The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1873-08-20
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To HAVE fish at supper-Just drop
them line.
A wELn-DREssED dog wears collar,
and pants in the summer.
WHEN does a man have to keep his
word? When no one will take it.
WITHOUT calmness it is utterly i'm
possible to show forth consistent action.
Mrs. PARTINGToN, dcscanting on art,
called Michael Angelo one of the old
mastiffs.
What is the difference between fixed
stars and shooting stars? The one arc
suns, the other darters. D.
LET the philosophers say what they
will, happiness is the elixer of life, that
makes us young in heart if not 10 per
son.
WHEN noble life has prepared old
age Mt is not the decline that it recalls,
but the first days of Immortality
Madame dc HGCL.
The man who seeks one thing in life,
and but one,
May hope to achieve it before life be dome; ,
/ But he who seeks az NlinRs wherever he goes,
Only roaps from thaUopes which around lin Il"
harvest of barren regrets Omen Meredith;
A KIND expression of countenanee can
make the most homely pleasing; an
honest heart and friendly acts make
the dullest lOvable.
LET US make our account with the
actual rather than seek excuses for self
indulgence, in pensive preference OF
something that might have been.-jf0r-
leg.
How the poor child is worried ON
whom but n little spark of vanity is dis
covered, and yet what q poor miserable
creature is the man who has no vanity.
Goethe.
THOUGHTS come into our minds by
avenues which we never left open, and
thoughts go out of our mind through
avenues which we never voluntarily
opened. d.-E3ncrSOn.
HOWEVER deeply the violet may be
hidden, its perfume betrays it, and leads
to it's discovery. 1t is the same with
woman, those only are neglected who
are not worth the trouble Of seeking
A CERTAIN periwig maker had for.
sign picture of Absalom hanging from
the branches of tree by the hair of his
head, and underneath the following
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THE great make us feet, first ofs aii,
the indifference of circumstances. They
call into activity the higher perceptions
and subdue the low habits of comfort
and luxury but the higher perceptions
find their objects everywhere only the
low habits need places and banquets.-
Emerson. -u.-t
A GREAT many people seem to miss
their vocation because their bodies do
not happen to fit their souls. This IS
one of the advantages of middle age;
people have got used to their bodies
and to their faults; they know how.to
use them, to spare them, and they do
not expect too ch.--Mts8 1hGc6eTH.
I AM not going to undervalue' the
charm of wisdom, nor the majestic Joy
which comes from loving principles OF
right a; but if I could only have one OF
them, give me the Joy Of the affections;
my delight in others, theirs in me, the
joy of delghting rather than the delight
of Observation-Disclosures Parker.
Vo1TA1RE rated literature rs it ought
to be rated, as below action not be-
cause written speech is less OF force
but because the speculation and criticism
of literature makes less demand than
the conduct of great affairs. on quail
ties that are rare in combination, on
temper, foresight, strength of intelll-
gence and strength of character. -MoT-
Ley.
IT SEEMS to me that just because we
are intended, as long as we live, to be
in n state of intense moral effort, we are
not intended to be in intense physical
or intellectual effort. Our full ener-
gies are to be given to the souls work,
to the great fight with the dragon, the
taking the kingdom of heaven BY force.
But the body's work and the heads
work are to be done quietly, and com
paratively without effort.-Rm8letn.-