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Show THE LADIES. Mid. Moywr of Stniutown, Va.A who ia SO years ol ttije, walked seven mika lo kiul 11 Uanee. A yirl wlio ia ivnxioua to get lid of a lovtr h:i3 promised to marry him when Tilden is elected president. A number of married women of Cambridoport (Masa.) have formed ft club fur perfecting themselves in cookery. At a reeent church festival at Los ( Angeled, Cain., tho ladiea boUI rum , punch under the pious appellation Ol ' "cold leu." Julie, while looking on while her new little sister cried at being washed, turned away saying, "If Bhe screamed like thai in heaven I don't wonder they sent her ofl !" Two Frey burg (Me), girls celebrated the Centennial year by appearing on the uublic road, hoe in hand, for tho i purpose of working out their higtiway taxes. "They dune this in our great grandmothers' days" said Luc girls, A young lady viewing Dom Tedro in tit. Louis, the other day, remarked as she fixed her eyes on the carriage, "It isn't exactly immortality lo see an emperor, ol course, but it's a' glimpse, nt least, ol King Dom come." Mrs. Custer, poor lady, is out in Fort Lincoln, but will soon return to her old home in Monroe, Mich. Her only words are, "All the world is gone!" and it must be so to the little woman who has followed her brave husband into every place, only to be debarred at the grave. A Brooklyn girl who was "converted" "con-verted" last winter is now at Sara-toga, Sara-toga, and the other day, in a letter to her mother, she wrote: "I find it impossible to hnng on to my . tjhi:ion here, but don't .-ay anything to Mr. Talmage about it, as I will I make it all up when I yet home." Austin ;ixdl-.; This was told uahy a prominent member of the tiaaerae Lying club: "Wasn't it rough on Eila, jut as she was telling Frederick at lunch, how ethereal her appetite was, to have the cook bawl out, 'riay, will you have yer pork nnd greens now, or wait lill yi-r teller's gone." " Tut belles of Doylestown (Pa ) have uilupted a new ar.d ingenious device, 'liiey keep long India-rubberppeakinc, tubes in their rooms and drop them to their lovers, who are thus enabled on the lower level of tho streets to teel their dames' breath on their cheeks, and lo whisper soft nothing, into their fair mkV ears. A Utica girl waxed very indii;n.nt a short time ago when her disconsolate disconso-late lover called her a bric a brie, but upon referring to the dutionary and finding thai bric-a-bni: meant an article ol vertu, bl'.eaei,l him wrd Uj e-ill on tbo following -Suu lay, when h-r parents would I Hi owrty (mm home. . Mrs. Shoddy (to eiiopkieper). Show ni" a thermometer one uf ymir very bi-jt. S'uOpkeeper '1 hi, ma'am, 1." r.ni.nfMHi- rinl-.it VlXlut'hLll !'l.L4l lllicl the le?t of quicksilver. Mrs. S. Silver? That would he very nice for. tho kitching, but I want one for my bwxloour. J I aveii' t you ono with ouick gi'Id? ( I'itc Bhnpki-c jicr is diinib-Uriekcn.) |