The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-12-17
Here is good moral under the guise of

Here is good moral under the guise of
fable:-"A young man once picked up guine
lying in the road. Ever afterwards, as h
walked along, he kept his eyes fixed steadi
upon the ground, in hopes to find another
And in the course of a long life he did pick up
at different times, a goodly number of coins
gold and silver. But all these years, whil
he was looking for them, he saw not that til,
heavens were bright above him, and natur.
beautiful around. He never once allowed hi
eyes to look up from the mud and filth il
which he sought the treasure; and when BIZ
died, rich, old man, he only knew this fail
earth of ours as dirty road in which to pick
up money as you walk along" 0#
In youth We seem to be climbing a hill OF
whose top eternal sunshine seems to rest. How
eagerly we pant to attain the summit! But
when we have attained it, how different is the
prospect on the other side? We sigh as we
contemplate the dreary waste before US, and
look back with wistful eye upon the fowery
path we have passed, but may never more
retrace. Life is portentious cloud, fraught
with thunder, storm and rain; but religion like,
those streaming rays of sunshine, will clothe
it with light as with garment, and fringes its
shadowy skirts with gold.
Not many miles from Bowling Green, says
the Standard of that place, there is small
village, which, of course, has postofice Not
long since lady went to the off &c to buy some
stamps. The rather verdant deputy postmas-
ter asked her how many she wanted? She told
him dollars worth. Hereplied that postage
stamps were worth four cents a piece now; that
the river was so low that they could not get any
freight here that way, and that wagoners were
cha G1 bp,JraJ r
Consequently, the price of stamps had .riz,
and that she could not get as many as usual.
This is the richest joke Of the season.
Henry Clay was the wing candidate A lib
erty party manwas making speech in opposi-
ton to the Kentuckian, on the ground of his hav-
ing been ouelist. This done, he began to gori-
fly his own party as small in numbers, but des-
tined to achieve great things. He compared it
to David, going forth with sling and stones to
the combat with the gigantic Goliah. Piling
up the eloquence, he reached the climax at
last, and cried out-'and then, then fellow
citizens, what did David do?'' eft duel,
sir, came in shrill tones from one of the as
sembly. This may be an old story, but it can
do no harm to tell it again, to exemplify the
care with which such rhetorical edge tools as
illustrations and apodosis should be played
with.
l must give you one more funlet concerning
little "four-year old'' friend of mine 1t seems -
that a clergyman had been stopping for some !
time at his fathers house, and on going away S
called little Eddy to him and asked what he y
should give him for a present. Eddy, who
had been brought up in the fear of God, and e
had great respect for the "cloth," thought it 5,
was his duty to suggest something of a religi- m
Gus nature, so be answered hesitatingly: 81 III
l-I-think should like testament. but | :
know should like gun!'' "
According to thelate a. E. L." Miss Lam e,
don the devil, with all his wiles, is or was but &C
a poor judge of human nature. She says:-
His satanic majesty did not know how to Of o.
empt Job. Instead Of making him hear his 0'
friends talk to him-though that was almost be
Dad enough-he should have made him hear
hem talk to him-and he should have heard of
hem talk of hin,-and if that did not drive
him out of all patience, it is hard to say what NV
would" M
Sophronius, wise teacher of the people, did sci
lot allow bis sons and daughters, even when i,
hey were grown up, to associate with persons s sae
'hose lives were not moral and pure. OF>
Father said the gentle Eulalia, one day, the
hen he had refused to permit her to 90, in
ompany with her brother to visit the friyo- Fo
Jus LucInda-"F ather, you must think that r.,
e are very weak and childish, since you are 7
rad that 1t would be dangerous to us in Fol-
sitting Lucinda c
Without saying word, the father took a ~. c
bal from the hearth and handed it to his ~, III
aughter. .'lt will not burn you, my child
id he; "only take it, -
Eulalia took the COAL and beheld her tender -
hlte hand was black and without thinking. u
re touched her white dress and it was all Act
ackened. pup
t.see,' said Eulalia, somewhat displeased. boa
she looked at her hands and dress, zone can s
Vt be careful enough when handling Goals" -
YES truly" said her father "You see, m
7 child, that the coal, even though it did not |
nm you, has nevertheless backened you. So Bur
The company of immoral persons" rece
A gentleman dining few days agoat one SOFT
our fashionable restaurants, desired the wal ofs
to bring him piece of roast beef. is 81
''How will you have it," asked the waiter, elab
are or well done?' 1t is
Rare, =" returned the guest. peri
The beef was presently brought; but the 6 ne
'e was so thin, that the gentleman sat. for case
ne little time, perusing the figures on the glas
tie through it. any
Isn't rare enough to suit you?' asked the rea a
tier. reao
Plenty plenty!" said the guest still read jn
on-"It's SO rare can see through it yerv -
lp'
How shameful it is that you should fall /.
'ep,' said dull preacher to drowsy audi IN
e, whilst that poor idiot, pointing to an GUS
t who stood staring at him, lis awake and the |
ntlye." Perhaps" said the fool, ri would any am
e been asleep too, if | had not been an a any
'. keep
Boy" said fashionably dressed man to ders
servant of one of his companions, sis your "a
ter at home?'' eyes, SIR replied the
'but he is confined to his room. He's ~
wing moustaches. and not allowed to see ~ -
person but his hair dresser"
hat relation. is the door-mat to the scra-
step-father- Wasn't it mean in Pow
chissel poor Greek slave out of a little no,
Ct marble? What horrible death poor
TRY diedy He made face and bust! IT
patent has been taken out in Boston for - ,