The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1857-05-27


pier removed to Caen, in Normandy, and did
his best to perform the part Of motherto his
girls. His aim was to make them religious,
as the foundation of all excellence; to teach
them accounts, that they might learn the value
of money; work, that they might not waste
their time if they were rich, nor be helpless il
they were poor; cooking, that they might guard
against the waste of servants, and be able to
do for themselves in the event Of a revolution.
Mr.. - coming home late one night from a
meeting was met at the door by his wife.
pretty time of night Mr.. =, for you to
come home-pretty time, three o'clock in the
morning; you a respectable man in the COM
munity, and the father of a family
at is not three--it's only one, heard it
strike; council always sits till one o'clock"
"My soull Mr.. =, you are drunk!-as true
as | am alive, you are drunk. It is three in
the morning" .-.-..
II say, Mrs. -, it is one I heard it strike
one as l came round the corner, two or three
times
A lazy boy makes lazy man, as sure as a
crooked twig makes a crooked tree Who ever
yet saw boy grow up in idleness that did not
make shiftless vagabond when he became a
man. unless he had fortune left him to keep
appearances. The great mass of thieves, pau
pers and criminals that FIJI our penitentiaries
and almhouses, have come to what they are bv
being brought up in idleness. Those who con-
stitute the business part Of our community
those who make our great and useful men
were trained in their earliest boyhood to be in
dustrious.
A child beginning to read becomes delighted
with newspaper, because he reads the names
of things which are familiar and will make
progress accordingly A newspaper in one
year is worth a quarters schooling to child,
and every father must consider that substantial
information is connected with advancement
The mother of family being one of the
heads, and having more immediate charge of
children, should herself einstructed A mind
is thus fortified against the ills of life, and is
braced for an emergency. Children, amused
BY reading or study, are Of course more consd-
crate, and most easily governed. How many
parents who have not spent twenty dollars for
books for their families, would have given
hundreds to reclaim son or daughter, who
have ignoranty or thoughtlessly fallen into
error.
Cultivate your heart Alright, as well as your
farm, and remember that whatsoever a man
soweth, that shall.he also reap
To live to ourselves, to take pleasure in the
misforunes of others, to have no heart for de-
votion when in prosperity, and to regard our
own goodness as extraordinary, are four un-
mistakable signs of bad heart.
Think of a little girl only six years of age,
coming to her death by drinking whisky! Yet
such case occurred at Easton, MARYLAND,
short time since.
An unromantie doctor, bachelor, we be-
lieve, says that tight lacing is public benefit
inasmuch as it kills of all the foolish girls, and
leaves the wise ones to grow up to be women
Mr.. Dobis is SO sceptcal that he won't be-
lieye the report of canon.
"How fortunate am in meeting rain beau
in this Storm" said young lady who was
caught in shower the other day, to her beau
of promise, who happened along with an UNI
brella. "And T." said he gallantly, "am as
much SO as the poor Laplander when he has
caught areindeer."
"See here, my friend, you are drunk '.To
be sure am, and have been for three years.
You see my brother and are on the temper
ance mission! He lectures and | set a frightful
example,"
mike, if you meet Pat, tell him to make
haste"
'shure, an WILL" said Mike, s.but what
shall tell him if don't mate him?
At an assembly Of friends, lady was apol-
ogised for by an acquaintance, who said she !
was detained by a little incident: "Ah, yes''
exclaimed Mrs. Catterbell, "a beautiful little
incident it was, too-weighs Just nine pounds |
and halfl''
A lover writing to his sweetheart, says:
tDelectable dear-You are SO sweet that
honey would blush in your presence, and mo-
lasses stand appalled,
A man being asked by his neighbor how his
wife did, made this answer: Indeed, neigh /
Dor, this case is pitiful; my wife fears that She
will die, and fear she will not--which makes
a disconsoate house."
"My DEAR" said a gentleman to a lady to
whom he thought 10 be married, edo you wish
20 make fool of me?" mo-" replied the la
dy, mature saved me the trouble"
Zeal without meekness is like ship at sea-
in danger of every rising storm.
An Irish auctoneer, while expatiating on
the merits of a telescope, sagely observed:
"How often has the widows heart leapt for
Joy when she has beheld her husband at dis
lance brought near 70 her BY such an instru-
ment as this2''
Carlyle says that each man carries under his
hat .tPrivate theatre" wherein on greater
drama than is ever performed on the mimic
stage, is acted, beginning and ending in eter-
nifty.
The spirit Of politeless consists in our giving
such an attention to our manners and language,
hat those around US are left content with Us |.
and with themselves.
With most men, experience is like the stern
lights of ship, which only llunine the path
It has trayersed.
Every body complains of his memory-none
# his judgment.
A mirror is the only tolerated medium of re-
lection upon woman's beauty, and it is the
asst discarded.
If ne could read the secret history of our
we should find in each mans life sor-
ow and suffering enough to disarm all hos
ility.
One Of the boys tells Of scare crow made
" uncle Ben. 1t not only scared off every
row that saw it, but one crow was so fright
med that he brought back the corn he stole
hree days before.
Why is retired carpenter like lecturer?
Because he's an ex-planer.