The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-06-28
MORNING STAR AID CATHOLIC xrsuxaxR
NEW ORLEANS SUNDAY, JUNE %, 1858,
WIT And w1suon.

The real victim of coquette is the man
she marrles. st
The man who lives for himself alone lives
for mean fellow. .a
1t is less difficult to hide thousand
pounds than hole ingone's coat.
The surest way of making dupe is to
let your victim think you are his.
If you want enemies, excel others; if you
want friends, let others excel you.> ~.
Greeley says his course is straight one.
Prentice thinhs his jacket ought to boz
Be temperate in diet. Our first parents
ate themselves out Of house and home.
Many complain that they are not appre-
ciated properly simply because they are.
Advice to Young ladies-If you have
taper fingers, mind you don't burn them.
Make yourself an honest man, and then
you are sure there is one rascal less in the
world.
"I didn't think you'd he SO hard with
me !" as the shark said when he bit the
/; anchor. -s-s,..s-s-s-s-i - -.-+-s,s
The greatest coward may avoid shaking
in his shoes by wearing boots. or going bare
footed.
He who asks no questions ut all il queer;
but he who asks many questions is the
querist.
In all matters, except little matter of
the tongue. woman can generally hold
her own.
Never expect any assistance OF console
ton in your necessities from drinking COM
paniOns. A
A Western editor, in one of his papers,
says: 81 For the effects of intemperance, see
our inside.'
The more woman's waist is shaped like
an hour-glass, the quicker will her sands Of
life run out.
A cu1prit in Buffalo pleaded intoxication
as an excuse for bigamy. A singular case
of seeing double.
The man who couldn't stand it any
longer" has taken a seat, and now feels
quite comfortable.
An Illinois farmer was caught in q corn
shelter, and came out with nothing on but
his boots and neck-tie.
The man who is writing " History of
the Devil, has gone to Chicago to collect
materials for his work.
10 every eye, heayen and earth seem to
embrace in the distance.
dumping is not half done Wife-aWeii,
finish it, then, my dear"
1t is said that watch dog is not SO large
in the morning as at night, because he Is
let out at night, and taken in in the morn
ing.
A hackman, who was getting some vater
for Lady passengers, when asked what he
stopped Sor, replied, 81 ana watering my
whas Is In dinsrsnce between disssssd
potato and 3 bee-htyef None d n |, for
the 9es d = apsssssesr, ard Tho eshss IL 8
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M asAsss - aes person Aisesrhs the
.hols sse ess . mn t ~ 49, go,
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1Ess. CJaeAG esAePseined in the evening
that tie a1ks "a for ThsnkagiyfnS
did NOT - e PfebAhly n said yenkins,
g is was n6s s{iSA tsxksy." q s's5'its7 rsEt
At this, sssSip III fke .colioa.ix, the mar
ratos,. nos Seang e. intrSds !! sp gs the the
privacy # thsE gstsf, concludes i would
Mrs. Rugs. . wi4sw, haging taken Mi;
how she liked The change, repiied Oh,
have got ria ef my Rugg for good Prise"
A cleroynan, In the course Of q sermon,
reoently ren3aS&ed :ss&You need not clasp
your hands nd Jensly in prayer that you
can't open Sli1sn when the contribution bog
comes rouuxE ~ t-.%'tss a. 9al'aFst =
A gentssmai, hiring servant, after pa
asked, 1And have you any children ~ re-
Piled, y" Yes, have five, but can drown two
or three, if you insist upon it."
Father" said a cobbler's lad, as he was
pegging away at an old shoe, they say
that trout bite like everything, now"
'.Well, wen" replied the old gentleman,
:: stick to your work, and they won't bite
you" -.
g How shall I sell my horse ?" said a
Jockey to an acquaintance; I" his tail came
off in less than six hours after l bought
him. "Sell him at wholesale, for no hon
orable man would retail him." was the
reply.
The Saturday Review says, that, consider
ing how many idiotic men there are in the
world with whom good women have to live,
it is q blessing to the good women that they
should not be able to know an idiot when