The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-11 00:00:00

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

An Indiana widow so worked upon a young man's
fears by threatening to marry him that tie turned over ankle
property to her and ran away.
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A port says, " Oh, she was fair, but sorrow came
and left Its traces there." What became of the rest of the
harness be don't state.

A Western city was recently treated to the sight of
a w,tmin driving a two-hone team, with two black bears and
a cow chained behind.

"Nov, then, my hearties," said a gallant Yanks.,
captain, seeing that his men were likely to be outnumbered,
"you have a tough battle before you. Fight like her cc till
your powder's gone, then—ruu! I'm a little lame, and I'll
start now..

A miner worth 20,000 dols, dole. died in Knoxville.
lllion's, recently from unintentional generoeity. lie drew a
bank cheque of 50 dole hateful of five dole., to present to a
nephew, and when he found what he had done, he cried. " I
am a ruined man," and died from the effects of the shock
A good st,ry is told of a father in a church, who,
when the marriage service came to the point where the
clergymen asks, " Who giveth the woman to he married to
Ws ma, I" replied, " Well, sir. I am called to do It,
although it do go &gin the grain. I wanted her to merry 13111
Plowser, who ill worth twice the money o' that ere min.°
The answer was not conaldered regular.

"Ite kinder eingler," eon I, TAM& on my moat
sweetest look and /metal& In a whinin voice, "that so tair •
male w thou never got Michel to some likely feller." (N.B.
—She wax onwards of forty and homely as a stump fence,
but I thawt I'd tickll her) "1 dent like men,' she se,l, very
short. " Wall, I dunno," says I, "they're a rsyther im-
portant part of the populashun. I don't scarcely see how we
could glt along without 'ena." Us poor wimin folks would
sit along a grate deal better If there was no men !" " You'll
exams me, mann, bat I don't think that it would work. It
wouldn't be rsgler." "I'm (raid of men ! " she sod.
"That'. onneceeeary, marm. You alnt in no danger Don't
fret yourself on that pint." (Which was rather haul upon
the poor Shakeress, we venture to think. j—Artemns Word.
A STRONG -MINDED Wouas.—A young woman
delegate to the recent Ohio Convention of Woman Suff raglsta,
sabl—" For my own part I love man individually and col-
lectively better than woman ; and on, I am eure, doe, every
one of my sex, it they, like me, would utter their nal senti-
ment& 1 ant tm.re 11.101,114 for matt's elevation and improve-
ment than for woman's, and soil every true woman."

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A NON-ANGELIC PRACTICP..—A presehtr, nt lor g
Bluer, asked to Hoy at night at a country house, hut was
forbbl'en by a lady. Knowing her to be a member of the
Church, and generally Flown to entertain ministers, he
began baguet., Paul to her, hoping that she would understand
by this that be was a preacher. Hefted hardly got out "For
thereby some have entertained angels unawares "when ate
said, I know, sir but angels would not come with quids of
tobacco stuck in their mouths," The preacher left without
any further ceremony.
A IttlilitE OF THE LATEST AMERICAN FACETI.E.—
E ten uslc—a intlllcmair.-11 ow was the ark propeller ?
Ey a Neal,, of course—Tile last Instance of modesty Is
that of a lady who refused to wear a watch in her bosom
because It had bands --The difference between a bouquet
of fl iTert and ti bouquet ' of wine la that one makes •
notegay and Ole other a CA v noes --The other day the front
door of the Now Turk Tribune cflIA bad to be closed for
some purpose. So Mr Greeley wrote on • piece of paper,
" Entrance on Spruce-street," and sent it down to the man
who dors tbe painting of the bulletins, to be copied. The
than studied over Greeley's writing all the forenoon, and
44 despair, wrote "Editors on tepees I" and posted
It up.

DON'T 01'1'06E—Years ago, a widowr, burying, hie
second wife. tondly erpressed his intention of flinging himself
into the gesso aft et her the. and was, Indeed, only restrained
'r-rn &dog io by the strong arms of his Friends, 'riot with
jitaculty prev?nled the!secution of his prols.a. li.e,scrs!

was a to• flex" finial-atom d, share people were buried
...fly by the f e,re and as familiarity breeds coitemiA, or
at least indifference, the officiating clergyman roceeded
with the service, unmoved alike by the man's grief and the
bystanders' expostulations. Suddenly, however, the noise
and tumult became quite unendurable, the curate very
mildly remarked, "lithe gentleman wishes to get into the
grave, there Is nothing to prevent him doing to," Which no.
eVected permletion at once ended the rent