The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1860-01-25
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quiring into the proprie.y Of taxing bachelors,
past thirty years Of age, $40 per annum for the
education Of poor children.
"That which thol hast to do, do it with all thy
might" said q clergyman to his son one morning.
So did" said Bill, With an enthusiastic CLEAN
in his ere.
aAh! what was it darling = and the fathers
finger ran through the offspring curls.
sWhy, ralloped Jack Edwards till he yelled
ike blue blazes You should just have heard hin,
holsr dad" 500
Tie father looked unhappy while he explained
TO him that the precept did not apply to an act like
that.
All, me- said pious lady, "our minister wasa
very powerful preacher, for the short time he
administered the word u word cf God among US,
he kicked three pnlpils to pieces, and banged the
in'ards out Of five Bibles
A farmers wife, speaking 1T the smartness apt
ness and Intelligence Of hsr son, a lad six years
old, to ! lady acquaintance, and said: I" he can
read auently in any part Of the Bible, repeat the
whole catechisln, and weed onions as well As his
father = Yes, mother added the young hope.
fui, and esnd yesterday licked Ned Rawson,
throwed the cstin the well, md stole old Hekleys
gimblet. ..js
WELCOME HonE.-GE0. r. NORRIS.
| 70 slksags Jf ri
ny Mary comes II is the hour
She promised to be here:
Taught BY loves strange mysterious power
| know that she is near, 81 /.
hear the melody she sings
Beneath our happy dome,
And now the woodland CHEEKY rings
s With Marys welcome home.
Ny Mays voice! Ishear i thrill
In rapture on the gale, s
AS she comes gliding down the hill
+ To meet me in the vale
In all the world, on land or sea,
Where'er chance to roam,
No music is so sweet To me
AS Aary's welcome home. ISL
paper IN the northsf part Of California tells O
turDips growing inthat region to such size as to
"aplt the earth for miles around" and cabbages,
the sprawling leaves Of which darken square miles
Of laudl That viii do.
There's no humbug about these sardines,
said Brown, as he helped himself to the third
plateful from a newly-opened box; they are The
genuine, and came al the way from the Mediter
ranean." eyes," replied his economical wife
"and if you will only control yonr appetite, they
/ will go great deal further" Brown didn't ash
for any more.
How come such greasy mess in tho oven !
said fdgety spinster TO her maid Of all work.
aWhy,ns replied the girl, the candles fellintt
somewater, and 4 put them in the oven to dry. "
Sake, in his g Benedict's Appeal TO Bachelor
has the following:
Don't search for an angel Q minute;
For granting you vilnin the sequel, IS
The deuce, after all, would be.init,
With union 90 very unequal!
s The angels, il must be confessed,
In this world are rather uncommon;
q And allow me- dearl Cbarles,to suggest
Il You'll be better content with woman.
d Cato, being scurrilonsly treated BY . low an
i vicious fellow, said TO him s. A contest betwee
us is very unequsl for thou canst Lear Illanguag
with ease, and return it with pleasure and tol
it is unusual to hear and disagreeable tospkesk it
Mr.. Merryr ian Lathrop SAYS, when lie came 9
4 the steamer 10 California, they kept the CHECKER
q in the hotchwsy, the beef in the Jullwarks, nea
the stecrage, and wien they run out Of eggs, Ii
ship 'lay too
4 An editor an address before : Literary ASS
citation in Toronto, Canada, said "Experiene
teaches US, that ii requires hundred yearsto for
the oak, half century to form . good LAWYER,
quarter ofa century to make = general, and thrt
s generations to become . gentleman"
Heroism lives longer in the mind when associate
with women than With men. Florence Nightnga
and Grace Darling will be remembered when hui
dreds Of their masculine peers and superiors a
forgotten.
I'm an old-fashioned folio copy Of the Arcadi
preserved At Wilton, have been found two beau
J full and interesting relics lock Of Queen Ez
ii beth's hair, and an original poem, in the hand
Sir Phillip Sidney. The hair was given BY the f.
hand Of the Queen TO her young hero. The 20
repaid the precious gift in tie following lines:
! Herr inward worth all outward worth traneends,
Envy her merits With regret comments;
: Like sparkling gems her virtues draw the light,
And in her conduct she was always bright,
6 Wbenshe imparts Der thoughts her wortlsha for
Aud sense and wisdom Gov in sweet discourse I
: The date Of this exchange Of gifts was is:
i, when the Queen was forty and the knight TWEEN,
i nine Ezabeth's lair s very fine, soft and sill
e with the undulation Of water its color, fair
burn Or golden brown, without tirge Of red,
her detractors assert but the soft lines are feck
Sc with light, aud shine as though powdered with g
,f d,,at r, nrary rn,,ntry nier the s,ln sysct