American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1861-07-20


magistrate, sknow all men by these pres
ents, that this ERE twain aforesaid is hereby
made bone of one bone, and flesh of one
flesh; and, furthermore, may the Lord have
mercy on your souls Amen
left the Office with the conviction i'm
pressed. strongly upon my mind, that the
Squire, although not particularly posted up
In marriage, had very good general idea Of
legal forms and ceremonies.
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Bad luck is simply man with his hands
In his pocket and his pipe in his mouth,
looking On to see how it viii come out; good
luck is man of pluck, with his sleeves roll
ed up and working to make it come right.
The triumph of woman lies not in the adj
miration of her lover, but in the respect of
her husband and that can only be gained
by constant cultivation of those qualities
which she knows he most values.
We all take pleasure in many things of
which we cannot bear to be reminded. 1t
is pleasant, for instance, for an INDECENT man
to marry woman of fortune, but it is death
TO him to be told of it. A worthy Of this
sort, having accidentally possessed himself
Of his wife's piece of bread, while entertain
ing company at tea, apologetically remarked
-"My dear, believe / am eating your
bread" &c 0h,o said she, you have been
doing that for long time ~
Thackeray, in allusion to the little polite
fictions to which women are more addicted
than men, says, that if the ladies were to
tell the strict truth, the world would be a
bowling wilderness.
Philanthropy differs from benevolence
only in this: that benevoleoce extends to
every being that has life and sense, and Is,
of course, susceptible of pain and pleasure /;
whereas philanthropy cannot comprehend
more than the human race.
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How women do admire weddings-not
their own, merely, but anybody's How
they throng the Churches, just to see the
ceremony p Then what animated descrip-
tions of the whole affair! What glowing &C
counts of what the bride had on ~ What
criticisms of the bridesmaid And in short,
what immense amount of shipper and gig
gle and prattle-all because two mohensiye
people are going, in legal and orderly way.
to set up housekeeping Funny, isn't it ?
Fun is the most conservative element of
society, and ought to be cherished and en-
Outraged by all lawful means. People never
plot mischief when they are merry Laugh
ter is an enemy to malice, foe to scandal and
friend to every virtue. 1t promotes good
temper, enliyens the heart and brightens the
intellect. Let US laugh when we can.
The following which we clip from the col
umns of one that isn't in the puzzle business,
is good, and will require categorical answer
In an eight cornered catty-cornered room
cat sits in each corner, seven cats are be-
fore each cat and cat sits on every cats
tail. How many cats are there in the o 5m2
Some people carry their hearts in their
heads; but the majority carry their hearts in
their stomachs.
How to make man scratch his head--Ask
him to inaor=e your note for about $40 900
Let not one failure discourage you He
that hada fall may stand as upright as he
ever did.
Breyity is in writing what charity is to
all other virtues. righteousness is worth
nothing without the one, nor authorship
without the other.
Laughter is to many men worse than
death. InnumerabIe duels have been fought
to prevent the pangs of ridicule, and to re-
venge them.
Men make terrible mistake when they
marry for beauty, for talent or for style; the
sweetest wives are those who possess the
magic secret of being contented under any
circumstances.
Z" have" says correspondent, ga pretty
juvenile friend, some five years of age named
Rosa. Some days ago she was leased good
deal by gentleman who visits the family,
who finally wound up by saying Rosa, |
don't love you sAh, but you got to lore
me p said the child. why sol asked her
tormentor. Why said Rosa, the Bible
says you must love them that hate you, and
Lam sure I hate you' Was that bad for a
child %
He who is passionate and hasty is gener-