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OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE PARISH OF HT. LANDRY.
V OL. 4.
OPE LOUS AS, PARISH OE ST. LANDRY, LA., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1871.
NO. 41
When I Mean to Marry.
Itv JOHN (i. SAXE.
When do I mean to marry 7—
'Tie idle to dispute with fate ; •
But if you choose to hear me tell,
Pray listen while I fix the date.
When daughters haste with eager feet,
•A mother's daily toil to share,
Can make the puddings, which they cat,
And mend the stockings which they wear.
When maidens look upon a man
! As in himself what they would many,
, ^ nc j I10t as arni y soldiers scan
i A sutler or a commissary.
When gentle ladies who have got
The offer of a lover's hand,
Consent to share his " earthly lot,"
And do not mean his lot of land.
When young mechanics are allowed
To find and wed the farmer's girls,
; Who don't expect to he endowed
j With rubie* diamonds, gems and pes
pearls.
' When wives, in short, shall freely give
i Their hearts and hand to aid their spouses,
And live as tliey were wont to live
; Within their sires' one-story houses.
; Then, madam—if I'm not too old—
Rejoiced to quit this lonely life,
I'll brush my beaver, cease to scold,
j And look about me for a wife.
A SOCIAL PROBLEM.
The Reason Why Men Think They
arc too Poor to Marry.
I ^ v( ., v ,, xtl „ va .
gant way of speaking—when 1 marry
1 do not intend to work ! I should
like to have a large house, servants,
carriage, a box at the opera, etc. : in
deed to hear some of them talk, you
would suppose they intended to make
life a gala day. Now, young ladies,
j beware of speaking this way, for 1
am sure you do not mean one halt
you say; beware of the man who
promises all these things—who says
I his wife should not go for a glass of
j water for herself. That wife, you may
I be sure, will have to work hard,
I Talleyrand says that language was
! given to deceive mankind. Extrava
i gance of dress is a great fault of the
times ; the necessary wardrobe of a
! lady is not so expensive as in former
times, but when you count up the
trimmings, «chignons, curls and all
the false hair, which fashion requires,
deforming their appearance in what
might be termed swelled heads, we
were thinking we would have a little
respite from Dame Fashion's edicts,
but we are blessed with a greater
variety of fashion than ever. To an
independent mind it is a relief, gives
her a choice of styles, but how mad
women do you see contented to dress
without flowers and false hair. A
lady can spend a great deal of money
on her dress and still be simply at
tired ; simplicity always bespeaks the
true lady. Who wishes to dress like
a savage, with such gaudy colors as
to attract the notice of every passer
by ?
We know a young lady who takes
the superintendenceof her mother's
house, makes all the dresses of the
family, as well as her own, in a style
which would do credit to an accom
plished dressmaker, drives her sisters
to school every morning, gives tuem
music lessons, finds time for quite a
large correspondence, is a very supe
rior cook, always cheerful; but she is
mortgaged property, as you might
know. Her mother is not anxious for
her to marry so as to get her off her
hands. I shall tell the young men
they do not find this kind of young
lady passing her time on the street
or in lrivolities, though I will tell
you a secret. There are a few more
of the same sort, but yon must seek
them to find them. This kind of a
wife Solomon sets above the price of
qd)ies. When misfortune overtakes
s he will be like the vine to the
oak ; become your moral supporter in
time of trouble. How many of our
women are taking care of their fami
lies to-day who have never had to
think of money, except to gratify
their whims aud wishes. I have
known three happy couples who,
when they were married, the gentle
men paid the last cent to the pnesUL^
Two of them died rich—the third
l^ft. » lviirû eonu it"»
one left a competency. Five sons in
six have become distinguished.
Happiness, like honor and fame,
from no condition rises.
Ever Green.
LookTÎereT" Girls .—My dear'
little dears, you are no more fit for
matrimony than a pullet is to look
after a family of fourteen chickens.
The truth is, my dear girls, you
want, generally speaking, more liber
j ty and less fashionable restraint ;
! more kitchen, less parlor ; more ex
| erc } se alu ] less sofa : more lnaking
j puddings, and less pianos ; more
1 frankness and less mock-modesty. I
1 like a buxom, bright-eyed, rosy
, c heeked, pop-eyed, bouncing lass,
who can darn stockings, make lier
i own frocks, mend trousers, command
j a regiment of pots and pans, and
shoot wild ducks as well, as the
duchess of Marlboro' or the Queen
of Spain, and be a lady withal in
the drawing-room. But as for your
piping, moping, screwiug-up, wasp
waisted, etc., you won't do lor wives
and mothers.—[Ex.
One morning lately a bridal party
entered a palace car in Jersey City,
and after being seated a short time,
the bridegroom left the train for a
few minutes, only to find, on his re
turn, that he had been left behind.
In his desperation he hurried to the
superintendent's office, and offered
Mr. JacksÖn one hundred dollars if
! he would enable him to overtake the
train in which his better half was a
j passenger. Mr. Jackson a greed to the
! proposal, and ordered a special en
i gine to follow. The anxious groom
: overtook his wife at Railway, after
i a run of thirty minutes,
A MODERN MIRACLE.
A Dying Woman's Vision of the Bles
sed Virgin—Snatched from the
Jaws of Death—Let the Skeptical
Medical Faculty Refute this Testi
mony if they Can.
[From the New York Sun. ]
The Catholic portion of the com
munity in St. Louis are excited by
what they believe to be a miraculous
cure in the case of INI iss Theresa
Schäfer at the convent of the Sisters
of Mercy in that city. Theresa, who
is years old, was reared in the
St. Vincent German Opium Asylum,
and was adopted at the age of 10
years by a Mr. Schäfer and his wife,
with whom she still lives. The par
ticulars of the remarkable case are
briefly given in the following state
ment, which has been published by
the three physicians who were her
principal attendants. Drs. Yarnall
and Papin are the regular physicians
of the convent infirmary, while Dr.
Cooper had treated lierat home, and
continued to visit her after entrance
into the infirmary.
M EDITAI. STATEMENT.
Theresa Schafer was admitted as
an outdoor patient of the "Female
Clinic " of the Sisters of Mercy, in
April, 1S71, on the recommendation
of Dr. AY. 11. Cooper, who had been
her medical adviser for some time
previously. The history of tly case,
as related by the patient, and con
firmed by Dr. Cooper, is briefly as
follows : For two years she had been
in bad health, gradually getting
worse, and though she had employed
six or eight medical men, she had
derived little or no benefit from treat
ment.
At the time of admission she com
plained of great pain over the region
of her liver, general debility, and oc
casionally severe attacks of inter
mittent fever. Upon examination,
great tenderness was found over the
abdomen ; and in the region of the
liver there was a large and well-de
fined tumor extending low iu the ab
dominal cavity, which was exceed
ingly painful when manipulated.
The various medical men who ex
amined her agreed (I believe without
exception) that the tumor was con
nected with the liver, and several
were under the impression that the
organs were seriously involved ; as
to the exact character of the tumor,
it was of course impossible to deter
mine. Among the physicians who
examined her I may mention Drs.
Papin, M. A. Fallen, E. Charles
Boisliniere, Y. H. Bond, W. H. Coo
per, J. Dulaney, and others.
Various methods of treatment were
suggested, tried, and were of no
avail. In the mean time the patient
was evidently sinking, and at last
was unable to leave the house of the
Sisters of Mercy, where she took a
bed.
On the morning of Saturday, Aug.
2t», I was consulted by the sister in
charge to know if the last rites of
the church should not be performed,
or rather to learn if the patient was
not dying, so that the sacrament
might be given. I found her in an
unconscious and evidently in a dying
condition. It was my impression
that she might survive as much as
"twenty-four hours, hardly more.
1 left the house immediately after,
and on the following morning I again
visited the institution, and found the
patient entirely well. On Monday
Aug. 28, she was examined by Drs.
Papin, Cooper, Quarles aud myself ;
the tumor was gone, the functions
of the body were evidently in a per
fectly healthy condition and properly
performed, and the patient was well.
M. Y arnall , M. D,,
North Ninth street.
St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 9, 1871. .
So far as the above came under
m v observation it is correct.'
W. II. Cooper.
I saw Theresa Schäfer the day be
01 , e s | ie recove red, I am satisfied she
- Q a ( jyj n g condition, and
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that no human skill could cure her.
I saw her again the Monday follow
ing, i. e., two days after her cure. I
examined her then thoroughly, in
the presence of Drs. Cooper, Quarles
and Yarnall. She was perfectly well,
and no traces of her disease left.
Dr. Timothy L. Papin.
The explanation of this sudden and
miraculous recovery,
as given by Father Tschieder in the
columns of the Western Watchman,
is to the effect that when the sick
girl had become convinced that
earthly help was of iio avail, she in
voked supernatural assistance. To
gether with the Sisters of Mercy, her
nurses, she made a novena in honor
of Blessed Margaret Mary Alacoque,
hoping to obtain of God the recovery
of her health through the interces
sion of that saint. Although no
answer was vouchafed to this >nine
days' prayer, Theresa did not there
fore give up her confidence in God.
There was at the same time in the
infirmary another sufferer, Magdalen
Himstadt, with whom she commen
ced, without telling any one else
second novena in honor of the Bles
sed Virgin, reciting every day the
Litanies of the Immaculate Heart of
Mary.
In the first days of this novena,
Theresa seemed to suffer less, but
toward the end she became very
much worse. For ten days she had
eaten scarcely anything : she could
not sleep without the help of înedi
cine ; she had the greatest difficulty
in her natural functions, and was
frequently in a state of unconscious
ness.
Indeed, her condition was '.
guch that for her own sake, as well
as that of the other patients in the
room, she had to be removed to a
different apartment.
Thursday, Aug. 24, was the last
day of the novena ; on Friday it was
thought advisable that she should
make her confession, as she seemed
to be nearing lier end. On Saturday
she received holy communion. Near
Iv all that morning her eyes
were
closed, and she seemed to be uneon
scions. Occasionally, when addres
sed, she would make some answer,
but she did. not remember afterward
what she had said during that time.
She was evidently sinking, and
Dr. Cooper, who visited her some
time before dinner, judged her to be
dying, saying that she could not live
many hours. About 11 o'clock, A.
M., the priest came to administer
extreme unction. She \Yas then en
tirely unconscious, but scarcely had
the reverend father left the room, ac
companied by the attendant sister,
when he was recalled. Theresa sat
up in the bed, and said, in a clear,
natural voice, u I am well : 1 wish
to go home."
SUE HAD SEEN THE BLESSED VI KO IN.
It was manifest that something ex
traordinary had happened. The sis
ter asked her who had cured her ?
" The Blessed Virgin." was the re
ply. Theresa then related with
great simplicity that before receiving
extreme unction she had awakened
from her unconsciousness, anil open
ing her eyes, saw to the right of lier,
and close to her bed, the Blessed
Virgin in the midst of a beautiful
light, clothed in white garments,
wearing a white veil and a golden
crown on her head, with stars, her
right hand being held on her bosom.
Theresa was at first afraid, but
her fear left Iter as the Blessed Vir
gin addressed her, saying, " Do^rou
promise to do what I ask you, if you
are cured?" "Yes," was the an
swer. "Will you take care to have
a picture of this apparition placed
in this room ?" "I will," was the
reply. " Will you promise to be
come a sister in this convent, or if
you do not like that, to attend the
sick?" "Yes," said Theresa; "on
the death of my mother." The Bles
sed Virgin then said : "On the same
day your mother is buried you must
enter ; " and with these words she
disappeared, and Theresa became
again unconscious, in which state she
was anointed. j
During the time of the apparition
there was no one else in the room
except her friend Miss Anna Weutz,
who has since entered the Convent
of the Good Shepherd. This young
lady never saw nor heard the Bles
sed Virgin, but she noticed in the
face of the patient something heav
enly and extraordinary, and she
heard distinctly some of her answers.
As it was about the hour of din
ner, Theresa asked for some food.
As the sister was unwilling to let her
leave her bed, dinner, including some
meat and potatoes, was brought to
her, of which she ate heartily. She
then arose, and, having dressed her
self, went to the chapel, where she
remained for more than an hour on
her knees, engaged in prayer.
Afterward she walked about the
convent, visiting her parents toward
evening, with whom she supped, and
then returned to the infirmary. At
the usual hour on Sunday, Dr. Yar
nall visited the infirmary, was in
formed of the event, and was not a
little astonished to see Theresa com
ing to meet him, looking well aud
hearty. On that same day she visi
ted two churches, St. Nicholas and
St. Alphonsus, the latter situated
on Grand avenue, without experien
cing any fatique.
On Monday, Dr. Yarnall, with
three other physicians, came to make
a close examination of the case, and
recognized that their former patient
Mas in good and perfect health,
without the least, trace of her sick
ness. After remaining for a few
days with the Sisters the happy
Theresa returned home, where, with
out the least inconvenience, she em
ploys herself in the usual household
duties, washing, ironing and scrub -
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A North Carolina paper, as an in
stance of the changes of fortune
wrought by the war, states that " A
widow lady from the country was in
town Tuesday, hunting a cook's
place in some nice family. Many
years ago her grandfather owned 150
slaves and six plantations, and at
the close of the war lier father had a
bushel of gold. Her husband was a
poor man, and died in the war, and
now this independent and worthy
widow woman prefers to cook in some
nice family rather than live depen
dent on other folks.' 7
A young man in Kentucky, who
undertook to open a country store in
the mountains of East Tennessee,
came to speedy ruin because he was
"too nippy" for that region. He
wore a stove-pipe hat, had his boots
blacked each day, and mounted a
fresh paper collar every morning, all
of which served to disgust the na
tives, who said he put on too much
Kentucky blue-grass society style
for them. But still he was endured
until the women learned that he had
his shirts made to button up behind.
That they could not and would not
stand; and when the fair sex turned
against him, all further struggles
against fate became useless. The
young man's stock in trade was dis
posed of by the Sheriff.
A contemporary thinks that the
best way to improve the lot of wo
'. man is to put a good house on it and
a good man in the house.
AS ENGLISH STORY.
"Please, sir, will you buy my
,'hestnuts?"
"Chestnuts ? No,*'returned Ralph
Moore, looking carelessly down on
the upturned face, whose large
brown eyes, shadowed by tangled
curls of flaxen hair, were appealing
so pitifully to his own. " What do
1 want with chestnuts ?"
" But, please sir, buy em plead
bv
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No
ed the little one, reassured
rough kindness of his tont
body seems to care for them, and—
and—" *
She fairly burst into tears, and
Moore, who had been on the point
of brushing carelessly past her,
stopped instinctively.
" Are you very much in want of
the money ?"
'• Indeed, sir, we are," sobbed the
child; "mother sent me out, and—"
"Nay, little one, don't cry in such
a heart-broken way," said 'Ralph,
smoothing down her hair with care
less gentleness. "I don't want
your chestnuts, but here's lialf-a
erown for you, if that will do you
any good."
île did not.stop to hear tiie de
lighted. incoherent thanks the child
poured out through a rainbow of
smiles and fears but strode on his
way, muttering between his teeth.
"That cut off my supply of cigars
for the next week, i don't care,
though : the brown-eyed object
really did cry as if she hadn't a
friend in the world. Hang it! 1
wish 1 was rich enough to help
every poor creature out of the slougli
of despond."
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While Ralph Moore was indulg
ing in these very natural reflections,
the dark eyed little damsel whom
he had comforted was dashing down
the street with quick, elastic foot
steps utterly regardless of the bas
ket of unsold nuts, that still dan
gled on lier arm.
Down an obscure lane she darted,
between ruinous rows of houses,
and up a narrow wooded staircase
to a room, where a pale, neat-looking
woman, with large brown eyes like
her own, was sewing as busily as if
the breath of her life depended
upon every stitch, and two little
ones were" contentedly playing in
the sunshine that temporarily sup
plied the place of fire.
"Mary! baék already? Surely
you have not sold your chestnuts so
soon
Oh ! mother, see !' :
ejaculated
child. "A
whole half
mother, a
the almost breathless
gentleman gave me a
crown. Only think,
whole half crown."
If Ralph Moore could only have
seen the rapture which his half
crown gift diffused around it in the
poor widow's poverty stricken home,
he would have regarded still less
the temporary privation of cigars to
which his generosity had subjected
him.
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Years came and went. The little
chestnut girl passed as entirely out
of Ralph Moore's memory as if
pleading eyes had never touched
the soft part in his heart; but Mary
Lee never forgot the stranger who
had given her the silver half crown.
The crimson window curtains
were closely drawn, to shut the
storm and tempest of the bleak De
cember night ; the fire was glowing
cheerily in the well filled grate, and
the dinner table, iu a glitter with
cut glass, rare china and polished
silver, was only waiting for the
presence of Mr. Audiey.
"What can it be that detains
papa ?" said Mrs. Audiey, a fair,
handsome matron of about .thirty,
as she glanced at the dial of a tiny
enameled watch. " Six o'clock, and
he does not make his appearance."
" There's a man with him in the
study, mamma, come on business,"
said Robert Audiey, a pretty boy,
eleven years old, who wa$ reading
by the fire.
" I'll call him again," said Mrs.
Audiey, stepping to the door.
But as she opened it the brilliant
gaslight in the hall fell full on the
face of an humble-looking man, in
worn and thread-bare garments,
who was leaving the house, while
her husband stood in the doofway
of his study, apparently relieved to
be rid of his visitor.
"Charles," said Mrs. Audiey,
whose cheek had paled and flushed,
"who is that man aud what does
he want !"
" His name is Moore, I believe,
and lie came to see if I would be
stow upon him that vacant clerk
ship in the bank."
" And will you V
" 1 don't know, Mary ; I must
think about it."
" Charles, give him the situation."
" Why, my love ?"
" Because I ask it of you as a
favor, and you have said a thousand
times you would never deny me any
thing."
" And I will keep my word,
Mary," said the noble-hearted hus
band, with an affectionate kiss.
"I'll write the fellow a note this
very evening. I believe I've got
his addres« about me somewhere."
An hour later, when Bobbie,
Frank and Eugene were snugly
tucked in bed, in the spacious nurs
ery up stairs, Mrs. Audiey told her
husband why she was so interested
in the fate of a man whom she had
not seen for twenty years.
"That's right, my little wife," re
plied her husband, folding her fond
ly to his breast, when the simple
tale was concluded. "Never for
get,one who was kind to you in the
days when
most."
von needed kindue;
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Ralph Moore was sitting in his
poor lodgings beside his ailing
wife's sick-bed. when a liveried ser
vant brought a note from the rich
banker. Mr. Charles Audiey.
"Good news. Bertha." he ex
claimed as he read the brief words.
" We shall not starve; Mr. Audiey
promises me the vacant situation."
" Yon have dropped something
from the letter, Ralph," said Mrs.
Moore, pointing to a slip of paper
on the floor.
Moore stooped to recover the es
tray, it was a iiffy-pound note,
neatly folded in a piece of paper, on
which was written: "In grateful
remembrance of a half-crown piece
that a kind stranger bestowed on a
little chestnut girl over twenty
years ago."
Ralph Moore had thrown his mor
sel of bread upon the waters, ami
after many days it had returned to
him.
TUE «ItEAT JOKE OF WYOMING.
The History of the Passage of the
Woman Suffrage Act.
[Fnmi ilie Now York Run.]
Cheyenne. Wyoming, Sept. 1~.—
The accident, for such it was, by
which vornan suffrage became the
law of Wyoming happened in this
way: The President of the Coun
cil of the lirst Territorial, Legis
lature of Wyoming strolled into
the office of the Secretary of
the Territory one morning in No
vember, "<>:♦, to talk about local poli
tics. Woman suffrage came in for
its share of attention. Said the
Secretary, who was a stanch advo
cate of woman's rights:
" Mr. President, do you know you
have the greatest opportunity of
any man in America to immortalize
yourself?"
•• Ilow r inquired the President.
" By introducing a bill in the
Council extending the right of suf
frage to woman," replied the Secre
tary.
" By dove ! I'll do it if you'll draw
up the bill." responded the President.
"Agreed," answered the Secre
tary; and Mr. President smiled the
quiet smile of satisfaction incident
to the birth of a new idea, pulled
away at his cigar, straightened him
self, and walked to the Council
chamber to ponder on his future
greatness. The bill was drawn, in
troduced, and passed the first read
ing in the Council—more for the
novelty and notoriety than because
its members were in its favor.
In the Lower House, however,
the bill met opposition, and became
the subject of earnest dissension on
the part of a minority. The majori
ty looked upon the whole thing as
a joke of the rollicking Secretary,
and were disposed to let him have
his fun, while they would enjoy the
big supper promised them by the
Secretary if they would pass the
bill. Thus the bill passed the
House, not supposing the Council
would confirm it on its final read
ing. The Council, however.
pass the bill, whether from
ence or to appear consistent with
its former action it is impossible to
say, as it is equally impossible to
account for most of the laws passed
by this Legislature on any known
hypothesis. But whether joke or
design on the part of the Secretary,
the'members of the House were
certainly victimized, for they never
got that big supper, and the bill did
pass
er, #<1
i mli tier
It only waited now for the Gov
ernor's signature under the great
seal of the Territory to make this
bill a law in the land. In a few
days the bill was returned with his
Excellency's familiar O. K., and
woman suffrage became both a fact
aud a law in Wyoming. It must
be said in explanation, that the
Governor seriously supposes him
self a statesman with future pros
pects ; and like all great men has
Iiis hobbies, one of which is his offi
cial signature, on which he greatly
prides himself, though as unintelli
gible to an American as the Chi
nese characters on a package of tea.
Newspaper ~ Borrowers .—The
following sensible and true para
graph we clip from an exchange:
" Of all things contemptible, a
man who will read a paper at his
neighbor's expense is the most con
temptible; especially if that man
esteems it his duty to lower papers
collectively, and editors generally.
They always meet the carrier first,
snatch the paper', and after greedily
devouring every morsel of news it
contains, throw it aside, saying,
with a contemptible curl of the lip
' What trash ; it is really fit for
nothing but waste paper.' And
yet day after day they seem as anx
ious to gain possession of the paper
and seem as disappointed at its
non-arrival as the good paying sub
scriber, who ever welcomes it as a
pleasant visitor. Strange world,
this."
Drink nothing without seeing it ;
sign nothing without reading it ;
and make sure that it means no
more than it says.
Don't go to law unless you have
nothing to lose ; lawyer's houses are
built on fools' heads.
Put no dependence on the label
of a bag, and count money after
your own kind.
In any business never wade into
water where you cannot see the
bottom,—[ Spurgeon,
j
THE HOIORISTS' COLUMN.
A little noiiseuse now arid then,
Is relished by the wisest men.
When is* ;i butterfly like a kiss?—
When it alights on tulips (two lips.)
There is a poor fellow
who says "if;; working
ntf.il.s that's killing him."
at B——
between
An old lady, on hearing of the
pedestrian's f/reat feat , wondered
why they didn't interfere with his
fast walking.
The Providence.Journal says "pov
erty is a blessing." It certainly very
closely resembles a blessing inasmuch
as it •• brightens as it departs."
A month's imprisonment in jail
was thought by an Irishman a trifling
sentence, because, as it was the depth
of winter,-the davs were so short."
Said a pompous husband, whose
wife had stolen up behind and given
h i mi a kiss, " Madam, 1 consider such
an act indecorous." ♦» Excuse me,"
said the wife, " I didn't know it
was you.®
\\ hat kind of pens do you sell
here, mister ? asked a boy of a sta
jtioner. "We keep all kinds, you
young vagabond : " was the rude re
ply. "Oh, you do. do you ? Well,
then. I'll lake ten cents worth of pig
pens."
An Irishman was speaking of the
excellence of a telescope : " Do you
see that wee speck on the edge of
the hill yonder ? That, now, is my
old pig, though barely to be seen ;
but when I look at him with my
glass, it brings him so near that I
can plainly hear him grunt."
Little six years old Georgie, hav
ing been instructedbyhisaunt Katie
to pray for his papa, and being one
evening interrupted in his devotion,
and told by her that lie must now
pray for Iiis mamma, replied : "Aunt
Katie, you just hold your horses
now. Who's runnin' this prayer,
vou or me ? "
(iris, argues that Robinson Crusoe
was happy, because "he had no
neighbors to quarrel with, didn't
have a gas bill coming in every
month, wasn't threatened with hav
ing the water stopped, hadn't any
one to scold him when he came in
late, wasn't kept awake by the tiring
fourth of duly nights, nor harrassed
bv anv life insurance agent."
A man broke a chair over his
wife's head a week or two ago. When
he got to jail, and the clergyman un
dertook to talk with him, he display
ed a good deal of penitence. He said
he. was very sorry that he had per
mitted his auger to obtain the mas
tery of him, and to suffer him to do
such an act, because it was a good
chair, one of those old fashioned
chairs, which was mi heirloom in his
family, and he was sure he could
never replace it.
The manner of the purely Western
writer is never more admired by the
indigenous Western former, of gro
cery store education, than when he
writes like this : " Here is the style
of steed the Governor of Oregon
rides, according to the Salem Mer
eury: ' Ile has purchased (on tick) a
bushy-headed, club-footed, bench
legged, ewe-necked, stiffed,wheezing,
hip-shotten, lumber-jôinted, shaggy
tailed, vermin-eaten, one-eyed Cay
use pony, which he rides into town
on a slieep-skin saddle, at a pace
which describes itself as a liip-a-te
toot. rickety a rack, cliugg, cliugg
g'i'te."
He Knew too Much .—Many
years ago, one of the wharves at
North End was used as a coal wharf,
the occupant of which had held it
for a long time as such. In his em
ploy, as a teamster, was an Irish
man named William B , who had
driven his team so long.that it was
a question who owned it. He was a
fixture, and the owner thought he
could get along without Billy. Now,
said Billy was a sensible man, and
' ept both eyes open, and according
ly picked up a great deal of informa
tion. As both employer and man
were the possessors of more or less
irascibility frequent were their ex
plosions, and Billy was discharged
at least once a day; but though
frequently discharged, he never went
off. One day the employer, during
one of these passages, burst out:
"It's no sort of use, Billy; I can't
learn you anything, and have been
trying for years." " Sure an' yez
have then learnt me wan thing,"
said Billy. " What is that ? " was
asked. " I shall be glad to hear of
anything you've learned." "Sure,
sir, yez have lairned me that fifteen
hundred makes a ton." Billy knew
too much to be spared.
The Dog and the Lobster,—
A man who is very found of lobsters
was wistfully regarding a basket of
them in the market, with his dog by
his side, while another bystander
was sticking the end of his cane into
one of the disengaged claws of a big
fellow at the top. "How lie does
hold on ! " said the man with the
cane. " Yes," responded the man
with the dog, " but it's because he
dents the cane, and his claws won't
slip on the wood. But lie couldn't
hold on to a dog, or you or me, in
that way. -When he feels anything
giving, a lobster always stops pinch
in'." " I think not," said the owner
of the basket ; "put your dog's tail
in that there claw, and you'll gee
whether he'll hold on to't or not."
No sooner said than done; the
lobster lover lifted up his dog, drop
ped his tail into the open claw, which
closed instanter, and the dog, "as
smit by sudden pain," ran off, howl
ing, at the top of his speed. " Hallo!"
exclaimed the owner, " whistle back
you dog! he's running off with the
lobster ! " " Whistle back your lob
ster!" rejoined the other ; that dog
j ain't coming back; that dog's in
pain; I can't get him to come near
! me when he's in nain,"