The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1862-05-28

Then minstrel, sound thy harp once more,
And joyous be the strain;
Its melody may hope restore,
And soothe the heart Of pain.
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81 HATE HER"--I was walking down the street and
saw group ol little folks advancing talking very ear
nestly. One Anna Somebody did not distinguish the
the tieine ot the discourse, and the children
were expatiatng i oid and eager tones the Eaugh
illness in general arid her particular mesnness that
ing in the geography class.
''How mean she Isl said Kitty James
1.-THE ugest Old ding ever saw in my lile, echoed
Ella Saunders
80 she isl cried Susie Leigh with look Of uteri
disgust her pretty face, and In the tones OF her voice
II hate her Oh, no, don't either correcting herself
"because know ts wicked to hate folks, but IL
can't bear herr and his last spoken with great depth
and force it came from tie very bottom of her heart
The sentence was finished just al along, and
Susie raised ler eyF ard mel mine inteny xedo her
stopped short and 50 did the children. had never
spoken with any of them before though knew each
other by sght but Ieoudn 'thcpDuttng in word then
4Im GLAD you know it, wicked to hate Anna, said l.
addressing Susie, "utifl we're you wouldn't feel sol
towards her--Id love her
you couldn't lore her If you tried said Of tue
group, "shea 50 mean"
But Jesla teI4 lbs to love everybody even our ere
mics Besides, little girls, don't do mean, hateful
wicked thng# every dag, and yet God doesn't hate
or say he 'eaht bear u.s. lie does bear us-Ile loves
and cares lor US most tenderly."
The little folks bushed and looked at each other
swung their atehels and twisted their bonnet strings
and ii varioas ways showed their embarrassment while
talking to them It was rather awkward to haveI
stranger oserheal and notice their conversation Kitty
James older and confident than the rest vennTed
to ask
saWel, Ms. b, how can we love ugly people2 We
can't change our feelings.
All tie re5t looked a. If they thought this quite
puzzing question, and would like understand it a.
well as Kitty.
We mustloye Jesus, little grlsn said, ,'try to be
like him Tier il will come easy for usto be fogigng
forbeaing kind tenderhearted, as iies that when
people do Frong, We snail not hate them but pity them
and try make tIFen better, hope We shafaH have
this sweet sprit 3at Won: God can change our unnd
feelings, Kitty if Hsesk Him GOODBYE
don't kno8 What the cldrenthought Of uncerimo-I
nious teaching but noticed they turned the corner
and walked on that their voices more low and soft
andI hoped words had said would their thoughts
aud feelings running on a better track Than before.
Independent.
DR. Fr.al1n hevins noticed that 4 sefJail mechanic,
who worked nt,ai his Office, always smiling and
hapny venured to asi him for the secret of his con
slant cheefurss sNo secret, doctor, he replied 4
lave one Of the est Of wives and when 60 to work
she has kind @oid Of encouragement for me, and
when 90 home she mees with a snlile and kiss
and tn tcl is zre to be ready; and she has done So
many little things through the day 10 please me- that
/ cannot find y u my heart to speak 10 Enkind word
10 anybody.
The f5IIavag suits our taste exactly ana contains
much freight would be well for ali married couples to
bear il III mind There is nothing that tends SO much
vs. keep Vii holy fge IF love burning brightly those
little attentions which before marriage, the two parties
would consider themselves inexcusabe ii forgetting
People shoudrot stop counting when eygetmarred
but te contry shonld learn to court the more. This
laymg asde The lte endearmeMts that nufsed love into
being tiie very moment thatyou lave TO live on
1t oreVee IS almost perjury. Where people are joined
{6q life n il thematua interest and duty to render
themselves as Interesting objects Is one another as pos
sole ley should giTe their time ana attention one
another. md rot sestow them On esler persons"
Lord Gicon sse: Crafty men eoHtemn studies SIM
pie nenauniea hsa; wise men use them Tor they teach
not thera own use Read not to contradict to Ge
lieye bf to weigh and consider nebooks are 10 be
tasted-Ohers 10 be swallowed, and some few 10 be
chswed And digested Reading maketh td ma e, eon
ference ready man and writing an exact ma1-the
fore If 4 lr;lr write little, he need have great
memory if lie confer little have present wit; and ifhe
read e have much cunning to seem to know shat he
doth nov, Histories make men wise poets witty mahe
MATES subtle, natural philosophy deep morals grave,
logic grd rhetoric able to contend.
There is good story told Of an old deacon Of New
buryport WHO upon returning home from church one
Sunday found Tile boys had made up an egg-nog manu-
featuring company, instead Of attending service Heat
once cave them severe reprimad for such Conduct
The wo5thy deacon then whispered to she eldest boy
ssJohn is there any lef.' Probably the good deacon
meant VI spill it--somewhere!
Ask Il wife whether she would be willing to have her
husband drlnkaid? and she would answer mo! any,
thing sad everything out a uFunhAlQ ASK 9H2Dtlef
the question: and She would answer No let my son BE
anv monster bGt not dfunkard.9 Ask tamiiY and
they would answer. OGe drunka d is enough TO make
us afl 7retched With these uadeniaba facts before
her how can maiden trust her happiness e the care
Of adFAm-driiiker a wine.sippels
qlaker aiighing from the Bristol stage, on enter
ing thd inn called for some beer, and Observing the
pint efficient n quantity, thus addressed te andloFd:
s.Prayfriend hey many butts Of beer does 6hou draw
in a mbntb21 Ten sir replied honiface and ttou
tainly exclaimed the smiling landlord Them witeil
thee hbw friend added the quaker ELL the measure
Remarkably ugly man, conceded and silly, said to
a chan WHO HUI sit enough foi everything but making
mouev 'sWhF. 81, how thin youare. YonlIneyer pay
the debt Of nature I'm araid but will dgup and slow
away sWell retorted ST. you win ply ttat debt, at
all evehts fol- you owe nature 50 little thai yoa cant
repudiATe.'
ThcIspirt 67 tho Times says the most elegantly
dressed lady ID lte bah in Pniladelphia got up bY
set Of Nould-be exclusives Of the upper ten, was
washwpnaa, decked outin the linery of oneoH
her 6est ca toners practice not Uncommon With the
fair dabbers ~ soap suds.
bby III 4 eDuitFy printing Office, III setting up an
artieecatea school fer adults added to the last two
svlabls and the dav the readeTsof e paper were
surprised see proposition te esabilss school Tor
edulteEeers The boy said he thought il vas 70 he al
iashioha9.e institution.
HON does the Thermometer sandg asked fatherof
his son. .Ldont tand At all ithaugs, was the reply.
well but Bean how high Is t2 Just about five feet
from the looF Pooh! yoa goose how does the ner-
curv llngeg sUp and down, perpendicularlg
Aadctaon i 70 he always distinguished from lypoc
rsy Us being te art Of eounteeiting those qualities
ehchwe might With innocence and safety be known to
want. Hypocrisy is the necessary burden of vaing;
affcctkiion part Of the chosen trappings Of folly
'Jirn, how9 yoar ma?' Shes fat and strong -how'S
yoursP Feeble enough. I've got 50 can lick her
now ,nd hare everything my own way. Yop don'tsee
me gtIing errauds, and doing work about home IS yop
used TO-
Solhe Of tie mikmen very extravagant The
Albany journal says of them the other day sold
ouartof milk Tot sixpence and threw Ia very fespee
table quaatiiF Of Chalk gratis
Sreeter oi tie Boston Star, saws it very amusing
10 seh lids locked arm with gentleman, vino is
slightly elerated,' laced tipsy, drunk Then the
lsdy u protector and has to steady and guide the
Belle Estele Il deyotedly attached to music bit she
saws That natpres airs iang when played by
.rhe lungs of cross child She cannot admire such
ORGANS because they bore her ears.
Wit being asked what the word genius meant, re-
ed If yoa had it in vou you would not ask the cues
ton but you have you will never know what It
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