The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1859-04-27

A PERFECT SHOWER OF AcEs.-I see mighty fun |
ny poker game once the Mississippi, going up
from New Orleans.
Thar war four old coast Frenchmen, hll sugar plan
ters just sold their crap and got theF Pockels luI
Of rocks. They went it strong, | ten ye Ihey /
got their backs and tails up Captain whisky had
got powerful grip OMEN. and if they wafnt
bumpin' it, 'hark from the tonlbp
AT last they to the bar to strech thar legs ana
wood up; and while they We're gone re mis-
chieyous lookin' chap, changin thaPaPefs
"Keep shady" SEE he, wnblh Up us tiaC wal
standip' ronud the table, land you'll see the old
boy rise directly"
Back comes The chaps, the Bperds wore dealt round
and / see thar eyes snappin'; but hll tryIn' to
look powerful solemn.
blind war bet, and up spoke the next baud.
Il see re blind and bets be5tair.'
II see Eat an five dollar
Twenty bettair san youth hal
"Sacray toenalsl Won hundred betthir IAN you
Oh, ginger! such a shein ls thar war 70 be shua!
and when dimes dry, they draFed drafts on
New Orleans and give notes ill they'd bet all they
were worth, aud when the hand was called, every
Jack slaps four white aces, and dove Tor inc
pile, and such yellin', and curslnp and sacralh
as thar war when they diskifercd hbw they d oeeh
soldl
The deck on the table war all aces and as itwere
half deck poker they were playin5 every man got
five aces, aud thinkn another ace bad crawled INTO
the pack somehow they all kfched ofe and kept the
others.
One run for his pistols another pulls out his knife,
and if they'd only diskiverel who sFryed en- OUT,
thard been mighty slim chhnce fo1 him' put Chey
went that the captain had to iDtRrfere and smut
em all up.
well, Ann have you consented Iyet TO- be the
wife of Mr. Winter"
"No, Sally / didn't quite cpnsent.'
"Why noty | think that lie does 1--we you"
Yes, but he didn't pile uL the agony quite high
enough. When give my hand to / suItor, want
him to call upon the Gods 10 witness his deep de-
votion to me- want him to kneel at my feet, take
one Of my hands between both Of his, and with
look that would melt adanautine rock to pity, to
beg me to take pity on his sutfernEgs, and then
want him to end by swearing to blow his brains out
the spotif did not compassionate His miseries :
"ATy name is Jim Origins. Im 4 low thief-My
parents were ignorant folks, and myi advantages for
getten an eddycation was limited, | have been to
the penitentiary afore and sarged my time like
a man l went for priggng a watch. Now I'm
locked up for stealing two OF three emery oyercuts
am to stay here three years; | shall always cen
sure my parents for not eddycatingme Had bin
eddycated could with my brilliant native talents,
have been big thief believe obey call EN- de-
faulters
cts quite too bad of YOU Darby, Ito say that your
wife is worse than the devil" FAN phase your
riverauce, I'll prove it by the houly scrptur-l can
be the powers. Didn't your riVerknce, yesterday!
in your sarman, tell US that if resist the devil
he'll flee from us? Now, il resist ny wife she flies
at me-
you are pretty fellow, said the owner Of very
large wood pile to thief ''tO come here and steal
my wood while Pm asleep" Eyes, replied the
thief, "and suppose you would stay up there and
me break my back with lifting, le1ore you o1ei
to come and help me-"
Every freak of weather assumes a kind Of anniver
sary The meteOric shower which, fell on the ltf
of November, 1888 for three or fbuT years after
wards about the same time of the wear, the atmos
phere was characterised more or less with slmlla
phenomena.
A philosophical covey, who is doing she Stat'
some service at the Ohio penitentiay breaks out II
the following touching strain, which the lucky loca
editor Of the Cleayeand Plaudeael picked up IN tht
street:
a never shot bird in my life, said some one t.
his friend who replied, "Inever shot any thug II
the sharpe Of bird but squirrel, which klLlet
with stone, when it fell into tile rlvef ana was
drowned"
The cares andinfelicitieso Of life, which are spoken
Of as "hindrances to grace, may b4 hlndrances, gu
they are the only helps it has in this world. Ih
voice of proyocation is the voice Of God calling us t.
the practice Of patience.
Ancestry-A negro boy was driving mule, whei
the animal suddenly stopped, and refused to bulge
won't 60, hey2" said the little wooAy head, "fee
grand, do We? sPose ye forgot Yer father was
jackass"
Hope Is very fallacious, and promises NOR
valuable than the gifts of fortune, and it very seldom
indeed illustrates without ASSUMING US OF recon-
pensing the delay by great bounty !,
Wealth brings care and apprehension. ihe Col
chan ram with the golden fleece, though furnished
with wings was probably in constRn fear Of getting
SHARED
why is fish peddling, morally cpnsideFed, an Oh
iectionable businessf Because one sells what b
knows to have been "hooked."
1t is said that a Chinanan, no matter where b
finds himself, is never perplexe4 Probably tn
reason is that he always has his cue;
Small newsboy to Mortified dandy-"W ont yo
stratch my cad, Mister? my ands is 80 cold can t.
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