The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-08-09
WIT AND WISDOM.

Sheet music-The cry Of children IN oeo.
The best board of health-A light d'et.
A,ooa rohodv would grumble at-A gold
lode.
The wicked-est man III NE" AoiA
be q tallow- chandler.
1f+bon art a master, be sometimes bilnd
if a servant, sometimes zeal.
uCive the devil his due but pe care
fnl that there amt much due him.
at ia more blessed to give than 10 re-
eive.n applies particularly to advlce.
Great men differ from common ones IN
moral as wen as in intellectual qualities.
-colnmnies are as sparks, which, if you
ao not hlow them, will 60 out OF them
selves.
A had hat, taken to an evening party,
freouently comes out the next day as Sooo
rs new.
He who is right, and is doing right, need
not stop to inquire who OF "ha' STATUS
with him.
A pleasant .t;le of suicide-To hang
,aor The notes of pretty lady while she
is singing.
morose bachelor is of the opinion that
Loves Young dream often proves to be
Hymen's nightmare.
Seeing a cellar nearly finished. a Faggish
fellow remarked that it was an exceileht
foundation for q story.
The "weed" is tolerably good thing,
Int it is better to have it in the mouth than
on your hat or in your garden.
WHY ia Pow. -. the sculptor, very
mean mani y, '.,dse he chlseled poor
Greek slave out OF u piece OF marble.
Why would Venus descending from
Olvmpus be like liberal husband Be
canse abe would come down handsome.
WHY should physicians have a greater
horror of the sea than anybody else Be-
cause they are more liable to see sickness.
Fanny Fern having said that % the men
of the present day We're fast, Prentice
replies, "They have to be to catch the
women"
Such is the richness of the soil in Cali
fornia, that steel pens, If put IN the SOIL
over night, are found to be gold ones IN the
morning.
Coast the best place to go to have your leg
cut off? Because you will tiud the knee
grows there.
A boy was asked one day what made
him SO dirty, and his reply was, They
: tell me am made of dust, and ,spose it's
just working out
I'm told, Mr.. Jones, that you are be-
coming terrible hard dIinker." Not Il
bit cried Jones. "not bit-no man
ever drank easier
1t has been discovered that bread can be
manufactured out of wood. Long before
this discovery was made, all wood was
known to have grain in it.
Ouilp, who has heretofore been Uni
versalist, now believes there are two things
destined to be universally lost-his UNI
brel1a and the M IN who stole it.
- A gentleman undertook to carve joint
at dinner party, and did the work very
awkwardly. lyon shall not be my joint
executor, said his next neighbor.
Do not let Soar own irritability of tenn
per off upon those about you. If you kick
Stool that "got; mad" and not yourself.
:...::.fMy dear sir p said an election acquain
tunee, accosting sturdy wag on the da,
of election, !" I am very glad to see you.
NEEDN'T be-rve voted" was the reply
young lady in Sydney was told tina
party was to be given In that place, an
that lots of young men from Adeialo
would be present Yes" said she, IVA
cant lots
A boy eight years old, in one OF our put
lie schools, having been told that fepta
dis an animal that creeps,n on being aske
to name one, promptly and triumphant
replied, ga baby"
GLOW many regular, steady boardel
are there in this house :" asked a censu
taker of servant girl. There's tiftee
boarders in all, sir, but not more'n four {
'em is steady persons, sir"
"Never put off till tomorrow what 20
can do to day." said an advising mother t
her child. "Well, then, mamma, let m
eat the mince pie that's in the cupboard
was the child's precocious reply.
"Well, sir, do you entertain my pre-
position - asked spendthrift of perso
from whom he wished to borrow none.
"No, sir" was the prompt reply, br
your proposition has entertained me e,
ceedingly." 4
Nothing can be'done we'll that is don
in hurry" oracularly declared a certai
.pompous politician in New York one da
Seas eatehn sfRs 81 asked Wag at