The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1857-02-13
Two Sorts Of kissing.


The neatest Of sll things, the story
the Widow I4ampkin, OF whom DootC
Meadows took so much toll when the
crossed tho bridge on a sleigh.ride, ~
minds me, SAYS 4 down east friend. o
one Of our Maine young fellows, VIII
lhus describes the battle aud final yicto
~, IN a fair fight for kiss Of his sweet
heart
"Ah. now, Sarah dear, give me a kis
Just oue--aud be done with IT,"
wontl so, thero,uow"
Then | shall have 10 take it, whether
or no"
Take IL, il you dare"
So at it he went, rough and tumble
An awful destruction Of starch row CON.
meuced. The bow OF my cavat Wa,
squat up IN less than no time AZ the
next bout smash went shirt collar. aud
al the same time some Of the head las,en
ings gave way, and down came Sally S
hair, like flood in mill.dam broke
loose, carrying away hall dozen combs.
One plunge of Stlly's elbow, aud my
blooming bosom rulli,s wilted 10 the
consistency aud form Of an aller-Linuer
napkin. Blu, she had mo- time to boast
SOOn her nccs .tackuug b'gln to sever.
parted pt e throgt, aWay wont a string
OF white bc,ls, sssmp.rug aid running
races every way you could thiuk OF abou
the floor She loug ght fair, however, /
must admit; aud when she could fight
NO longer, Tor want uf breath. she yield
cd handsomely her arms fll down by
her slde-these long, round, rosy arms
ner hair hung back over the chair, her
eyes were half shu, AS II size were una
b.e To hold them open minue o olger,
an there lay plump litllc moutbIdl in
{ AR! Ny guudue did you " r ee a
hawk puuuoe ON ru1n, ore b.e on a
clover op? Even SO | settled aud when
she came TO, aud threw up those arms,
aud seized me around the neck and de-,
Jared she'd choke me if ever did so
gam, aud had great mind do itnow
Il just ran the risk again, aud The morc
sne chuk,d the the better l liked Il and
now she pa s her arms around my neck
apd pr roNn iq~iu tle WHY Of min.
every d. tat hai ur Her Jo,n, an
,on' 30 nhoaut utitg.alt
That was ysr9 s,u,.5o gul an sly
makes n ul. "a too. ~ am Nc,
ashamed " say anywhere.
rHE CLERICAL KISS
Quite different, bu, not less saiistaeto
~, WAS tbe first eAcuAtory experience ol
.Damnie Brown He had reached the
m ,ture age oi 6leand forty, wthout'ev
er having taken part in this laJial exer
else
One Of his deacons had very charm
i { dau shter and Tor a year or Two the
D Imlnie found IL very pleasant to call up
on ner three or four times a week. In
tac the neig ghbors said he was cour
ling her, and very likely he was, though
no had not the slightest suspicion Of It
himself
One Moudayeyeuing he was sitting
rs usual by her side, when sudden idea
popped into her head.
MISS Mary" said he, "l've known
you long time, and never thought Of
,aoh u thing before; but now | would
ike you 10 give me a kiss. VIII you?"
"Wel Mr.. Brown" replied She. arch
iig her lips in tempting way, 'If you
tbuk il would not be wrong, have no
OBJ reuons
"Let us ask blessing first" SAID the
good man, closing his eyes and folding
his hands "For what we are about u
receive. the Lord makes US thankful"
The ohaste kiss was then given and
warmly returned.
"Oh, Mary, that soas goodl" cried the
Dominic, electrified by new sensation.
"Let us have another and return
thanks"
Mary did not refuse; and when the op-
era ION had been repeated, the Dominic
ejaculated in a transport Of JOY.
"For the creature comforts which we
have now enjoyed, the Lord be praised,
aid they may be sanctihed to our tempo
raj and eternal good"
History says that the ferveut petition
Of the honest Dominic was duly answer
ed, for in less than mouth Mary be-
came Mrs. Browa.- Life illustrated.
DASGERoUs ILLNEss OF CRAWFORD
THE SCULPTOR. We have been sometime
laware that our gifted countryman, the
Soulp or Crawford, WAS suderngseverely
from morformed over one of bis eyes
which threatened TO deprive him OF
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