The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-01-10


For salvation, free and glorious,
For the cross to US displayed,
For the words of wondrous mercy,
''Christ our RI ghteousness is made,
Grateful hearts tothee We bring,
Lord accept our offering.
"A curious work has lately been published
in France, on the popular literature Of tina
country, but particularly of that class which i
called La literature du colportagc,' such a.
pamphlets, almanacs, hand books, chap books
and others for the Million The history o
these almanacs is curious, and their contents
still more 50. AS specimen Of the queel
stories contained in them, most of which, it j;
said, are implicitly believed because they are
printed in such reliable works, we quote the
following:
IA fisher for crabs near Etreat, on the coas
Of France, having yentured out on the rocks
which spread along the base Of the steep cliffs,
found in a little hollow basin bottle which had
been left there by the waters Of the main sea
This bottle was carefully stopped. Having
been broken BY the crab fisher, be found in II
parchment on which were traced the follow
ing lines: II have now foated on these waters
for eight and thirty days. Thank God, ] am
in good health, and also my children; but my
animals give me a great deal Of trouble. The
fox will eat the chickens, the wolves bite the
sheep, and the lions cast upon me every now
and then glances which do not at all raise my
spirits. begin to be very uneasy. was
certainly wrong not to bring couple Of Van
Amburgh's with me in the ark. Yesterday, /
sent out the raven to get me some news. The
shabby fellow has not come back The lion
is looking at me add shooting out his tongue
How will it all end? If ] am eaten, ! hope
somebody viii find this document Moan"
The Ohio Statesman tells story Of a Gin
cinnatian, great friend of the Circleyie
bank, who, at the time Of its suspension, was
on his way to il with fifteen or twenty thousand
Of its promises to pay, which lie designed to
convert into coin. When he arrived he was
overwhelmed with establishment by the news
Of the suspension, and wishing to inform his
friends Of the fact and that he would return
home the next day, he rushed to the telegraph
office and sent them the following startling
despatch: 'sCirceyille bank has gone to he'll,
and will be there to morrow
There is a man among the knobs of Indiana,
who boosted that he could prevent run on his
bank with barrel Of wE,ekey He does not
trouble himself about coin, currency, or ex-
change; but by letting his whiskey run among
the natives, they get up run against all run
ners, who, in turn run out of the country fas-
ter than they ran in. The efectof such pro-
ceedings, strange to say, does not produce any
doubt about the basis Of the bank, but merely \
establishment at the very peculiar mode of do
ing business.
The good people Of Harrisburg, or portion
of them at least, were in considerable state
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appears an Italian necromancer announced one I
of his wonderful performances, = in the first |
part Of which was to be a shower Of gold dol
lars, each one present to have presented him
an orange, to be follow ID by the mysterious dis
appearance Of a lady. An audience Of near
four hundred was present, all ready to marvel
at the wonderful shower Of gold (when it took
placer partake of the magic oranges, and
witness the mysterious disappearance By
some mistake, perhaps, the gold and orange
feats were omitted, and about 8 O cock it was Il
discovered that in place Of the "mystcrous
disappearance Of the female" there was sub
stituted the mysterious disappearance Of a
male, with $78-the proceeds of the enter
5alnment. TPittsburp Post
Two friends were conversing concerning
young lady, named Joy, whom they thought
very beautiful, but who seemed quite decided )
y ayerse to changing her name. One said,
is It not strange she does not mary?'' 'tNot
q al, was the reply, &she will never wed.'
Why, not, pray?' Because her favorite l
Foet forbid il Does not Keats say, "a thing
OF beauty is a JOY for ever?'
We picked up'a good anecdote the other day
OF an old methodist preacher, who rode cir
emit few years ago. While going to one Of la
his appointments, he met an old acquaintance. :,
VINO was one OF the magistrates of the parish. 81
= asked the minister why he didn't do as the G
oavior dld-rlde an ass. Because said the Ia
divine, 'sthe people have taken them all to 7
make magistrates Of =
The New York Express says it is common
practice there to smoke at funerals 1t often f
sees long files Of persons with cigars III their n
mouths following the hearse.
That is they wear the weed in their mouth.
Whata touching spectacle such a file must pre- !
'ent knocking off the ashes of an extinct friend,
whose clay is cold, whose vital spark has fled. d
Blessed are they that mourn and are COM ii
orted simultaneously, after the manner Of such
'ad New Workers !
The hen pecked husband is happy enough !
{ he were only left alone, but he generally { !,
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ne him mot to stand it, In
An editor out west offers his entire estab-
lshment, subscribers, accounts, &C., for clean
hirt and a good meal of victuals. He has Z
'een trying the experiment Of endearoring to !
,lease every body. r
Why is the cutting off Of an elephant head ~
9 widely different from cutting eff any other y
read? Answer-Because, when you cut Tie
lead from the body you DO not separate it from
he trunk. ~,
The Baffalo Democrat thinks snow ballna Is 4.
n the streets nuisance. Yes, SO is child ca
'awling in church. n
The farmer whose pigs got 50 lean that they y
would not crawl through the cracks Of their =
zen, stopped their fun By tying knots in their
ais. c
The cid saying is, to make man drunk q q
I'D, give him a wife who will scold him every 60
ime he comes home 1t
"A very loquaeious lady once offered to bet N