St. Landry democrat., 1879-03-29
WAITS AND WEIgMS,
The BABY FOR ME-

uu smiles like the SMILES of a ehernb
Ano mouth like the buds Of rosa
ana themselves like the lilies sn3 dais;o.
ana every sweet flower that provs
ny oaoy's the jolliest baby
inat any one ever did see:
Anefe Is nothing angelic about hin.
nu' hes just the right baby for me
LIS sih'i9S not at all like cherub's,
out rather comicsl grin;
| Anu HIS hau-|fll, 1t favofs the sunhe ms
"nen sunbeams are wondrously thin
LIE eyes though they're blue like the heaven,,
are remarkably earthly with fun:
Gnu h's mouths rather large for rosebud,
unless 't"ere half-openei one
his hands don't resemble isiry's
Al 'ne lsas'' They're strong lttls pair,
As you'd think, l am sure, if he'd got y,u
AS Oft he gets me-by the hair!
And be isn't bit like lly.
Or any sweet blossom that grow,
For no flower on earth, am certain
has dear little cunning pug nose.
Hes himSen full Of mischief. tae darlin-,
And naughty as naughty can be;
| And I'm glad that he isn't angelic
For he's just the right baby for me.
| 1T is calculated that 400, 900 ooo.
mummies must be deposited in the pits
of Egypt.
The Chinese liken drunka1d's nose
to a lighthouse, warning us Of the little
water that pssseths undernesth,
-" You and ]" are not known to one
person. in thirteen in Vermont, but
"me'an you" are household words.
The young lady should not sing
Home, Sweet Home" for the benefit
of her lover, too early in the evening.
Surely, since human hearts are what
they are, far~away God would be like
the sun of the tropics to the jce-bound
at the polls.
The darkest clouds that shadow our
paths are not the vapors that rise from
earth, the thoughts and memories of an
unhappy and sinful heart.
"A chronic growler, who lives in
clearinghouse, keeps the landlady in
stats of torment by always remarking at
meal.time, Things are getting tough,
| tell you"
when man is deeply, madly, ire
vocably in love, even the air seems filled
with Jumps of sugar, while the shingles
on the house that contains his Dulcinea
look like sheets of molasses taffy.
The Chinese have very effective,
if somewhat primitiyeaWsy of preventing
the directors of savings bank running
the institution they control into insol~
vency. They reckon the president head
among the assets.
-. Well, and what did you do then ,"
asked counsel, after badgering witness
in the Lowell railroad case in Salem.
"Why, went to the rescue. to be sure,
as quick as lawyer goes for fellows
pocket book" The court 70 Q to it,
Fellow citizsns," said local can
didata there are three topics that now
ayitate the state-grsanbacks, taxes and
the penitentiary, / shall pass over the
first two very briefly, as my sentiments
are we'll known, and come to the peni~
tentiary, where | shall, dwell for some
time"
If you have no money to give the
needy wretch who begs your aims, you
at least have sympath9; you can give
him kind word and gentle smile. If
he asks you for ten cents to buy bread
smile kindly on him, and tell him you
haven't cent; but you c5n direct him
to a good, respet table hotel, where he
can.get good, plain board and a pleasant
room for 81 a week. Hawkeye.
Anna G. Bracket asks in Harrer'a,
"Why must we, then, be sad, when na-
ture il 80 glad Z" Well tell you, Anna.
It is because those hated Smith girls
wear the handsomest bonnets, and spend
the summer at Sarstega-and the price
of billiards and opera tickets remains at
war PRICES. To be sure much OF the
saddess has been relieved recently by the
reduction of beer to three cents glass.
but we au don't drink beer.
We have received poem by "Ophe-
liza" which places us in rather embaF"
RAISING position. "Ophelia" says:
70 Kiss no one but me, darling, kiss no
one but me; and I VOW as / live, I'll
kiss no one but thee" This proposition
is fair enough, certainly. But we have
never seen "Ophelis." Her lines are
not accompanied by her photograph as
guarantee Of good faith. She may have
red hair, q celestial nose, and poor teeth.
We might be hugely sold if we were to
swear OF indu]ging in osculatory exer-
Uses with the fair sex in general, and
riss no one but "Ophelia." Besides,
We are married, and our wife would
probably not give her consent to sHch an
,rrsngement. "Ophelia" had better
,n,lv to some her.shop.-[No rristown
Herald.