The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-04-04

Weak, useless things! No sooner born, tina
they began to drop, while we, how firmly "
Withstand the glow of summer, and CONTINUAL
grow broader, and brighter, and rich1r, unit
after long months Of service, when the! talre
fruits have been given to the earth, we Al
shrouded with gorgeous colors and kpelled
rest By the booming thunder Of the stofm.
But the fallen blossoms answered, "W
dropped willingly, to make room for the trui
we BORE -g
Ye silent, good men all unnoticed, pr 500
lost from sight, in your obscure dwellings, y
little esteemed by the learned, ye virtupus he
roes without name in history, and ye 900, un
known mothers! be not disn,ayed when tn
proud look scornfully down upon yoEl fron
their high places of state, from their md untain
ofgold, from their triumphal arches raisRd owe
fields enriched with the blood of battle victims
be not dismayed! We are the blossoms!
When man comes home and tries to Dol
the door With sweet potatoe, pokes the fir
with the spout of coffee pot, attempts 70 WING
up the clock with his boot-jack, tries; to Gil
kindliug for his mornings fire with ar ivory
paper Knife, takes cold boiled potatoe in hi:
hand 70 light him to bed, and prefers to SLEEP
In his Boots and hat, you may reasonably in
fer be has been making the acquaint7 nce Of
sone some friendly people.
Mensehikoff the defender Of SebastaGol and
who has created such an awful gap in tEts Brit.
ish army is conclusivey proven in Frazer's
Magazine to have descended from veiy an
Gent but very good pie-maker of Warsaw
This may account for the skill of the present
Menschikoff in making mince meat Of the allies.
cody parson complained to an elderly
lady OF his congregation, that her daugh Ter ap-
p9afed to be wholly taken up with trihts and
worldly fnery, instead of fixing her M ind OIL
thazs above "You are certainly mis- taken,
sir, said she, Il know that the girl APPEARS
70 nj observer to be taken up with mere worldly
things, but you cannot Judge correctly sf the
( direction her mind really takes, as she Isl lit
: &c cross eyed"
Suspect men and women who affect soFtness
Of manner, and unruh1ed eyenness of telnper,
and anunciation studied, slow and deliberate.
.e9hese tEings are all unnatural, and besphak
degree Oh discipline into which he that h hs no
sinister motive cannot submit to drill hitaself.
The most successful knaves are sharp and
smooth dis a razor dipped in oil. They effect
TIC iHnQcense of the dove to hide the cunning
Of the serpent.
I say, stranger said a cottage urchisl, in
the ueighborhood of Montreal, to yankee ped
lar, 'dont whistle that dog away sWhT, he
amt 10 use, no how--he's too homey.' |'Oh
but he saves heaps of work Howl why,
he lieks he plates and dishes clean, so that We
wouldn't part with him, no how; for our new
dog amt got used to mustard yet \
a remarkably intelligent young botani,t of
cur acquaintance asserts it as his firm corIvic-
ten, strengthened BY his public observation,
not the less by his private experience, that
plants have decided influence upon the ac-
tons Of mankind in general and of womanEind
perhaps n particular. In illustration of This
axiom, ho adduees, with some shrewdness, the
indisputaole fact that many delicate yo Jung
lady would almost shrink with maiden mod ssty
frora being kissed under the mistletoe, has Eyet
not the slightest objection to that ceremony, if
il be performed under the rose.
a groeer's wife having, in passion, thrown
aHinEstaad at her husband and spattered him
Ell over with the black liquid, some attrociDus
wretch declared that she had been engaged at
the battle of ink-her-man. Oh, dear, what
VII The World come to?
TO big N company with those we love, sails
Ges Qss it does not signify whether we speak
to them or not, whether we think on them or
Indifferent things--to be near them is all
True merit, like the pearl inside Of the o4s-
ter, is content to remain quiet until it finds An
opening
The heart that beats for no woman is
niche Without an image. Very often, however,
the niche has its image, but keeps it in such
profound shadow, that the curious world cam
na& discover its existence.
*p{a fIan,,, ,ubc ssc,o,,roJ ~, IN,
ia search of an absconding debtor, reports that
ho discovered nothing but the unpleasant nda
improbable character of the operation.
Hollybock, who is some on geometry, H.
sists that, the world being round, it cannot
GENE 30 an end" and hence, that Millerissn
ID but mental moonshine, and sadly diluted, at
that
The loss man knows the more easy he is
tickled. A threadbare joke uttered BY ST.
e9ud -a.e clown, will keep bench Of BLOCH
heads in laughter for a week. Intelligence
runs to tlought and taciturnty. These bcget
bile 4nd a dislike for all kinds oil boisterous
tncrriment.
Father, I hate that Mr. Smith, said i
beauty, the other day, to her honored paren@
sWbF SO, my daughter?" Because he al.
ways stares at me so.'' "Well, Julia, don's
you look at the impudent man again when you
meet him. and then he may stare his eyes out
without annoying you in the least. Remern.
ber that it always takes two pair Of eyes to
maze perfect stare" Il
Fe always feel sorry fS illiterate brides and
who have to put 'ttheir marks"
II ths parish register; for it seems OMNIBUS
that their welded life should begin with crosses
Men never talk amongst each other about their;
babies; women always do; with the former i'll
i The paddock Of conversation; with the latter
Tie staple. /
Tile marriage OF Miss Catharne Jones ap- |
gears in the New York papers, and appended
Ii it II ehe information that ''the lovely bride |
was one Of Ewes fairest daughters But for |
his il night have been supposed she was one /
IL Old Mrs. Jones daughters. /
TIE Young lady who was 'buried in grief" /
4 now alive and doing well. Il was a case Of !
interment. L
Alady was at the representation Of deep /
tragedy, and did not she'd tear. Everybody II
sas surprised, perceiving which the lady said, |:
4 could indeed have Wept, but | am engaged
ut tonight to supper, Il
One + the greatest Injuries Of life is to pay