St. Landry democrat., 1881-01-29
ALL SORTS.

Slippery pa,ements may cause
the discovery of new stars, 1houb
they do not turn the discoverefS IL
to astronomers.
Science and religion are not i! foes
but old, devoted friends. lucy
were married in the beginning ahu
"what God hath joined together le'
not man put asunder." Ii rene1ou y
cannot stand the tests OF science ~
is not the truth of God, and II SCI.
ence assaults the solid ramparts OF
religion, it must take the conse-
quences of such unholy holiness
But the two can never engage III
a legitimate quarrel.
4 tradesman, in a provincial
town, invited home one of the aea-
cons Of the chapel he attended. Inc
guest offered blessing at the table,
which proceeding, greatly excited
the curiosity Of the gentlemans hVe
year old son, who sat beside the
deacon and interrogated him on the
subject ?
"What was that you said 2 he
began.
1T was blessing on the food We
are about to eat replied the dea-
con.
"a what ?'
why, blessing! Doesn't your
father ask blessing at the table :?
"Oh, yes; but he does not say it
in that way
"How does he say it?"
"Why, he sits down and looks at
the table, and says. oh, the dick
ems! Is this all you have got for
dinner?' - Ex.
JOSH BIL1NG's W1sDoM-The
man who gets bit twice by the
same dog is better adapted to that
kind of business than any other.
There is q great deal Of religion
in this world that is like a ife-pre-
server, only put on at the moment
of immediate danger and then half
the time put on hind side before.
Experience is school where a.
man learns what big fool he has
been.
The man who doesn't believe in
any hereafter has gos dreadful
mean opinion Of himself and his
chances.
There are two kinds of fools in
this world-those who can't change
their opinions and those who won't.
A good doctor is gentleman to
whom We pay three dollars a visit
for advising us to eatless and excer-
else more.
Out in the world men show us
two sides to their characters by
the freside only one.
The world is filling up with edu-
Gated fools-mankind read too much
and learn too little.
Every man has his follies, and
oftentimes they are the most inter-
esting things he has got.
! A CLEVER DoDGE.-The story.
if not new, is ingenious, of the care
full Bloomsbury matron who, having
broken the cover Of a butter-dish,
went to the china shop where it had
been bought, and with much artful-
ness asked the proprietor if he would
sell her q butter-dlsh similar to her
own without it's cover. "Yes," the
shopkeeper said, he would spare one
to oblige the lady, but he must re-
ally charge her two shillings and
sixpence for it. "But the thing
complete is but three shillings,"
urged the customer. Gust so,''
said the china-dealer; "but you see
the cover is actually valueless; it is
the dish itself that costs all the mo.
ney, and the sixpence I allow j,
more than the worth Of the cover
"You are sure Of that?" said tn.
\ lady. "Quite, madam" was the re-
> reply. Dear me!' exclaimed tn,
customer on this, chow silly of me
= to be sure it is really cover ]
1 want and not the dish y and put
a ting down six pence on the counter
| she took up the cover and left thu
r shop before the astonished trades
t man could recover from his surpris,
9 sufficiently to speak.