The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1859-06-01

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MooRINGsPoRT, 1859.
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How admirably is the egotisn Of purse proud van
ity taken of BY the following 4necdote:
I'm the interior of South Carolina there lived
some years ago, an old man, very rich and very ig
aorant. Hls only son was educated at the Soutt
Carolina college, and after graduating sent t.
Europe BY his indulgent pareat. On his return hi
father asked him what he saw in Europe The sol
replied that he had seen great many rare and won
deriul things and many fine cities.
did you see any place that yoE liked better thar
homer asked the cid man.
"Qh yes" was the reply; q saw London and Pa
rs, both very fine cities"
father
''Paris, replied the SON.
You liked Paris great deal, did you2" continu,
ed the old man.
ooh yes, very much"
"Ihen Ill buy it for your Sriumphan5ly replied
the old gentleman.
The following conversation was overheard among
the volunteers OF the RIO Gfande curing the late
Mexican war:
Scene-night Two volunteers wrapped in blan-
kets, and halt buried in the mad.
Jim, how come you to volUntear?'
"Why, Bob, you see | have no wife to care a red
cent for me, and so | yolunseered--and besides, |
like wari Now tell me why you came out here?"
why, the fact is, you know, |, /, | have got a
wife and SO l came out here because like peace"
Hereupon both the volunteers turned over in their
blankets and went TO sleep.
A mans very first shcIld be TO avoid the re
proaches of his own heart; his next to escape the
censures of the world. If t%e last interferes with
the former it ought to be entrfly neglected. but 9th
erwise, there cannot be GREATER satisfaction to an
honest mind than to those approbatIOLs which it
gives ITSELF seconded by the applauses of the public
man is more sure of bis collduct, when the
dict which he passes upon his behavior is thus
warranted and confirmed by the opinion Of all that
knew him.
"Any sleighing out your way, Bob!"
"HeaPs Of it, and plenty more lying against the
fence"
"Fond of itl'
Nothing shorter. Kilt FIVE horses last week If
that don't show Pm fond of s5eighing, don't know
what would"
a smooth sea never made skiIful mariner. Meth
er do uninterrupted prosperity and success qualify
man for usefulness or happiness The storms OF ad-
yersity, like the storms OF the ocean, rouses the ia
cultes and excite the invention, produce skill, and
fortitude of the yoyager
From the cradle 10 the grave, mankind need the
aid OF their fellows; we catinot exist without it
high or low, rich or poor 1t is a condition Of one
being; all who need aid hayU right to ask it; none
who are able to give il can refuse without danger
The first ingredient In CONVERSATION is truth; the
next, good senses the thlFdf good AumOr; ana the
last, wit.
The more a good man is Known the wider his vir-
tues spread.
He that riseth late must trot all day, and shall
scarce overtake his business lat night.
The idle man is more per4 licked what to do than
the industrious in doing whit he ought.
If the clock of the tongue be set by the dial Of
the heart, it will not go right.
II folly were physical pain, what moaning and
groaning this world would bel
There is no landing on the shore Of felicity with
out sailing Ia the bark of fidelity.