The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-02-14

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! thress Marphyr well, good mornin
John esoch! misthress Murphy, whiniye
+ see a rale shiny Irish morning like this,
puts rae fist in mind Of the ould counthry, an
Of the time whn lived with your father, res
Ills sowl! dacinter man niver drew breath
and sorra poor crayther niver passed hi
door without bit Of sup" Troth, he was
John, .smisthress Murphy, (pulling flask on
Of bis pocket swoald you trust me for hal
u pint, till go down to the wharf, and ma.
tile 80 fly away with the roof Of my jack, by
/ / pay you before the sun goes to bed BURR
tie dhrap John till ye pay for the half pint y
got yesterday 'Misthress Murphy, emphat
ticaly, Il knew your mother, and she was az
| OH hod carrier, and your father was a dirty
washer woman, and seed him hauled witt
six roarin' bulls to the gallows, you old THE
of the world John sloped in double quick
time, AS d pewter beer mug ratified wrathfully
aetross the pavement
! The New York Mirror says, "a fifth avenue
| young lady, well known in every fashionable
society, was the recipient. on new years day,
of}the most elegant foWer-gift we have ever
seen iii this or any other country. 1t was
made in the shape of an deliberately wrought
table, with an octagonal base, enclosing Ca
nary bird suspended under the central basket
in a beautiful cage The flowers we are
told were of the richest and rarest, native and
exotic, and that the cost of this piece OF SUI
preme folly, was near $500.
The Shasta Courier has the subloined ex-
perience of an Oregon widow during her So
journ On the Pacific coast: 1 have indeed
been most unfortunate, both of my arms are
slightly palsied, each Of my legs have been
broken, my health is generally bad, I have
had four husbands in my time, but they all
died, poor things; and had four yoke Of oxen
ami the cussed Indians stole and eat them.
"A gentleman in Charleston, who entertain
ed Ia good deal Of company at dinner, had a
blackey as an assistant, who was a native Of
Aflica, and never could be taught to hand
Things Oh the left hand Of the guests at Ia
bic. AT length his master thought Of an in
fallible expedient to direct him, and as the
coats were then worn single breasted in the
city Of Charleston, in the present quaker style,
be told him to always hand to the button
hole side. Unfortunately, however, for the
poor fellow, on the day after he had received
This ingenious lesson, there was among the I
quests at dinner a foreign gentleman with a
louDle breasted coat, and he was for awhile /
at stand. He looked first at one
Flde of the gentleman S coat then at other, and
inalay, quite confounded at the outlandish T
make Of the strangers garment, he cast q des-
balrlng look at his master, and exclaimed in a
pud voice, buttons on both sides, massa, 4
landing the plate right over the gentlemans.
tead.
al young lawyer in Portland, Me-, has hung
tut fol bis sshingle' an old religious newspaper
ign. which reads thus sZion's Advocate
Tie lady who flew into passion walked out.
The lady whose sleep was broken has had
mended
The deacon who took up collection laid it
OWE. +
An editor became martial, and was created
aptain. On parade instead Of, two PAGES in
he unconsciously exclaimed
cash-three dollars year in advance
There are twenty light millions Of specie lay
ig idle ard proftless in the treasury vaults Of
|e United States, and yet the mercantile
immunity is sadly suffering for want of the
REGULATING medium.
IA Swedish author thus winds up a glowing
tnegyrc upon England: 1T is the most de-
ghtful country in the world for young gen
amen to be amused in, provided they areJ
asters Of the language, and able to support
e expense; and if the high road to hell be u
wn with delights and pleasures, you must P
cessarly pass through England to it.' o.
Robert Chambers, in his recent volume on :
hings in America, remarks, that person n
eustomed to visit among the middle classes i
Great 9i- Britain, is astonished at the profu- Ct
p ali table in all quarters Of America ca ca
ere is, he says, no stinting as to food He :
u.s. 1t was often pressed to my notice in the :,
4ited States, that the hired laborers in the
IDS are provided with better fare than falls ioI
.he lot Of thousands Of the 'genteel classes SUI
England er;