The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1868-07-19
,.orv1ro STAB AND CATHOLIC MEssENahh
~>->,,I, ~>~>cR oRIEANs SUNDAY. JULY 10. ie"e'
WIT AND WISDOM.

,,pxu ORLEANS, SUNDAY, oOLh '''
WIT AND WISDOM
Cork whisky is called light refreshments
The appropriation cla"se-A PICK -poeNe' )
fngers: ....
Circulating Medium-An itinerant sp'r-
itualist.
A rod in ones yard is better than on
ones back
A love that is never fecipfoe''e">
ralgic affection.
Troubles are like babies-they grow
bigger 10y nursing
When is a farmer very maternalF "hen
he cradles his grain.
Why is a doll like jellyg Because 1t Is
made with eyes IN glass;
When is a man compelled to keep his
wordP When no one will take 1t.
man carrying bucket of mortar on
his head must be a sublime character.
The man who was brought up standing
must have worn out many shoes ana Doots.
AS is a fable or n play, SO is life. 1t mat
ters not how long it has been acted, but
how we'll.
According to the latest definition, a bach
..lor is n man who has lost the opportunity
Of making n woman miserable.
An exchange suggests that the druggists
are indictable for selling blisters, under the
law against inflammatory placards.
Some author says that one of the uses OF
advcrsity is to bring us out. That's true
particularly mt the knees and elbows.
Every day is little life, and our whole
life is but day repeated; lneIeaore' 't l''e
every day rs if it would be the last.
In life we shall find many men that are
great, and some men that are good, but
very few men that are both great and good
81 won't pay for steaks as tough as
these,n said an angry boarder; there's no
law to compel me-they are not legal
tender"
A husband, on being told the other eve
ming that his wife had lost her temper, re-
piled he was glad of it, for it was a very
bad one.
"Harry, did you ask Hicks for that
money fn 90 Yes.S "What did he say p
"He just kicked me into the road-that's
all he said"
People may talk of the equality of the
sexes! They are not equal. The silent
smile of sensible, loving woman will van
luish ten men,.
President johnson is reported to he al
excellent tailor but, however that may be
he made an extravagant suit for the I'M
peachment managers.
Having heard that certain person "de
without q will" Judy asks If anybody eve
died 90 with a will :" Yes; Il poet die
with w i'll shakespeare.
man who is advertising lodgings to II
for early risers," adds: "Cocllln-ChI
fowls, of unusual vocal powers, are kept O
the adjoining premises.
~ It is said that modesty becomes woman
but is ruinous to man. This Is, perhaps
sufficient explanation of its almost univers'
absence in the male biped.
1t was an apt answer of the young lad
who, on being asked where was her natl,
;o1
daughter of Methodist minister"
"Humbug, sir! never cared for al
thinr!" a. not even your children ?" o
true. when they were little" And yo
diamondsin "When they were big:"
A learned Hoboken clergyman recent
said: "One of the cOmmOnest and mo
conclusive proofs that man is made of eli
is the brick so often found in his hat"
"Im not myself at all to-day" said
bore to the artist Inman. "No matter
that" was the reply; whoever else y.
may be, you are o gamer by the change
In governments the greatest streng
should be at the base, not at the top;
it is as difficult to Overturn pyramid as
preserve the balance of an inverted cone
"I wish 1 could have seen your fea
said lady to a gentleman who had II
with an adventure. "There they ar
said he, pointing to his pedal extremiti
An old topper was heard, the other day,
advise q young man to get married: 8.
cause, then, my boy, you'll have somebo
to pull off your boots when you go ho
drunk
elbow long did Adam remain in Parad
before he had sinned ~ asked an admirs
cara sposa of her loving husband. 90
he got q wife," answered the husba
eNamAy.
An intelligent farmer, being asked if
horses were we'll matched, replied:
they are matched first rate one is will
to do all the work, and the other is will
that he should"