The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1862-06-11

Free to bear fathers blessing.
"FoPLorr5cAr. Tile following lofty flight
taken from the message Of late governor OF
tile State Of Ohio:
The great central valley Of the west was
then in all its priIneyal grtnderr-lts mountains
lakes and quilts rivers gliding over cataacts,
or meanderug over vast aiIuglal piains-its
bouudless prairies and herds of butlaloes-its
forests unriYalled in exteut and variety, and It's
great tribes OF aborgncs, who from time IN
SHOWN had been the lord, of this vast domain.
The bold outlines Of the scene remain unchanged
and Interchangeable. The mountains are here,
and the Lkes-the rivers still dOw in their ac-
customed channels, but the buffalo have been
hunted from the praries, and the deer from the
forest Logan and Tecumsch are no more The
spirit of their race is broken Their children
have sulenly retired beyond the Father of
Waters, (" and buried the red scalping knife in
the ashes of despair"
FLowERs How the universal heart of man
blesses flowers They are wreathed round the
cradle. the marriage altar, and the tomb. Per-
sian in the far east delights in the perfume, and
writes his love in nosegays; while the Indian in
the far west claps his hands with glee as he gait
crs the abundant blOssoms-the Illuminated scrip
ture OF the prairics. The Cupid of the ancient
Hindoos tipped his arrows with flowers, and
orange buds are the bridal crown with Us, ma
ton Of Yesterday. Flowers garlanded the Grl-
clan altar, and they hang in yotiye wreaths b.
fore the christian shrine. All the have appro-
priated uses Flowers should deck the brow of
the youthful bride for they ARE in themselves a
lovely type of marriage They should Irvine
round the tomb, for their perpetuality renewed
beauty is A symbol of the resurrection. They
should festoon the altar, for their fragrance and
;heir beauty ascend in perpetual worship before
the Most High.
AN ACCOMMODATING DEACON.-At a recent
meeting Of a parish, solemn, straight-bodied
and most exemplary deacon submitted a report
In writing of the destitute widows and others
standing in need Of assistance in the parish
Are YOU sure, deacon" asked another solemn
brother, that you have embraced all the young
widows!' He said he believed he had done so;
but if any had been omitted the omission could
be easily corrected.
/ cobler of Widmerpool has lately put a pa
Der over his door bearing the following inscrip-
ton: Surgery performed here on old boots and
shoes by adding to the feet, making good the
lees, binding tie broken, healing the wounded,
mending the constitution and supporting the
osdy with new soes."
Anegro aft cted with stammering vas advised
10 take starch that he might be clearly under
stood took it in such very large quantities that
he become 50 stiff he could neither get his hands
in his pockets nor walk round a corner, and was
obliged to have his backbone taken out to ena-
BILE him to get bis boots of.
Gle is the freeman whom the truth makes
free" and she is the most beautiful whom the
heart makes beautiful.
"Praetisng law on christian principles the
Iawyer-editor OF u village paper, thinks to De
hard work
Obscurity in writing Is commonly an agument
of darkness ia the mind; the greatest learning
Is to be seen in the greatest painness.
..Mister postoffice, man, want to pay the
postage on this letter" Single or double
Miss?" Double, sir, was married last week
- Come, rest thee on this bosom, my OWL
stricken dcar,' as the gutter said to the tipsy
woman.
Here's our cure-all, as the wood sawyer salt
when he lent the surgeon his saw.
I'm gone sucker as the mosquito sale
when the loafer's hand crushed it.
"Dyeing done here" as the mirror said whel
tile maiden put rouge on her cheeks. Y
I'VE are plasterers," a. the ehall ball sai'
when the brunette was rubbing it on her face.
II want no more Of such confectionery" a
our devil said when he was distributing pi.
''What great swell we make in the street,
as the cotton whispered to the pettieoat.
Il love thee, as Billy said when he knoche
the neck of the champagne bottle.
1--WE draw with orr legs" as the dray hors
said when he met the danseuse
-, "There goes one Of us, as the milllners ap
prentice said when the dandy passed.
Life is ike hittering candle-one momen
il is all animation-the next it is chop fallen.
How much we favor one another, as tn
printing ink said to the dark lady.
They that laugh at every thing, and they tina
fret at every thing, are fools alike
/ Seen through golden speetacles, ones ylrtu
are many and giant-like.
TSpUsrRY.-Lose no time; be always employ
ed in something useful; cut of all unnecessar
actions.
MopERAuoS.-Avoid extremities; foroear re
setting injuries.