New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-12-01


And his wife wore the breeches.'
A lawyer driving through the town of Worcester,
stopped at cottage to inquire his way. The lady of
the house told him he must keep on straight for some
time, then turn to the right but said that she herself
was going to pass the road he must take, and that if
he would wait few moments till she could get her
horse ready she would show him the way. "Wel,
said he, " bad company is better than none-make
haste After jogging on five Or six miles, the gen
tleman asked il he had not come to the road he must
take. oh, yes, said she, !" We have passed it two
or three miles back hut thought bad company was
better than none, so kept you along with me-"
II YOU have lawyer for next door neighbor, you
had better not throw your weeds over into his gar
den
What is the difference between confirmed sinner
| and a beggar? One is a mendlcant, and the other
nendi-wont.
It's with faded beauty as with clock: the more
the face is eameled the more clearly we see the pro-
| gress OF time.
If you want to kiss pretty girl. why kiss her-if
you can. If pretty girl wants to kiss you, why let
her-lihe man.
Swift used to say that universal as was the practice
Of lying, he did not remember to have heard three
good lies i'll all his life y good reason why-aI lies
are bad.
No man for any considerable period wear one
face to the world and another to himself, without
finally getting beTFilderel as to which may be the
most true.
A wife cannot make home comfortable who ''dears
and my loves and "pets her husband, but don t
sew the buttons on his Shirt or tape on his drawers
A fashionable ladys dress is like the lord Mayors
dinner it may be detned-an immense spread.
A sailor had wandered into churchyard, and was
amusing himself by reading the inscription on the
! grayeStOncs Presently he came to one on which Was
inscribed the following
Weep not for my dearest dear,
AL dead, though lie here.
This vas too much for Jack. Shifting his qud he
calculated Well, I've heard say that there are case
in which {. man may lie; but if was dead d own it.
Tn the nine barrens of Michigan not a thousand
miles from Grand Rapids, but four miles away from
any other dwelling. is miserable shanty OF log shin
r giles, bearing the following sign:
This is Uncle Dan ThonaseS,
: And ' other sooh Sheer
i; Can't be beat about hert.'
. CLERGYMAN who was reading to his congregation
a chapter in Genesis, found the last sentence to he
i And the Lord gave unto Adam wife. Turning
i over two leaves together he found "rtte and rea
in an audible voice, and she was pitched without
and within" He had unhappi}y got into the mddl
i, of description of Noahs ark.
e Shirts must be scarce in Nicaragua. correspond
t. en of the Granada newspaper, signing himself rita
: Bricks says Being very anxious to learn Spanisl
have begun to board at natives house Before
h WAS there many days | became acquainted with
e very pleasant native woman, who gave me to undo
J. stand that she washed Clothes ind insisted upo
washing my shirt. told her as well as could tn;
h | usually did it myself at the lake, where couIo
L i'll the water until il dried, underth prctence of bat
E: ing. Women have always been my weakness gay
her the shirt four days ago she has not returned wit
" it. | will not tell yon how | feel; but laying abe
rs folr days is no joke.
! Ouite a Joke happened to Of the doctor era
some little time ago He ordered some very powerl
III medicine for sick boy, and the father, not liking Il
Il appearance of it forced it down the cats throat
i! When the doctor called again, and inquired II u u
powder had cured the boy the father replied N
rh we did not give it to him.. Good heavens. 81
ar the doctor, SIS the child living" Yes, but the c
r. aint--we gave it to her.. The doctor soped.
Fanny Jones says that when she was in love 81
felt as if she was in tunnel with train Of cars col
nd ing both ways .limicks says that when he vas
love he felt as if he were hung-lnd had cat in |
" hat and peck Of humble bees under his wastcoat
.]imicks knows the symptoms. Iuliana says That $
in felt--oh my-as if she were in IA bower OF moo
beams sinking into bath Of clulgcnt honey bgnea
Mt. II blaze Of bamy stars to the tones OF SLOW music
A. worthy minister, noted for his wit, on lei
asked what kind of person the wlie Of Mr.. -
was replicl. " will give you her grammatical CT
cr ractcr. She is a noun sHbstantVe-seen, lett il
=? hCaiu.
IL Mr.. Justice Page was renowned for his ferocity
TX the beach. When going on circuit, & Hcct
~ LAWYER named Crowlc, was asked II the Judge '
M not lust behind. " don't know, said CroWle, 9
~. if he is am quite sure he never was just before.
or. A Glasgow antiquarian recently visited Cathc
Castle. aud asked one of the Villagers " II he III
per ANYTHING OF an old story about the building ),
on said the rustic there was anhcr auld story, bu
fell down lang since
Shocks was advised to get his life insured. w
do it, said he - it would be just my luck to
B forever if should. 4" We'll, ! would Mt, my de;
W. meekly observed Mrs. Shocks.
no. ~ VI. W.,
ira MYSTERIOUS WlIAEFEOAT.-Wc publish to-day
tN,.ti IL ,ttp Il,s
1 wears been an accredited and much esteemed agen
lex some Of the largest plantations i'll the vicinity Of
,%}'', mouth Of Red River.
RES This spot is becoming Of the greatest conl
cal dcp01s i'll the interior. Red River to her hig
rneF point Of navigation, depends upon the mouth. OF
y times for rcshipmcnt well as for freight dc>le
= various places along her shores so does the Ouic
and the .Atchifalaya, and all the waters that wash
1t, the bayOllS that nerSect own parish OF t"ncol
Mr.. Westh,ook, on his whartbuat. LoWndes,
which has all the comforts OF first rate motel,
e'. truly and promptly attend to all and everything II
400 line Of his busincsS.-[ CUncordia Intel, 18TH
It. There is a life in the grave, too. The effects OF
actions, Of virtues, are proofs OF lie the tNecl
ct idlcness and sin are of death.
knowledge, economy and labor are the virtues
civilized man they form the most durable bass Q
ct, rietv and the sure spring Of individual welfare
Is consequently IRE the fruit Of knowledge, crVi.
-, md Iaipr.