Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1855-11-24
C0os amd En0s.

The Height of hgratitude.-Scared individ.
ual lodging infatuated bull behind a tree: "You
ungrateful beast You, you wauldnt toss a con.
sistent vegetarian who never ate a piece of beef
in his life, would You? Is that the return you
maker
A Dog Norn-The Sacramento Union tells
a queer dog story. A dog having deposited a
bone, with some meat upon it, in his masters
house, the cook removed it to the crotch of a
tree out of reach. After circIing the tree and
concluding that he could not obtain the prize
nnaided, the dog proceeded to a neighboring
house and succeeded, by his opportunities, in
inducing a cat with which he was familiar TO
accompany him, mount the tree, and claw Oft
the "sweet morsel," which he again triumphant.
Iy placed in the hall.
VA Farmer'e son, who had been bred at
college, coming home to visit his parents, they
| being at supper on a couple of fowls, he told
| them that by logic and arithmetic he could
prove those two fowls to be three. "IVell let
us hear" said the old man "IVhy, this" said
| the scholar, is one, and this is two; two and one,
| You koow, make three" Since you have made
it ont so we'll" answered the old man, ''your
mothor shall have the first fowl, | will have
the second, and the third you may keep for
your great learning"
An Albany paper says that Mr.. Abraham
Scoles, of Schenectady. received instructions
through a friend fron, the Russian Minister at
Washington. to buytwenty thousand horses if
he could get that number.
Badly Brosen.-A we'll known Providence
sporting character tried his luck in that city
the other day. and found it bad. The bank re-
fused to discount for him, and his deposits were
exhausted. On turning his back upon the
scene of operations, Il sympathizing friend said
Tom with q sigh, "and so dead broke that if
steamboats, were selling at a cent apiece l
couldn't buy a gnngway plank"
At Waterford, Michigan, on the lst inst, four
sons of Jesse Chapman, ESQ, living IN different
parts of the State, all made their appearance
at the paternaI mansion with a lady accompa-
niment followed by a clergyman, who Joined
the whole quaturn in the bonds of matrimony.
After a chat with the "old folks" the BOYS and
girls started off on their wedding tour.
At Calcutta. India, two Englishuen have been
heavily fined for ejecting from them in the rail-
road ears n native tbree-forrths naked, whose
Unctous presence was dIsaGreeaale to the ladies
present. The court ruled that a natives idea
of decency was the critsrian, and that civilized
visitors must not attempt to enforce compii~
anee with kh1iT prejudiees.
Cash and k8aA-If you would get rich,
don't deal in pass hooks. Credit is the "temp-
ter in a new shape" Buy dry goods on trust,
and you will purchase a thousand articles that
cast, would never have dreamed of. A dollar
in the hand looks larger than ten dollars seen
the perspective of a sixty day due
bill. Cash is practical, while credit takes hor-
ribiy to taste and romance. Let cash buy a
and yon will have a beefsteak fanked
with onions; send credit to market, and he will
return with eight pair of woodcoeks and a
of mushrooms, Credit belives in double
breastpins and champagne suppers; cash is
more easily satisfied. Give him three meals a
day, and he don't care much if two of them are
made up of roasted potatoes and a little salt.
Cash is a good adviser, while credit is a fellow
| do not like TO be on visiting terms with. If
you want double ehins and contentment, do
with cash.