The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-04-09

O'erarching wide, from sea to sea
The noblest land beneath the skies
Our readers have all heard that mime tailo
make q man." Possibly, however, some
them would like to know the origin Of the 81,
ing. Here it is:
in l74e an orphan beggar boy applied f,
aims at q tailor's shop in London. in whc
nine Journeymen were employed. His forlor
put intelligent appearance touched the hear
OF the benevolent tailors, who gave him shi
ling each. With this capital the young he
70 purchased fruit, which be retailed at
profit. From this beginning, BY industry an
perseverance, he rose to distinction and use
fulness. When his carriage was built. he cause
70 pc painted on the PANEL, thine tailors mad
me man.
In Lower Saxony, the young girls gathe
springs of st. Johns wort, on the eve of s!
John, and secretly suspend them on the wall
OF their chambers, with certain mysterious Ger
enonies. The state of the plant on the fol
lowing morning indicates their future fate. |
fresh and undrooping, it fortels prosperous
marriage; # fading and dying the reverse. The
plants influenced by the condition in which i
isplaced. and those who have very damp wall.
are the more likely to have more prosperou.
marriages than those whose walls are dry 4:
they should be-
The New York Mirror says: "There is 8
young lady in this city 50 dazzingly beautiful
that her guardians do not dare to allow her Il
go out of the house. She remains shut up al
home and is only visible to female visitors
What blessing the small pox would be to this
imprisoned belle! 1t should be added that,
with the "fatal gift Of beauty the young lady
possesses other charms to the amount of about
100000
How do youlike the characterof ST. Paul, II
asked parson Of his landlady one day, during
a conversation about the old saints and the
apostles. aAh he was a good clever old soul,
know for lie once said, you know, that We
must eat what is set before lis, and ask no
questions for conscience sake always thought
should like him for a boarder,"
a few weeks since, says the Norfolk Argus,
lady lost breastpin which she priced Fe-
ny highly, and being very DESTROYS to reeov-
er IT. ifpossible, she advertised for it in our pa
per. Her advertisement had appeared but a
few times, when on going to her bureau drawer
she there saw the missing breastpin, looking
as natural as ever. We always thought there
was efficacy in advertising, but this instance
Is conclusive.
When the ice broke up in the Ohio river at
Marietta, recently, and while it was floating
down in huge cakes, a man crossed to that
town from the Virginia side on the floating ice,
to get a jug filed with whiskey and having
succeeded, recrossed safely in the same way.
de loved as deyotedly as Leander, and ven
tured as much for bis idol, which, alas, vas
equally ardent with himself.
"What exclaimed the accomplished and
Fashionable Fitzwiggle to the exquistely lovely
Miss De La Sparrowgrass, @what would YOU |
be, dearest, if should press the stamp Of love
upon those sealing wax lips2,
i Z replied the fairy-like creature, "should
be stationery"
Friend 1t is very wrong to swear as you do /
Why do you do it?a Because" replied the I
prisoner, i've understood man may swear
out Of jail in thirty days, and / want to see if
II can pc done in fifteen. | am going to sit up
all night and do my worst
An old gentleman once said, in speaking of
the bad consequences Of disparity Of fortune,
especially on the wife's side, in marriage, that
when he married he had twenty cents, and his
wife twenty-five, and that she was throwing an
extra five cents to him ever afterwards.
An habitual drunkard having in dream
found cup of excellent wine, set about warm
ing it. to enjoy it with a gusto; but just as he
was about to quaf the delicious draught, he
aWoke! What a fool / am, said he WHY
was not content to drink it coldH'
The great thoroughfare of every large CITY
is boiling over with characters, they loom up
the maize of pedestrians at every step, and are
known by their hair, others by their dress, and
a majority by their folly. Brown and Smith,
two gentlemen we'll known to every one who
who walks the street, were out few DAYS since,
when they were met by an overdressed ndi-
ridual who appeared as if he thought he was
somebody, and wanted every body to knew it.
"Doyo know thatchap, Smith, said Brown. +
Yes, know him, that's know Of him.,
"Well, who in the name of sense is hep"
"Why, he's scuitor,
Such looking chap as that sculptor!-
surely yoa must be mistaken
He may not be the kind of one YOU mean.
but know that he chiseled tailor-out of a
suit Of clothes last week
I'm thinking Of the time, Kate, when sitting
By thy side and sheling beans gazed on thee.
and felt wondroas pride. In silence leaned
we Ger the pan, and neither spoke word, But
he rafting of the beans, Kate, was all the
sound we heard. Thy auburn curls hung
iown, Kate, and kissed thy lily cheek; thy
lzure eyes, half filed with tears, bespoke 4
'pirit meek To be so charmed as / was then
mad ne'er before occurred, when the rafting of
he beans, Kate, was all the sound heard I
hought it was not wrong, Kate, SO leaning
FER the dish. as you snatched up a lot of the
beans, snatehed nectared kiss And sud-
len shower made my eyes blind, neither saw
Tor stirred, bat the rafting Of beans, Kate,
Fas all the sound heard Fl
The Carpet Bag tells the story Of preacher
Who delighted in long sermons and who once
with q brother preacher who always
delivered short ones At the usual hour for !
losing the services the people became uneasy,
nd being Inspired with the love Of warm din !
,ers rather than long sermons, went out quiet
y one by one till the preacher was left alone
Nth the sexton. The preacher feeling that he
must do his duty, still continued to blaze away.
i'll that functionary, seeing no prospect of q