The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-06-06

Til cie-ry-rfpe themselves d. I=rF.
Her ey=s ike angels, ~a.ch tae4i st1l;
Her brg=s like Bonded byE4 daE sta11;
I'M 49, srrg~CsaeE vFsh eve 81 Astsd,
Those sacred cherries to coEns aazfl'
TIL cE1erry-ripe themselves DO fFT-
The world Is full 81 mysteries. The cham
Der in which the infant opens lis Ffy=s l. uni
verse Of mysteries. The father voice, the
mothers smile, reveal to it slowly the tayste-
rious world Of The affections TbE child solves
many OF these mysteries: but al the circle OF
knowledge is enlarged, lis visipn Is always
bounded By veiI of mystery The sun that
wagens il at morning, and again at night,
looks in at its window to bid it farewell, the
tree that shades It's home, and id whose long
branches the birds come and srtg befote the
dews arg DRY, the clouds with shining edges
that move across the skT, calm and stately
Ike the chariot Of an angel, all are mysteries
Nav. 10 grown up man there is zot thing
which tie hand touches or On which the eye
rests, which is not enveloped in nyssery+ The
flower that springs at your feet--Bhe has re-
yealed the wonderful secret Of its organize
tom Is roots shoot down, and Leaf and flow
err rise Up and expand into the infinite abyss Of
mystery We are Ike emigEaats travelling
through an unknown wilderness; shey sop al
By a flowing stream; they feed their horses,
set ND their tent, and build firt; and IS the
flames rise up, all within the ciFc]e Of a few
rods around Is distinct and eIeai III its light
But beTord and bounding this, aye rocks dim
II seen, and trees with vague outlines stoOp
forward to blaze: and beyond Ehe branches
creak. and the waters rnurrnur oysEr Gheir beds;
and wild unknown animals howl in the dark
realms Of night and silence. Such is the light
Of mans knowledge and SO it il bounded By
the infinite realms Of mystery.
ToM MooRE-AlIudiDg to Toni moore, Dir.
Irving said that he took extraordinary pains
with all he wrote. He used TO compose his
poetry walking up and down gFaTel walk IN
his garden, and when be had lire, d couplet.
or stanza polished TO bis mind, be would go
to little summer house near By land write it
down. He used to think ten lines IA good days
work, and would keep the little pbena b. him
for weeks, waiting for single word. GIN one
occasion, he was riding with Alr! Moor IN a
cab In Paris, and the driver artleassig drove
into hole in the pavement, which gave the
vehicle tremendous jolt. IoofE was zossed |
aIoff, and On regaining his seat, exclaimed, 1
'.By Jove! I've got it, Got Ehsat7F' sid his
companion tn some alarm. "MFIWnsd, was
the reply. / have been trying for ii these six
weeks, and now that rascal has jo5ted it out of
me-" On reaching his room, Msore inserted
the word, and Immediately despatched the
finished song to The publisher in LONDON. ''Mr.
Moore" added Mr. Irving, twas 8 r1ost eapti-
Eating companion, and the sweetest ballad
singer ever heard. No one could forget him
that heard him sing" II
Instances are cited Of earnestne4s in preach !
ing, and Of persistent Iabors in thf gospel that
appear at the present day astonishing and al t
most incredible. Hooper, bishor of two do |
eeses, preached daily Tobias Matthews, the s
bishop Of Durham, eighty years old, preached t
daily. John Wesley is said to have preached Il
4O, 900 times in fifty rears.
The clerk of the hustings couTttinfFns us =
that during the year just ended MOT single +
marriage license was issued frorh Lls office. ).
This il remarkable fact in town }hose Eopu :,
lation numbers about 2, 800, and RESULT not J
from the fact that no crHrting wat doncl but i
that The ladies here are unconnoEly hard to :.
please. Danrille Wa. Repub. r
Mrs. Smikes says the reason CHI aren are 50 !;
bad this generation, is owing TO the wearing Of O.
gaiter shoes, instead Of the old fashioned slip -
per5 Mothers find it too much trouble to un- =
tie CATERS to whip children 20 they 60 unpun r
shed; but when she was child, The way the =
old slipper used to do its duty was 4 caution. =,
"Brudder Bones, can you tell ME De differ =,
,nce tween dying and dieting?" why Oh :.
course l can, Samuel When you diet you lib ~ :,
IN nofiin, and when ron die you hab nofin to )
lib on
"Well daFs different from what tort it was. II
tort ii was a race tween de docr|n stuff, and {
to see which will kill fr|st-" u
Every orchestra contains al Leash two musi- It
;ians with moustaches, one with spectasles, o.
hree with bald heads, and one very modest IN
nan in white cravat, who, from force Of cir 81
you viii observe, play4 On a brass q
instrument. a.
'Pray, SIR said a Judge, angrily, to blunt al
id quaker. from whom no direct answer could !"
re obtained, ''do you know what He sit here IT
orr" "Tea, verify, / do" said he quaker; 81
two Of you for four dollars each aday, and ie
be fat one in the middle for four thousand a g
ear" Oh
Jefferson said, "walking is the obst possible
xercise. Habituate yourself to walk very. far 81
We value ourselves On having sl3bdued the
orse to our use; but doubt whether We Have "
ot lost more than we have gained by it. No OF
ne thing has occasioned so much rEcgereracy as
f the human body. An Indian gi1es on foot CT
early as far in day as an EMF ebled :nan tu
18th horse; and he will tire the bejst horse" IN
One of the old fashioned attorneys pra,tis- u r.
lg in Indiana, insisted on arguing a case be -
ore Judge b., after it had been decided. Judge ;"
!. repeatedly told the unfortunate attorney that
c would listen to no further arguns sent in the u
ase. ..-. Al
"But may it please your honor, = says the SE
dyocate, your honor will certainly bear an
rgument if your honor has decided wrony?" re
NO" replied the judge, if youE desire to fn
rgue the case any more, take it TO the court Ps
+ errors" r.
"May it please your honor, don't see ="
here in the devil I'd go to, for il this amt !
court Of errors, | don't know who're to find :.
me- pa
The venerable Peter Picklebv shid to his W
3n JADE: Read your bible study 4he laws of D,
loses, and do not repeal any Of th4m Mind %
le ten commandments, too, and tha eleventh cr