The St. Landry whig., 1844-12-12
SCRAPS AND SNAPS.
~ said that words hrt nobody neveE slesg
\, psonjancd 4 thousand Philistines ID dea

in health and tranquiity We breathe 16 times
IN each minute 50 says the physician.
Trust him little who praises ail--him less
who e~ensltses I'll, and him least who adilIers
ent about ali.
A false friend h like the shadow On i diai,
which appears ID zinc weather, Hit ~vafisltes All
the approach ofa cloud.
Amt i wicked 70 rob this ben-roost, Jim u,
ssIhat's a moral question, Guulbo4wesse no
time to argue L ~handdown another ptdIet
Punch says he once saw i father knock I'LL
boy down. and he thought ttlie mnst strikin6s
picture ofa sun idcsea he ever beheld.
The Philadelphia 4. 4. Gaeatte states tbat
wild pigeons stanied with shot, arc as abundant
IN the market Of that city as flies ii August.
Hon any occasion your Wils shoald exciaim
to you, Now tumble over8 the cradle and break
your neck Do aa-don You az il.
A RrADtSc CIrg.-St. Louis, which M 4
population of only $4,000, actually supports ID
newspapers.
4 FRErTY T~HoUenr.-s.A coquottc il d rose
from which every lover plucks a eaf-the thofnx
are reserved for her future husband.
GrWe cannot, says Cato, control tha ayiI
tongues ot Others, but Q good life enables d. "a
despise them.
Az ola Judy having heard somebody IN asRs
aaasts were very Irregular remarked ID was
their fair Words
NALuAnrH SrEerAonBss-R Is said that i
man IN Cincinnati hasinventcd d pair Of yellow
spectacies 70 make lard look like butter. He il
willing to lend them to purchasers who INV ~
him.
Mike Walsa'a Beief.--Mixe says that hi
don't believe ~ anything beyond what ne can
eompfehcIid and IN no more Of that than just
Aea TcwN.-Beverly is tho most moral
town mMassachusetts, fnot In the Uhion.A
With five thousand Inhabitants, there has not
been . person convicted Of crime for, fYe years.
0ey-,sVNhata long tall orr cat has aotl' 4. Thus
quotes the Maunee River Times.
Vulgar, decidedly sulgar. Better sat. What
an extended alvine appehdage II attached 70 the
feline animal in our possession / e sa
0y-"What liz youf iaea If the end If the
world" said a Miilerite to q trian he duntsrsed
with yesterday. sali s8f MT
"My idea," said tho man, sis that Tho world
y round, and consequently has no end"
Deserved compliment. ALondon paper SAYS
ssWehster's american Dictionary ofthe Engiish
language is now ordinarily esteemed the best
work Of It's kind. II forms octave Volumes,
containing 81, 0a0 words; the price is three
guineas, and an earlior dato than 1874, should
not be purchased.
Proverbs Of the dyg-~T'hS fon4f,s SlfIen gyory
moment and close forever. II IL from what
people say that we Judge Of tllGyalde of tieir ii.
lence. Memory rather counterfeits wit than
supplies ~. A thousand reeollections are not
worth ON thought. With mt9uey the dead.can
be made 9 speak without II eyenthp dumb will
not bc siasnt.
Powc@ told a gentleman who visited ftaly of
late, thai he had thirty different fsmales as mod.
els for hgs Eve alene. She mtist lG il rare being
who cold combine, IN her singfc person, tho
separate attractions o%fthifty beatdiGiil waomenA
and yctthe artist finds her stiff too ugly for tho
perfect being oi'his fancy.
PRnrrY oooD.-An Arkansasbcro was lntoly
convicted Of horse stealing, and when sentence
had been passed on him, heAtook il survey Of the
court ROOM, and gave vent toihis feelings after
the following manner swell, this Is ratIier the
briskest place | ever did @c@travelled ffteem
r~nilestlis murnihg--tut nd IN election, and unani.
fnolsly voted BY twelve rteflo be maintained at
the public expense f5rten years ,'saA
2NG - FIflJ MG HHH%&#E HAEt N&M MtkF&E a EHE4E&N
Tird SCARS AND srRlrr s.- We never Dash,
says tFh North AnerirpJ under our national
tiag, hich is now suspended from almost every
corneg{ ofour streets, wilhopt thinking Of Henry
Ciay' patriotic and eloquent words IN 1913 -
ssThe colors that float from the mast head, should
be the credentials Of our seameh.'s at is i'm
possible that this country should ever abandon
the gallant tars who have won Tor ia such splen.
did trophies"
a TeKnibIn TIMr.-'Wal, there's arrow
oyer there to our house, w.
What on aiftIfs the rnattcry you little ser.
pint 3
Why dads drunk, mothers dead, the old cow
has got q calf Sails got married. anl RIM away
with the spoons, Pete bas sWalIar'd n pin, and
Luke looked at the aurora I5ofax till he's not
the delerium triangles. That mint all nnthery
What else upon aifthY
Rose split the butter pot and broke the pan.
cakes, and one ofthc Maltese kittens got her
head into the molassescup and couldn't geti4 out,
and O, 90, 90, how hungry | ami
WeahA-Tho git-elged card Or free adniis,
sion to all circles.
Love--An affection df the heart, Usually ter
minating with typfus fever.
OHd Fetiotc-0ne that does as he would be
done by.
Sqfs,y Valoc-The mouth ofan infiriated ig.
noranatis, by which the steam goes off without
doing harm.
Womda'S Sphcre-To mind her avn business.
Asm--Second edition of the word hualbng.
Dandg--an apo offoliy.
Law.--~Aaron Burr once said that slaw was
whatever was boldly asserted, and plausibly