The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-04-16
10 Star and Catholic Messenger.
op1rANs. SUNDAY. APRIL l6. 1871.
WIT AND WISDOM.

hey are not generally ~ Ill inJui In
roetical genius describes ladies' lips II
the glowing gateway OF pork anu p''a- al
Il
ia now practising on saddle OF tt
ton. :.
= exchange says that the reason scnoo! x
delight to dig and explore caves 10
nuse Of the recesses there.
Him ~ said Joe, "what does the mulcted =
r. "Ah,. says say Jim. Jim aas o. oss s. Q
noet saws. " Oh, she was fair, but sor. i
came and left it's traces there ]" Whae
came Of the rest of the harness ne does {
81 state.
A voune lady being told by a friend Snas
IL dresses we're very much worn' reHAiea
that che knew it, for hers hao Two VI 'A
holes in 1t.
A nersop. hearing that "time is money,
h.copa desirous Of learning how many
vears il would take " to pay little deot VI
= hundred dollars" 1
A Young lady being asked by rlcn
bachelor, "n not yourself, who woa'a y%u
rather be Z" she replied, sweetiy an" noo
estly, Yours truly"
a Ouaker's admonition to man VINO
was pouring forth a volley of i'll Language
~ hin, was. 8" Have o care frlend; thou
mav'st run thy face against my hss."
, An eminent painter was once asked w sna
l,e mixed his cOtOre WITH IN OFueh " P:
t dus1 % vi brains, sir," was his answer.
A rounp gentleman who has just married
a little beauty says she would have peen
talier. Int she is made of such precious
material that Nature couldn't afford 1t.
A Paris physician writes to ask the re-
newal of a note which he owes givtng r as
-aason therefor, ave are in horriole
crisis. There ID not sicA n'"" ~
trict."
minister asked a tipsy fellow leaning
unooainst fence, where he expected 10 go
Ghen he died. eff can't get along any
better than 1 do now" he said' snan
go anywhere"
uWhat sustained our revolutionary slres
d,r;no their struggle for liberty ~ was
that q New Canaan pedagogue asked
f,ov' and was astonished when the ooy
said, "Their legs, SIR" .,
uHow fast they build houses now" sa,o
H., "they began that bniains + t"sI ,;1Sts j
1sYes.n answered his friend. ana next
week we will put in the nvers'
Meeting q negro on the road, t .1;sas
said. "You have lost some OF your irlenus
I sees" eyes, nassa" wv, was IL 1 S;a
or a distant relative W, ~ - x p the re-
ply. :: .,. bob;
AZ find, Dick, that you are IN the nso ,.
80 +at;na NV iokes and passing them of al
yonr own. Do you call that gentleman!
conducti" "TO be sure 90, ion; ;,,
S true gentleman Will "i""5e
from a friend. on r
Two nrisopers were lately acquitted OF
theft. The magistrate told them not I
Soma there again, or they might not DC ,I 9
] fortnnate. One of the prisoners said, NY
vour worship; We should not nave eo"'
now If weahad not been brought.
uNov NV how said committee maj
Tnaa a mince-pie, aud should Civ
+wo-twelfths of it to John, two-tweiIths
i fsaac. two-twelfths to Harry, and snoo
q take half the pie myself, wha' wouu III ~" 20
be left Speak up loud, so thaS al, 81 -
q hearn "The plate, Sir" answered. VI
s. boy.
the course of his travels in Japan, chur
Y a thousand feet long. A frieno cnecA
q him as he was going on hn,,a apn ' Eyerybo,
laughed at this absurdity, when the stor
tai,er flew into q passion and excialme
"a ssIt,s nv friends fault; if it hadn't oeen
him I'd have made the church square"
d Alderman ,G-"What is that hem ID
Read that aga ais;o nea of nature, the eau
ia enabled to take great supply OF io'
having been provided for that purpose -, "
t%raa stomachs." Alderman c." W
3. derful provision OF nature se e - came
81 it was! Three stomachs! anu ioi ~ o-
81 and we have only one!"
81 A burly Teuton, whose taste 1or /!
III conId not be disputed, entered an ohini
o one day SDS with q huge meerschau dn, in !.
Mouth and taking the only sni} y vSame s.
proceeded to d roll iof SEEING 'S this viola
of rules, called out to him, =" No s .1as
r. allowed" The Dutchman, taxing .he
from his mouth with an air Of .; asson.sh% d
thus replied to the polite It,,n arlvsr u
IL -oscals were annoying
Some .i young h ra1 snow-balling his no
9 as g Essssd out o' and caught ySans
Il and thinking him to be one s Of the on
ers, began to admip hasser he n0s Whipped
to SsT n1s the boy laughed until he stG
and Sought an explanation: . well Ha'
90. awfuiiy sold-I amt the boy"
IL In former days, when ROADS were