The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-10-31

In the day which may Try both the heart and soul.
In comparison with the lossof wife, all othe
bereavements are trifing The wife! who bust
cdherselfso unwearedIy for tie precious ones a
round her, bitterthe tears that fall upon her COLI
cIayi You stand beside hers coffin and think 9th,
past. Il seems an amber-colored pathway
where The sun shone on beautiful flowers Or TIL
stars that glitter overhead. Fain would til,
soul linger there. No taorns are remembered
save those your hands may unwiIIingIy have
planted Her noble, tender heart is open L
your Utmost sight. You think Of her now a.
aligentieness, All beauty, All purity But sht
is dead! Tile dear head that laid upon youl
bosom, rests in the still darkness, upon Dill
low Of clay. The hands that have r1inistered
so untiringly, are folded white and cold, beneath
the gloomy portal. The heart whose every beat
measured an eternity Of love, lies under your
feet The flowers she bent over with smiles,
bent down above her In tears, shaking the dew
from their petals that the verdUre around her
may be green and beautiful.
There is 50 strange hush in every room no
no light footstep moving around No smile to
greet you at nightfall And the old clock ticks.
and strikes and ticks; ii was music when she
could hearit Now seems knel on the hours
through which you watched the shadows of
death upon her sweet face
And every day the clock repeats that old
story. Many other talesit telleth too-of beau
tiful words and deeds that are registered above
You feel-oh, how often-that the grave can
not keep her
a dispute arose between three nO5lenen, one
Irish, one Scotch, and the ether English, as to |
the respective traits Of their respective country
men. A wager was laid, the Irish were the /
Wittiest, the Scotch most cunning the English |
most frank. They agreed to walk ont in the
streets Of London. and the first one Of either
nation met, should be enquired of as to what
be would take, and stand watch in the tower
OF St. Pauis church; pretty soon a John Bull
came along and was accosled thus:
What will ron take to stand all night in the
tower Of st. Pauls?'
shouldn't want to do it short of guinea
frankly answered MIR. Bull.
The next one accosted was Scotchnan, / ;
Sandy replied with lis cunning And what will b
you give me??'
Last, but not least, Patrick was inquired of T
as to what he would take, and stand all night ne
at St. Paul's tower. To which Pat Witty an r
swered:- "
AN sure an think would take devil of G;
a cold? The wager was won,
Il is well known that Charles l. Of England, IL
granted numerous monopolies for the support 81
OF his government. Among others was the NJ
privilege Of manufacturing paper. The water Ca
mark Of the finest was the royal arms Of Eng Ca
and. The consumption of this article was A,
great at this time, andarge fortunes were made ,o
u those who had purchased the exclusive right DO,
ofFeDd it. This among other monopolies, was
elaslde BY the parliament that brought Charles has
othe scaffold; and by the way Of showing their nl
otempt for the king they ordered the royal s a'
rms to be taken from the paper, and fool I
nth his cap and bells to be substituted It is Qua
oE mort than one hundred and seventy-fye lon
ears since the FOOLS cap and BELLS were taken ma
ON the paper but still paper OF the size which 7
be hump parliament ordered for their journals sic,
ears the name Of the water mark then ordered FIVE
5 an indignity to Charles ?
We shall not mention the name Of the dis dop
nguished divine who has often told the fol-
Hlng story, but 1t is genuine, and on his ere N
biIIty We become responsible for the truth.
good man, but ili-instructed, out west, had NJ
call to preach. Being unable TO read, be en- \
Dyed friend 10 read the selection from the OF 81
nptures On one occasion the chapter was y s. s.
e twenty of Genesis. which contains shaIi
e words "These eight did Milcha bear to occu
ahor, Abrahan's BROTHER From these son.
ards he proceeded to discourse as follows tne .
lgs We have ali the comforts Of Ge' O We ps 81
We hocks and herds, and our hearts are filed -
tn food aud gladness. Morning and even IN
! our wives and daughters milk the cows. ~
q our wants are supplied. In the DAYS OF - -
Cd old Abraham, the case was different: for Peg"
en- as you have heard, it took eight TO milk i''g q
pear, and they did not get much at that" canIf
"A grand jury ignored bill against huge whic
gro for stealing chickens, and before dis Orde
argIng him from custody, the Judge made Sc!
n stand up and replimanded him thus:
s. Oh may 60 row, John; but Shaking his IL
; t1 -, - :, nle warn you never 70 ap- s. Co.
u here again. John, with delight beam BARN
from his big white eyes, and broad grin. settle
playing row of beautiful ivory, replied:
i wouldn't bin dis time, Judge only the r,r
stable fotch me-" II
Prosy Colendge, during one Of his internin- Greer
e table-talks, said 10 Lamb, Charley. did
ever hear me preach?'' II never heard Nc
/ do any thing else was the prompt and
ty reply Of Lamb. which has remained r v
orite by-word to the present day. to
Minnie Myrtle" closes her last letter to the IT., soi
ORR LINES, from Saratoga, as follows. Mr.. T
entlemen are such convenient travelling ar tel
esi heard one lady say she married for no wonlt
er reason than 10 obtain baggage master! T7H
he, of course, married for the sake of the J.
sgage he was to superintend Robe
few days since, says the Transcript, an r eno
Imam upon one of our wharyes, was obliged ian
suspend work in consequence of being af-
ed with an liberated sore throat His en- nF
Ters, plying his suffering, sent him jar Of is
current jelly, and to their great surprise, !
bis labors on the following morn !
with his head and throat completely en-
ped with bandages highly discoored. Up by
icing questioned as to his health and pecu- jun
appearance, Pat replied 1,U
That was bewtiful medicine We gave me, ~ |
did me a power Of good. | made it into stram
&c poultce and put it on the outside of me mark
at. and it's far better than all your doc ME
stuff 1S
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