Savory Morsels.

Thames Star, Volume XVII, Issue 5228, 20 October 1885, Page 3

Savory Morsels.

A vain man's motto is " Win gold and wearitj" a generous man's, ""Win gold •nd spare it;" a profligate's, "Win gold and spend it ;" a broker's, "Win gold and lend it;" a fool's. " Wio gold and end it;" a gambler's, " Win gold and lose it;' • wise man's, "Win gold and use it.' Theyoung lady who was accused for breaking the young man's heart has been bound in the bonds of matrimony to keep the piece. The Statesman and the Goat.— Henry Clay, the American statesman, never liked to see dumb animals worried, and once, passing down an avenue, he j descried a crowd at sport with a billygoat. Mr Clay drove them away, and as they scampered, billy, seeing nobody but Mr day within reach, made a charge at him. Clay dropped his cane and caught his lordship by the horns. The goat then took to rearing up, being nearly as high as the tall Kentockian himself, and he had to pull him down again. This soon be* came tiresome; Clay could conceive of no way to clear himself, so in desperation he tang out to the boys to know what to do. ," One of the smallest of the crowd shouted, "Let go bis horns and run, you fool." Glay always maintained that, though he jijned the treaty of Ghent, yet that ragged boy knew more than he did. .!5 iOoBBKOTiKG Heb English.--" There," ■aid a woman to a tramp, "is a nice dinner, but I shall expect you to saw a : little woo* for it." " Certainly, madam," politely replied the tramp,attacking the food with both hands, " but you must pardon me, I trust, if I venture to correct your English." •• My what ? " " YourEng. ! lish. Some modern authorities claim J that grammar is played out. I know better. The word ' saw' is a verb in the present cue singular number and imperfect tcnae. Ton cannot say' I. shall expect you to saw wood.' ' I shall expect you to see wood' is correct. If you will indicate the pile to me I will now look at it as I pass out."—Detroit Free Press.