St. Landry democrat., 1879-04-05
WAITS AND WHIMS,

Lo' the poor Indian, with untntored mind
Steals everything his eagle ewes can find
HE rowing spirit, early taught to stray.
Acfoss the p1 aire slowly weuds his way
ana Wande1s On, ike om" poor tramp turned ]oose
i"n' MN hAVlhs W1gWam tquaw, paIoose
odf 10 ne dlSret ards the go I n rule
| MI ste-ls the settlers' horses OF and ,nuIe
iis Sc dom that he leaves their scaIps behind
| Or any little tribe he may find;
| his done, no longer here he cares To s,ev
Ana EomeTard row he dis his weary way
| An apt observer he OF nature laws,
| N e leaves all ;bor to he done hy eouava
| While ne on Wtiyhter matters Of the state
! With pipe i'll haLd, sis down to mediate
nd peaceful thoughts his simple IN md pervade
While contemplating where to make a raid
| A naughty soul to c'nq Ter, he ne 'er gloops-
Unisss persuaded by the U. ) troops
| 10 ay aside his pro d. disdainfu nien.
hy musket-b4lIs or sabsrs sharp and keen;
| For they ''AeVe- at least, l. We understood
nat only lndaJs who a., dead are sood
| Oh where thy equal, monarch of III woods?
los bofn our houses and you steal our goods
| ne scourge OF every settler the plain
| fray, let thee hence, and meier return againl
lOur I'm .g1, Ia ~ It ne er confront Us more
| Unless in ilont of sons tobacco store!
HE mos, 1OrgettuI OF men can al
ways remember those who have Injured
them.
The schooI-boy manages to be more
perfect IN recess" than in any other ex-
ero:ise of the school
Those who have made mistakes and
suffered for them are the ones to help
Others; to show that any error can be
a:oned for.
You may mend q rent in damaged
reputation SO that it may not show, but
yop can never make the reputation quite
whole sgain.
A student inquiring for Prometheus
Unbound, at certain bookstore recent
~. was informed that they only kept
the bound copies.
There is young lady in this city
Who goes by the name of " Earthquake
among the boys, because she has shaken
20 many OF them Toledo Commercial.
Reware OF prejudices; they are like
rata, and mems minds are like traps.
Prejudices creep in easily, but it is doubt
tul il they ever get out.
Put a new pair of trousers on a boy,
and in fifteen minutes he will have them
stuffed in his boot tops to cover the holes
in The knees OF bis breeches
Friends DO not grow on every bush,
though lovers may, and when one finds a
coed, true friend, one ought to value
hiE-nor feel ashamed OF it either.
Thompson s1gs you may talk Of
your water cures, your movement cures
and your blue>glass cures; but there is
nothing like the sinecure, after all.
-" We don't know everything" res
marked the professor, land we don't find
many that claim to,except now and then
one or two in the sophomore Glass;
In some lives all is bitterness with
out one ray Of hele, but they themselves
will it 80. God gives us brightness, but
W must reach out our hand to take it.
:, Adolphe to Ariminta, on their way
to church: How would | were the
prayer book you clasp SO lovingly"
Reply: "How l would you were, for
then I could shut you up"
A short sighted man went to an OPP
tician's to change his glasses, which
were not strong enough. After be got
the right one he asked: "What number
must I wear aftsr these cease to be
strong enough % This one,'' said the
-" I say, my fren', can you (hic) tell
me where the other side OF the street
is p "Certalply-iust across the way;
why do you ak?' Why (hic), be-
cause minute ego ! asked another Iel'
low the same thing, and (hic) he said
this was the other side of the street"
An agent VINO had sold Dutchman
some goods was to deliver them at the
residenre Of the purchaser. The Dutch
man gave him the following directions:
"You shoost goes behind de church; den
YOU turns up de right for while till
| YOU come TO a house nit big hog in
the yard. Dot's NE"
..Oll lady to taxidermlst: "tYou
can see Tor yourself, man, you only
stu fsd my poor parrot in the summer,
ard here's his feathers tumbling out be~
toue YOUR eyes" Ts1ldermist: "Lor'
bless ye, m, that's the triumph of our art
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