The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-05-30

And sadly have left my song
To think Of thee, and weep,
Thus gloomy thoughts their dismal shade
Der brightest biects fling,
How true It is--a saddened heart
Can sadden every thing!
Then, dearest, come, thy wife's fond heart
Still warmly beats for you
heart whose every throbbing pulse
Is faithful kind and true.
In the early ages Of the christian era, th
inhabitants of the little island of Ceos, in tn
Egean, near the coast of Africa, were accus
toned to manufacture a species of silk, 0
rather sort of thin gauze, from the web of
worm, which they fed uponleave Of the oak
the ash, and the pine trees; and this Geo
manufacture, the invention of woman, wa
long admired, and extensively used, both il
the east and at Rome, for female dresses. They
were, however, after awhile, supercededby the
Chinese silks, which at that earl period were
so costly that but few, comparatively, could
afford to. wear them. Aurelian is said to have
complained that pound Of silk was sold at
Rome for twelve ounces of gold. The Phoenl-
clan women sometimes unraveled these costly
fabrics, and multiplied the precious materials
by looser texture and an intermlxtufe Of lin
en- threads For more than two hundred years
after the age Of Piny, the use Of silks as a
garment was entirely confined to the female
sex; and it is said that the emperor Elagaba
lus was the first Roman who, by the adoption
of this effeminate habit "sullied the dignity
Of an emperor and man.
Mothers-I think it must somewhere be
written, that the virtues of mothers shall oc
casionaly, be visited on their children, as we'll
as the sins of fathers. Dickens.
The glorifed spirit Of an infant, is The star
to guide the mother to its own blissful home
- TSigoulney
The future destiny of the child is always the
work of its mother. ~ Bonaparte.
A mother, who had brought up very large
family of children with eminent success, was
once asked by younger one what she would
recommend in the case of her children who
were too carefully educated II think, nay
dear, a little wholesome neglect she replied,
A woman once handed her crying baby to
her husband, requesting him to make it hush.
1t continued to cry till she got out of patience,
and then she called out to her husband, Il do
wish you would spank that baby" EYES,"
said he. He fumbled about for some time,
and at length she angrily exclaimed, CANT
you going to spank the baby?' Il would"
he replied, shut indeed, wife, | can't fud any |
place big enough to spank Wash the right?
A child is born. Now take the germ and
make bud of moral beauty; let the dew of
knowledge and the light of virtue wake in it .
the richest fragrance, the purest hues, and
above all, see that you keep its face and frock
clean
The ''about town" young gentleman is sell
dom seen in ladies' society. He is somewhat !
hairy about the face, dresses in alarming pat
terms, big buttoned coats and fancy colored
vests. He's great at whistling and at toddies,
while his cigar is ever in his mouth A jolly
loud oaths adds emphasis to his language, and
slang expressions are his great delight He
designatcs woman as ''petticoat," and
man as "shanks" His watch is "tulnip,"
his hat "tile'' and his boots are CHECKERS"
He knows all the fast horses, fast saloons,
theatrcals and fighting men and women, and
introduces himself as zone of'em." Give him
rope enough.
A clergyman in Scotland desired his hear
ers never to call one another liars, but when
any one said what was not true, they ought to
whistle
One Sunday he preached sermon On the
parable of the loaves and fishes, and being at
loss to explain, he said that the loaves were not
like those now-ad days, they were as big as the
hills of Scotland. He had scarcely pronoun-
ced the words when he heard loud whistle.
whats that?" said he, "who calls me
liar?"
"It's /, Willy Mcdonald. the baker,
"Well, Willy, what objections have YOU to
what told YEP"
"None, master John, only wanted to know
what kind of ovens they used to bake those
loaves in?''
We have heard of cool thing, but never any
thing cooler than the following: The landlord
of hotel at Whitehall called a boarder to him
one day, and said, "Look here! l want you
to pay your board bill, and you must. I've
asked you for it often enough; and tell you
now, that you don't leave my house till you
pay it," '.Good!' said his lodger; 'jut put
that in writing; make regular agreement of
it; I'll stay with you as long as i've"
An Irishman lost his hat in well, and was
let down in bucket to recover it; the well
being extremely deep, his courage failed him
before he reached the water. In vain did he
call to those above him-they lent deaf ear
to all he said, till at last, quite in despair, he
beloved out: by Saint Patrick, if you don't
draw me up I'll cut the rope"
My dear friend, that man has been talking
about you so again! He has been telling some
of the awfullest lies you ever heard; why, he
rallied about youfo an hourn'
"And you heard it all did you?"
eyes"
well, after this just remember that it takes
two to make slander-one to tell, and one to
listen to it."
If there is heaven on earth, it is on a soft
couch by your own tiresde with your wife Oh
one side, a smiling baby on the other, clear
conscience, "a dozen cigars. and knowledge
that you are out of debt, and don't fear the
tailor, sheriff or devil.
Why can't a man visit Paris without return
ing with supernatural toothbrush, in The
guise of a moustache? And lastly, how does
It happen that whenever you chance 70 stop
out late, upon your retirement as quietly as
possible every door creaks ten times as much as
usual, and the stairs go off like parks of artll-
lery?
s'Dobbs says he would have died of cholera
IN August, if it had not been for one thing,
'the doctor gave him up
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