Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-08-14

ODDS AMI ENnS

us parents 90 about immediately to pro.
cure an IRON shoe, so that the deformitv
may DC gradually and i~mperceptibly re.
moved; but the moral d~eformities Of chill.
drcil are never looked after until thew grow.
mic monsters and have firmly fixed them.
selves IN The character. Then they are
turned out upon the world for the g,allows
or the fe~n'tcntiary to punish that which
a little care and real interest in childhood
would Five prevented.
All are not called to dig or hsw-fo
plough or plane--but every man has =,
sphere Of usefulness allotted him by
Providence, and is unfaithfuI to his bioh
trust Ii ne deserts it for idle porsp or
needless luxury. One mar may be fit
ted by nature and inclination for an arti-
san, another for a sailor, and 4 third for
q merchant; but no man was ever born
htted only TO be an idler and drone,
Those ',ho become such are the victims
Eof perfersa circumstances and a deplora-
bly, false education.
Thirty years ago industry was fashion
able, and men were contonted with the
frnits Of honest labor. Bank robberies
wtie MISUNDERSTANDING and swindIinp
were nnfash'onable-and a failure for
millions. would have been considered a
phenomenon. MERCHANTS did an extern
Siye bat safe business and confidence was
preserved amongst them. There were
lew bnak4 ard fewer rogues in them.
One Hc9erend FIR. Van .Zandt. Of
Rochester N. l., and rector of Grace
Churcfs ~ that city, was held to bail in
S3'ooo, to answer the complaint of the
parents Of a young lady Is wears of ag,..
on 3 Charge Of seduction. The reverend
gentleman IS said to have an amiable wife
and three Or four children. He stouflv
denies the trgth of the charges preferred
against him.
Don't be discouraged if, in the outset
OF HE, things do not go on smoothly. II
seldom happens that the hopes which we
cherish Tor the future are realized,-The-
path Of 'fe, in The prospect, appears
smooth and level enough, but when we
come TO 'razei 1t, we find it all up. hill.
and generally rough enough.
ooh my dear SIR" said a Door auFsrar
to a dentist, "that Is a SECOND. wrong
tooth Touve pulIadin-"Very s,rrv- ~
dear sir" said the blundering t,gerstar,
but a. there were only three airope4F
vhen | began, I'm sure to h. riabt
time"
a man should never mt4ffy :
however, Attractive, whoze, first Id
had not been 5anged; as that 10 .~,r,fs
catastrophe furnishes tie onl, security
TOR heF not continually reverting to him.
Leave SOW to sp sndthrifts and fools.
w:iie you and Fow families consult saFv
%'as'efai simplicity. comfort and useful
ness n all yoy arrangement and expen.
ses.
The edito:: of the Chicago Democrat
says we never cared a faFthing about
getting mT fried until we attended a haehs-
sor $ f'tn eral. God grant that our latter
end ma = not be like his"
"t-fere, Joe, unlock my dress. /
wa lis to sne-e-ze-hush-ho Hold
h ard, miss; how'd if yeu wont bust all
, he 'ooks and hize off, if you sneezes."
Goods have been opened and fer sails
IN a store In Boston, in thirty DAYS after
the order tor them had been sent 10 Eng.
land l, r.,.
as this sour house and home Z asked
a ne'shbor of a farmer as he saw him
boarding up a pig pen.
Mo-" replied the farmer, I'm only
boarding here"
t. Kill neutrality-suspicious. Bacon Of
unlnnyille, states to US that gum eamphor
and Ear soap, will ~effectuat.v, destroy that
midnight robber, the bed-bgg !; he mixes
one ounce of the camphor, ven pulverlzed.
with two ounces of the soap: this mixture
IS easily applied to the ereyices where tine
bugs harbor.
REAsoSaBLE.-A school boy being ask.
ed by his teacher how he should hog him,
replied: aft you please, sir, | would like
to have it On the Italian system of pen.
manshlp. The heavy strokes upwards and
the down ones light
YAsE.EIsM.-"A Aunt Tabitha's Oldest
Boy" said a delineator of yankee charac.
ter, Is awfully ugly-his face IS SO ugly
that the doctor said if ii should happen to
strike inwardly it would ~sertainig kitl
HIM !"
ToAsr given by John Newsom at the
9Th of July celebration in tallahassee,
Florida.
Corn in the barn-loft,
1 Poultry in the yard,
Bacon in the meat house,
Aud a barrel full of lard,
- TaEfoa i'm tho ItttIa hs.r