The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1875-08-18
SAYINGS AND DOIxas.

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| What hast thine hidden faa5 in store
| For mine, to-rnorr9w, and f3I IA?
l o thou to-norra8l what sss9f 3
In store to make mo beaS hs fsfs a..
% day in which we shall forge. &+sR ~
The tangled tronblss Of to-day a. F1sssss
O day that laughs at dHn#, as
o day of promises 8gi u Ae
. shelter from all -0s
~ day in which We kbks fas. la.
% safest, bast day fag VI
Con gient day Of atAai 80 $
Hold hek the siadola d q storm.
O blssaea Tomorrow sbfest friend.
Let not thy mystery be fssg
But lead Us bLinafol1 20 the end.
-1Jodqtias 4illaHsy
You'ge pinned il back, he cried with lsAiatstss
llaT than yoE4
IyuRfga arecent tornado in Minnesokzs
d couple Of sheep were carried fully
mile and landed in tree top, and W ~
found pinned together by board @.a
had been driven through the bodice 20
the poor animals.
MANY definitions thes@have been OF
gentleman, but the prettiest and
most pathetic, is that given by young
lady. ga gentleman" says she, " is
human being combining womans ten
dorness with mans COURAGE
IT is folly 70 call the joys of childhooi
the greatest They are like the earliest
flowers of spring, the crocua, lovely
and riehIy-tinted, but small and scent
less. It il summer that brings forth
flowers of matured splend0r and fra
GRANGE.
NATURE is the only workman to whom
no material is worthless, the only
chemist in whose laboratory there are
no waste products, and the only artl
whose compositions are infinitely va
ried. and whose fertility Of invention ls
inexbaustible.
If some are refined, like gold, in the
furnace of sffliction, there are many
more that, like chaff, are consumed in
it. Sorrow, when it is excessive, takes
away fervor from plenty, vigor from
action, health from the reason, and re-
pose from the conscience.
HAVE the courage to give, OCCASION
ally, that which you can i'll afford to
spare; giving what you do not want,
nor value, neither brings nor deserves
thanks in return; who is grateful for
drink OF water from another's overflow
ing we'll, however delicious the draught?
PRoF, WILLIAM HAGEN, OF the acad-
emy of civil engineers, Berlin, predicts
the failure OF the ietty system now be-
ing constructed at the mouth OF the
Mississippi, and declares that the large
amount of money appropriated ny
congress for that work will be total
| loss.
A RED HEADED lady, who was ambI-
+;ons of literarv distinction, found but
poor sale for her book. A gentleman,
| in speaking Of her disappointment,
said "Her hair is red if her book ls
not" An auditor, in attempting to re-
late the Joke elsewhere, SAID "S She has
red hair if her book hasn't.
IT was a beautiful idea in the mind 81
] iitggg pirl. Will 6EI hESlli 1sss5 faded
/ rose around which three little buds
were ipge unfolding, exclaimed to her
| lfsFle brother, s. X, Willie, thegs little
buds have Awakened in lime to kiss
their mother before che dies.
A aENrnEMAN relates, after leaving 9
paper OF which he was the editor, and
returning on visit, he wrote leader
for the new editor, and he really thought
it good-better than he had written for
months. Next day he net an old ac-
duaintance with o paper in bis hand.
"Ah." said he, "this paper is but
miserable thing now-nothing like what
il was when You had it I"-and pointing
| In the article he had written, he CON
tinued-"Look, for instance, at that
thing Why didn't that fool lot you
write the article?"
THERE is q story of traveller who,
wishing 10 reach Barnet, had somehow
cot turned round, and was trottlng
along very composedly in the opposite
direction from the right one to that
town. Meeting farmer in the road, no
drew up, and asked, " How tar 10 IL 10
Barnet, if keep straight On p " Wen,
said the farmer, with twinkle IN DIS
intelligent eye, eff ye keep straight on
the way ye are going now, it's about
twenty FIVE thousand miles; but If ye
turn right round, and go tother way
it's about half mile"
| A GENTLEMAN who has Just arrived
here from the west had a somewhat re-
markable experience yesterday. just
after the train left Fremont he and his
daughter were engaged in eating
lunch. when the daughter removed seY-
eral handsome rings from her fingers
and handed them to her father TO take
care of until the lunch had been dis
posed of. The gentleman took up some
chicken bones with the hand containing
the rings, and, in moment OF absent
nniudednegs, threw bones and rings ont
of the open window of the car. The
rings were valued at 81, 00.-OD1aha
| Herald.
Tn the accessories to lady's toilet is
noticeable the extravagant display oil
laceg. Mechlin standing high in favor.
Not only are the costly kinds, sqc9 nc. "a. as
point de- Alencon, Applique ana Fai1h-
ciennes, called into requisitlon, oub bhe
inexpensive and fluffy ones, which are
immensely becoming and witnin Sne
reach of all. The novelty IN belts II
the gross grain ribbon, not more than
two inches wide, and worn about ire
waist to fasten in front on the iei5 side
in q bow. with loops and ends reaching
nearly or quite 10 the knee; aiSo' the
narrow Russian leather ones e1hiDlSed
in most Of the shops.
THE man who swears turns speech
into curse, and before his time re-
bearses the dialect OF hell. He waits tor
M halt but "biteg at the devils bare
book." The shrewd Quaker's advice 70
the Drofane youth, "Swear away, my
young friend, till thee gets all that , BAD
stuff out Of thee, points to the real
source Of the vice for it is out Of an an
evil heart that proceeds evil tb9a8hts,
: false witness, and bIasphemies' We fear
that the purest tongue will need p4r.-
fviua before it is fit to join in The ceIs6-
fial praise Of Gods upper temple. Eor
; that worship let us attune our voices py
ceaseless prayers, by words OF l9Ve' ny
! earnest vindications OF the Tight' w
: babisual " speech seasoned win SAT-
OF divine grace. The melody o. hea4ol, W.,
will spring from harmony OIL heaL'S % ~ ; ;
, each voice there will bear o pastS III ,t sho
sono Of Moses and the Lamb. --I5e0.
Thea. Il. Cuyter.
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