The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-08-29

Down thy lily-white cheek, and thy soft raven hal
And pray, that when lifes sunny moments are pas
In it's fair bridal raiment, thy spirit at last,
Like cloud of white incense may joyously rise,
Through the star jeweled portals that garnlsh tn
skies.
We don't know when we have been NOR
shocked than in perusing the following.
occurred in st. Lawrence county, N. T., an
is given on the authority "of a gentleman {
undoubted veracity."
IA young man addicted to Incorporate hab
its, during one of his periodical 'sprees' took
sudden notion to pay visit to his sweetheart.
On the evening alluded to, the young lady an
a female associate were the only occupants @
the house where she resided.
About 10 o'clock in the evening, the youn!
man arrived in the house, considerably wors
from the use of beverages His strange man
ner in approaching the door excited the suspi
cion of the young ladies, who supposed th
house was attacked by robbers. He knocked
at the door, and demanded admission; but hi
voice not being recognized from the thickness
of his tongue, the ladies refused to compl,
with the demand.
Determined to force al entrance, he com
menced a series of assaults upon the barred ant
bolted door by kicking and pounding. Ate
number of desperate kicks, the panel of thu
door gave way, and the leg of the besiege
went through the aperture. and was instantly
seized by one of the ladies and firmly held
while the other armed with saw, commenced
the work of amputation!
s'The grasp was firmly maintained, and the
saw vigorously piled, until the leg was com
pleteIy severed from the body!
with the loss of his Veg, the intoxicated
wretch fell upon his back, and in that condition
lay the remainder of the night.
"In the mean time the ladies were frighten-
ed almost to death With the dawn of morn
ing the revelation was made that one of the Ia
dies had participated in the amputation Of the
leg of her lover!
The wretched man WAS still alive. His
friends were Immediately sent for, and he was
conveyed to his home, where, with proper
treatment, he gradually and lnraculously re-
covered, and is now alive and well!
..We hardly credited" says the editor Of the
journal from which we quote, "the latter part
of the story" and commended that the man
must have bled 10 death On the spot, insisting
indeed, thatit could not be otherwise. But we
were mistaken. The leg was wooden one.
The congregation of church in Maine, a
few years ago, in meeting proposed to in
crease the salary of their old and faithful min
lister tosan amount corresponding with the in
creased expenses of living, and the increased
wealth Of the society. Tile motion was in a
fair way Of passing, when, to the surprise of ev-
cry one, the old gentleman rose and begged his
friends not to vote larger sum for him. On
being pressed for his reason, he declared he
was opposed to voting any more money, be-
cause it was SO difficult to get what had for
merly been voted! The people were set in a
roar of laughter; the increase was voted, and,
what was better, promptly paid.
The Little Rock (Arkansas) Gazette states
that during the great struggle in late presi-
dental canvass, young man, whose face ma
ture had formed little on the pickaxe style,
was one public day surrounded by number
of hearers. attentiyely listening to his efforts
in electioneerlng, amongst whom was plain
old farmer who was afflicted with stammering,
who thus aceosted the said gentleman-T-tell
me, my friend, dida didn't you come from a
rich naha- borhood?
ayes, the people are most all well provided
for. Why do you ask the question:
"Because, the scriptures say that the rich
grind the faces of the poor; and I see they
have g-got yours down to a point" The
sharp nosed gentleman left.
Among the French settlers in Canada, on
the lower st, Lawrence, is a very peculiar Gus
tom-something like golden marriage in Ger
many:
"Whenever a venerable couple have trod
the path of life together for fifty years, they
summon to banquet under their roof, from
every quarter of the land, all their childran
and grand children, in whose presence is re-
performed the ceremony that made them man
and wife half century before, when the feast
ing aad the dancing, which continse for two ,
or three nights together, bespeaka ,theart-
felt happiness as we'll as gratitude; and at the ,
separated by death, the aged pair continue to :
repeat the ceremony of publicly plcdging their !
vows of fidelity and truth. !
of hen feathers, where the poor are lodged for
one-ffth of penny per night. 1t is simply
vast hall thickly strewn with feathers Men, !
women and children, all lie down together in
the beauty of communism; an immense cover -,
let is then let down over the party, with holes .
through which the sleepers put their heads, so Z
as not to be sufocated. At daylight the pha-
canopy is hoisted up, after signal 7
On Tie tdh TAIN 10 lnSite the nOiehOlderS to j.,
draw back their heads or swing. These bipeds :
In feathers then crawl around in the sea of dir
ty down till they find their wretched rags, and
then depart to make fresh start in life =
Originally all pulpits faced 10 the west that
the eyes OF the congregation might see all the +
acts of devotions and look towards the east, /
whence the sun of righteousness arose. The 9
FIRST deviation from this rule were introduced
by the puritans, and the first chapel erected 3
south aud north was that of Emanuel college. p
Cambridge, founded by sir Walter Mildmay, t
a distinguished leader of that sect. !
An old Scotchman who had been awfullv
hen -peeked all his life, was visited on his death
bed, by a clergyman. The old man appeared t
very indifferent, and the parson tried to rouse !
him BY talking of the king Of terrors. +
.tHont, tout, mon," exclaimed the Scotch g
man, '1'm not scarf. I've been living sax and
thirty years with the queen O. 4hem and the c
king can't be mickle waur.'' :
A promise should be given with caution and ,
kept with care. A promise should be made c
by the heart and remembered by the head A q
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