Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1855-11-15


who would have tbeis young "hopeiuls :
to taste the real ,.ue'i,sess of the filthy prac-
! lice of using rroiane language. Atho
we d" no, pretend to be consistent moral
ist, we do loathe, above all things, the vul-
gar and wicked practice Of swearing
There is no one Of common sense, how
lever much he may be addicted TO the hab-
it himself, but viii acknowledge it to be
vulgar in superlatiye degree. And es-
pecially is il so in children. Say what
you will of '.loung America" and all
that, but when we hear boy Of ten OF
less summers. using language that would
polu.e the mouth of the Oldest devo.ee OF
Satan, we are more apt to class them as
youns dcci1s. than the offspring Of chris
tian parentage. The California Chris
tan Advocate gives the following .*aE
'An intelligent lady of our acquaintace
whose little boy was beginning to swear.
anxious to express to her child her hor-
ror Of profanity, hit upon the novel process
of washing out his mouth with soapsuds
whenever he swore. 1t was an etfectual
cure. The boy understood hi. mothers
sense of the corruption OF an oath, which.
with the taste OF the suds, produced the
desired result" .
| If any other remedy can be found,
which would bring abovt the desired re-
suit, we would recommend its adoption,
as a universal use of the above would in.
creased the demand for soap to such an
extent, that most of US, on account of the
high price of washing, would be denied
the luxury Of clean linen, entirely.
O. The election in Iberville, went of
with unusual quietness, with one melan-
choIy exception. A dispute arose at the
polls at the Indian, Village precinct, which
resulted in the death Of our early friend
and schoolmate, Anatole Hebert. Mr..
Bergeron, the perpetrter Of the deed,
was remanded to prison, without the BEN
eft of bail-the examining magistrate,
we understand, iavoring the opinion that
he held the deed as one characterized
with all Of the ingredients of murder.
We forcgo an expression Of opinion in
regard to this melancholy affair, as the
same will be inquired into BY the Grand
Jury at the next term Of our Court Mr..
HILBERT has left a young wife and several
children to mourn his loss. ~''.'se
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| o. We are not disposed to wound the
feelings Of any one, yet we must say that
our patience has, on several occasions,
been pretty severely tested, by persons
coming in the office and overhauiing
copy-on- the cease" and ''dead hook
and in case they find communication to
which the authors name is not affixed,
boreing US with questions or guesses as
to its authorship. Printers have u rule
which forLids them divu!ge the name -of
author Of amy communication, and hence
it is useless to ask them for it. There are
also other laws by which the printer and
editor expect outsiders 10 be governed,
such as-"Hands OH the type" 'Eyes oil
the manuscript and keep out Of the
Editors Chair" &C., &c. rs fati :.
o. Owing to the mixed up condition
of the election, returns and the un-
certainty as to their correctness, we for
bear publishing any of the returns until
we shall receive them in q more reliable
shape. We have returns enough; how
ever, to place Wickliffe's election beyond
dispute, and that too, by majority Of
nearly $500. The whole Democratic
Stale ticket is elected, together with three
Of the four Congressman aud the Legis-
la.ure will stand about three to one in IA.
vor of The Ants ia 81 .19diai 20 vs.
31a's sid>>.e..J@ - .---1,.1 .S Slge aaii is3i
/ o. Strange to say, Notwithstanding
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