Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-03-20
Humorous Paragraphs.
IA little fun now and then,
Is reii>hed by the wizess men,"

are in place, all that's necessary is to set
two dogs fighting. s-l
FELoSs generally appear on the ends Of
the fingers and thumbs, but sometimes Oh
the end of rope. .-..-
"Why don't you hold your head up in
the world as do!'' asked naughty law
yer of sterling old farmer. "Squire,'
said the farmer, s'see that field of grain;
the well-filled heads hang down, while
those only that are empty stand upright.
GIRLS kissing each other-a wicked
waste of the raw material.
In New Haven, the Medical College is
on the road to the Cemetery; the Divinity
College on the road to the Poor House; and
the Law School on the road to the jail.
Drinking healths is bad diet. He who
drinks the health Of every body drinks
away his own. 7's -
"Mike, if you meet Patrick, tell him to
make haste.' s'Shure will, !" said Mike;
s'but what shall tell him if / don't meet
him %
No man can leave better legacy to tho
world than well educated family.
An honest Dutchman, on being asked
how often he shaved, said "Dree dimes =
week, every day but Soontay-Den 1 shafe
every tay.'' '' i'
p 81 can marry any girl please" said
young man boastingly. ''Very true" re-
piled his waggish companion, '4for you
can't please any, ..z
Sims hat was blown under the cart
wheel, and badly crushed-an accident by
which, we fear, many lires were lost.
q Mould, when seen through micros-
cope, is found to be living forest of vege-
tatlon. r5 zszaf MI
Marriage is the mother of the world.
and preserves its kingdoms, fills its cities
and its churches, and heaven ITSELF and is
that state Of good things which God hath
designed as the present constitution Of the
world. rs ~ s=at s's1'aH q. '..l'51
Remember, ye who ridicule young
man for his parsimony, that by and by he
can be generous when you have nothing
to give.
b Laziness travels so slowly that Poverty
soon overtakes her. .Ef1 fsFz
There are two bores in society-she
man who knows too much, and the man
who knows too little. 7. ..sasss s,s
How to get good wife-take = smart
girl, and 60 to the parson. ,s..
Quills are taken from the pinions Of ono
goose to spread the pinions Of another.
The rock ON which hard drinkers split
is quartz. f,za- f s.s
An old maid down east says they make
no good looking glasses nowadays.
aDoctor, can you tell me why my eyes
are so weak % s.Yes," replied Galen,
because they are in weak place." s
4 s.The best protection against the rigors
Of winter is matrimony." But what is the
best protection against the rigors Of mat
rimony?
Feed your geese on iron filings and
grow steel pens from their wings.
Patrick, meeting . jackass braying hi
deously, remarked, 'It's fine large ear
that bird has for music, but he's got q
wonderful cowld." a9is5s 4, = @3
Ladies wear corsets, from instinct-a
natural love Of being squeezed. e..a~a
Some one has truthhlly said, 'sThe pref
|tiest hand is the hand that is beneyolenf." /"
A Frenchman warns the public not to
Trust his wife because he was never mar
ried to her.
Carlyle says, snake yourself an honest
man, and then you may be sure there is
loue rascal less in the woIld." sGa
A PrcruRE.-A tall ladder leaning
against houses negro at the top. and
. hog scratching himself against the bot
tom. .G'way-g'way dar! you'm Ia ma
king mischief" s--.
No man knows what torpid snakes may
lie coiled in some secret corner OF his
heart, waiting for = summer OF fostering
circumstances. ss ae5ss&
MANY = man has ruined his eyes look
ling through the bottom of = tumbler.
They dress cool out West. A young
l lady, being asked If she should wear that
I bonnet to church, replied she should no'
/ ,rcm any thing else. $40 H s44a4
. The Jolly chap who married fat old
lady with 100000, says It was not hls
wife's face attracted him 50 much as hel
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