St. Landry democrat., 1879-05-17
WAITS AND WHHAGS.
THE p8ErTy MlLKMAID.

ehe's fairer, thought, taan fairy;
Her aira, while she churned, we're more airy;
Singing low, singing high,
This we eat BY and by"
She was " scream dc ls creme" OF the dairy.
No hair butter own was golden;
How aweet were the rolls 1t was rolled in;
WoHld she sive me whey
II to her might say
Pretty things, tor she served to embolden?
fear in curd her displeasure;
said, " You're gallon good measure"
And spoke of the ills
Caused by love and Its thrills
:" am rllk- can you cure me, nay treasure -
cow-nundruni then displayed in
said, Cows in desp water wade in;
Can you tell how tNey steer
When the land they " ould near2"
By their udders, of course" laus bad the maiden
- Now tell me, young man, did you ever
Talk nonsense before?" "No, ne 'er!"
What, never?' "Oh, we'll
" Hardly everl" Ifell;
And that meeting ad churned then forever.
..Gallows executions may be called
suspensions of public judgment.
When American meets American
then comes the discussion on politics.
There are vampire bats in Brazil
that spread wings nearly as large as
turkeys.
The man with speaking boots never
takes back seat Always set him Town
for the front pew in church.
There are some men in this world &C
mean that, if possible, they would use
the bark of dog for medicinal pur-
poses.
Slang is bad enough when uttered
by man but when it proceeas from
| the rosy lips OF gentle woman i: is un~
bearable.
since paper napkins we're introduced
by manufacturing firm in Wisconsin, g
Year age, one Boston firm alone has sold
100000 of them,
"A horseshoe is reckoned to be lucky
wedding present-except when it is pre-
sented to the groom with an animated
| Wule s>leS attacnmeut
"A woman who can write letter
without two-thirds of her tongue pro-
truding from her mouth is fitted for
better sphere than this.
Though the average small boy may
steal away and eat watermelon all by
himself, he never refuses to divide his
medicine with little sister.
"A young lady rejoices that she did
not have to buy any furs this winter
because the gentleman that waited on
her was both muff and boa.
"oN THE SANDS"
At last see that death Is but
a door in darkness swiftly shut,
dropping out OF wagnth and light,
sense of unresisted blight.
A sinking into beamless night.
To life and love and eight and sound
Death is iodf erence profound.
No moro sweet hope or wild desI air,
Or gentle rest, or tender care;
No more TO laugh, more to weep,
No more sweet hunan JOY or grsss
Only calm beyond belief;
A calm but not the calm OF sleep!
Death is to be awake forever!
To love- and be beloved never
To be puiseless shadow, hurled
Down the dim gulf that spheres the world
Where naught Is found and nothing Eought1
Slipped from warm LIES relnotsst link,
Death is sunremely this, to think.
"A mules head does not contain 3
brain capable of culture and refined
rearing, but it is wonderful to what ex-
tent the other end of his form can be
reared.
If you think that no one cares for
YOU in this cold world just tell your
neighbors THAT youpropose to keep hens
You will be surprised to see what an
immediate interest they will manifest in
you.
{ We once heard "a tscetious music
seller announce, go Say Not Woman's
Love is Bought" sill for the price of one
halfpenny. A modern music seller an
nounces. "Thou Hast Loved and Left
Me" tor ten cents.
Somehow or other this winter got by
:, without any Iowa woman shooting
large gray wolf. The newspapers of
the Hawkeye State have been SO ab-
sorbed in politics they have been little
E remiss in dnty.-[ Burlington Hawkeye
"A little girl who had been on
railroad train when an accident occurred,
was told by her mother that she ought
to thank God for her escape from injury
when she made her evening prayer. Soe
did it in this way: Thank you, dod,
| for not letting me be hurt to-day; but
the next time I SO to the city I'll 60 in
wagon
Leather Paper.