Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-10-04
a Little Of EVERYTHING,

~ -ioHey ~ very SoOu servant, Lnt u pnd
; master itmay be accused Of injustice .oward
mankind, inasmuch as there are only few
VII" make false money, whereas money makes
many men false.
A Sisters Lore.--Beautiful il the love of a
slster--the kiss that hath no euiie, no passion
the touch is purity, and bringeth peace and sa-
t'~tacton to the heart. Beautiful is TIE love
OF sister; it is moonlight on our path-t is Of
heaven, and sheds its peace upon the earth.
Never chew tobacco, but above all never
chew your words, or you may iad yourself
no ding forth after the following fashion -
Ian sirchue, forchitude, grachitude, or quiet
chude dwell with man who is a stranger to
rectichude! Did you ever hear tell, neig ghbor,
Of the Connecticut butcher fly, which il the
most beauchful creachure ever nachure pro-
Juced, as it is all over spotched
"With all thy faults love thee still as the
ioafer SAID when he entered grog shop.
81 shall die like hero" said the coal when
1t was being consumed, "for shall mix with
the ashes of the gratep'
lazy fellow named Jay Hole, living near
Covlngton, KY, has adopted new way Of
spelling his name which throws phonotvpe
clear luo The shade. He makes big ~" ana
then jobs his pen through the paper for the
"Hole!'
Honor is a name that changes color, like the
Indian beast, according to the light it is viewed
| IN: now It'll courage, now it is rank, now it is
riches, now it is fine raiment or swaggernp
| air-once it was Truth.
"Does this razor go easy" asked barber Of
victim who was suffering some severe pain
under clumsy instrument, whose only recon-.
mendation was the having strong handle 81
"Wel'," replied the poor sufferer, "that de.
pends upon what you call this operation. If
yon are >kinning me- it goes tolerably easy; but
if it's shaving it goes devsh hard!" ''S~
A wag has discovered new letter in the
alphabet--let'er rip. IL"
The human heart is like feather-bed-it
must be roughly handled, well shaken, and ex-
posed to Il variety of turns, to prevent it's be-
coming hard and knotty. s aseI y2
The path that leads to wealth too often pas.
ses through the narrow defiies Of meanness,
which men Of exalted spirit cannot stoop to
tread.
Man may err, and he forgiven; but poor swo.sx
man, with all her temptations, and but half his
strength, is placed beyond the hope Of earthly-
salvation, if she but once be tempted into crime.
The arstocracy Of art cannot die; its tenure
is immortal; born Of the marriage between i'm.
;.>siouned nature and ine ectuaI civilization
the ace will grow stronger with the progress
OF time. -.r+s 50 -a
Beneyolence is daily more and more gener.
ally acknowledged as the true iuIe of conduct.
Ihe max'm, Live and let live will soon be
bya still nobIer principle Of action,
"Llse and he p i've" Ei St H
1t is obserbed that the most censorious are
generally the least judeions, who, having no.
thing to commend themselves, will be finding
fault with Others. No man envies the merit Of
another, who has enough of his own.
Young ladies' who are always observed to
read newspapers are always observed to pos.
sess winning ways, most admirable DISPOSE
lions, invariably make good wives, and always
select good bus bands--a fact
''li there is anybody under the canister OF
heaven that have in utter excrcscence," saws
le aliiable Mrs. Paftmgton, "it ia a slanderer,
,olng about like Il vile BOY constructor, circu.
ating his calonlel among honest folks"
What lonely life man leads without wife
'r children! lie seems to hang rs it were, a
Dose, di>jointed member Of society, disconnect.
ID from the rest OF his feilow-bengs by all the
lol'se-hold ties which seem TO tura The connect.
ng links OF lite. Just found it out.
"Dry does say dat way down in old Georgia
ley Makes nigga work 70 hours ebery day.
Vow Ise been told dat dey hasn't got no more
Tor ~ hours in a day and wants youto spian.
fy to dis child how dey makes em work rs e
louts!"
"Golly mighty, what ignoramns nigga you ia,
scipio; why way down dar de makes poor Mig.
"a get up one hour afore day--doesll't dat
make 'em Is hours" s " @s@f s8f
a young lady complaining Of an affection Of
he heart, was told that she must husband her
'rength. She replied that husband wus the
My thing that could relieve her complain
Erskine puzzled the wits Of his acquaintance
y inscrbng on a tea-chest the words = TM
0oces." twas some time before they found
ut that that the wit Of il lies in the literal
sThou teachest."
A lady upon taking up Shelby's novel, "The
last Man" threw it down very suddenly, ex-
laimlng, The last man. Bless me if such
thing ever were 70 happen, what would be.
ONE Of the womens' 5 10
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