The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1861-12-11


From thy earth
To the Edens where spirits have birth
'Iis the glorious Tablet ofLoye!'
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DUrcH CURE FOR CHmLs-As quinne is very dear
and scarce it may be improbable both to our ar
mics and to private families to revive the memory Of
an ancient remedy which was in almost universal use
before the Introduction Of the former drug 1t was
known by the Of the Dutch remedy for the cure
Of ague and fever. Has been used from timeimmemo-
rial among the Huguenot families Of the Santce among
whom there il tradition that twas brought to this
country by the ancestor Of one Of the families who
was a physician. q
The remedy quoted below pied from an old rc-
cipe book Though not professional man, can safe
ly vouch for its efficiency wheni was in vogue Il.
The recipe.-Two ounces Of Peruvian or dogwood
bark, two ounces Of cream Of tartar, sixty cloves
Manner OF using lt-Ihese ingredients to be rub
bed together in a mortar. The mixture to be divided
into twenty parts, four of which nixed in waterJ are
to be given the first day four or five the second and
two on every succeeding day until the whole shall have
been taken
1t is probable that the disease will be arrested on
the second third day, but the object in taking the
whole prescription IS to complete the by its tonic
property. Charleston Courier
A HIGHLY RESPECTABLE ASIMAL.-Our friend Peter
Schmnk Esq and his spouse were riding along the Con
atehighway the when an enormous swine
burst through the thcket with premonitory grunt and
dartiHg across the highway started old Dabo from the
usual and proper straightforward trot so much so that
upon the sand
Ugh, says Mrs. Schmink, ''what an ugly animal.
"a mistake, my DEAR says Mr.. Shrink 'that ami
nal measured according to all worldly rules that to
say by what he is WORTH is Of the most respectable
animals know Of Judge by his size that he will make
four hundred pounds of pork which cut up sated and
smoked in few weeks be worth in the market one
hundred and thirty dollars according to present quota
ton besides the olfas lard sausage meat brstes ana
50 on and tile chances Of still further rise in quota
tons"
"Bess my life says Mrs schminB, s'who would have
thought it, Why, the creature worthaI as much
Turkey carpet Or piano. Who would have thought
it,"
Whereupon the old lady looked after the hog quite
respectfully not to say lovingly Macon Tel
humorous old man fell in with an ignorant and rath
experiment young minister who proceeded to inform the
old gentleman in positive terms that lie would never
reach heaven, unless he was born again, and added
81 have experienced that change, and now feels no
anxiety
'And have you been born again?"
eyes, / trust have"
''Well,' said the old gentleman. cycling him utterly
81 don't think would hurt YOU young man. to be born
once more"
A little boy, only eight years old, now on visit to
the country and writing home to his mother, says:
eff you do not receive this letter. tell father that
wrote anyhow, for want him to know that keep my
promise about writing"
This like Pat who in writing to his better half said
'Whenyou call at the Posoffce for this ifthe post
master tells you that it is not there tell him he lies the
baste for sure, BddT be not writing at this present
moment entircIy?n
"What are you about?7 inquired a lunahc Of a cook
who was industriousy stripping the feathers from fowl
Dressing chicken answered the cook
y should call that undressing, said the crazy fellow
in reply
The cook looked reflective
a pretty girl was complaining TO Quaker friend that
she had COLI and was sadly plagued in the lips BY
chaps.
'I'riend" said Oebiiab othee should never let tbe
chaps come near thy lips"
An old maid who has her ewes little sideways On
matrimony says, 'he curse Of this war is that il will
make 50 many widows who viii be fierce to let mar
ried, and who know how to do it, Modest girls will
stand no chance at all"
Old bachelors do not live ag long as other mem thew
have nobody to mend heirclohes and darn thersocE-
ings. They catch cold, and their is nobody to make
peppermint tea for them and they drop off
4 sheep shouldbe judge of like danly-bv the fine
ness OF its coat We beg pardon Of the sheep for this
comparison, but it is apt. In both cases the coat is
the most valuable part of the animal I
10 KILL FLIEs.--Iake a boarding house pie cut it |
into thin slices and lay it where the insects can have
free access to It, In IS than fifteen minutes the whole
caboodle Of them will be dead with the choic
If pretty poultress marries Dll-menger why may
she said to make bad bargain of it? Because she lets
him have duck and gets nothing buta quac1 in re-
turn.
The pIeasantest things in the world are pleasant
thoughts and the greatest art in life is to have as many
of them as possible
Passionate wooing is like summer dust it lies on the
ground little while, and then slight wind comes and
away it is gone
1t is only great periods Of calamity that reveals to us
our great men, a comets revealed by total ecpses
of the sun.
Its very pleasant to slip down On the pavement oppo
site the house Of your mortal enemy and See him grin
ming at you from the window
lawyer on bis passage from Europe observed shark
and asked sailor what was, who replied: ''Here we
call EN- here sea lawyers
A popular writer says that men, like children, are
pleased with a rattle" Not much if it is at the end
of a snake.
Aserpen frequently destroys the harmony of ones do
nestle relations In the case Of OtheIlo it was hand.
kerchief-another style Of wiper
Marry not woman who is fond of spinning street
yarns, because such woman will not make good wife
and will never be contented at home.
Never make friends twice with a man if he has hepn
the aggressor He who inure you twice, will not do to
trust.
There are many pious people who are as careful of
their religion as OF their best service of china only
ing it on holy occasions.
Arevisng barrster having asked voter the value of
house, the answer was That depends upon what sort
Of wife there is in it,
Beautiful was the reply Of a venerable man to the
question, whether he still in the land of the living?
No but am almost there"
Why is young lady like bill Of exchange? Be :
she ought to be Settled" when she arrives at
maturity. r
Rhyming lovers generally WOO their sweethearts il
such wretched verse that it is wonder so many Of c
them are Tilted b
man being commissioned with on account Of his Q
wfes running away, said, don't pity me until she i
comes back"
TO MAKE An EzcELLANr JAM-Squeeze six or eight I
women nowadays into common stage-coacf y
Terrible pressure il the money market As The cal Y
said when the key of specie rolled over her !,
me lively and mercurial are open books, with the 4
leaves turned down at the notable passages u
II man is bittened bg dog he is most likely whet
the animal has the hyrophobia Or not to get mad
large heart expands the chest 1t is great deal bet s.
ter than gymnastics. -
Letno man be ashame to sneak what he is not ashamed il
to think and to feel. n
There is nothing so eevating TO woman as the love It
Of truly great and nobR man n
To be a Of the world, We must view that world 81
N every grade and in every prospective Ii
Love IS plant, which may bud in this life but must y
open and bloom and flourish in another y
Let infancy look forward and age backward this seems T
he true significance Of Janus double face W
Mrs Sally Sly says that when maries he goes to
n he 1euitpntigrv for life nj