The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1884-12-06
G!jc Gb:bcooux Sentinel
S~ATURDAY,tDEC. 6, 1884.
A Prose POEM.

Softly the moon shed its si!very
light upon the evening air.
The difference between tho moon
and a goose is that the goose sheds
feathers. This is lees romantic. proba
bly,. but good goose feathers are worth
seventy cent. a pound, more or less.
They stood beneath the, silent stars,
Arthur and Evangeline not the goose
and the moon. She. in. the glory Of
young Wen.aatosd, and lie in > $50
suit OF clothes. =. .,ssa al I
1t is astonishing what trust tailors
put lib s!'no ons" ~s + .sx1xsxaK.
$50, Arthur" she said. ''let us flee
from this place, from the wrath of an
angry father and the tocturinS taunts
Of a mescenary mother"
At this season she shou,fhave said.
"Let rs mosquito from this PLACE. etc,
but a young woman in love can't tell a
flea from a mosquito, and we must not
censnre tO~osseverely. =. 81
"Bnt it is possible. Arthur We can.
fly beyond the sea, the deep blue sea,
which lies between lis and happiness,
and beneath the sunny skies Of Italy in
the dolce .tdr nieAe OF that lotus land
we may build about us a beautiful pal
-
ace whose foundation shall be love and
whose soperstrueture shall be the per
fe:tioa of earthly bliss
TheghllEad spent all her chewing
gum money on ten cent novels, and all
her time ID playing Pauline in an anna
teur dramatic club
"Ah, darling, the picture YOU paint
is too lovely for realization,'' he vail.
Of course he knew she painted. Any
fellow can tell that when he gets close
to a sIl. T "a
~Wby, love, ~ III iaI
go. Arthur, why ?,
because dearest,nhA :gonized ciear,
down to the Knees Of hiss pants, IL
haven't money enough to buy tickets
across the briny, and the walking on
tbatsrOad calls for gum shoes, which l
am also unable to put up c~ollatcrals tor
during tho present depressed condition
of trade" = t&s
abe trade :" She shriekeed, and they
r'rfea ioFe,ef: Ia
az
Every young man who is about to
1he battle of life on his own
respbBsfsikty,-l shosld a.akes mp his.
mind firmly siddNeeided,y tbatle will
not be one of fortunes footballs. By
this we. mean that he should at once
and once and forever discard and re-
nounce the idea that lie eau safely trust
to what We generally call luck, in his
pursuit of wealth, Or ever in his plans
for acquiring sufficient to render him
comfortable in the latter years of hi,
life. If he spends his earnings careless
ly or rechlessly while yet young. the
chances are ten to one thst he will con-
tinue so to do until old age, tifhe reach
es thst period wik fndshim - home
less, aud perhaps a,mere dependent On
the bounty and charity of other per-
son who took 4 different course in ear
ly years and consequently saved suf
fcient to aid the homeless wanderer. A,
though we have known instances where
fortune and wealth We're poured as if
by mere chance intc the laps of u~ntllrif
ty careless persons. yet such things hap
pen so seldom that it is nothing lees
than the rankest folly4for any person
young or old to be a spendthrift. We
can hardly understand how the young
man a indulge in foolish, useless and
expressive habits. if he ever stops to-
consider that he 10 liable to encounter
sickness and tother m~isfortanes. aud
knows not how soonlre may be in real
want Of the -dollar that he il spendipg
90 UNNECESSARILY. Aud at all events
he should consider how meanly he win