The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1857-06-10

Fall asleep il death-and wakenot,
"' Gentle sister, do not weep.
In the revolution, while the British army
was in possession Of New York city, petty ".
rannies were, of course, not unusual, and in
tolerable. An officer entered barbor's shop
where only "a boy was in attendance, and after
deal Of clustering and swearing, because the
master was out, he drew his sword, and lay
ing it on the table with great deal of flourish,
thus addressed the lad:
"Now, my boy, shave me, and, sir, by the
Lord Harry, if you draw one drop of blood
on my face with your laundering work, | viii
run that sword through your body. You hear,
do you? And now, take care how you go to
work.
The lad proceeded deliberately with his bu-
sness, shaved the officer as well as he wasable,
and fortunately without nicking the skin of the
elegant Englishman, who surveyed himself in
the glass, and again addressed the youngster:
a@Now tell me how you dared to shave me at
all, after l had threatened to kill you if you
cut my facet" Because said the boy, II
knew | had the advantage Of you, for if lad
been so unfortunate as to nick you, would
have cut your throat from ear to ear!''
The cold sweat broke out on the officers
brow at the thought Of his own escape, and he
marched out of the shop, wondering at the
kind Of rebels with whom his country had to
contend.
The life Of every human person should be a
canto, and every day perfect line. Not an
hour should pass but we should add to it mel
ody and perfection, and thus gradually COM
,lata
life is full of discord; care and grief turns ali its
poetry into monotonous prose. We answer:
Likewise it is with music, in connection with all
harmony are jarring discords; the most renown-
ed pieces of the sublimest masters have null
titude Of discordant notes, which instead of
spelling, or even marring their beauty, serve 70
produce greater effect and contrast Are we
not right? Then let your life, instead of being
dull and dreary volume spiritless, insipid
prose, be melodious volume Of poetry, full of
pleasant rhymes, grand truths, ripe experience,
and matured wisdom. God, the critic of the
universe. will then award you the laurels of
of heavenly fame, and the title of an honored
author. . ...-..
Ex-senator Dickinson of New York in one of
his orations, thus speaks Of the effect of intro
ducing politics into the pulpit: 'It has done
more to demoralise the public mind than any
other social evil, for it has planted death in the
seat of life;' it has done more to desecrate the
cause of religion than the worst opinions of
Payne-more than to raise up an army of sccff-
ers than the writings of Voltaire-more to
manufacture infdels than the seed sown in the
revolution of France; and when all these influ-
ences shall have been exterminated and for
gotten forever, the plague spot of political pull
pits will rest upon society like deadly incubus
A lazy boy makes lazy man, as sure as a
crooked twig makes 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
up appearances? The great mass of thieves,
paupers and criminals that fill our pententia-
ries and almhouses, have come to what they
are by being brought up in idleness. Those
who constitute the business part of our Gem
munity-those who make our great and useful
men-were trained in their earliest boyhood
to be industrious.
An exchange says, "God intended all women
the morning glories, and what he intended they
should become, they would if they would obey
his laws, and cutindolence and indulge in fresh I
air. For a girl to expect to be handsome with /
the action of her lungs dependent on the ex-
pansive nature of a cents worth of tape, is as
absurd as to look for tulips in snow bank or
a full grown oak in flower pot.
A justice Of the peace, meeting parson
mounted on fine looking horse, peeyishly ask
ed him why be did not ride on donkey Of ass
in imitation Of his humble master
Zone important reason is said the parson,
"that at this time they are scarce-having been
transformed, by an all-wise Providence into
Johnny, one bright evening, was standing
by the window gazing at the moon and stars.
and after looking at them some time very in
tently, he turned and said to his mother, no
was sitting by him, 'Mama, what are those
bright little things in the sky? Are they the
moons little babies?" II
It is often said that the character Of public
men are the property Of their country. III
there be truth in this, we have great deal Of
property that it would add to our respectable
Ly to get rid Of
When Crosus, in Herodotus, suggested to
Cyrus the means of making the Lydian sub
ects harmless for warlike purposes, he advised
him to teach them to sing, to dance, and te
open retail shops, as the surest Of all methods
for destroying their pristine manliness.
A gentleman was once called upon to apollo
,ise for words spoken when tipsy.
81 beg PARDON" said he; 81 didn't mean to
say what 1 did, but I've had the misfortune I'd
ose some of my front teeth. and words get out
every now and then without my knowing
word about it."
He was going on, when friend pulled him
Town by the coat-tai, saying, Don't utter 4
yord more. Never, never was there more
perfect apology. t You add word more,
rou'll spoil it completely"
.sYou flatter me, madam said fop, upor
icing told by lady that his hat was very
inc one.
ssNot at all, sir, replied she, Il only praise
he halter; had the head or face been worth +
office, should not have thought of the hat" !
An editor asks, in talking of poetry and ma
rimony, "Who would indite sonnets to wo- b
IAN whom we saw every morning in her nigh J
ap, and every day at dinner swallowing meal
nd mustard?''
Necessity knows nolaw." Well necessity /