for a bribe,
"The purchafe ot his honour ; where Deceit,
And Frau¢, and Circumvention, dreft in fmiles,
Hold thametul commerce,and beneath the mask
Of Friendthip and Sincerity, betray.
Him, nor the ftately manfion’s gilded pride,
Rich with whate’er the imitative arts,
Painting or fculpture, yield to charm the eye ;
Nor fhining heaps of mafly plate; enwrought
With curious, coftly workmanfhip, allure.
Tempted nor with the pride nor pomp of power,
Nor pageants of ambition, nor the mines
¢ OF galing av’rice, nor the poiion’d fweets
' Of pamper’d luxury, he plants his foot
With firmnefs on his old paternal fields,
And ftands unthaken, There {weet profpects rife
Of meadows {miling in their flow’ry pride,
Green hills and dales, and cottages embower’d,
‘The f{cenes of innocence, and calm ‘delight.
There the wild melody of warbling birds,
4nd coo} refrefhing groves, and murmuring
{prings,
Tovite to facred thought, and Jift the mind
From low purfuits, to meditate the God!

Rurap Lire iz an higher Clafs,
Y From-tke fame.
a fing, O mute! che fwain, the happy
{wain,

hom taffe and nature leading o’er his fields,
Condué to every rural beauty. See!
Before his footfteps winds the waving walk,
Here gently rifing, there defcending flow
Thro’ the tall grove, or nearthe water's brink,
Where flow’:s befprinkled paint the thelving

bank,
And weeping willows bend tokifs the ftream.
Now wand’ ring o’er the lawn he roves, and now
p Benearh the hawthorn’s fecret fhace reclines:

Where purple violets hang their bafhful heads,
Where ye!low cowflips, and the biufhing pink,
‘Their mingled fweets, and iovely hues combine,

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Here, fhelter’d from the north, his ripening
fruits
Difplay their {weet temptations from the wally
Or fromthe gay efpalier : while bélow,
His various efculents, from glowing beds,
Give the fair promife of delicious frafts.

. -There from his forminghanc ‘new {cenes arife, ’

The fair creation of his fancy’s eye.
Lo! bofom’d in the folemn tha¢y grove,
Whole rev’rend branches wave on yonder hil!,
He views the mofs-grown temples ruin’d tower,
Cover’d with creeping ivy’s clufter’d leaves;
The manfion feeming of fome rural God,
Whom nature’s choritie:s, in untaught hymns’
Of wild yet fweeteft harmony, adore.
From the bold brow of that afpiring fteep,
Woere hang the nibbling Hock, &-view below
Their downward thadows in ihe.glafly wave,
What pleating landfcapes fpread before his eye ! )
Of featter’d villages, ana winding ftreams,
And meadows green, & woods, & diftant fpires,
Seeming, above ‘he blue horizon’s bound,
To prov ¢ne canepy ci heaven. Now loft
Amidft-a blooming wildernefs of fhrubs,
The golden orange, arbute ever green,
The early biooming almond, feathery pine,
Bair * opuius, co fpring, to autumn dear,
And the fwee: fhacesof varying verdure,caught.
From foft Acacia s gently-waviag branch,
Heeilefs he wanders: while the grateful {cents
QO! fwee:-briar, rofes, honeyfuckttesswrld,
Reea.e the fmell ; and to th’ enchanted eye
Mezxercon’s purple, LauraBinus' white, * ~
And pale Laburrum’s pendent flow'rs difplay ./
Their diff’:ent beauties. O’er the fmeoth thorn

grefs "
His lingering foot fteps leifurely proceed,

From The Gentleman's Magazine 1731-1907

1753-11-01 · London, England

Tn meditation deep :—Whea, bark! the found
Of diftant waier fleals upon his ear ; }
And fudden opens to his paufing eye
The rapid rough cafcade, from’the fude rock
Down dafhing in a ftream of lucid foam:
Then giides away, meand’ring o’er the lawn,
A liquid furface ; thining feen afar,
At intervals, beneath the thadowy trees ;
Till loft and bury’d in the diftant grove.
Wrapt into facred mufing, he reclines
Beneath the covert of embow’ ring thades ;
And, painting to his mind the buftiing fcenes
Of price and bold ambition, pities ings.

®© The Gelder Rife.

From Newcastle General Magazine 1747-1760

1753-11-01 · Newcastle upon Tyne, England

Happy he! happieft of mortal men !
Who far remov’d from flavery, as from
pride, (catch
Fears no man’s frown, nor cringing waits to
The gracious nothing of a great man’s nod 3
W here the lac’d begger buftles for a bribe,
T he parchafe of his honcur ; where deceit,
And fraud, and circumvention, dreft in {miles,
Hold fhameful commerce, and beneath the mafk
Of friendfhip and fincerity, betray.
Him, nor the ftately manfion’s gilded pride,
Rich with whate’er the imitative arts,
Painting or fculpture, yield to charm the eye 5
Nor fhining heaps of maffy plate, enwrcught -
With curious, coftly workmanfhip, ailure.
Tempted nor with the pride nor pomp of power,
Nor pageants of ambition, nor the mines
Of grafping av’rice,’nor the poifon’d {weets
Of pamper’d luxury, he plants his foot
With firmnefs on his old paternal fields,
And ftands unthaken, There {weet profpeéts
‘ rife
Of meadows {miling in their flow’ ry pride,
Green hills and dales, and cottages embower'd,
The fcenes of innocence, and calm delight.
There the wild melody of warbling birds,
And cool refrefhing groves, and murmuring
fprings,
Invite to facred theught, and lift the mind
From !ow purfuits, to meditate the God !

Rurar Lire in an higher Cla’,

Frem the fame.

UT fing, O mufe ! the fwain, the happy
fwain, (4
Whom tafte and nature leading o’er his fields,
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582 th GENERAL MAGAZINE

Condué to every rural beauty. See !
Before his footfteps winds the waving wa'k,
Here gently rifing, there defcending low
Thro’ the tall grove, or near the water’s brink,
Where flow’rs befprinkled paint the fheiving
bank,
And weeping willows bend to kifs the ftream.
Now wand’ ring o’er the lawn he roves, and now
Beneath the hawthorn’s fecret fhade reclines :
Where purple violets hang their bathtul heads,
Where yellow cowflips, and the blufhing pink,
Their mingled fweets, and lovely hues combine.
Fiere, thelter’d from the norih, his ripening
fruits
Difplay their fweet temptations from the wall,
Or from the gay efpalier : while brlow,
His various efculents, from giowing beds,
Give the fair prom:fe of delicious teafts.
There from his forming hand new fcenes arife,
The fair creation of h’s fancy’s eye.
Lo! bofom’d in the folemn fhady grove,
Whofe rev’rend branches wave on yonder hill,
He views the mofs-grown temple’s ruin’ tower,
Cover’d with creeping ivy’s clufter’d eaves :
The manfion feeming of {ume rural God,

‘Whom nature’s chorifters, in untaught hymns

Of wild yet {weeteft harmony, adore.

From the bold brow of that afpiring fteep,
Where hang the nibbling flocks, and view below
Their cownward fhadows in the glaffy wave,

“What pleafing landfcapes {pread before his eye!

Of {catter’d villages, and winding ftreams,

And meadows green, and woods, and diftant
fpires,

Seeming, above the blue horizon’s bound,

‘To prop the cancpy of heaven, Now loft

Amidft a bloomiug wildernefs of fhrubs.

The golden orange, arbute ever green,

The ea:ly-blooming almond, feathery pine,

Fair *opulus, to fpring, to autumn dear, .

And the fweet fhades of varying verdure, caught

From foft Acacia’s gently-waving branch,

‘Heedlefs he wanders : while the grateful {cents

Of fweet-briar, rofes, honeyfuckles wild,

Regale rhe fmell ; and to th” enchanted eye

Mezereon’s purple, Leuruftinus’ white,

And pale Ladurnum’s pendent flow’rs difplay

Their diff rent beauties. O’er the fmooth fhorn
grafs .

His lingering footfteps leifurely proceed,

‘In meditation deep :——When hark! the found

Of diftant water fteals upon his ear ;
And fudden opensto his paufing eye

“The rapid rough cafcade, from the rude rock 3

Down dafhing in a ftreamof lucid foam :
Then glides away, meand’ringo’er the lawn,
A liquid furface ; fhining feen afar, °

At interva's, beneath the fhadowy trees 3

Till Toft and bury’d in the diftant grove.
Wrept into facred mufing, he reclines

Beneath the covert of embow’ ring fLades 3

And, painting to his mind the buftling fcenes
Ot pride and bold ambition, pit.es kings,

From Monthly Miscellany; Or, Gentleman's and Lady's Complete Magazine 1774-1777

1774-08-01 · London, England

The F A RM E R.

Happy he! happieft of mortal men!
Who far remov'd from flavery as from
pride, [catch
Fears no man’s frown, nor cringing waits to
The gracious nothing of a great man’s nod:
Where the lac’d beggar buftles for a bribe,
The purchafe of his honour; where deceit,
And fraud, and circumvention, dreft in fmiles,
Hold fhameful commerce, and beneath the
Of friendfhip and fincerity, betray, [mafk
Him, nor the ftately manfion’s gilded pride,
Rich with whate’er the imitative arts,
Painting or fculpture, yield to charm the eye;
Nor fhining heaps of maffy plate, unwrough3
With curious, coftly workmanhhip, allure,
Tempted nor with the pride nor pomp of
power,
Nor pageants of ambition, nor the mines
Of grafping av'rice, nor the poifon'd fwects
Of pamper'd luxury, he plants his foot
With firmnefs on his own paternal fields,
And ftands unfhaken, There fweet prof-
pects rife
Of meadows fimiling in their flow’ry pride,
Green hills and dales, and cottages embow-
erd,
The {cenes of innocence, and calm delight.
There the wild melody of warbling birds,
And cool refrefhing groves, and murmuring
fprings,
Invite to facred thought, and lift the mind
From low purfuits, to meditate the Cod !

From Town and Country Magazine, or Universal Repository of Knowledge, Instruction, and Entertainment 1769-1795

1775-12-01

fe HAPPY M An.

ae 3 .
« Succ peace is his: a folid life, eftrang’d
“lo didappoiuting int, and taliacious hope,
‘* Rich in eontens, '

AdiiOaAPSON,

H APPY the man, who free from noify
{p rs.
And all the pomp and pageantry of comrts ;
Far from the venal world can live fecure,
he mora!, honett, virtuous—tho" but poor ;
Who walking (till by equity's jutt rates,
Detciting fordid knaves, and Hatt'ring fools 5
K girding neither fortune, pow r, nor flate,
Nor ever willing to be vainly great,
Without malevolence and fpl.en caa tive,
Acd what his neighbour’ wants, with joy
would Rive 5
4 foe to pride, no palions guilty friend,
to her

noe
. ahag

Nature, fata!
Sertre in mahners, and in truth devese,

Obeyiner

juitto Limfelf, and to his friends finecre ¢
His temper even, and his theady mind
d by triendthip, and by books ‘refin’d,
Some low-roof"*d cottage holds the happy
vain :
Unknown to Lux’ry, or her fervile train ;

lying Nature crows ferenely wile,
Like Soceates he lives. or lice him dies:
H no glory gain'd y hoflile arms,
stor grandeur with her painted charms;

With calm indilf rence views the Untuag
ivene,

Mhio' all magnanimous, refign'd, ference ;

On hope lu@ain’d he treads tite’s devious toad,

Anc Koows no fear, except the foanef Ged.

Would heav'n indulgent grant my fond defire,

i yy oukd I live, and thus ihonld life expite.
G. COLEBATCH,

From The Pennsylvania Magazine; or, American Monthly Museum (1775-1776)

1776-01-01 · Philadelphia

42
EPITAPH on a worthy Clergyman (from
poor Richard’s /manack.)

TILL like his mafter, known by
breaking bread,

The good he entertain’d, the needy fed;

Of humour eafy and of life unblam'd, |

The Friend delighted, whilft the Prief
reclaim’d ;

The Friend, the Father, and the Hu/-
band gone,

The Prie/t {till lives in this recording
ftone, i.

Where pious eyes may read his praiies
o’er,

And learn each grace his pulpit taught
before.

EPITAPH on another Clergyman.

E RE lies, who need not here be
nam‘d,

For Theologic knowledge fam‘d.
Who all the Bible had by rote,
With allthe comments Ca/vin wrote ;
Parfons and Quakers could confute,
Talk Jews and Infidels quite mute,
To ev‘ry heretic a foe
Was he an boneft Man ?—So, fo !—

From The Connecticut Magazine; or, Gentleman's and Lady's Monthly Museum of Knowledge & Rational Entertainment (1801-1801)

1801-04-01 · Bridgeport

And, health and pleasure in the sportive field
Obtaining, he forgives their venial crimes.

O happy he! happiest of mortal men !
Who, far remov’d from slavery as from pride.
Fears no man’s frown, nor Cringing waits to catch
The gracious nothing of a great man’s nod :
Where the lac’d beggar bustles for a bribe,
The purchase of his honour; where deceit,
And traud, and circumspection, drest in smiles,
Hold shameful commerce ; and beneath the mask
Of friendship and sincerity betray
Him ; nor the stately mansion’s gilded pride,
Rich with whate’er the imitative arts,
Painting or sculpture, yield to charm the eye ;
Nor shining heaps of massy plate, enwrought
With curious, costly workmanship, allure.
‘Tempted nor with the pride nor pomp of power,
Nor pageants of ambition, nor the mines
Of gasping avarice, nor the poison’d sweets
Of pamper’d luxury, he plants his foot
With firmnes on his old parental tields,
And stands unshaken. ‘There sweet prospects ris¢
Of meadows smiling in their flow’ry pride,
Green hills and dales, an cottages embow’r’d,
The scenes of innocence and calm delight.
There the wild melody of warbling birds,
And cool refreshing groves, and murmuring Springs,
Invite to sacred thought and lift the mind
¥rom low pursuits te meditate the Ged |

From The weekly museum.

1802-11-27 · New-York [N.Y.]

EPITAPH ON A COUNTRY CLERGYMAN,

Still like his Saviour known by braeking bread,
The rich he entertain’d, the needy fed,

Of humor eafy, and of life vablam'd,

The friend delighted, while the prieft reclaim’d,

The friend, the father and the hufband gone,
The prieft ftill lives io this recording flone;
Where pious eyes may read his praifes o’er,

And learn each grace bis pulpit caught before

From The Rhode-Island Republican.

1810-05-02 · Newport, R.I.

. THE FARMER
O MAPPY he ! happiest of mortal men !
Wiio fur remov’d from slav'ry us from pridc,
Fears no man's frown, nor eringing waits 1o catch,
The gracious nothing of a great man's nod ;
Where the lac’d beggar bustles for a bribe,
~ The purchase of his h’nour; were deceit,
And Fﬂud, and cireumvention, drest in smiles,
Hold shameful commeree, and beneath the mask
Of friendship and sineerity betray
Him, nor the stately mansion’s gilded pride,

Rich with whate’r the imixutimf arts,
Painting or sculpture, yield to charm the eye ;
Nor shining heaps of mussy plate, inwrought, -
With cuiious, costly workmanship allure.
Tewpted not wich the pride nor pomp of power,
Nor pageants of ambition, nor the mines
Of grasping av’rice, nor the poisos'd sweets
Of pamper’d luxury, he plants his foot,
With firtoness on his oid paternal ficlds,
And stinds unshuken, There sweet prospects rise,
Of meudows smiling in their lowry pride,
Green hills and dules, and cottages embower’d,
T e seenes of innocence und calm delight ;
There the wild melody of warbling birhu,
And cool refreshing groves, and murn’ring springs,
Tnvite to sacred thought und Lift the mund,
¥rom low pursuits to meditate the Gop !

From The olio.

1813-08-28 · New-York [N.Y.]

—

Who is wise ? He that learns from e-
very one. Whois powerful? He that
governs his passions.
He that is content.

Whe is rich

From Kentucky gazette.

1817-07-12 · [Lexington, Ky.]

THE FARMER.

0 happy lie. happiest of mortal men.

Who, far remov’d fiom slavery as Irom pride.
Fears nn man’s frown, nor cringing wants to
catch

The gracious nothing of a great man’s n'ld ;
Where the lac'd beggar bus’les for a bribe.

The purchase of his honor; where deceit.

And fraud, and circumvention, drest in smiles.
Hold shameful commerce ; and beneath the
mask

Of friendship and sincerity, betray
Him ; nor the stately mansion’s gilded pride.
Rich with wliate’ei the imitative arts, '

Painting or sculpture, yield lo charm the eye ; |
Nor shilling heaps of massy plate, enwroiij/Ti
With curious, costly workmanship, ailore.
Tempted nor With the pride nor pimip ui'pow-
cr.

Nor pageants of ambition, nor the m'ties
Of grasping av'r .cc, nor the poisoned s's esti
Of pamper’d luxury, he plaiits his foot
With firmness on his old paternal fields.

And stands unshaken. There sweet prospects
rise.

Of meadows smiling in their flow’ry pride.
Green lulls and dales, and cottages embow'er'J,
The scenes of innocence and calm delight.
There the wild melody of warbling birds.

And cool refreshing groves of murm’ring
springs.

Invite to sacred thought, and lift the mind
From low pursuits, to meditate the God.

Poetry

From Bangor register.

1825-06-30 · Bangor, Me.

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From Christian telescope and Universalist miscellany.

1827-03-24 · Providence, R.I.

Who is wise ? he that learns from every
one. “Who is powerlul ? he that governs
his passions. Who is rich ? he that is con-
tent.—Miscellanies.

From The Album and Ladies' Weekly Gazette (1826-1827)

1827-03-28 · Philadelphia

Who is wise? he that learns from every one. Who is
powerful? he that governs his passions. Who is rich? he
that is content.

The degree of danger is, not only from the circumstances which threaten, but from the value of the objects which are threatened

From Vermont chronicle.

1827-04-06 · Bellows Falls, Vt.

[This text is not available under an open license.]

From The Souvenir (1827-1829)

1827-08-22 · Philadelphia

will
the spell subside until, 1eturning home, the old robe de
chambre, (or its substitute surtout) with other slovenly
appendages, make him lose again his brief consciousness
of being a gentleman. Some women mistake the very
nature and purposes of dress, Glaring abroad, they are
slatterns at hoena.yThe husband detests in his spouse what
he is too apt to practise himself. He rates a dirty wife,
she retorts on a ruffianly husband, and e.sh of them de
tests the other for neglect which neither will take the
trouble of avoiding.—Sir Jonah Barrington’s Personal
Sketches of his own Times.

MAXIMS.
Who is ‘wise? He that learns from every one, Who
is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich?

He that is content. y
He is the greatest favorite of the great, who is a

ACQUAINTANCE.

From Christian intelligencer and eastern chronicle.

1827-09-14 · Gardiner, Me.

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From Christian Intelligencer 1821-1836

1827-09-14 · Portland, Maine

MAXIMS.

Who is wise? He that learns from eve-

‘ry one, Who is powerful? He that gov-
bape his passions. Whoisrich? He that
is content,

He is the greatest favorite of the great,
| who is the falsest.

True delicacy, as true generosity, is
more wounded by an offence from itsel

From The Parthenon; or, Literary and Scientific Museum (1827-1827)

1827-11-07 · New York

Who is wise ? He that learns from every one-
Who is powerful? He that governs his passions.
Who is rich? He that is content.

From The Ariel. A Semimonthly Literary and Miscellaneous Gazette (1827-1832)

1827-11-17 · Philadelphia

_ Who is wise? he that learns from every one. Who
ts powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is
rich? he that is content. —Miscellanies.

Ancient and Modern Maxims

From Indiana journal.

1827-12-11 · Indianapolis [Ind.]

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From Masonic Mirror: Science, Literature and Miscellany (1829-1830)

1829-08-08 · Boston

Who is wise.^ he that learns from every one.
Who is powerful? he that governs his passions.
Who is rich? he that is content.

From The New England Farmer, and Horticultural Register (1822-1890)

1830-01-08 · Boston

“ Sure peace is his, a solid life, estranged

To disappointment and fallacious hope ;

Rich in content, in nature’s bounty rich,

From South Branch intelligencer.

1835-11-21 · Romney, Va. [W. Va.]

Who is wise? lie that learns from
everyone. Who is powerful? he that
governs his passions. Who is rich ?
he that is content

From The Genesee Farmer and Gardener's Journal (1831-1839)

1838-02-17 · Rochester

Sure peace is his, a solid life, estranged
To disappointment and fallacious hope :
Rich in content, in nature’s bounty rich, !
In herbs and fruits; whatever greens the Spring, || ter wheat itself, and not as good as oats, corn or flax.
When heaven descends in showers ; or bends the bough, |

PRESTON, SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1842.

From Preston Chronicle

1842-06-04 · Preston, England

[This text is not available under an open license.]

From Sunbury American and Shamokin journal.

1842-07-30 · Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.

ving the streets of London with Indin Kub
ber, and many scientific persons are sanguine
as to its success. There is to be a sub stratum
of wood, on which is to be put a facing of ca
touche mixed with iron fillings and saw dust, to
a depth of several inches. This, it is caicula
ted, will resist the ill influence of all weathers,
and make the most delightful and durable pave
apes masts ir mare adhrsite thin ay othe,
paste because that grain is very glutinous. It
is much improved by adding a little pounded
alum, while it is boiling. This makes it al
mnost as strong as glue.--Nouth. PlanTer.
Who is wise! He that learns from every
one. Who is powerful! He that governs his

his

Who is rich! He that is content.
passions.

From The spirit of the times.

1842-10-01 · New-York [N.Y.]

Who is wise! He that learns from every one. Who is powerful’ He
that governs his owr passions. Whoisrich? He that is content.

From Louisville messenger.

1842-11-05 · Louisville, Miss.

confdence.
Nrans frhms the
.
the U.S. 860,000,000 worth of pro
e a e oy o
duce, two-thirds of which is cotton
Massachusetts buys of the products of
other States 543,000,000 every
year.
A calculation in the Christian Re
flector shows that the population of
the U. S. will, in 1do years, amount
to one thousand and eighty millions.
What would Doctor Franklin say
to this?
The remarkmade by Lord Brough
am, in the English House of Lords,
viz:
That, "English merchants furnish
ed the capitol employed in the slave
trade," is rather troublesome to those
who cry out that "England isopposed
to slavery."
Who is wise? He that learns from
every one. Who is powerful? He
that governs his own passions. Who
is rich? He that is content.

Multiple News Items

From South Carolina temperance advocate and register of agriculture and general literature.

1842-11-17 · Columbia, S.C.

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MODERN PHARISEEISM.

From Aberdeen Journal

1842-11-30 · Aberdeen, Scotland

[This text is not available under an open license.]

From Christian reflector.

1843-07-05 · Worcester, Mass.

The air, the earth, the waters teem
With living things at play;

Glad nature from an hundred throats
Pours her rejoicing lay.

Who is wise? He that learns from every one.

Who is powerful? He that governs his own
passions.

Who is rich?

He that is content.

From The Friend; a Religious and Literary Journal (1827-1906)

1843-08-26 · Philadelphia

Who is wise? He that learns from every-
éne.— W ho is powerful? He that governs his
own passions. —Who is rich? He that is con-

gptent.— Colton.

From The Hillsborough recorder.

1843-09-07 · Hillsborough, N.C.

mioeyssa ts
Who is wise? He that learns from
every one. Who is powerful? He that
erns his passions. Who is rich? If

that is contented.
THE MARKETS.
Petersburg, Augu-t28.
Tobacco--The demand is well sup

From The Youth's Companion (1827-1929)

1843-11-09 · Boston

er boy to do the same thing, the answer given
him was, “J will not,” which at onoe silenced
the tempter.—S. S. Journal.

—¢—

Who is wise? He that learns from every
one. Who is powerful? He that governs his
own passions? Whoisrich? He that is con-
tent.— Colton.

From The radical.

1844-03-23 · Bowling Green [Mo.]

lution te
repeal the coffee house ordinance
was lost by a vote ef 19 to 8. So
the ladies being repulsed, departed.
03"An English paper tells of an
Irishman nam J Maloney, who some
time ago committed a forgery to the
amount of 130, and fled to this
country
While here, he learned
that he had beceme entitled to $50,
000. He returned, and made his ti
tle good, but w as arrested, tried, con
victed, and sentenced to seven years
traspertation for the forgery. The
property is forfeited to the crown,
but it is thought that on application
the forfeit will be remitted in favor
of his children. Gazette
Who is wise? He that learns from
everyone. Who is powerful! He
that governs his own passions.
Who-
is rich? He that is conten

From Grant County herald.

1844-03-23 · Lancaster, W.T. [i.e. Wis.]

ld England pay her National
debt, it would take £46 9s. 2d. from
each person to pay it, it would take
jLll 9s. 2d. from each Frenchmanto
pay the debt of France; it would taka
£55 3s. sd. from each Dutchman Io
pay the debt of Holland: and it would
only lake £4 Is. 9d. from each Penn
sylvanian to pay her debt
They have discovered in Rome the
art of Dagucrrcotyping likcncssc, &c.,
on the lithogrphic stone, so that a suc
cession of copies may be inimc'..i3t«.iy
produced from the la*t~r. A., that is
needed now is to produce all the natural
colors with the Daguerreotype, and
perfection is reached.
Who is"wise? He that learns from
even' one. Who is powerful? He that
governs his own passions. Who is
•rich’ He that is conten

From The Ripley advertiser.

1844-06-08 · Ripley, Miss.

Who is wise?
"He that learns from every one.
Whe is powerful."
He that governs his own passien.
Who is rich?"
He that is content."

GLEANINGS.

From Preston Chronicle

1852-04-17 · Preston, England

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From Grand River times.

1852-04-28 · Grand Haven, Mich.

one of his recent lectures, 44 in performing the
marriage ceremony, to use tne word obey, in ref
erence to the wife wedlock being a state of en
tiro reciprocity."
The man who don't take the papers wants to
know whether Lola Montes is a native of Phil
adelphia or Pennsylvania. He says he has for
gotten which of these States she belongs to.
The commonest mind is full of thoughts some
worthy of the rarest; and could it see them fair
ly it would wonder at its wealth.
Do not think yourself polished until youhavo
learned to speak and act on all occasions so as
not to wound the feelings of others.
Who is wise ? He that learns from every
one. Who is powerful? He who governs his
own passions. Who is rich ? Ho who is con
tentTime runs on, and when youth and beaut

From The weekly Lancaster gazette.

1852-07-29 · Lancaster, Ohio

permanent organization and a pros
perous future for the Society. Fairfield
needs it badly, and it will be valuable to
Fairfield if properly conducted.
Groceries. G. J. Wygum has just receiv
ed from New York, a large and extensive
assortment of Groceries, embracing every
article usually kept in such an establishment.
His host of customers has compelled him to
increase his stock, which is a pretty sure in
dication that he sells at fair prices, and the
best of quality at that. A dvertisement in a
few days. In the meanwhile call and exam
ine for yourselves. You will find an excel
lent variety.
Who is wise! He that learns from
every one. Who is powerful! He who
governs his own passions. Who is rich!
He who is content.-Statesman.
Admitting the definitions, the Statesman
editor is neither. He will not learn

From The Southern Literary Messenger; Devoted to Every Department of Literature, and the Fine Arts (1848-1864)

1852-11-01 · Richmond

Sure peace is his; a solid life, estranged

To disappointment, and fallacious hope :

Rich in content, in Nature’s bounty rich,

Rural Life and Love of Nature

From The Charleston mercury.

1856-10-20 · Charleston, S.C.

[This text is not available under an open license.]

From The home journal.

1857-01-29 · Winchester, Tenn.

Sleep well!
To music's spell;
Thus hushing thee
To reverie.
Like evening breeze
Through whispering trees,
Till memory and the lay
Float dreamily away.
Sleep well! Sleep well!
May dreams bring near
All who are dear,
With festal flowers
From early hours;
While, softly free,
This melody
Drifts through thy tranquil dream,
Like lillies on a a stream.
Sleep well! Sleep well!
Who will set that to such music as it
deserves? Will some music teacher in
Winchester?
Our time ought to be measured by
our actions, not by years: then would
each man receive a proper amount of
respect from his fellow creatures.
Who is wise? He that learns from
every one. Who is powerful? He
that governs his passions. Who is
rich! He that is contented

From West-Jersey pioneer.

1857-05-23 · Bridgeton, N.J.

r vision; but
as each sueceding Spring clothes it with her
robe of green, or Summer enriches it with her
yellow harvests; as Autumn decks it with
her rainbow taints, or hoary Winter flings
over it his mantle of snow, we exclaim,
“Ever charming, ever new,
When will the landscape tiro the view.”
But tLis is a theme for poetry, ami one on
which the trno poet delights to dwell; let
then Gno of nature’s sweetest poets speak to us.
“O knew lie but hi.* happiness, of men
The happiest he! who far from public rage,
Deep in the vale, with a choice few retired
Drinks the pure pleasures of the Rural Lito,
Sure peace is his: -asolid life estranged
To disappointment and fallacious hope:
Rich in content, in Nature’s bounty rich

From West-Jersey pioneer.

1857-11-14 · Bridgeton, N.J.

Who id wise? He that learns from every
ODD.
Who is powerful? He that governs his
passions.
Who is rich? lie that is content

From West-Jersey pioneer.

1858-09-25 · Bridgeton, N.J.

k while you may, from the low resting
places under the green turf towards which
they are descending with rapid feet.
• ... , ’ t'L ». ■ i» i ■ '■ »» *
> An editor truly remarks that “if any
body wants to stop bis paper, he should wall
hp to tho ofaee;’pay his arrearages like t
man ; and not leave it in the podoffice ant
sneak away from an honest debt like a pup
py”
. if you love others, they will love you- II
you speak kindly, to them, they will speak
kindly to you. Love is repaid with love
and hatred with hatred. Would you hew »
sweet and pleading echo, speak sweetly and
pleasantly yourself__
Who is wise ?
He that learns from every one.
Who is powerful ?
He that governs his passions. .
Who is rich?
He that is content.
What to do With Street Beggars.

From New York dispatch.

1866-09-09 · New York [N.Y.]

of “ Agriculture. ”
“From the bold brow of that aspiring stoop,
Whox-o hang tfio nibblingTlocks, and view below
Their downward shadows in the glassy wave,
What pleasing landscapes spread before the eye’.
Of scatter’d villages, and winding streams,
And meadows green, and woods, and distant spires,
Seeming above the blue horizon’s bound

From New York dispatch.

1866-09-09 · New York [N.Y.]

To prop the canopy of heaven—and hark!
The sound of water steals upon his ear ;
And sudden opens to his pausing eye,
A rapid, rough cascade, from the rude rock
Down dashing in a stream of lucid foam I
Then glides away, meandering o’er the lawn,
A liquid surface ; shining, seen afar,
At intervals, beneath the shadowy trees;
Till lost and buried in the distant grove.
Wrapt into sacred musing, we recline

Beneath the covert of embowering shades;
And painting to our mind the bustling scenes
Of pride and bold ambition, pity kings.”
Thia, though wanting in the grand touches o

From Gold Hill daily news.

1867-01-14 · Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]

WISE.-PoWERFUL--RICE.Who is
wise? He that learns from any one.
Who is powerful? He that governs his
passions. Who is rich? He that is
content

From The weekly Butte record.

1867-03-23 · Oroville [Calif.]

t.
Idol.—lt is very proper for a man to speak of a
lazy wife as his idol.
Nose and Cheeks.— A canter will give you rosy
cheeks; a decanter will give you a ruddy nose.
Healthy.—Santa Fe is so healthy a place that
the people seldom die save of old age or whisky.
A verso lady of fifteen Summers, in Minnesota,
journeyed forty miles on skates in six hours.
A mad wag says Hiram Powers has just executed
at Florence a figure of‘ Eve alter the Waterfall.”
Why is a lady's bonnet like a cupola ? Because
it covers the belle.
The tobacco-chewer is said to be like a goose in
a Dutch oven—always on the spit.
Who is wise? He that learns from everyone.
Who is powerful? He that governs bis passions.
Who is rich? He that is contented

From Sunday Magazine 1864-1906

1867-07-01

‘‘ Sure peace is his: a solid life, estranged

To disappointment, and fallacious hope ;

Rich in content, in Nature’s bounty rich,

From The American farmer.

1868-09-01 · Baltimore [Md.]

SEPTEMBER. -

“Sure peace is his; a solid life, estranged
To disappointment, and fallacious hope;
Rich in content, in Nature’s bounty rich

From Godey's Lady's Book and Magazine (1854-1882)

1869-05-01 · New York

ctantly she gathered up her
garments,

Evmira, N. Y., February 22d, 1869.
L. A. Gopry, Esq.: Page 278, March number of
your magazine, a lady calls for a receipt for the
eradication of dandruff. Herewith please find one
of the best hair tonics I think ever known. It in-
vigorates the hair, makes healthy the scalp, and re-
moves dandruff. I have never known a failure,
Most any druggist can prepare it. Tincture of
sanguinaria two drachms, tincture of lobelia one
drachm, tincture of capiscum half an ounce, aleohol
one pint, glycerine two ounces, quinine one grain.

Respectfully, etc., J.C. Rispon.
Who is wise? He that learns from every one,

Who is powerful? He that governs his passions,
Whoisrich? He that is contented.

From Christian Union (1870-1893)

1871-11-29 · New York

— Who is wise? He that learns from every
one. Whois powerful? He that governs his pas-
sions. Whoisrich? He that is content.

From Eaton weekly Democrat.

1871-12-28 · Eaton, Ohio

hat
lead to them.
What would a pig do who wished to
build himself a habitation ? Tie a knot
in his tail, and call it a pig's-tie.
All fears of the cholera from Russia
seem to have subsided ; Alexis only
brought the Hoopenkoff with him.
Tennessee hires out convicts to work
on railroads, which looks like offering a
premium for them to make tracks.
A wise man looks upon men as he
does on horses ; all their caparisons of
title, wealth, and place he considers but
as harness.
Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds
than happiness ever can ; and common
Buffering is a far stronger link than
common joy.
Who is wise ? He that learns from
every one. W ho is powertu 1 7 lie that
governs his passions. Who is rich ? He
that is content.
When Plato was told that he ha

From Dodgeville chronicle.

1871-12-29 · Dodgeville, Wis.

Who ih wise? He that learns from
every one. Who is powerful ? He that
governs his passions. Who is rich? He
that is content.
When Plato was told that he ha

From Frostburg mining journal.

1872-01-06 · Frostburg, Md.

Wiio is wise? lie that learns from
everyone. Who is powerful ? He that
governs his passions. Who is rich? He
that is content.
When Plato was told that he ha

From Zion's Herald (1868-1910)

1872-01-18 · Boston

Who is wise ? he that learns from every one. Who

is powerful ? he that governs his passion, Who is rich?

more sothan when the mind is relieved of its usual

he that is content.

Article 11 -- No Title

From Maine farmer.

1872-02-28 · Augusta, Maine

[This text is not available under an open license.]

From Wyandot County Republican.

1872-03-14 · Upper Sandusky, Ohio

...... w v. . i Tr v. n 1 u vm;
street costumes the coming season.
A Baltimore girl has broken her en
gagement because her lover couldn't af
ford to give her a diamond pledge of
betrothal.
ANew York woman, in 1870, took
out seventeen patents, and, according to
the records, most of them were sold be-
lore they were issued
An Independence (Iowa) damsel havjng
offended a gentleman at the late lea"p-year
party, ne lias senilis Dig sister to de
uiand an apology.'
A Connecticut ladv. ninetv-three vears
old, knitted over one hundred pairs of
BiocKings last year, Desides refusing an
uuer oi marriage.
Who is wise? - He that learns from
every one. Who is powerful?, He that
governs his passions. Who is rich? He
that is content

From The Holt County sentinel.

1872-03-15 · Oregon, Missouri.

ther, is to be the fashion for
street costumes the coming season.
A BAltiMore girl has broken her en
gagement because her lover couldn't af
ford to give her a diamond pledge of
betrothal.
A New York woman, in 1870, took
out seventeen patents, and, according to
the records, most of them were sold be
fore they were issued.
An Independence Gowa) damsel having
offended a gentleman at the late leap year
party, he has sent his big sister to de
mand an apology.

A Connectiout lady, ninety-three years
old, knitted over one hundred pairs of
stockings last year, besides refusing an
ofer of marrlage.
Who is wise? He that learns from
every one. Who is powerful? He that
governs his passions. Who is rich? He
that is content

From Perrysburg journal.

1872-03-15 · Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]

Who is wiser lie that learns from
everyone. Who Is powerful? He that
governs his passions. Who is richf Ho
mat is content

From Memphis daily appeal.

1872-03-31 · Memphis, Tenn.

of character, and in doing this never
reckon the cost.
Who is wise? he that learns from
every one. Who is powerful? he that
governs his passions. Who is rich?

he is that content

From Ashtabula weekly telegraph.

1872-09-07 · Ashtabula, Ohio

Who is wise? He that learns from
every one. Who is powerful? He that
t o o eee e
governs is pasons ne is e
He that is content.

From The Youth's Companion (1827-1929)

1873-06-05 · Boston

l; “Are you happy?”

~~ * —
THE SOUND OF “OUGH.,”

Though from rough cough or hiccough free,

That man has pain enough

Whose wounds through plough, sunk in a slough,
Or Jough begins to slough

_ o- ——

AN epicurean has discovered that the pleasantest
way to take cod-liver oil is to fatten pigeons with it,
and then eat the pigeons.

Aw Atlanta (Ga.) man wants ‘the thief who stole
his well-bucket and rope to come back and get the
well, as it is of no use now.

Ir was recently announced by an Iowa editor that

a certain patron of his was “thieving as usual.” He
declares he wrote it “thriving.”
Who is wise? He that learns from every one.

Who is powerful?
Who is rich? ?

He that governs his passions.
He that is content.

From The Rutland daily globe.

1873-12-06 · Rutland, Vt.

ook in the whole situation at a glance.
It was a crisis for Webster. Carefully
laying his thumb behind the third brass
button of his blue coat, he gazed from out
of those cavernous eyes and grandly uttered
those prophet words: "No, gentlemen,
the American people will never forsake the
Constitution. We shall have fine weather."
And so it proved fimpincotfe

Words of WisdOm.
Self-depreciation is not humility, though
often mistaken for it. Its source is oftener
mortified pride.
There are many moments in our lives
which are as fountains from which the rest
of life continues to flow.-Mrs. Charles.
Who is wise? He that learns from every
Olle.
Who is powerful?He that Governs his
passions.
Who is rich? He that is content

From Friends' Intelligencer (1853-1910)

1882-06-10 · Philadelphia

:
| Who is wise? He that learns from every

one. Who is powerful? He that governs his-
| passions. Who is rich? He that is content..

From The Phrenological Journal and Science of Health (1870-1911)

1884-03-01 · Philadelphia

NOTHING makes us more agreeable to God and
man, than to have great merit and a little opinion
of ourselves.

Who is wise? He that is wise unto salvation.
Who is powerful? He that governs his passions,
Who is rich? He that is content.

From Wheeling register.

1884-04-28 · Wheeling, W. Va.

Who is wise? he that learus from
every one. Who Is powerful? he that
governs bis passions. Who is rich? he
that is content.—Miscellanies

From Watertown republican.

1884-05-07 · Watertown, Wis.

ago; but
the reign of speculative trade injures
whatever it touches. “C. H. 0.,” in
the Country Gentleman of March 27,
pleads earnestly against “unlimited rac
ing of mammary glands” with “inflamed
food, steam heat, frequent milkings and
with no reports of the killed and wound
ed.”—Hartford Covrant.

(ems of Thought.
The strength and safety of a commu
nity, consists in the virtue and intelli
gence of its youth, especially of its
young men.—Havjes.
There are many who despise half the
world; but if there be any who despise
the whole of it, it is because the other
half despises them.—Colton.
Who is wise? He that learns from ev
ery one. Who is powerful? he that gov
erns his passions. Who is rich? He that
is content—Miscellanies

From Turner County herald.

1884-05-08 · Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]

Who is wise? He that learns from ev
ery one. Who is powerful? he that gov
erns his passions. Who ia rich? He that
is content*—Miscellanies,

Grains of Gold

From Daily evening bulletin.

1884-05-10 · San Francisco [Calif.]

[This text is not available under an open license.]

From The daily morning Astorian.

1884-05-17 · Astoria, Oregon

everywhere.
Hir P. Sidney.
People seldom improve when they
have no other model than themselves
to copy after.
It is good discretion not to make
too much of any man at first: because
one cannot hold out that proportion.
Perfect valor consists in doing
without witnesses all we should be
capable of doing ;before the woold.
Rochefoucav.lt.
The strength and safety of a com
munity consists of the virtue and in
telligence of its youth, especially of
its young men." Hawes.
"Improve your opportunities," said
Bonaparte to a school of young men;
'"every hour lost now is a chance of
future misfortune."
Who is wise? He that learns from
every one. Who is powerful? He
that governs his passions Who is
rioh? Ho that is content. Mhcel

Grains of Gold

From The Idaho avalanche.

1884-05-24 · Silver City, Idaho Territory [Idaho]

[This text is not available under an open license.]

Gems of Liberal Thought

From Boston investigator.

1884-06-18 · Boston, Mass.

[This text is not available under an open license.]

From The Dawson journal.

1884-07-24 · Dawson, Ga.

ge, payable
(with interest about thirty years
| after date. :
There are soma who write, talk,
and think so muech about virtue,
i that they have no time to pratice
3. .

The econsienea of bad men, if‘
you could getthem to speak would
often be on the good man’s side.
Know thy work and todoit; and
work at 1t like Hercules. One
monster there is in the world—an
idle man.
One distingunishing mark of
man’'s steady advancement is the
inereasing vigor of his warfare
against evil.
The strength and safety of a
community, consists in the virtue
and intelligence of its youth, es
pecially of its young men.
Who is wise? he thatlearns
from everyone. Who is powerful ?
ha that governs his passions. Who
i rich? he that is content.

MESSRS M. SUSMAN AND CO.'S FURNITURE WAREHOUSE.

From Daily Telegraph (Launceston, Tas. : 1883 - 1928)

1884-08-04 · Launceston, Tasmania

he patterns,
which approach the richly-adorned
Oriental tapestry, could be easily
obtained, as they were huug from the
walls. The body of the upper floor is
also strewn with peculiar little
sidubvards, tables, and fire-screens,
artistically ornamented, principally
with pictures emblematical of the East.
There are also numerous specimens of
Japanese handiwork, such as screens,
side-tables, flower stands, etc., which
help to make up a display which is
worthy of inspec ' Improve your
opportunities,' said Bonaparte to a
school of young men ; ' every hour lost
now is a chance of future misfortune.'
Who is wise ? He that learns from
everyore. Who is poweiful ? He that
governs his passions. Who is rich ? He
that is content. Doctor: 'And how i

ELECTRIC JEWELS.

From Kilmore Free Press (Kilmore, Vic. : 1870 - 1954)

1884-08-14 · Kilmore, Victoria

is wise I He that learns from, everyone.
Who is powerful ? He that governs his
passions.. Who is. rich.?. He. that is
content

From Bridgeton pioneer.

1884-09-11 · Bridgeton, N.J.

nst evil.
The excesses of our youth are drafts
upon our old age, payable with inter
est about thirty years after date.
Virtue will catch as well as vice by
contact; and the public stock of honest
manly principle will daily accumulate.
A wide, rich heaven hangs above
you, but it hangs high; a wide, rough
world is around you, and it lies very
low.
The strength and safety of a commu
nity, consists in the virtue and intelli
gence of its youth, especially of the
young men.
Philanthropy, like charity, must be
gin at home. From this center our
sympathies may extend in an ever-ex
tending circle.
Who is wise? he that learns from
everyone. Who is powerful? he that
governs his passions. Who is rich? he
that is content

From Martinsburg independent.

1884-10-11 · Martinsburg, W. Va.

are ‘delivered,’
‘Lee,’ ‘received.’ Thus a bus
iness man is able whenever ho
sends away a letter, telegram or
package, receives an order, trans
acts any business whatever, to
record the procise moment at
which the thing was done. It
costs $20. I did not invent it.
I bought it.”

“What la the whole duty of a mar*
Hodman?” asks the new conjugal
catechism. To be agreeable to his
wife and keep Dr. Bull’s Cough
Syrup iu the house for the children
when they get a cold, of course.
Ask us something hard.
Wit and Humor.
Indian affairs—Cora cakes.
It is hinted that St. John eats .
rock and-rye candy.
Who is wise? He that learns
from every one. Who is power
ful? He that governs his passions.
Who is rich? He that is content

From The Anderson intelligencer.

1884-10-23 · Anderson Court House, S.C.

? Who is wise? He that learns from
every one. Who is powerful ? He that
governs his passions. Wbo is rich ? He
that is content

From The Anderson intelligencer.

1884-10-23 · Anderson Court House, S.C.

Who is wise? He that learns from
every one. Who is powerful ? He that
governs bis passions. Who is rich ? He
that is content

From Sacramento daily record-union.

1884-11-03 · Sacramento [Calif.]

Who is wise? He that learns from
every one. Who 18 powerful? lit' that
governs his passions. Who is rich? He
that is oontent.

Gems of Liberal Thought

From Boston investigator.

1884-12-10 · Boston, Mass.

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From Colman's rural world.

1884-12-25 · St. Louis, Mo.

4 Who is wise? Hethat iearns from every

one. Who is powerful? He that governs
his passions. Whotsrich? He that is con-
tent.

Gems of Liberal Thought

From Boston investigator.

1885-06-03 · Boston, Mass.

[This text is not available under an open license.]

From The Delaware ledger.

1885-11-21 · Newark, Del.

s cheerful of or r
words as of our actions, and as far
from speaking ill as from doing ill.
For a gold currency the people
are being encouraged to sacrifice
their goods, their liberties, their
children and themselves.
Gold and silver would be better
as mere medals of commerce, than
as fluctuating legal tenders in the
hands of speculators.
Give no quarter to those vices
which are of thine inward family,
and having a root in temper plead a
right and propriety in thee.
To avenge one's self is to confess
that one has been wounded ; but it
is not the part of a noble mind to
be wounded by an injury.
Who is wise? He that learns
from every one. Who is powerful ?
He that governs his passions. Who
is rich ? He that is content.
Those that would be safe hav

From Madison times.

1885-11-21 · Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.

Who is wise? He that leara from every
one. Whois powerful? He that governs
b hin passions. Who is rich? He that is
content

From The Londonderry sifter.

1885-11-26 · South Londonderry, Vt.

rld will not be

too bashful. Ho who knows lrimsolf

will not be too impudent

He that procures his child a good

mind makes a better purchase for him
than if he laid out the money for ao

addition to his former acres.
The tender warning voices of our

guardian angels are ever striving to
hush the siren tones of the tempting

world.

Give no quarter to those vices which

are of thine inward family, and hav
ing a root in temper plead a right and
propriety in thee.

To avenge one's self is to confess

that one has been wounded; but it is

not the part ot a noble mind to be
wounded by an injury.
Who is wise? He that learns from
every one. Who is powerful? He
that governs bis passion. Who i
rich ? He that is content
Those that would be safe have need

From The McCook tribune.

1885-12-03 · McCook, Neb.

pened a full and complete line of
HARNESS AND SADDLERY GOODS ,
2 Cssis North of PcttcS , UcGOOZ , 1ISB.
Prompt attention { riven to repairing.Your
patronage is solicited.
SPOTTS & 15TIMSON ,
FASHIONABLE
BARBERS & HAIR CUTTERS.
Opposite Chicago Lumber Yard ,
MAIN STREET , - McCOOK.XEBKASKA.
"I WANT A GOOD COTTGH SYBTJP"
Is a very frequent request in ourrradc and we
invariably jnve the person making it HEOO'S
cusnitv COUGH srittTP. as we know itto be the
best and most reliable on the market. For
sale by 21. A. Spaldlne aud S. L. Green.

The tramp leaves a good many ties
behind him railroad ties.
WHO is wise ? He that learns from
every one. Who is powerful ? He who
governs his passions. Who is rich ?
He that is content

From The Valley Virginian.

1885-12-31 · Staunton, Va.

Who is wise ? He that learnstrom every
one. Who is powerful? He that governs
his passions. Wiio is rich? lie that is
content

From The Camden journal.

1886-01-14 · Camden, S.C.

nows the world will not be
too bashful. lie who knows himself
will not be too impudent.
He that procures his child a good
mind makes a better purchase for him
than if he laid out the money for an

addition to ms luriner aurea.
The tender warning voices of our
guardian angels are ever striving to
hush the siren tones of the tempting
world.
Give no quarter to those vices which
are of thine inward family, and having
a root in temper plead a right and
propriety in thee.
To avenge one's self is to confess
that one has been wounded; but it is
not the part of a noble mind to be

wounded by an injury.
Who is wise? He that learns from
every one. Who is powerful? He
that governs his passion. Who is
rich ? He that is content.
Those that would be safe have nee

From Southern standard.

1886-01-16 · McMinnville, Tenn.

cured her. She has not had so good
health for thirty years.
Trial Bottle Free at J. B. Ritchey's
Drug btore. Large size $1.00 6.
A. CA.HD.
To all who are suffering from the errors
and indiscretions of youth, nervous weak
ness, early decay, loss of manhood, &c, I
will send a recipe that will cure you, FREE
OF CHARGE. Tbis great remedy was dis
covered by a missionary in South America.
Send a self-addressed envelope to REV.
JOSEPH T. INMAN, Station D, New York
CUy.
No other pursuit can compare with
gardening in the quick returns of
pleasure, profit and relaxation, for
the time and money invested.
Who is wise ? He that learns from
everyone. Who is powerful? He
that governs his own passions. Who
Is rich ? He that is content.
The pleasantest things in the worl

From The Eaton Democrat.

1886-01-21 · Eaton, Ohio

vy no is wise i ne mat. learns irom every
one. Who is powerful ? He that governs his
passions., w no is nob I lie mat is content,
Those that wjuld be safe have need to b

From The Pulaski citizen.

1886-01-28 · Pulaski, Tenn.

oud year Thrso trials, one
disagreement, four adjournments,
one appeal, and a cash expense of
$150 to each farmer. Time lost,
thirty-five days.
Third year Two trials, two ap-
appeals, two decisions, and tw
farms pass into the hands of two
lawyers New York Sun.
A little boy in one of the German
schools, while engaged in defining
words, made a mistake that was not
a mistake. He said: "A dema
gogue is a ve&Bel that holds beer,
wine, gin, whisky, or any other kind
of intoxicating liquor."
in
It has been remarked that some
men give according to their means
and some give according to their
meanness.
Who is wise? He that learns
from every one, Who is powerful?
lie tht governs his own passions.
Who 13 rich? He that is content.

GOLDEN THOUGHTS.

From The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954)

1886-02-23 · Horsham, Victoria

that makes them equal. Who is wise ? He
that learns from every, one.' Who. is
powerful - He that?governs his passions:
Who is rich? He that is content. ': o I

From Martinsburg herald.

1886-02-27 · Martinsburg, W. Va.

Wife—It would give me a fair, pale
color, wnnld it not? Husband—
j Oh, yes, if you ate enough ol it.
Who is wise? He that learns
from every one. Who is powerful ?
He that governs his passions. Who
is rich ? He that is content.

From Nevada County picayune.

1886-03-17 · Prescott, Nev. County, Ark.

.. ■
Who is wise? He that learns
from piery one. Who is powerful?
He that governs his passions.
Who is rich? He that is content.
—
I' ortuns gives too much to many,
but to none enough.

From The Penn's Grove record.

1886-04-17 · Penn's Grove, Salem Co., N.J.

H. Y.
Who is wise? He that learns from
everyone. Who is powerful? He that
governs his passions. Who is rich? lie
that is content

Multiple News Items

From The Wisconsin state register.

1887-04-16 · Portage, Columbia County, Wis.

[This text is not available under an open license.]

From Southern standard.

1887-11-19 · McMinnville, Tenn.

Who is vie? He that learnsfrom
every one. Who is powerful? He
that governs his passions. Who
rich ? I lo that is content

From Milford chronicle.

1889-08-30 · Milford, Del.

Who is wise! Ho that learns from every
one. Who is powerful! He that governs his
passions. Who is rich! He that is content

Odds and Ends

From The Atchison daily globe.

1889-09-05 · Atchison, Kan.

[This text is not available under an open license.]

From Democratic Northwest.

1889-09-12 · Napoleon, Ohio

thing that cannot interest him.
Any one may do a casual act of good
nature, but a continuation of them shows
it is a part of the temperament.
Who is wise? He that learns from
everyone, who is powertuif He that
governs his passions. Who is rich.
trfl
that is content

From The Fairfield news and herald.

1889-09-18 · Winnsboro, S.C.

thing that cannot interest him.
Any one may do a casual act of good
nature, but a continuation of them shows
it is a part of the temperament.
Who is wise? He that learns from
everyone.2 Who is powerful? He that
governs his passions. Who is rich. He
that is content

From The Republican.

1889-09-28 · Oakland, Md.

ved on the jury nine terms, and
probobly shall never serve again.
I’ve got this much to say to yer,
jedge. We’ve kinder taken notice
of how yer managed things, you bein’
new to this business, and we like
yer. All the jury like yer. We’ve
talked the thing over and we’ve
voted to stand by yer. Now, if any
of them lawyers attempt to crowd
yer any, jedge, yer Jist give us the
word and we’ll be with yer every
lime. We’ve taken an interest in
yer and yer can depend on us, That’s
all, Jedge.” This was delivered as
seriously and honestly as it a father
had been talking to his son.—Lewis
town Journal.
Who is wise? He that learns from
everyone. Who is powerful ? He
that governs his passions. Who Is
rich. He that is content

From The Forest Republican.

1889-10-02 · Tionesta, Pa.

at restraius the desire to
learn is false.
Nothing great was ever achieved with
out enthusiasm.
One of the sublimest things in the
world is plain truth.
Of tame beasts, the worst is the flat
terer; of wild, the slanderer.
Charity nnd personal force are the
only investments worth anything.
Whatever you dislike iu another per
son take care to correct in yourself by
the gentle reproof.
Avoid him who, from mere curiosity,
asks three questions running ubout a
thing that caunot interest him.
Any ono may do a casual act of good
nature, but a continuation of them shows
it is a part of the temperament.
Who is wise? He that learns from
everyone. Who is powerful? He that
governs his passions. Who is rich. He
that is content

From The Opelousas courier.

1889-10-12 · Opelousas, La.

thing that cannot interest him.
Any one may do a casual act of good
nature, but a continuation of them shows
it is a part of the temperament.
Who is wise? He that learns from
everyone. Who is powerful? He that
governs his passions. Who is rich. He
that is content

From The Republican.

1889-10-12 · Oakland, Md.

asure,
more lasting benefit. It contains
dates of local events which you can
not get elsewhere, marriages, obitu
ary notices, etc. In short, your paper
is a history of the world in which
your friends live, and occasionally
reminds you that you are a year of
two behind an subscription.
The secret of life is not to do what
one likes, but try to like what one
has to do.
Wit should be used as a shield of
defense rather than a sword to wound
others.
Affectation is certain deformity
by forming themselves on fantastic
models, the young begin with being
ridiculous and often end with being
vicious.
Who is wise ? He that learns from
everyone. Who is powerful ? Hethat
governs his passions. Who is rich ?
He that is content

From The Abbeville press and banner.

1890-01-08 · Abbeville, S.C.

i ^
Who is wise? He that learns from
everyone. Who is powerful ? He tlmtj
governs his passions. Who is lieh?
He that is content

From Yorkville enquirer.

1890-01-22 · Yorkville, S.C.

B?*-Who is wise? He that learns from
every one. Who is powerful? He that
governs his passions. Who is rich ? He
that is content

From The San Saba news.

1890-02-07 · San Saba, Tex.

summit of humility to bear
the imputation of pride
With the great our thoughts and man
ners easily become great
A mothers love ia a degree sanctifies
the most worthless offspring
To have what we want is riches but to
be able to do without it is power
There is nothing in life so earnestly to
be sought as character and probity
A house is no home unless it contains
food and lire for the mind as well as the
body
Theroiare those who never reason on
what thej should do but on what they
have done
Can man or woman choose duties No
more than they can choose their birth
place c their father and mother
Who is wise He that learns from
everyone Who is powerful He that
governs his passions Who is rich He
that is conten

From Martinsburg independent.

1890-03-22 · Martinsburg, W. Va.

All
(foods Warranted
First-Class. Permanent, pleasant, profit
aide positions tor the right men. (food
salaries and expenses paid weekly. Lib
e.al inducements to beginners. No previ
ous experience necessary. Outfit tree.
Write for terms, giving age.
CHARLES H. CHASE,
Nurseryman, Rochester, N. Y.
ml5,4t Mentior this paper.
IMPORTANT NOTICE.
1 am closing out my retail Coal and
Wood Business. All parties having un
settled accounts with me, will please call
and make settlement in order to save cost
as my Books will placed in the hands of a
collector on April 21st.
Respectfully,
,1. N. THATCHER.
Who is wise? He that learns
from every one. Who is powerful ?
He that governs his passion. Who
si rich ? He that is content.

From Martinsburg independent.

1890-03-22 · Martinsburg, W. Va.

Who is wise? lie that learns
from every one. Who is powerful?
He that governs his passion. Who
is rich ? He that is content.

Gems of Thought

From Boston investigator.

1890-04-09 · Boston, Mass.

[This text is not available under an open license.]

From Lake Charles commercial.

1890-05-10 · Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, La.

throat, will
greatly ease a sore throat, it will
also heal cats and cure chilblains.
— Hay Joyce, ia Good House
keeping. ___
li utils of M istlorn.
To have wlmt we want is riches
hut to lie able to do without it is
powet.
There is nothing in life so ear
nestly to hi- sought for as char
acter and probity.
There are those wiio never
reason on what they should do.
hut oti wiiat they have done.
A house is no more home un
less it contains food and fire lor
the mind as well as for the body.
Can man or woman choose du
ties! Ko more than they can
choose their birthplace, or their
father or mother.
Who is wise? He that learns
from everyone. Who is powerful!
He that governs his passion. Who
is rieh! He that is content.
Women never truly comman

PARS PITHILY PUT.

From The Prahran Telegraph (Vic. : 1889 - 1930)

1891-06-17 · Prahran, Victoria

bisletter in another column. Who is wise
? He that learns from every | one. Who
is powerful ? He that governs his
passions. Who is rich ? He that is
content. Busy day at the Prahran cour

From The Chautauquan; A Weekly Newsmagazine (1880-1914)

1891-07-01 · Meadville

A long Life may not be good enough, buta
good Life is long enough.

From Juniata sentinel and Republican.

1891-11-11 · Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.

s. He had

made his fortune and was coming',
home to stay, and no one was more
happy than Syria.
But three weeks after there was a
grand wedding at the old farmhouse;
Captain Harry Melville received for
his bride, Syria, the foundling, the
beautiful "belle of the ocean," and
their cup was full.
SOMETHING TO THIS ABOUT.
One of the sublimest things iu the
world is plain truth. Bulwer.
Of tame beasts, the worst is the flat
terer; of wild, the slanderer. War
wick.The strength aud safety of a com
munity consisU in the virtue and intel
ligence of its youth, especially of its
young men. J. Hawes.
Who is wise? He that learns from
everyone. Who is powerful? He
that governs his passions. Who is
rich? He that is content. Dillwyn

From The New York times.

1898-10-15 · New-York [N.Y.]

Who is wise? He that learns from every
one. Who is powerful? He that governs his
passions. Who is rich? He that is content.
Who is that? Nobody.

From The Indianapolis journal.

1898-10-23 · Indianapolis [Ind.]

world more harm than
all the cider ever made.—Chicago News.
There are more spoiled men and women
than spoiled children—only we do not hear
so much about them.—Boston Transcript.
We may be a little perplexed at times as
to what our own duty is, but we always
know what other people ought to do.—W. L.
Wilson.
“I hear he refused to take chloroform
when he was operated on.” “Yes. said he'd
rather take it when he paid his bill.”—De
troit Journal.
A woman has to have a lot more patience
to let the cat in and out than she has for
her husband, because if she didn't it would
leave her.—New York Press.
Who is wise? He that learns from every
one. Who is powerful? He that governs
his passions. Who is rich? He that is con
tent. Who is that? Nobody.—Benjamin
Franklin.

Notes and Comments

From The Milwaukee journal.

1898-11-05 · Milwaukee [Wis.]

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From The Daily Ardmoreite.

1898-12-23 · Ardmore, Okla.

hole day.
Who is wise? He that learns from
every one. Who Is powerful? He that
governs his passions. Who is rich?
He that is content? Who is that?
Nobody.

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Poetry

From Bangor register.

1825-06-30 · Bangor, Me.

1827-03-24 · Providence, R.I.

1827-03-28 · Philadelphia

The degree of danger is, not only from the circumstances which threaten, but from the value of the objects which are threatened

From Vermont chronicle.

1827-04-06 · Bellows Falls, Vt.

1827-08-22 · Philadelphia

ACQUAINTANCE.

From Christian intelligencer and eastern chronicle.

1827-09-14 · Gardiner, Me.

1827-09-14 · Portland, Maine

1827-11-07 · New York

1827-11-17 · Philadelphia

Ancient and Modern Maxims

From Indiana journal.

1827-12-11 · Indianapolis [Ind.]

1829-08-08 · Boston

1830-01-08 · Boston

1835-11-21 · Romney, Va. [W. Va.]

1838-02-17 · Rochester

PRESTON, SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1842.

From Preston Chronicle

1842-06-04 · Preston, England

From Sunbury American and Shamokin journal.

1842-07-30 · Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.

1842-10-01 · New-York [N.Y.]

From Louisville messenger.

1842-11-05 · Louisville, Miss.

Multiple News Items

From South Carolina temperance advocate and register of agriculture and general literature.

1842-11-17 · Columbia, S.C.

MODERN PHARISEEISM.

From Aberdeen Journal

1842-11-30 · Aberdeen, Scotland

1843-07-05 · Worcester, Mass.

1843-08-26 · Philadelphia

From The Hillsborough recorder.

1843-09-07 · Hillsborough, N.C.

1843-11-09 · Boston

1844-03-23 · Bowling Green [Mo.]

1844-03-23 · Lancaster, W.T. [i.e. Wis.]

From The Ripley advertiser.

1844-06-08 · Ripley, Miss.

GLEANINGS.

From Preston Chronicle

1852-04-17 · Preston, England

1852-04-28 · Grand Haven, Mich.

From The weekly Lancaster gazette.

1852-07-29 · Lancaster, Ohio

1852-11-01 · Richmond

Rural Life and Love of Nature

From The Charleston mercury.