Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1855-11-15
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all can make themselves scholars.
The human heart is SO constituted, that
it cannot resist the influence of kindness.
If we can still love those who have
made US suffer, we love them all the more.
What evergreen shrub did Hero name
when her lover crossed the Hellespont!
Ans. O-leaudere
The strongest kind Of a hint. A lady
asking = gentleman to see if one Of her
rings will 90 on her little finger.
Don't boast ofwhat you arc going to do,
but 20 to work and let others tell what
you have done.
There is one very good reason why la
dies should be eligible for members Of
Congress, viz. they would afford such
abundant facilities for pairing of:
Three things in the Peacock are very
characteristic-the garb of an angel,
the walk Of thief and the voice of a
devil.
Hasty ebullitions are often best met by
silence, for the shame that follow the SO.
ber, second thought pierces deeper than
rebuke.
Very few men, compared with the whole
human family, can be especially distin-
guished; but al arc competent to become
useful and beloved.
| Step.mothers are 20 called, because
the day after they are married they take
"steps for kicking the frss wifeis children
out Of doors. .l..a .,t..
II, am thy fathers spirit" % the bottle
Of whisky said to the boy when he found
il hid in the wood pile, and didn't know
what it was. t--iS -f t-H
The very monuments men raise 10 per.
petuate their names, consume and mOul.
der away themselves, and proclaim their
own mortality, as well As testify that Of
others.
Leave no broken link In the chain you
are daily forging. Perfect your work so
that when It 10 subjected to the trials and
experiences Of life, it will not be found
wanting. sss,.- 81 49,
The other day = school girl was mar
ried. a little girl, about eleven. Of the
same school, said to her parents, "Why,
don't you think, is married, and she
hasn't got through fractions yet! -
! It Is the little trials Of life which irri-
tate the temper, and destroy the equanim-
ity Of the mind; just as the continual fall
ing Of water-drops, one by one, wears
away the solid rock. e. L...
| A young lady being told that her
lover was suddenly killed, exclaimed, oh,
that splendid gold watchlof his give me
that-give me something to remember
him by!" as4 j-Hlaaa5 -easa
True hope is based on energy Of char
acter. A strong mind always hopes, and
has always cause 10 hope. because it
knows the mutability Of human affairs,
and how slight circumstance may change
the whole whole course Of events.
A deaf and dumb pupil in Paris was
asked, Doth God rsason!" He replied:
st" reason 10 to hesitate-te doubt is to
inquiries; 1t is the highest attribute Of him.
tied intelligence. God secs all things,
therefore God does not reason.
sMister, where's your house!' asked 4
curious traveller, Of I half horse, halt 81.
|igator squatfcr. s1sf sf
"Housel oh? D'yo think I'm ono Of them
sort, stranger7 I sleep in the prairie
eats raw buffalo, and drinks out Of the
Mississippi. - -
'sammy, my son, don't stand there
scratching your hesd, but stir your stumps,
[or you'll mako 70 progress in life."
"Why, hiher, Eve oitep heard you say
THAT The only way to ct along in this world
was 70 scratch a.head."
/ A bostos genius had bic sleeping cham
ber paisted viii iceberg scenes. The
waser II tie picker fiose tho first night
. and hs WAS obliged 70 kisdle 6re the
second. .as
Al Eneralder, fresh from the sod, will
Tho bump of conscientiousness very large
stumbled into church IL New York, AM
when the collection apparatus was hand
edto him. Paddy declined, missaking i
for the baalot.box, saying that, not being
Ia naturali1ed citizen, he could MOT ther
vote. ~ 49.f ssssti 1As1
Man, says the anatomist. changes
!. .Ientirely every seven years. hen, say.