The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-11-04
VOL. VII..~NO :.
This and Thaf.


With wife, the lawyer is more trusty,
the doctor is more esteemed, the mechan-
ic throws the hammer with increased
power, and shoves the plane with a more
dexterous hand; the merchants get a
better credit--in short, a man without
wife is no man at all She nurses him
while sick, she watches for him in health,
Gentlmen get, wife pretty one if you
like them best--a good one when she is
to he found--and rich one if you can
get her pretty and good" AN u
at is aisy enough said Pat, tn
build chimney you how'd one, brick
up, and put another one under it." A
good many people undertake to build
fortunes on this equitable principle,
Phaosophers.-Tiferc are very .jev
original thinkers in the world, or ever
have been; the greatest part of those
called philosophers have adopted the
opinions of some who have gone before
them.-,Stcuart. aes @s
Good Descent-It is question whetli-
er being called " the son of gum should
not rather be taken as term of abuse,
as it is well known that no gun is good
for anything unless it descnds IN
straigM linz. from good stock. 9ii
Dianferested Kmdness.-" May / be
married, ma I" said little beauty of
fourteen to her mother. "Why do you
want TO be married - returned the moth
en- I" Why, ma, You know that the
children have never seen any body mar
ricd, and / thought it might please
them.
Arartce.-The character Of coyctous7
ness is what a man generally acquires
more through some niggardliness or i'll
grace, in little and inconsiQerable things
than in expenses of any consequence. A.
very few pounds sterling a year would
ease that man of the scandal of avarice.
Pope.
Low-cronned Hat.-e See there." exa
claimed returned Irish soldier to gap-
Ing crowd, as he exhibited, with some
pride, his tall hat with a et-hole in it.
/" Look at that hole, will you You see,
that il it had been a iow-crowaed hat I
should have been killed outright
A Western editor once apologised to
his readers somewhat after this fashion
ave intended to have a death and q
marriage to publish this week, but a vio-
lent storm prevented the wedding /; and
the doctor being taken sick himself, the
patient recovered, and we are according
| " cheated out of both.'' ss 4i,ti
A young lady says" When | go To-
a theatre ] am very careless ofmy dress,
as the audience are too attentive to the
play to observe my wardrbe; but when
go to church am very particular in
my outward appearance, as most people
go there to see how their neighbors dress
and deport themselves.
| !" You seem to walk more erect than
usual, my Friend Yes, | have been
Strengthened by circumstances" lii
What kind of mother wonld an old
maid make Mother of Vinegar"
A model young lady, just graduated
from certain distant academy, remarked
the other day, !" / cannot deceiyes how
the Young gentlemen can drink to such
recess, when they knew it is so conjnrious
to their Institutions. .es3,
The distinction between liking and
loving was well made by a little girl six
years old. She was eating something at
breakfast which she seemed to relish very
much. Do You love it," asked her
aunt /" No." replied the child, with q
look of disgust, q like it. III loved
it, / should kiss it, XIV A'"'l XIII
What Is Woman. Am article man
ufactured by milliners and dressInakers,
Who wants but little on her head g "
But much below to make her spread.
A sensible (" down east" female is de-
cidedly opposed to the interference OF
t woman with politics. She pointedly
, asks: 4" If men can't do the voting and
take care of the country, what is the
! use of them ~ Good .i.,f
The Atlantic telegraph is at present
perfectly neutral. AS our friend Pat
: would say, It's diyil the word it has to
! say on either side" "A Ii Il llo
A clergyman being much pressed by
n lady of his acquaintance to preach q
sermon on the first Suday after her mar
rage, complied and chose the following
: passage in the Psalms for histext: "And
! let there be bundancc ofpcaceL-whilc
: the moon endureth.' asAll ss
e CO When Cesar was asked by Brt
II tus how many eggs he had eaten fol
breakfast, he answcrcd--e Ef ~ Brat