The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-01-01
WIT AND w1sDoM.

AySVOW Olu gracefully Is hue aCcOm-
sure way to make an impression-Fall |
down In the mud.
The dainties of the great are the tears of
ID poor. ar.-l,
shen is man obliged to keep his wordP
Wh&n no one will take it.
K 1eSn are like potatoes-they don't know
Qt1eO0n they may be in hot water.
IL great mistake to suppose the sun |
ksoNpported in the skies merely by it's own
1ndness-The best ointment in the
1l613a to render still temper completely
IH1le.
me very good women make too much
emselves, particularly when thsy wear
bline.
hen is 1blow from lady welcome 3
10 she strikes you agreeably. 1t is well
b then.
ne man who slept under the cover of
& says he came near freezing for want
Dthes. e
Then q man becomes rich with dirty
ey," nobody should regret it if he gets
ned out"
H. bople engaged in the mint ought to be
for the reason that they know how to
Re money"
xman we have heard of is 80 short, that
then he il i'll he don't know whether he has
pe&dache or cOrns. =
4 Mrs. Boffin is still much troubled to know
Why GOLD shouldn't be discovered in pints
. we'll as in quartz.
Every plain girl has one Constitutional
though not pretty young lady, she will
II she lives, be pretty old one. Here's
hope!
81 In country graveyard in New Jersey
there is plain stone with this inscription
sn Julia Adams, died of thin shoes, April
az, 1889, aged 49,"
n A negress took the prize for dentistry at
the Texas State Fair.-she knocked her
husbands teeth out with poker without
breaking bone.
"a friend of ours, twitted upon having q
piece of broken crockery standing on his
afdeboard, retorted that he liked to display
- piece Of plate"
Twenty married women in this country
prcpose to become preachers. Heretofore
Stese ladies have been content to confine
themselves to lecturing.
The Woman Question" Can you let me
have twenty dollars this morning 7" The
Nan Ouestion-"Whatd did you do with that
dfliar gave you last week 7"
As we sometimes hear of a man being
Within an inch Of losing his life, we want
- know what is the distance in yards that
will insure u person immunity from acci-
dent.
Is Where's your filial gratitude, you bad
I bOyf What would you have been without
xbur kind father and mother" spose
- how might be poor little innocent or
han, sir"
h" What death would you prefer to die?''
aid one person to another. dou't ex-
etly know. l should like to try seven or
git deaths before deciding on SO impor-
Int a point"
"A Boston critic says of a recent Nilsson
$ncert, that every note fell upon the
- like a spray of diamonds" Such notes
fsrsll And no difficulty in obtaining a wide
Ia very polite FreDchman being asked
shy he applauded SO vehemently at the
telose of 81 wretehed performance, replied,
Faithfully, :" Mon Dieu because IL Is ILL
5Sahed."
IA Tilted swain spitefully says: Eve did
Arg know as much as her daughters OF the
Il resent day. Had they been i'll her place.
sustead of being deceived, they would have
eceived the devil"
x lady declared to us the other day that
he "would'nt be a cook for the whole
Sprld." For the ,chole aoortd, indeed! we
&honld say not. Why, she couio never se'
Ar0ugh the work.
E4ryreditor-"How often must climb thee
4,nfrs of stairs before get the amount Oh
F&fs little account Z" Debtor" DO you
&l5sk / am going to rent place on nrst
3sisr merely for the accommodation OF my
zitors 2"
You bachelors ought to be taxed" SAID
Aa&sdv who was a vixen, to an invader Oh
#s;s. matrimonial moose. 81 agree with you,
&32a9am. - was the reply; bachelorlsm Is
4ssSimes a great luxury" No rejoinder
my friend, don't you know that IL is
&sT, dangerous to take a nap while the cars
sssS3fn motion Z" "Why mol" exclaimed
KS astopished individual, waking up
1870 % because the train runs over
Mk4o there's another rupture at NOUN
RtsSsfsrous," said Mrs. Partington, as she
EN- tNown her paper and put up specs
sf}sA naper tells us about the burning la
sfsrnnning down the mountain, but u
fs&4& tell how it got fire."
INA lady to a hackman-" But these
&a are dangerous. You never know
'2 r;des in them. We might get thu
Il I'M, -noxu Coachee-" You've no cause
,sha afeard Of nv coach, mum, for I've
II the hind wheel wacclnated, ana IL 'oo'
utiful."
little boy, six years old, and littl'
"a eight. were looking at the CLOUDS ON
5Rutifi1l summer evening, watching thel
stastic shapes, when the boy exclaimed !,
IN. Minnie, see a dog in the clouas.