Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-09-15

much bordering. st. Phoebe, in her
patience, set to work, praying the
while, made Of dyed lambs'-wood q
door mat. And it CHANGED, from that
time, that he didn't clean his temper
with his shoes; and he sat down by
his Ph9be as mild as the lamb whose
| wool he had trod upon. Thus gentle
ness may make miraculous door
mats.
SAINT SALLY.
st. Sally, from her childhood, was
known for her innermOst love Of truth.
1t was said of her that her heart was
in crystal shrine, and all the world
might see it. Now, once, when other
women denied, or strove to hide their
age, st. Sally said, ~ am fDe-and-
tauenty" Whereupon, next birthday,
st. Sally's husband, at a feast OF all
their friends, gave her a necklace OF
six-and thirty opal beads; and on
every birthday added bead, until
the beads amounted to four-score and
one. And the beads seemed to act
rs a charm; for st. Sally, wearing
the sum of her age about her neck,
age never appeared in her face. Such,
in the olden time, was the reward OF
simplicity and truth.
SAINT BECKY.
A very good man was st. Becky's
husband, but with his heart little too
much in his bottle. Port wine--red
port wine-was his delight, and his
constant cry was bees wing. Now,
as he sat tipsy in his arboT, q wasp
was swallowed, singing the man in
wardly. Doctors crowded, and with
much ado the man was saved. Now,
st. Becky unused her husband tender
ly back to health, and upbraided him
not. But she said these words; "My
dear, take wine, and bless your heart
with it; but wine in moderation. But
never forget that the bees wing OF
to-day becomes the wasp's sting of
to- morrow"
SAINT LILY.
ST. Lily was the wife Of a poor man,
who tried to support family, and
the children were many,-by writing
books. But in those daysit was not 30
easy for a man to find q publisher as
to say his paternoster. Many were
the books that were written by the
husband Of St. Lily; but to every
book st. Lily gave at least two ba-
bies. However, blithe as the cricket
was the spirit that ruled about the
hearth Of st. Lily. And how she
helped her helpmate She smiled
sunbeams into his ink-bottle, and
turned his goose-pen into the quill
of dove! She made the paper he
wrote on az white as her name, and
az fragrant as her soul. And when
folks wondered how st. Lilly managed
50 lightly with fortunes troubles, she
always answered that she never heed
ed them, for s"I'r0ubles were like ba-
bies, and only grew the bigger by
nursingw
SAINT FANNY.
st. Fanny was a notable housewife,
Her house was temple Of neatness.
Kings might have dined upon her
stair case! Now, her great delight
was to provide all things comfortable
for her husbond, a Woodworking mer-
chant, much abroad, but loving his
home, Now one night he returned
tired and hungry, and by some mis-
chance there was nothing for supper.
Shops were shut aud great was the
grief OF st. Fanny. Taking off a
bracelet of seed pearl, she said, ''Pd
give this ten times over for o supper
for my husband And every pearl
straightway became an oyster; and
st. Fanny opened, and her husband
ate. and 10! in every oyster was a
pearl as large as hazel-nut; and 80
was st. Fanny made rich for life.
SAINT JENNY.
st. Jenny was welded to Il very
poor man they had scarcely bread to
keep them butJenny was of so sweet
a temper that even want bore bright
face, and Jenny always smiled. Ii