The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-06-25

And he thought that once DER its pebbly strand,
ne dropped the seeds from his childish hand,
AND wondered IT flowers SO fair could grow
From those he scattered so long ago
And thus in the morning of youth we stand
And Hing our seeds with careless hand
While the river Of life flows swift and strong
And we sigh for the flowers it bears along
And well for US, if in after years, 4
Poor way-worn pilgrims CT doubt and fears
he can stay steps a place of rest
And feel it beautiful, bright, and blest-
And know the bloom that gladdens the eye,
Has hue that can never change or die;
And love and peacs the fruits that grow
FROM seeds we scattered SO long ago.
We sometimes read of hermitages-o seclu-
ded spot deep sequestered hooks, and such like
localities, that are deemed Edens by those only
who are fond of romantic habitatons-we have
taste for them once in great while; but
late New Hampshire paper has put the finish,
on our lmaglnations of this kind, by relating
an incident in the life of lady who has but
recently left solitary hermitage and moved
hto the white settlements of Maine It'll
seems that more than ten years ago her hus-
band Ia Boston mercbant) failed in business.
ana determined to retire to the country, where
by hard labor he could earn and lay by sufi-
cient TO purchase himself farm, and thereaf
ter lead the life of quiet tiller of the soil. In
IN With lovely retreat. fifteen or twenty miles
from the nearest habtasion, on the bleak shores
OF our northern lakes. Here he removed with
his little family, and by active exertions in
fishing, collecting furs ETC., secured a compe-
tence sufficient to answer his purpose. The
spot being visited only by amateur fishermen
during the Warmest season of the summer
eight months OF each year neither himself or
MS wife saw any human beings save their own
family, anc during their residence of eight :
years the wife never met with one of her own
sex! we call that living almost SOLITARY and "
alone, and 1t shows how exclusively the well Il
fare and happiness of family engage the Al
heart and soul of woman. wherever thou m
goest will go-thy home shall be my home.' al
Gen. G. gave his black man, Sawney, funds " "
and permission to get quarters worth OF PI
zoology at menagere, at the same time hint
ing to him the striking affinity between the sn
snlia and negro races. Our sable friend soon
found himself under the canvas, and brought ~
to IN front Of sedate looking baboon, and Fl.
cycling the bibo quadruped closely, soliloquzed
thus: "Folks-sure's yer born, feet, hands Pc
proper bad looking countenance, just like mig ~ =
ger gettin' old, reckon Then, as if seized 60
with some bright idea, he extended bis hand la
with genuine southern "How doy'e do, I'M Al
cle?" The ape elasped the Negroes hand and :
shook it long and cordially. VI,
Sawney then piled his new acquaintance t nal
with interrogatories as to name, age, nativity ma
and former occupations, but eliciting nothing siri
beyond knowing shake of the head or a mer- n
ny twinkle Of the eye Tape was probably medi-
tatlng the best way Of tweaking the darkev's
nose) be concluded the ape was bound to keep
non -committal, and looking cautiously around,
cluckled out, He, he, ye too sharp for them,
old teller Keep dark-5if yed just speak one
word OF 'Merlcan, poor white man would have
a hoe IN yer hand in less than two minutes"
Our friend t. has met with many losses in
his time, and finally lost every tooth in bis
heaa. Inns, however, was more easily rene
lied than some OF his other losses, for he en- D
oloyed dentist, who. filed the vacancy, and "a
Jet the jaws going again. ~
Dickens, IN one of his nimitable productions. i
lays that sin the majority of cases. conscience whe
$ an elastic and very flexible article, which oagI
I'll bear deal Of stretching and adapt itself haa,
Q variety OF circumstances. Some people, plea
y prudent management, and leaving it off from
nece oy piece like flannel waistcoat in warm ing
Weather, even contrlve in time, to dispense with 'ec
pus mere are others who can as serti
ume the garment and throw it off at pleasure, St
no ths Deing The greatest and most convent used
MT improvement is the one most i, voar,,e ,, have
IT - .o.,o ID /, conf
vas atlached WIN the chole- of tn
a, and his friends and the physician gave him and
P as lost case. As he lay there, apparent
upon bis death-bed, the doctor asked him if ;,
- f..,I IL: -, '"AeA Aao III any man Itirs
,I '''' 'e.'a alive
Il don't KNOW family whispered P, "but the Il
gu can see-they are in the top drawer of the my h
lreau. Mrs. p. will hand Them to won ,, fount
The doctor lnoked mo-, H. III 0N (whit
,;ra,. - l Ill PoA 'ie uouoie row OF 10 its
rnders' as he held them in his hand and from
len at the patient and at last, with faint hair
nile said, Il guess he'll live have
..Sbon nina slo, s;l the RI
ther to his hopeful heir of ten years, who he tha,
40 overheard using profane language, "shon. @
Inc shon, come here and fill dell YOU lit
stores Now, mine shon, shall be drue W, De
ores or makes believer ", WOO o.
son, true story, of course" answered tbe ehsne
m John. '"e man
Ferry fell, den. Tere vas yonce ooo+ nal e.
ce oldt gentlemen. (shoost lila ~ So ~ out til
I'd tam tirty lddle boy (shoot like Won
ldt Won day be heard him shwearing ill., Pro
'uhg nian as he vas. 80 he rent to the win or fou
e (corner) and dock out cowhides, shoost came
I am toino now and he tooL dor 80. ~ the di
ackguard by de collar, ids way YOU seel !, i
~ soiloppea MIN shoot SO! Andt den, mine young
ar shon, he bull his ears dis way. and sr.l SINH.
face datvay, and dell him to 90 mtout SUM-
r r, shoost as you vii to dis efening.' III
There Is magic power in beauty that all gray.
ness-strange wchery that fascinates and that l
chants us with potency as irresistible as piled
It OF the magnet. 1t is to the moral world toratl
a,..t - L. sioai' IL is easier ed up
:, ie aoouS oeau'1 III woman and Its all per- CLOS
ding influence, than to define what it is than i
Lord SALISBURY asserts that all beauty is recon
IT, True features make the beauty Of head !,
e; and true proportions the beauty OF archi 'i'AAl
ture; as true measures that of harmony and
sic In poetry, which is all fable, truth still hi
he perfeetiop decide
Eoras,ra~tl, L~: ont, g
!. " Guar i,hS poftfailufe OF Wo- few g
my sweetness is worthy alike of the subject Other
the writer; it is doubtless familiar to the in pro
dor