The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-04-12
VII AND w1sDox.
An old bachelor advertises for wife
as follows. OF course he'll get her:

as follows. Of course he'll get her:
~ want q wife, Arst-rate wife,
A girl that's all my own.
To cook my meals and cheer my life
With smiling word and tone.
+ "A girl that ne'er viii pledge a vow
TO any chap bnt me;
That's been brought up to milk n COW,
q And have warm cakes for tea.
.'She must he graceful MS the bell
Upon the lily found;
And make such butter az will sell
For forty cents . pound"
"A high rent-A hole in your hat
Water is better in the sea than in stocks,
kers
The lap of luxury-A cat enjoying her
Extension table-The multiplication
A good march-The march of improve
ment.
The lot which woman would share-The
ballot. r
1t is generally easier to pay attention
than debts.
He who lives to no purpose, lives to Il
bad purpose.
Search others for their virtues, and thy
self for thy vices.
Why is q learned man like scarlet7 Be-
cause he is deep read.
Virtue, charity, and mOdesty-the three
| charming graces of woman.
When the thermometer falls, how often,
on an average, does it break
1t is mistake to suppose the sun is sup
ported in the sky by its beams.
The more man possesses perfection, the
| less he will possess affectation.-
Why is a restless man in bed like Il law
RpcQuS4, he lies on all sides,
| Habit is a cable. We weave thread OF
| it every day, and at last we cannot break it.
The man who took his position probably
| carried it away, as he hasn't been seen
since.
Generosity wrong placed, becometh
vice; Il princely mind will undo Il private
family.
1t is good sign to- see the color of health
upon mans face, but not to see it all con-
centrated in his nose.
Action is the greatest law it is by steady.
strong, continuous action that all great
works are accomplished.
why should hanging he entitled capital
punishment when the man of capital has
the best chance of escaped
Chow is coal this morning 7" said man
in a coal yard to IN Irishman. Black as
liver, be jabbers," said Pat
The hog may not be thoroughly posted in
"
/ root, he ia there-the hog Is.
! A chap says he cured palpitation of the
heart by the application of another palpit-
ating heart to the part affected.
MOI man will ever fully find out what he
is by a mere survey of himself He must
explore if he would know himself.
Why should a woman be called one of
the beau sere, when it is we'll known that
all the beaux belong to the other sex.
/
with young gentleman, Immediately re-
vived on being asked to name the day.
Grappie ever with opportunity. And
you Do not know when an opportunity will
happen along, keep your graphing irons
always ready.
i There are truths which some despise,
because they have not examined them J.; and
7 which they will not examine, because they
despise them.
asked by huckster whether he was the
man of the house? In O subdued tone ne
replied, No, my wife is"
When a friend once told Plato what
scandalous stories his enemies had propa-
gated concerning him, will live so, re
piled the philosopher, "that no one shall
believe them"
There is no funeral SO sad to follow
4 the funeral of our own youth. which we
, have been pampering with fond desires,
ambitious hopes, and all. the bright berries
that hung in poisonous clusters over the
path of life.
3 A SLIGHT MIsTAkE.--The French CORE
spondent of a daily paper, in recent letter,
9 tells us that :" there are in France no less
than thirty thousand deaf and dumb"
, These figures are, without n doubt
Excuse us, Sir" all hum -
IT'S full well-known by every Z" lont"
That millions there are dumb
The following letter is perfect model in
, its way "Dear Brother-Fve got one OF
. the handsomest farms in the State, and have
4 it nearly paid for. Crops are good, prices