The weekly Louisianian., 1872-06-29
Hu n Or . U s..

An old topper addresses his bottle
thus:
IT'S very strange that you andI
+ Together cannot pull;
For you are full when am dry,
And dry when I am full.
The Mexican bread fruit tree is
to be introduced in Florida.
AGE or Pro N1No.-On the 18th
of May Pope Plus TX. entered upon
the eighty-6rst year Of his age, and
in q few weeks he will celebrate the
twenty-sixth anniversary of his Pom
ti6cate. No Pope has reigned so
many years consecutively, nor tra-
versed so many political and social
changes and revolutions. :.
(To lazy housemaid) -" Now,
Mary, you know I'm going to give
a ball tomorrow night, and I shall
expect you to bestir yourself, and
make yourself generally useful"
Eyes MN, but I'm sorry to say, MN,
I can't dance"
AT d revival meeting in one Of the
interior towns Of Mississippi, the
minister observed one of the con-
gregation to be sound asleep.
Shocked at such q sight, the good
man went up to the unconcious per-
son, awoke him, and asked him if
he was Christian. '.No," said the
man, II am an editor of a news
paper" ''Then let us pray" re-
piled the devoted minister, greatly
astonished at such an answer.
ALL MIXED Ur.-A certain wit
ness in IN assault and battery suit
We once heard, mixed up things
considerably, in giving his account
Of the affair. After relating how
Dennis came to time and struck
him, he proceeded:
$50, yer honor, I just hauled off
and wiped his jaw. Just then his
dog cum along, and I hit him
again"
"Hit the dog?"
-"No, yer honor, hit Dennis, And
then I up with q stun and throwed
it at him, and rolled him over and
over"
"Threw stone at Dennis?'
.<At the dog, yer honor. And he
got up and hit me again"
"The dog?"
"No, Dennis. And with that
stuck his tail betwixt his legs and
run off,
"Dennis9''
"No, the dog: And when he came
back at me he got me down and
pounded me, yer honor"
"The dog came back at you?"
f'No, Dennis, yer honor-and he
isn't hurt any at oil"
:'Who isn't hurt?'
The dog, yer honor"
A GENTLE REBuKE.-Al lady riding
in car on the New York Central
Railroad was disturbed in her read
ing by the conversation of two
gentlemen sitting opposite her. One
of them seemed to be a student of
some college on his way home for a
vacation.
He used much profane language,
greatly to the annoyance of the
lady.
She thought she would rebuke
him, and on begging pardon for in
terrupting them, asked the young
student if he had studied the Ian
guages.
eyes, madam; I have mastered
the languages quite we'll
'Do You read and speak Hebrew?
"Quite Auently.'
"Will you be 80 kind as to do mo
l - III Rns.~..0D
"With great pleasure, I am at
you service"
"Wll you be so kind as to do
your swearing in Hebrew" -.
We may well suppose the lady
was not annoyed any more by tho
ungentlemanly language of this
wouh-be gentleman.
The polonaise has been worn more
or less for several years, but it is now
an almost indispensable part Of. tho
dress. It is made in all sorts ofstyles
and All sorts Of materials, ind worn worn in
,aiscriminately IN the Kitchen and tho
drawing-roon.; Originally introduced
as an outdoor ganaeht, simple, yet
graceful, protective and convenient, it
has been changed, modified, ailar*.a.'
.Eana e improved ( until tl.ere i aath-
ing left II It but ita nauiIl. ,. sand =, a ,oo