St. Landry democrat., 1878-05-18


Think of the baby at home" said -
"(How pretty he is to kiss y
1t Is white and warm in his little bed,
1t is dark and cold in this."
He laughed and sail, with his hand in the dew
OF the sweet, small grave close by,
Where the grass Of the lonesomest summer grew
" This baby does not cry
"A new song will soon appear called
"Put your arm around me, pet; the old
mans eyes are shet."
The effect of soap and honey upon q
bee sting is marvellous. If will make
fellow feel glad he was stung.
"A young lady rebukingly asks us
(Which is worse-to lace tight, or to
get tight % We give it up; we never
laced.
Mexico has tried the plan of having
three presidents, and the trouble is that
two Of them have to keep out of the
country.
The cuckoo is the greatest economist
among the birds; she lays in other birds
nests, and lets the birds hatch them out
at their leisure.
The horse always gets up from the
ground on his fore legs first, and the cow
on her hind legs, and then turns around
three times before he lies down.
The pot will keep on bilin' and de
cabbage will burn, but never burn up.
You all will be like dat cabbage if
you don't repent Virginia Colored
Preacher.
:. The Free Press wants to "gather
together all the English sparrows in this
country and put them down behind the
coat collar of the withered old moss back
in Troy who brought the first pair over"
"A Liverpool bird dealer has been
fined $75 and costs for going on spree
and leaving his birds and animals unfed.
Some were dead, Others weak and totter-
ing with starvation, and others had liter
ally gone mad.
"A pretty and stylish young lady
called in store the other day and re-
quested to see some lavender kids. She
was shown a variety of shades; but I'm"
able to choose from SO many different
shades of color she asked, Which OF
these pair are the lavenderest 2"
The Burlington Hawkeye says: at
is very difficult to look at the pictures in
Harper's Weekly of Stanley and five
negroes in a ski1 fighting 346, 1857, 035,-
544, 817 200, 900 savage negroes, all armed
with repeating and preech loadings rifles
at ten PAGES, without yielding to the
impression that either Mr.. Stanley is
given to prevarication, or the artist has
misunderstood his figures.
"A fatal accident occurred in an
English football field the other day. A
lad was run into violently by man
who jumped at him with protruding
knee. and struck him in the stomach.
The lad died soon after, and at the in
quest the man was committed for trial
for manslaughter, the jury also express>
ing the opinion that the game fought to
be erased from the pastimes of Eng
land"
Were a mind-reader to look into the
head Of the average young man, he
would undoubtedly observe the follow
ing thoughts: LIST, Self I'd, Self. Sd,
Self. 4th, Self. 5th, Self. 9Th, Self.
9TH, Self. There might be other
thoughts lowering about, but. they
would halt at the entrance, for just over
that extremely small openings appears
the inhospitab!e legend, " No Admit
tance."
My young friend, I observe that you
have used several French expressions in
your letter. I think, If yon will study
the English language, that you will find
it capable of expressing all the ideas
that you may have. have always
found it so, and in all that have writ
ten I do not recall an instance where I
was tempted to use foreign word, but
that, on searching, I have found better
one in my own language Bryant.
-" Now, then, state your case" said
Detroit lawyer the other day, as be
put five dollar bill away in his vest
pocket. "Well," began his client, "sup-
pose the man living next door wants to
put a barn right up against my line,
coming within two feet of my house p
" He can't do it, Sir. Can't do any such
thing" replied the lawyer. "But | want
to put my barn right up against his
line" remarked the client. "Oh--ah--
yes! I see. Well. cir, go right ahead
and put your barn there. All the law
in the case is on your side"