Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-01-06
Interesting to Ladies.

Some young ladies. feeling aggravated by the
| severity with which their friends speculated OF
their gay plumes, necklaces, rings, ETC., went
to their pastor to learn his ops41oH.
s.Do you think, said they. - there is any
lmpropriety IN rearing these things p
'.by no means was the prompt reply,
| g when the heart is full of ridiculous notions,
it is we'll enough 70 hang out sign"
The ST. Louis Refa9fican says that few
days ago, man and his e, in that city, were
engaged in arranging q sepacgton. The prin-
cipal difficulty was the baby, which the woman
tearfully begged to be allowed to keep, while
the man angrily refused. At length, the wife
| almost threw the child into the husbands arms,
and exclaimed, Take it, I can soon have
another"
The married men of the New York cricket
club recently beat the single members. poor
miserable bachelor says he is not all surprised
at it; they probably got their hands in by
beating their wives
A gentleman by the name of Slaughter living
near Montgomery. Ala, being subpenead as a
witness in d case pending in the Circuit Court,
and being about to marry Miss Lamb, writes
to the Court that he cannot attend as witness
at this Court, as I expect to Slaughter a Lamb
next Sunday"
Love fits into rhyme as naturally as peas into
pod-ln fact, rhyme without love in it, would
be pods without peas, or, in other words, mere
husks, without any morrow
s'Does your arm pain you, SIR" asked lady
of gentleman, who seated himself near her, in
q mixed assembly, and threw his arm across
the back of a chair and touched her neck
F'No, Miss, it don't; but why did you ask 2?
50 [ noticed it was out of place, sir, that's
all. The arm was removed.
pretty face, often, is like cheap furniture
the varnish that caught the eye, will not endure
the Preside blaze.
4 lady acquaintance says the first time she
was kissed by s.feller,'' she felt like big tub
of roses swimming in honey, cologne. nutmeg,
and blackberries She also felt as if something
was running through her nerves on feet Of
diamonds, escorted by several little cupids in
chaFiots drawn by angels shaded by honey
suektes, the whole spread over with melted
rainbow! What power there must be in q full
breasted kiss!
Women have no beard because they would
not have been able to keep from talking long
enough to be shaved.
Marriage is the mother Of the world and
PRESERVES ITS hlH5uolHS. His 1tS cltfeS ana
churches, and Heaven itself, and is that state of
good things which God hath designed as the
present constitution of the world
4 weak-lninded lady says if anything will
make a woman swear, it is striking her foot
against the rocker of a rocking chair, while
hunting for her night-cap after the candle has
been blown out
How could you do SO imprudent thing ?'
said curate to a very poor Taffy. '.What
reason could you have for marrying girl as
completely stepped in poverty as yourself, and
both without the slightest prospect of provision"
g Why, sir" replied the Benedict, 1--WE had
a very good reason. We had blanket piece,
and as the cold weather was coming on, we
thought that putting them together would be
warmer"
A lady residing in Butler County, Ala, pre-
santed her husband with three boys at one
birth, short time since, and named them
Washington, Nebraska, and Kansas.