The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-07-25

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Asedussd gentleman Tho Giving skel.
A man had better be poisoned In hil
blood than in his principles.
How to get q country seat---Take a chaiI
into the suburbs and sit down. ),
Many who think themselves the pillars
of the church are Only its sleepers. ~
Gratitude is the music of the heart, wheu
its cords are swept by the breeze of kind
mesa. sc 1908 $40
It is all very well to advise people to take
the bull by the horns, but what will the
Aforesaid bull be about all the timer
So you say that walking sticks came
into use very long age f' "Not doubt O
it.; don't we read that Adam had Cain p
Have you ever broken q horse IN askei
a horse jockey. emo, not exactly; but
have broken three or four wagons replied
Simon.
The editor of Yankee newspaper says
that he never dotted an l but once in his
life, and that was in fight with con
Temporary.
The following notice is posted on O fenc,
in q London suburb: /" Whoever is found
trespassing ON these grounds will be sho
and prosecuted"
Some one observed the other day tina
"matches were made in heaven.n @Yes,
answered a wag, "and they are often dippe.
in the other place."
The mind Of man is like piece of land
that to be- useful must be manured will
learning, plowed with energy, Bown witt
virtue, and harvested with economy.
"Sam, why don't you talk to massa, an,
tell him to lay up treasures in heaven 3
"a fa-4 hot n Of lax,
treasures dar, when he never see 'em agin.
Boston spinster, at recent woman
rights convention, said she did not car,
about female suffrage unless it carried witt
it the right to make proposals. of marriage
A Western farmer advertises a fugaciou
wife, who, he says, "has left him just Al
his summer work is beginning, notwith
standing he had the expense of winterins
her."
"Mary,n said one girl to another, "car
you make up your mind to marry tina
.odious Mr.. Snuffw "Why, my dear Julia, !
was the reply, "I don't know, but NIGH
take him ut pinch"
81 say, JIM" said q plow-boy ono day
to his companion, !" know of new fashion
way to keep out the wet" "What is it =
"Why, if you eat o red herring for break.
fast QUILL be dry all day"
A consolation.--An old lady who ina
agined that the sea must be very dirty
because so many people battle in it, wa
cons0led by being informed that it wa
washed upon the beach every morning.
a buck, with q cigar in his mouth en-
tered Van Amburgh's menagerie, when th'
take the weed out of his mouth, lest h
should teach the other monkeys bad habits
"A Deggar III Dublin had been Ion,
besieging an old, gonty, tssty gentleman
mendicant civiIly replied +" I wis.,; Jon
honor'a heart was as tender as your toes.
at table declared he wished he could man
age without servants. Why not have
dumb waiter 2" BECAUSE returned tn
other, al have tried them-they dom
anstoer.n
"Why don't you whip that fellow ~ wa
asked of green specimen of humanit
who had gone through long quarrel
"Well,n he replied, ''he is o dangerou
man, for he had brother who killed hi
own self"
In speaking of clerical friend who pos
one said, the other day, " don't think h
drinks; in fact know he does not, for b
told me so but he probably sleeps in
bed with red curtains"
A gentleman who had drowned butter
fly in whiskey, SO as to preserve it, wa
demonstrated with by young lady for hi
cruelty. Another lady present remarks
that she did not think it was ut all crue
as it had died in such good spirits.
A witty clergyman, accosted by an oil
acquaintance by the name of Cobb, replied
al don't know you, sir" any name
| Cobb" rejoined the man, who was abou
half.sea over. Alb, sir, n replied til
Clergyman, "you have SO much of the cor
ON You that / did not see the cob"
"Would you marry that man, even if h
would keep q carriage and horses ~ aske
lady of her friend, at the same tim
| pointing to an awkward and wealthy suito
| whom she had refused. "No," said IL
friend with shudder, /" wouldn't MARI
him, not even if he kept livery stable"
A Scotchman put crown piece into til
plate in an EdiRburgh church on n Sunda
morning, by mistake, instead of a penn,
and asked TO have it back, but was refuses
"Aweel," grupted he, /" I'll get credit for
in heaven" &C Ma, ma" said the doorkeepe
g you'll get credit only for the penny J