St. Landry democrat., 1878-07-06
WAITS AND WHIMSs

The empress of Austria wears a dress
with a trail thirty feet long, and two
miserable small boys have to carry it.
-" Zskial, don't tell anybody you
beau'd me home" "Sary, don't you
mind; am as much ashamed of it AZ
you are"
1t Is great deal easier to grumble
because the Lord did not give YOU more
than to be grateful for what he did give
you IN. Y. Herald.
Not long since distinguished lit
efary man was crossing Boston common,
"hen policeman, observing him tread
Ing on the grass, growled: Don't you
see that sign, Keep off the grass p"
" Certainly l do" was the reply. 81 am
doing all can to keep it off,"
A short time since Mr.. Knott was
tried in an interior county of Georgia
tor violation of the law. The verdict
OF the jury was: eve find the defend
ant Knott guilty" The judge was at a
loss whether to sentence Knott, or Knott
to sentence. He took time to consider.
..These are the days when the woman
OF the house lights like an appsrition in
the midst of the domestic garden swing
ing q broom, Tapping her skirts, kicking
sideways with both feet at once, snapping
her eyes, humping her back and soreech-
ing Shew there Sheww It's hens.
While the wine was being passed
around during the administration of the
sacrament at Butler Mission church, on
Fletcher avenue, the congregation was
electrified by the sudden exclamation Of
a little boy, Ma. I'll take beer" A
ripple of suppressed laughter disturbed
the soIemnity of the occasion.-- indians
apolis Sentinel.
THRRK LOVERS.
There were three maidens who loved king;
They sat together beside the sea:
one cried, j. | love him, and / would de
ii but lar one day he might love ms ~
The second whispered " And would die
To gladden. mis- life or make him great
Inc Third one spoke not. but ga zed afar
with dreamy eyes that were sad as Fate.
The king he loved the first for day;
The second his life with fond love blest
AND yet the woman who never spoke
las the one Of the three " no loved him best
An editor wrote leading article on
the fair sex, in the course of which he
said: "Girls of seventeen or eighteen
are fond OF beaus." When the paper
was issued, he was rather shocked to dis
cover that an unfortunate typographical
error had made him say: "Girls of
seventeen or eighteen are very fond of
beans"
One the pupils of Mencius asked of
his teacher, How is that we see superior
men eating without laboring 2" to which
the instructor replied, When a su perior
man resides in country, If its sovereign
employs his counsels as he ought he
comes to tranquility, wealth, honor and
glory. If the young follow his instruc.
tons as they ought they become trueheart-
ed and faithful" What greater example
than this of not eating the bread OF idle
ness.
..ldleness is the mother of vice, and a
boy who is allowed to grow up in Idle.
ness is pretty sure to be vicious man.
The parents of such boys have q fearful
responsibility resting upon them when
they let their sons run about late hours
Of the night instead Of keeping them at
home residing good newspapers and books,
and training them into moral habits 80
as to become respectable men instead of
idlers, rum-drinkers, gamblers and loaf
e,s, which is sure to be the case with the
and day-idlers, then the
is increased. Give the
boys plenty to do, and yon will preserve
their morals. Better tired body than
q vicious mind