The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-09-23 00:00:00

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

In Wyoming the bride furnishes tl ring and the
licence, and the blushing In idegroom falls it hysterics.
Richmond has a society called "The daughters of
the tadrien Candlestick." In) they take snuff?
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Niagara Falls hotels have a rift tie litanutrck on their
wine lists. It's lager beer.
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At a New York reception a young lady accidentally
set her hack hair on lire. When it was extinguished, she
was glad it wasn't her best.
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h N said that Mr. A. H. Stephens has gained nine
stones hi weight since he became an editor. The Louisville
tooriec Journal fox. (list valcn ho Ivoighed hinwat lust ho
had one of his editorials in his pocket.

A Texaa paper reports a little "difficulty" which
~ccurre.l in Bastrop, in that State, an the 14th ult., thus :
" Late in the evening a diniculty occurred between the snot
Mr. F. Yoast and a freedman, in which Mr. Yeast became
engaged. I Inc policeman was killed, and two citizens wounded
accidentally. Mrs. halter, wife ,if Joseph Halter, died from
fright. All regret this. toast escaped."

Two Michigan brothers, farmers, well to do and
generally har»lollioUN. had a little falling out the other day,
and one of then, threatened to do some injury to the other.
To guard against any fatal result, the threatened one thought
best to apply to a district official for protection. Aissint-
ingly the two role into town together, put up their team,
drank each other's health, awl then together visited a jus-
tice rI the peace. That official listened to the complaint,
issued a warrant fir threats, the accused pleaded guilty, and
the accuser became Ids surety in the sum of 200 duls, for his
good behaviour one year.

A MonesT DoNoR.--A wealthy reahlent of Phila-
delphia has aiven 300,000 d illars to the Presbyterian hospital
there, with the express understanding that his name shall not
be published. Ins modesty is ao much more remarkable than
his generosity even, that the local papers, having no know-
ledge of a precedent of the kind, doubt if the liberal donor
be a Philadelphian. . . .

AN INDUCEMENT TO VISITORS. —A cheerful corres-
pondent of the little Morning Call, of Duluth. Minn.. says it
is a shame ha- a city with awl magnificent future prospects
not to have a beautiful and attractive burying-place, and
that, from its poverty in this respect, invalids may well
hesitate in making Duluth their temporary home.

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SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF. —Three Americans
who were travelling together recently at Baden-Baden dis-
puted whether one of the three was or was not the ugliest
man ever seen. A. said" No: there is one in this very train
that will beat him." " beat you ten dollars," says IS.
They betted, and went to ask the man if he would get out
of that and allow the contrast to be fairly seen. Kindly he
did so, and walked lathe carriage of the object of the wager.
Ile b.dred calmly into the ei,iajo, and said, "Wall, stranger,
you would frighten a centipede; but I'd bet a drink that I'm
uglier."
NoT TO 13E CAUGHT. —A town in Vermont has a
society of young men, formed for the express purpose of
rescuing young ladies from drowning. We warn these gentle-
men that we will not accept even honorary membership in
their concern; we do not sympathise with the movement.
Upon several occasions we have awn, by and seen young
ladies' MACS disappear, beneath the waters blue, with a stolid
indifference that would have been creditable in a husband.
It was a trifle each on the darling,: hut, if we know our
own wind, we do nit propose, just for the doubtful pleasure
if saving a female's life, to surrender our prerogative of
marrying when and whom we like. If we take a fancy to a
woman we shall wed her, but we're not to be coerced into
matrimony IT any gumchewing school-girl who may chance
to fall into a horse-pond. We know their tricks and their
manners—waking to consciousness in a fellow's arms, and
throning their own wet ones about his neck, saying, "The
life you have preserved, noble youth, Is yours; whither thou
vest I win go mid thy homes mid carriages gall be my
horses and carriages r

SOLDIERS AT SCHOOL.
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(From Punch
Come. this is as it should be ; 'tis needful to unite
The troops tn mindo warfare that side hy able should tight :
l'he Line aud th alilittr lit wise the Volunteers.
Who will now art in reality and fart with the gallant
Grenadiers.

You 'se foreign friends come over, to see u hat you can tie;
'Tis plain they don't think such small beer as some suppose
of you,
'My heroes. though their object is your weak points to sce.
And you well know that the more you have to show the
better pleased they'll be.
Those Critics for improvertient some room may haply spy;
But perfect, if not quite just now, they 'II find you by-and-by.
They 'II feel that some allowance for you may well be made,
From the fact, seen. that in training you 're uot been your

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neighbours to invade. .
Defence but not defiance is still the British rule,
You 11 soon have learned your lesson with a little more of

school ;
And s, hen they have discovered that you're tit to hold your

own,
They report you to be soldiers right and true, *horn twere
beat to leave alone.