The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1854-09-27

The Baltimore Patriot says, the side"'iAS
have been embellished for few evenings past
with the sight of numbers of pretty young Ia
dies, wearing head dress of peculiar novel
and striking character. 1t is composed OF a
sort Of wreath of interviewer ribbons OF many
colors prolonged behind into long remnants
that float out upon the air like streamers at the
mast head, describing an intinlty OF curves un-
known to triponometry, which catch the hearts
Of their beholders in their intricate mazes.-
This new head gear is called the know moth
ING wreath, as we are informed, and like every
thing else about know nothingism, is very start
ling ard unexpected.
9shall help you to alight?" said young;
gentleman, addressing bouncing country girl
who was preparing to jump from carnage
in front Of our office. THANK you, sir, she
said sweetly; "but I don't smoke"
As the lovely cedar is green throughout the
barrenhess of winter, so shall the christian
alone flourish amid the winter of death, and
bloom in Immortality.
The vulgar mind fancies that Judgment is
implied chiefly in the capacity to censure; and
yet there is no judgment so exquisite as that
which knows properly how to approve.
An honest Hiberrian stopped at country
inn, in the interior of Massachusetts, and seat
ed himself snugly down by the fire. "What's
the news in this quarter, landlord, SAID ne.
"Nothing,' replied the landlord, "only they
say the devil is dead.'
Pat said nothing, but in short time, when
about leaving the house, he walked deliberate
lv across the room, and deposited three cents
on the bar; the landlord followed, and lnqulr-
ed what was wanting for the money, when the
following colloquy ensued:
s"Ah sure nothing at all, yer honor
"Why then did you lay this money on the
bar?''
Arrah, yer honor, and sure, in nae own coun-
try when poor lad loses his father, It's Gus
tomary to give him a few coppers, to help to
provide Cor the wake and funeral
A gentleman was once negotiating with
New Hampshire horse dealer for the purchase
of the mare, but could not agree by ten dol
lars. Next morning however, making up his
mind to split the difference, he posted OFT to the
stable, when the first person be met was the
groom "Master up, Joe?' he inquired
s:No, master be dead,'' said Joe; ''but he left
word for YOU to have the mare Yankees
never lose a trade.
A correspondent of the National Intelligent
Ger writing from Florida, gives an incident in
relation to a prayer offered by request during,
drought by venerable preacher who bore
no good will to the baptists. His prayer was
somewhat remarkable FORTS unsehsh tone, and
ran in this wise:
"Let it rain, beginning at my plantation, IN
Hamilton county, coming down to thesreligious
neighborhoods of Columbia and Nassau, where
is not practiced, and reaching Black
creek-even Black creck-and bringing forth
in abundance-none of your little 'nubblns, y
however, but long ears-as long as this good
right arm
A yankee, out walking in Wheeling, Virgil
MIA, while to himself talking, experienced a
feeling strange-strange, painful, alarming
from his cap up to his knees, as he suddenly
he was covered over with BEES
They rested on his eyelids, and perched upon
his nose, they colonised his peaked face, and
swarmed upon his clothes. They explored his
swelling nostrils, and dived deep in his ears,
they crawled up his 'trowsers,' and filled his
eyes with tears. Did he yell like hyena?
Did he holer like lion? Was he *sccart, and
did he cut and rum" Or did the 'critter'
swoon?" Neither one He wasn't 'scar't'
mite. He never swoons or 'hoers,' but he
hived them in a small tight key and sold them
for two dollars
Three miseries of mans house-a smo-
king chimney; a leaky roof, and scolding
wife
A student in want of money sold his books,
and wrote home, ''father, rejoice, for now de-
rive my support from literature"
The words which 'fell' from an orators
mouth were taken up uninjured, and attached
to those that hung on his lips
Young America is an evanescent, quicksi-
very globule of creation. He comes into the
world on bis knees, filters through it on cloud
of steam, and leaves it by misplaced switch .
on the line of advancement