Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1881-03-05
IDTICF TO JOE.

"By awl means, Joe, get married if
Won have & fair show. Don't stand
-shivering on the bauk, but pitch in and
Sick yodPH elI4UEIer and the SILVER is
over. There ains any moro trick in
getting married after you're ready than
there is in eating peanuts. Menny
man has stood shivering on Che shore
until the river all ran out. Don't ex-
pect to marry an angel : them hev awl
bin picked w lsRGLsgo. Remember,
Joe, you amt saint yourself. Do not
marry for bnty exclusively; buty is like
ice, orful slippery, and thaws dreadful
easy. Don't marry for luv, neither;
luv is like cooking stove, gud for moth
ing when the fuel gives ont. But let
the mixture he sum buty becomingly
dressed, with about $40 in her pocket,
h s,d speller, handy and neat in hel
house, plenty nv good sense, tuff con-
stitution and bylaws, small feet a light
step; add to this sound teeth and
warm heart. This mixtnse will keep in
ahy climaas an not evaporate. If the
cork happens to be off for two or three
rfmutes NE strength amt all gone, Joe.
Don't marry for pedigree there isn't
much in pedigree onless it is backed b,
bank stocks. A family With nothing
but peaigree sene, nny! lacks sense en- :.
Some people imagine that the world
- 9sae Tor eaAu. ~ mistake; it
was simply intended for boys to amuse
themselves in. Who enjoys life except
the boy, if We except an occasional girl
ostwo? Nobody. Grown-up folks try
Wthsnk they do, and some really i'm
aginefAey DO, but they are mistaken.
Men wolk themselves up into fever of
excitement over "a election. They
hold mass-meetings and get up torch
light professions of great length and
noisy roar, but do they get any fun out
ofit2 Not bit. 1t is the boys on the
outside who do that. They are the ones
who build the bonfires on street corners,
md they do a large share of the hurrah
ing. Mea h Q procession move along
as solemnly as though they were going
theif own funeral, if such thing
were possible, but the boy who observe.
them from the curb-stone, or who srot'
along close to the Drum Major, !; Al
animation and Joy. He takes it all IN
md is the freshest one in the party
when the tramp is completed, no mattel
How long he is in passing multitude o
given points. No one gets such kee,
enjoyment out of a play as the CALLER!
god, Aea al scrcuses in the countp
are gotten upwhh IN eye single to hi
special amusement. If we .cdlldsbe
gill again we would prefer tob boy
sBXttqlo Expsess. -
a REI'ROOF FHOM TiSHINGTON.
One daydluing the American Revolu
ton q 0iicer, noe dressed in uniform
vas passing on horseback 10y some mil
ltary works that we're Being repaired b.
small squad of soldiers, and lie fouhlt
the leader of the party merely standing
by and locking on at the operations
which were being carried on with diff
Guilty, owing to the small number O
men. The officer seeing the state of af
fairs, and that assistance was mucl
needed, inquired of the man why he die
not render n little aid instead of stand
ing idle. The, latter in astonishmen
turned round, it is said, "with all thu
pdmp ofan Emperor, and replied, "Sir
lam = corporal 20 vHou ere, are
you?' said the officer; u did not know
that !" and raising his hat in solemn
mockery he Continued, Il ask your par
don, Mr.. Corporal. He then dismount-
ed from his horse, threw On his coat,
and not until he was tired out from sheer
hard work did the stranger cease to rem.
der his assistance to the squad and
then, turning to the corporal, he said to
him, "Mr. Corporal, when you have
such another jpb as this, and have moi
menseneRgh, send for George Washing.
ton and he will come and help you a
second time" And, to the utter amaze
ment OF the poor Corporal, he found
that the unknown officer who had ad.
dressed him was indeed no other than
his, own Commander-in-Oh ief.-Little
FbAkssHa0azine.
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