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

Nor II Was thinking OF dIetHAnE. %%s$$5 Il
Twas the sound Of 4 lutte, to voice Of half mute
That sank when thought it was swelling,
And it came to my ears if drowned in the tears,
Ofthe being whose woes it was telling.
The tones were 50 sweet, thoughtit most meet
They should not be tones of gladness; ~ =
There are notes so fine, that were melody mine,
They should only belong to sadness
And the air creature sang, and the wild Lutte rang
Like a bell when acterub is dying;
can tell no more-but the tale was Of woe, @
For the sounds were all lost in the signing!
And still it rang on till the stars were gene,
And the sun through the dew was peepng:
When awoke in my bower, every Leaf, every flower,
Every bud, every bosom was weepingl
One of the last remarkable cases of sudden
cure Of disease of long standing, was that Of a
rheumatic invalid, with which is connected an
amusing ghost story. There were couple of
men, in some old settled part Of the country,
who were in the habit of stealing sheep and
robbing church-yards of the burial clothes of
the dead. There was public road, leading
by meeting house where there was a grave
yard, and not far off on the road tavern. Ear
ly one moonlight night, while one Of the thieves
was engaged in robbing a grave, the other
went off TO steal sheep. The first one having
accomplished his business, wrapped the shroud
around him, and took his seat in the meet
ing house door, awaiting the coming of his
companion. A man on foot, passing along
the road towards the tavern. took him for a
ghost, and, alarmed almost to DEATH ran as
fast as his feet could carry him to the tavern,
which he reached out Of breath.-As soon as
be could speak, he declared that he had seen
ghost, real ghost robed in white, and sitting
in the church door. But nobody would believe
him. He then declared that any body would
60 with him, he would go back, and they might
be convinced. But, incredulous as they all
were, no one could be found who had the cour-
age togo. AT length a man who was SO afflicted
with rheumatism that lie could not walk, de-
clared he would 60 with him if he could only
walk to get there. The man then proposed to
carry him on his back, and took him up and off
they went. When they got in sight, sure enough
there it was, as he had said. Wishing to sat
isfy themselves well, and to get as near view
of his ghostsbip as they could in the dim light,
kept venturlng up nearer and nearer. The
man with the shroud around him, took them
to be bis companion with sheep on his back.
and asked in low tone of voice, - ~ G=
is he fat p
Meeting with no reply, he repeated the ques-
ton, raising his voice higher,
is he fat?' st,st
No reply again, when he exclaimed in We
hement tone,
is he fat9' s
This was enough. The man with the other
one on his back replied: 'as@y~-s1
Fat or lean, you may have him. and drop
ping the invalid, travelled back to the tavern as
fast as his feet could carry him. He had scarce
ly gotten there, when here came the invalid, on
foot! The sudden fright had cured him of his
and from that time forward he
was well man. ,..-a-- . s.-
On the morning of the 9th of August last, !
which, AS our readers are aware, was the day
upon which the recent general election in Ken
lucky occurred, two men met upon the road, F
both of them travelling on horseback towards '
The shire-town of a certain county in that State +
One of them was native and democrat 1.
he other was an Irishman who had resided in q
he county for a number Of years, and was a
inown as one Of its best citizens; and he was W
member of the American party. After ex h
hanging the usual friendly greetings, the fol-
owing conversation occurred between them, m
he native democrat being the first interlocu- tb
or er
well Mr.. suppose you are going to l.
own to the election, this morning." ...- al
Eyes sir'' r5.. -. .-... GA
And if may be permitted to ask the ques- pr
on, what are you going to do? how are YOU al
DING to vote?" r~ ... er
"Well, says the Irishman, with merry pa
vinkle in his eye, and smile lurking about
le corners of his mouth, ri expect am going IN
do lust exactly AS Won are GOING to do, / tht
n going to vote AGAINST NV country and Won wi
'e going to vote against yours'' " an
The gentleman who related this incident to the
did not give US the reply of the native demo br'
almost probably, however, his next OBJ WI
rvation was about the weather or the crops 20
A correspondent anxiously inquiries, what is
BOD for kissing7 Girls tob be sure. tht
Wouldn't a young widow do?" nit
"Excellently we'll" The most perfect spe- Blu
men of a charming woman-the most dam spl
rous invader of a susceptible hearts a the
Jung widow. She combines all the graces of
e matron with the bewitching characteristics mu
the maiden. There is nothing so enchant- ed
: III the shape of womankind- as young ltel
dow. @@ 54~N. INoah's Mess .
Excellent we'll, Horatio," when no other Ter
S can be found; or charming enough for one I
old and infrm as father Noah Widows in sait
ed-'beware of vldders,' was the advice of Nv
most learned DOCTOR Who wants to kiss
$ dead man has pressed? Give us the A.
siden of lS, with her twin rose bud lips, z
ght transparent cheeks, and silken ringlets 9
d clear mellow laugh-Nature' pet child, goth
e from atfectaton. She is worth kissing 2ot,
Black, the editor of the London Morning The
ronicle, was great favorite with lord Mel nesd
lrne. On one occasion the peer said, ''Mr.
'ck, you are the only person who comes to COL
me, who forgets who I am The editor co -
ened his eyes with establishment "You Ca
get that | am the prime minister; every bo- MIR.
else takes especial care to remember it, but Mr..
'lsh they would forget it, for they onl re- NJ "a
mber it to ask me for places and favors- Cant a,
W, Mr.. Black, you never ask me for any Cade
ng, and wish you would, for seriously I A. G
uld be most happy to do any thing in my - II
yer to serve you.'' Il am truly Obliged, men men
l Mr. Black, "but don't want any thing: r,
m editor of the Morning Chronicle; like has +
business, and live happily on my income mus!
hen said the peer, with an oath, II envy sistit
!, and you're the only man ever did,, p0q T
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