The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-03-12

And nsU-htaseapcd thee As We ssgsIied sIss,r
nor chaitsesairay nor birds faint eairgins, song
Dressed w b fancy easily irls aired 2
All was behed, aud nothing ui.adtsired: 4:
TTofii me DIM city 10 the elouded plain
w. ~ q al tiodss blessings given III FRis,.
The following will be sworn TO whetr, reoui
ed Action for work and labor doal In Gu
ting ditch on defendants land. Pleas-Pa,
nent set of, III bacon and corn meal. .ts
Plaintiffs on son the stand-reeollects NE
the ditching. but seems to forget all about III
bacon.
Col. B, for defendant: "You SAY .ear dad
dy die all this ditehing2 Do ron kio4 wha
be got in par for il If. .-...5..5
Nltness:-ttHe never Got nothing. AZ ever
heard of--thats what he never seot
Col B.. Didn't your daddy get Germ ant
bacon from the defendant in pay for the ditch
ing2"
Witncss:-"N Never hearn OF his git,in' M
corn nor bacon
Cpl. B.-"What did your daddy AID bis
family live on that summer"
Witness-..Vittels, mostly"
Col. B.--t.What sort of retuals2"
Altness--''Weli, meat and bread, ana some
whiskey.n 5 Is s=S.tzz
Col. B.-"Where did he get that meat and
bread9"
Witness-..WeIl, fus. from one. and then
fust from another
Col B.-"Didn't be get some Of il from de-
fendant?''
Wines. He mought.p
Col. B-tI kaos he might. but did hep
that's the question
Witness--+Nell, be n,ougl,t, and then agiin
you know he moughtn't."
Col. B.-(With considerable excitement. and
n tones Of thunder, Answer tile question,
BIZ, and no more Of this trAing with voar oath.
Did your daddy, or did he not, get corn and
bacon from the defendant for ditchinoa',
Ws1ness-tWell now he monght; i. don't
occur adzactly, you know"
Here his honor interferes, and with stern
Judicial frown, addresses witness thus; "Wit-
ness, you must answer the question, Of The
court will be compelled to deal with You; cant
you say yes or nor
4Witness-aI reckon
Court--'.Well then answer res or no; did /,
or did not your daddy ger corn and bacon from t
the defendant at the time referred tor :
witness Now fully aroused and conscious q
OF bis danger, well, judge, can't adzaet-
y member you know. seein' as how it's all dun
BIN gone and eat up; but fplanting himself
firmly, a. one determined to out with II. 81 ID
the best OF my Recollection. il my menss,rY
serves me right, he mought, and then agin he
mighs'nt t.
The plaintiff SAVED his bacon. verdict &C. il
eordingly Il
The Paris correspondent Of the Boston IT. = =
ias, says.E,-H Here every thing is beccalig 4
more and more topsy turYy Ladies are drels.
ng Ike men, and the latter parade the town,
buried 70 the ears where there is the IeastttIt
q the thernometerl in huge cashmere shaWIs. no no
", in summer, closely Yelled and winter aid b.
ummer With the hair parted in the riidale, Co
nd carled Il Sevigne. | have detected lace Oh
n the cuffs Of good many shirts, and at pss tar
les gentlemen have quite as many diarnondsas no
AIDES SAY nothing offine handkerchiefs anil mi
sriumes. nor OF the gold and silver enbroidt- viii
OF state occasions. These netamoruhose. me.
re making such progress French writer SAYS,
Il viii not be long before the bride shall 81:
olIged 10 offer To her young husband cor 81.
ellie de marriage. which shall be filled with J
le geR:ieman's embroideries, laces and cash, for
eresn gist
When the subject of the pages salaries canse
} before the California house of represents
res, i was proposed to fx the same at a Ger va
~ sum per diem; Htereupon member from, y
e interior arose. and asked TO ..haYe The mail DE-
: fully explained before going any furthe-sI p
iere had been a heap of talk about retrencb3 nan
and reform. and lie desired 10 know whether factc
much per diem meant By the week, or thssi mas
onth, or for the term bis $
Miss Mcdowell in the last number Of th+. oA I
oman3s Advocate, utters the following boljsI
{ significant trnth:-"As women are mora
ected by the prevalence of immortality tha1sl
N, i i really strange that they do not frowp1
wn those vices OF men which are SO freauen..:
fatal 10 their own tranquility MANY fe-s
lie who would not refuse to dine with profs
ate would think herself nsulted were she$
1ted to take tea with courtezan; but the 4,
y difference between the two is, one wears Iron,
ntaloons and the other pan.alettes-the mo- ligi
{ Is the same. descr
We have been able 10 draw up a table Of;
different reasons for wearing n,oustache are a
have questioned not less than one thousand i III
sons so adorned, and their answers have The :.
ped US 10 the following result: Sing S
TO avoid shaving, So; to avoid catching whicf
q, 80; 70 hide their teeth s. to avoid beiuS donbl
en- as an Engshman abroad, 7: because 30: goosl
are IL the army, 6; because they havei$bed.r
y ~ The army, 22f; because prince Albert; O.
IS II, z; because 1t is arisocratc, 90. -E!cons:
Sc you are singer, 8; because YOU travel yet in
reaI deal, II; because You have lived lonoA amos
the continent, 81 because it acts as respr oara
:, %; because it is healthy, n; because 5asEe
young ladies admire it, All; because it is sizes
sldered the thing 10; because he chooses He
seaF them. r. Iron d
will be seen from the above, that not one ot an
son confesses to vanity being the motive. when
. majority Of persons wear nsoustacbe he prices
Sc they imagine in their coneeit that It he very
es them, but rarely you meet person who -,
!. INC courage 70 admit 1t. Punch. -,
he following recipe is said 10 be fnfallibIe,
is warranted to give an unfading color
dye green, invest money IN fancy stocks, ~ M
freely to organ grinders, believe all Won II us
!, including the story Of the sufferers By We
ms, take patent medicine. attend auctions H.
so largely into gift enterprises, and your szason
,pect is very GOOD for dir : -. u ~.