The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-06-30
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- Public officers very often make
mess of their messages.
v An eloquent speaker is like
river, greatest at the mouth.
~ The greatest misfortune Of life :
is old age without the remembrance Of
virtue.
~ It is q noble species of revenge
to have the power of severe Fetalia-
ton, and not to exercise it.
~ There is no substitute for
thorough going, ardent, and sincere
earnestness.
III The chain with which the devil
binds and holds many of his subjects is
made of gold,
II Idleness is the dead sea that
swallows all virtues, and the self-made
sepulehre Of living men.
II May We all be delivered from
the society of masculine woman or Q
feminine man.
y IF Christ denied innocent nature
out of love 20 Us, shall we not deny
corrupt nature out of love to him +?
II CareIessness is but little
better than i half way house between
accident and design.
) - If you would bring up your child
| in the way he should go, you must
tragel that road yourself occasionally.
~ Those who are careful to avoid
offending others, are not apt to take
offence themselves.
II Happiness is pig with greasy
tail, which every one runs after. but
nobody can hold.
" There are q class Of men too
shallow to have conscience, and too
cold to have heart.
| u Said an old topper to friend
the other day-.'If one swallow made
a summer, whata tropical region would
your stomach be, old fellow 7"
| IL Atthe North Pole. 90 whatever
way you will, you go due South; and
fat the Utmost height of joy you can
move only towards sorrow.
D IF men would but follow the adr
vice which they bestow gratuitously on
others, what reformation would be
i effected in their characters
H= Believe it to the be last of all in4
lfamies to prefer your existence to your
honor, or, for the sake of life, to loose
every inducement to live.
~ This world and the next resela.
bic the east and west, You cannot draw
near to one without turning your back
on the other.
IL Solitude gives holiness. II
enables us to see and calmly contem-
. plate great truths, at the thought of
which we might in society tremble.
p If we are loved by those around
US, we can bear the hostility of all. the
rest Of the world; just as if we were
!, before warm fire, we need not care for
all the ice in the Polar regions.
IL The Mormans contend that
polygamy is in accordance with the
Declaration of Independence, which
; proclaims that the pursuit of happiness
is an inalienable right,
IL Our life, it is true, has its
bright and its dark hours, yet none are
, wholly obscured, for when the sun of
! happiness is set, the reflected moonlight
of hope and memory is still around.
) g Virtue springs from industry as
a much as from religion. We care not
: how ''pious" man is, let him loaf
f week, and he will have the devil in him
bigger than woodcock,
: ~ lis quite astonishing TO per-
$ ceive what very different mortal a
Imam is, conyersing with woman, from
what he is when holding forth to bis
+ brother man.
II Passions, like wild horses, when
properly trained and disciplined, are
r capable of being applied to the noblest
It purposes; but when allowed to have
a their own way, they become dangerous
in the extreme.
1 IL We correct ourselves many
times better by the sight Of evil than
by good examples; and it is well to ac-
$ custom ourselves to profit by evil which
! is so common, in the place Of good,
! which is so rare.
II Small boy, on tip-toe, to his
companions-'So stop your noise all
of you" Companions-"Hello! Tom
my! what's the matter I" Small boy
" We've got new baby--it's very
IS weak and tired-walked all the way
q from heaven last night-musn't be
is kicking up row round here now"
T If a man simply asks you TO be
his surety, he will probably pay. If
of he makes you solemn speech of
d thanks, saying he is your debtor for
v ever. he most likely speaks the truth.
d But if he writes you a touching letter.
swearing that he will have his right
hand burned off before you win be hurt,
le you had better lay aside the money at
\. once, as Won arSSSure TO be let in.