The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-10-30
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slippery Thing to Dsal-vssth. - -
ssThe child of the past and the parent
Of the future is not an unhappy smile
for the-present. Happiness has been
likened to ghost; all. talk ab6dtl o.
but few, if any, have ever seen it.
Ambitions ladder rests against star,
remarks clever writer, who also tells
us that a prOverbis short ruth eana.'
wiched between wit andswisaoin. 8
Eloquence is a coat of many colors
jadiciously blended No-ene-thiag.
will make a man eloquent. Flattery
has been termed kind Of bad money
| to which our vanity gives currency.
| Society, like shaded silk, must be viewed
| in all situations, or its colors will de-
ceive us. Kindness is the golden chain
by which society is bound together.
and charity is an angel breathing on
riches, while graves have been poetic
ally called the footsteps of angels.
Language is slippery thing to deal
with, as some may lind when selecting
their SMILES. Says writer: Speak
of q mans marble brow, and he will,
glow with conscious pride; but allude
to his wooden head, and he is mad in .
minute" The young lecturers
'.similes were gathered in heap
when he expressed the whole body OF
his argument on deceit II. the follow
ing: 10. my brethren, the snowies:
shirt-sront may conceal an aching
bosom, and the stiftest of all collars en-
circle . throat that has many . bitter
pill to swallow ~. as... 3, ..sigs.
Plagiarists are species of purloiners
who flich the fruit that others have
gathered, and then throw away or at
tempt to destroy the basket A 6
1t has been truly said that the abili-'
ties of man must fall short on one side
or another, like too scanty blanket
when you are in bed; ii you pull it up
on your shoulders you viii leave your
feet bare; il you thrust it down on
your feet your shoulders are uncovered.
The man, we are told. who has not any
thing to boast of but his illustrious an
cestors. is like potato-the only good
belonging to him being under ground.
The man 1T dinner in evening dress
has been ikened to a conundrum; you
can't tell whether he is a waiter or .
guest. A Yankee. describing lean
opponent, said: THAT man d0ean't
amount to sum in arithmetic; add
him up, and there's nothing to carry
An American critic, in reviewing a
poem, said: Tho rythm sounds like
turnips rolling over barn moor, whiie
some lines appear to have 6een
measured with yard -stick. and others
with ten-foot pole. f.a.
4 An amusing Illustration was given by
parent when asked by his boy, what
is understood by experimental and nat
ural philosophy The answer was:
IF any one wants to borrow money.
that is experimental philosophy. u
the other man, knocks him down. that
is natural philosophy" Curious ana
comical filustrdtions seem natural 70
many children. little girl suner!ng
from mumps declared she felt 90 II
headache had slipped down into ner
neck. "MAmma,' said another young
ster. ailuding to . man whose neck was
series OF great rolls OF nesh, THAT
man. got q double chin on the back o.
his neck. little three-year olo: IN
admiring her baby brother, 70 saaa. 70
have exclaimed: 'Hes got : ooneo
head, IKE papa
Talking OF curious slmlles, among
the southern languages OF India Is the
Teloogoo or Telinga, 80 rough N pro-
nuociation that traveller Of ne o ma
ton, speaklng y before . RUE, OF Dok-
hara. admitted that the sound resem-
bled 1.-THE tossing OF q lot o. pepoies IN
sack: A simile Tor scarlet stoekings
is fire-hose; laughter IS the sound you
hear when your hat blows on; ana Try
ing to do business without aavertising
Is said 20 De nke winkMg AZ =
girl in the dark. An unPoet,cal
Yankee has described ladies. hps
as the glowing gateway OF Deans
pork, sauerkraut anu Potasoes. Inns
WouId OrOyoko M3rTVa1S EXCLAMATION