The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-02-03 00:00:00

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CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

A Louisville girl, whose bridal dress was v, bite satin
and point lace, and whose train was carried up the arnie try a
pace, canoed the choir to sing, by her 1.11 special request,
during the ceremony—
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"Strip me of the rote of pride,
Clothe me with humility "
A poet has forwarded to the Chicago Republican an
Eplc7on the burning of Chicago. It openeth thus :
" That night, a woman at the hour of nine,
Went to a barn to milk a row; and when
. . .

The beast kicked o'er the lamp, as savage kine
Will sometime do, it lit some straw arid boards of pine."
It PI in imitation of " Burns," the author answers in reply
to a remark of the paper that it will insert the Chicago poet's
obituary gratis. Which hail the best of it?

This is a description cf a terrible infant in Fentress
County, Tenn. —"The: prodigy is only three years old, and
weighs seventy-five pounds, has as much beard us a twenty-
year-old, his feet are eight inches long, though small for one
of his lotild ; he is fond of the society of girls, but the boys
he detests. Ills voice is coarse, and his fits of passion are
terrific."

WINNING A WOMAN—Some one who pretends to
know says—" Don't talk about • going to work' to win the
affections of a woman it can't be done in that way. The
more you go to work the more she won't like you. Posh
her into a tuck pond and pull her out by the hair. If you
are afraid to do this, jump in yourself, and let her pull you
out. Lend her money borrow some from her. Make her
believe she has deeply wronged you, and then forgive her.
Deeply wrong her, and don't ask to be forgiven. In short,
contrive to lay her under a lasting obligation to you, or to
lay yourself under a lasting obligation to her. It does not
make the difference'of a headless pin which, an farm coo-
-1 terns the result."

SPUTTERINGS FROM "JUDY'S" PEN.
A TIGHT Fit—Delirium tremens.
SPOILING his Business—A shoeblack sweeping a crossing.
TURNING a Rite into a Wrong—Misnaming a child at its
baptism.
THE weather has been giving for some time past—Giving
us a soaking.
EVERY cookery book ought to be illustrated : what's the
good of a dinner without plates?
QUERY.—Is the most danger in battle or in action.
THE clock of religion sometimes has is fine nap in church.
Tim Last Appeal—A shoemaker's strike.
IT is preferable to fall out with your banker than to lose
your balance with him.
A SEIZLN Ticket—A warrant for arrest.
THE schools in Westminster are not colder than others,
although they say Westminster's cool.
Wiler is the difference between a valse and a yonng
widow I—one is a giddy whirl, and the other a widdy-girl.
Tun French King of the Vegetable King,lona—ltaw tarot
)Rot Carafe.)
lilt I:rested Bore in England—The Burr of the Severn.
Wily is a lady fainting like a ship with a man overboard •!
—Because she ought lobe brought to as soon as possible.
Wily is 5 nun in a state of debility like Mr. Lowe's silver
coinage ?—itecause the circulation is defective.
AN 14.1 Refrain for Modern Taxpayers—" Take heed, take
heed, and whisper Lowe."
WHY is a railway bridge like a strong rope ?—itecause it
uan bvir a goods train good strain.)
Wins ignorance is bliss, 'tin folly to be otherwise.
SINt;LLAR.—A man who wears a watch can't be punctual,
bee.), he Is always behind Ids time.
CrEI,.US AGAIN. —Though it has been raining so hard
lately, the water has all been soft.
A stsmelous CASE.—A case of new laid eggs in a London
shop. —Judy.