Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1855-08-09
Maxillls for the Week.

religious opportunity, will most probably
indispose and unfit you for the neAt--Ro-
by.
MoNDAY.-Those are the best Chris
tians who are more careful to reform them
selves than to censure others--faller.
TuEsDAY.--Lire every day as if it
were the las: you had to live Lay hold
Of every season to prepare for heaven
Ambrose.
WEDNEsDAY.-The man who is salts
fed with himself is beyond the hope of
improvement; there is the clay of ecrth
without the FIRE of fheaven.-R. W. Ham,
ikon..
THuRspAy.-The spring of peace and
contentment is within, and therefore we
had need look that it be clear and undeil-
e.l.-Bishob Patrick.
FR.DAY.-Be much with God; and
your face will shine: let all men see the
new creation.-BramreU.
SATURDAY.-We are never beneath
hope while we are above hell, and never
above hope while we are above beneath
|heaven--Condor.
THE FIRST WEDD1NG.-Major Noah
thus pleasantly and philosophical dis
courses upon ''the first wedding He
says -
We like short courtships, and in this.
ydam acted like sensible man. He fell
asleep bachelor, and awoke to find HIM
self a married man. He appears to have
popped the question almost Immediately
after meeting Md'lle Eve, and she, with
out any filtration or shyness, gave him a
kiss and herself. OF this first kiss in this
world we have had, however, our own
thoughts, and sometimes in poetical
mood have wished we were the man wot
did, But the deed is done-chance was
Adams, and he improved it.
"We like the notion of getting married
in a garden. tits in good taste. Welike
a private wedding. Adams was private.
No envious beaux were there no croak-
ing old maids; no chattering aunts and
grumbling grandmothers. The birds of
Heaven were the minstrels, and the glad
sky flung its light upon the scene.
One thing about the first wedding brings
queer thoughts to us, in spite of scriptural
truth. Adam and his wife were trather
young to be married-some two or three
days old, according to the sagest spec
nlation of theologians-mere babies
larger but not older-without experience,
without house, without a pot or a kettle,
nothing-but love and Eden!"
FoRr1rUDE UNDER ADvERsITY.-A
more true or forcibly beautiful moral pic
ture could scarcely be delineated by the
pen, than that which we find recently in
troduced into an article in London pa
per, upon the character Of good man
bearing up cheerful under the misfortunes
of life. '.There is no spectacle" says
this writer, ''upon which God delights so
much to look as upon that of a good man
struggling under the weight Of misfortune
the power of fortitude, theevidences Of
firm faith, the Christian resignation OF
chastened spirit, unfold their beauties to
the omniscient mind of Him to whom all
things good are pleasing-the wisdom Of
his Creator them, if at any time, has cause
to pronounce it, Every good" 10 men,
too, is this an admirable spectacle; to see
the man borne down heavily by the press
ure of his woes, struggling cheerfnlly
with fate and, as wavefafier wave OF
misfortune rolls over his devoted head. yet
once more breothes up prayer of graft
tude aed praise, is in itself so ennobling,
so flattering to human nature, that the wise
with one voice, have given to the spirit,
by whose power the sufferer is supported,
the magnificent name PHILOSOPHY. 1t is
the union of all that is good and wiseand
pious upon EARTH. 8 -.s
! Mrs. PARTINGroN OPINION OF THE
ETH1op1ANs.-"Yes, did go to hear the
Eat the opium sarahnagures; yes, l did,
and don't keer if Deacon Blathers does
hear Of it. I'd ruther heer them blessed
black matingales than dozen of Dea-
con Blather's old sarmints. One of them
sung out what my poor Paul used TO like
in the salt.sellar voice, just like baby's
whistle and musical snuff box together.
One Of them shook his fingers together
and they ratified like pipe stems, but what
liked mostest ofaall. was beautiful music
of the according line. Oh how delishes
1.-THE music rolled out Of it could have.
got up and danced with delight" !" And
dc oid t.dv rnt mn and really shook her.