The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-01-10

and he was soon restored to healt'laad comfort
What true illustration Of sweet woman's
heart, these little girls present to our view.


and he was soon restored to health aad comfort
what true Illustration Of sweet woman
heart, these little girls present to our view
KISSING UNDER DUREss.-The followino in
cldent developes a mode of the enforcement 0
t the claims Of personal respect, through til,
medium of constrained attention to third mar
ty, which, to say the least of it, is peculiar
of It's perfect success, however in the presen
: instance, we have the proofin our personal ex
perience.
In the days when we were young-oh
!, would were a boy again!'-we made one Q
a happy throng Of youngsters, who, after hav
ing spent delightful afternoon in the variou.
duties and amuStments usually incident to al
old fashionable quilting in the country, .
such As rolling up, toteing water, treading nee
4 dies, etc.-found themselves with the quilt out
the room cleared and swept, the chairs al
placed against the wall, and everything II
readiness for regular out-and-out outline
froc.
Our party, in addition to the boys and girls
included several married persons, some ole
and some younger most of whom had Just drop
ped in to see the young folks enjoy themselves
to partake OF the creature comforts which usual
y constitute an important feature in the pro
gramme on such occasions. But among them
were John B. and his newly welded wife
the latter Of whom, by the by, was scarcely six
teen, and decidedly the prettest girl in the
room. Her husband was a man of about five
ard-twenty, full six feet high, and wthal had
the reputation of being the ''best man" in the
district, and ready at short notice to prove it.
After the usual preliminares in the way OF
foolish embarrassment, the order Of the evening
commenced with the play called .sContent-
ment,' and many a pawn was paid and faith
fully redeemed-not by repeating of pretty
verses, standing five minutes with the face to
wall, walking three times around the room
bllndfolded, Or such tame performances as are
commonly practiced in the more refined circles
of the cities which only serve to remind one of
the better times in the countrv-but in the
primitive way, by good old fashioned honest
kissing, that sounded out clear and distinct,
like the cracking of a wagon whip, set the old
folks mouths to watering, and made old Mrs
Dean whisper TO Mrs, s,Skelton that 'sshe didn't
see why married women couldn't enjoy play
just as well as single gals; for her part she was
old. it warn't no reason she shouldn't fecl''
The sport continued for some time the bows
ever and anon slyly peeping at the pretty face
OF Mrs. B, and only wishing they could
sect her as partner, but restrained by the fear
that her stalwart husband might think proper
to resent such a liberty with his new bride; in
consequence of which latter impression, she
was, for the time being, mere wall flower.
This state of things was observed by John,
who, constituting this lack Of attention to one
whom he thought as deserving as any, into a
want of proper respect towards his wife, and bv
reflection to himself, determined it should not
longer pass unnoticed. SoroIing up his sleeves,
he stepped into the middle of the room, and, in
tone that at once secured marked attention,
said:
"Gentlemen I've noticed how things have
been working here for some time, and I ain t
half satisfied. l dom twant to raise fuss, but
.'What's the matter, John?' inquired half
a dozen of us. ''What do you mean? Have
I done anything to hurt your feelings?''
..Yes, you have; all OF you have hurt my
feelings and I've just got this to say about it,
Here's every gal in the room has been kissed
mighty nigh dozen times apiece and there's
my wife, who consider as likely as any of 'em,
has not had single kiss to-niy iyht; and I Just
tel you now, If she don't get as many kisses the
balance OFT the time as any gal in the room, the
man that Sights her has got me to fght-thars
all. Now go ahead with your paysp'
Ii Mrs. B was sighted during the bal
ance of the evening, we did not know it. AS
for for ourselves. we know John had no fault
to find with us individually, for any neglect
on our part.
lcELAND.-Errck Rande, an Icelandc chief
tain, fitted out an expedition Of twenty-iv GAL
leys at Suefell, and having manned them with
sufficient crews Of colonlsts, set forth from Ice
land to what appeared more congenial eli
mate.~~They sailed upon the ocean fifteen DAYS,
and they saw no land. The next day brought
with 1t storm, and many gallantvessel sunk
IN the deep. Mountains Of ice covered the water
as far as the eye could reach, and but few GAL
leys escaped destruction. The morning of the
seventeenth day was clear and cloudltss, the
sea was calm, and far away TO the northward
could be seen the glare Of the ice fields reflect
ing On the sky. The remains of the shattered
fleet gathered together to pursue their voyage,
but the galley Of Errek Rande was not there
The crew of a galley which was driven fur. /
ther down than the rest, reported that, as the
morning broke, the large fields Of ice that had
covered the ocean were driven by the current
past them, and that they beheld the galley of
Errlck Rande, borne by the resistless force and
with the speed of the wind, before tremcn-
ious field Of ice-her crew had lost all control
over her-they were tossing their arms in wild
agony. Scarcely amoment had elapsed before
t was walled in by a hundred ice hills, and tile
whole mass moved forward and was soon beyond
'he horizon. That the galley Of the narrators
escaped vas wonderful, 1t remained, however,
and the vessel of Errick Rande
vas never more seen.
Half ia century after that Danish colony was
established on the western coast of Greenland. |
The crews Of the vessels which carried the colo
lists thlther, in their excursions into the interior
Tossed range of hills that stretched to the
'orthward, they had approached nearer to the
'ole than any preceding adventurers. Upon
ooklng down from the summit of the hills, they
'eheld vast and interminable field Of ice, un-
lulating in various places, and formed into
housand grotesque shapes. They saw not far
rom the shore figure in an ice vessel, with
clitta,po. ioiaIa .nsraad Il If ricnfr from