Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1857-07-04
How Some People Marry and Live.

ball room. falls in love with 1t, courts l''
marries it, goes to housekeeping win III
and boasts of having home and a wlle 10
grace it, The chances are nine TO one ne
has neither. Her pretty face gets to be
an old story, or becomes lsded,or ireckled
or lretied: and as the face was all he
wanted, all he paid attention TO, and all he
sat up with, all be bargained Tor, all ne
swore TO love, honor, and protect, he gets
sick of his trade, knows dozen faces
W hich he likes better, gives up staying
at home Of evenings, consoles himseit
with cigars, oysters, and politics, and
looks upon his home as a very indifferent
boarding house. A family OF children
grow up about him; but neither he nor bIs
face know anything about training them
so they come up heller skelter; made toys
of when babies, dolls when boys anu
girls. drudges when young men and wo-
men; and so passes year after year, ana
not one quiet, happy. homeiy hour IS
known throughou, the entire household.
Another Young man becomes enamored
of a fortune" lie waits upon il TO par
ties. dances The polka with it,exchanges
bWeidour with it, pops the question TO
m. GETS yves" from ii, takes II 10 the par
son 5, wcds il, calls. i, wife, carries It
home, se.s up an establishment with IT,
introduces il to his friends, and says poor
fellow y that he too is married, and has
got a home. It's false. lie is not
married, and has no home; and he soon
finds il cut. lie is in tie wrong box,but
il is too late to get out OF it. lie might
as well hope 10 escape from his comm.
Friends congratulate him, and lie has TO
grin and bear j.. TheylPrOise the house
IIhe furniture, tie cradles the new Bible.
tie new baby, and then Did the "iortune
and he who husbands il good morning
AS if he had known good morning since
Ihe and that giided fortune were falsely
declared so be one
Take another case. young lady ls
smi,ten with pair OF whskers. Curled
hair never before had such charms. She
sets her cap for them; they take. The de-
lighted whiskers make an offer, pr1ifer-
ing themselves in exchange for one heart.
The dear miss is overcome with magma
nimity, close The bargain, carries home
the prize, shows il 10 pa and ma, calls
hers elf engaged TO il, thinks there never
was such pair of whiskers before, and
in a lew weeks they are married. MAR
ried yes, the world calls il so, and we
will. What is the result A short hon
eymoon. and then they unluckily discov-
er that they are as chalk and cheese, and
not TO be made one, though all the priests
in Chrslendom pronounce it so.-New
Hoven Palladium.
GREAT Han STORM. WASHINGTON,
June Ia most terrific thunder storm
passed over the city al 3 o'clock this az
tcrnoon. Hail also fell from ten 10 fifteen
minutes with great force. The stones
were Of all enormous size, some weighing
five or six onces, and doing immense de-
sructlon TO skyiighis and windows of
churches and other public and private
buildings, the Gov ernmenl conservaiories,
etc.
Several private galleries Of art are also
seriously damaged. The trees were half
stripped of their foliage, and The grain,
vegetables and shrubbery in this vicinity
beat to the esrtn. In some cases horses
and cows were severely cut by tie hall.
The storm appears TO have extended
over breadth Of some ten miles. II was
about southwest. We have 10 reports
from The plantations, but the crops are 10
doubt greatly injured.
SoMNANBULrM.-A Miss Mary Myers,
a young woman about Is years oil age,
residing in the family of Henry Wolf,
on Washington, street Chamberburg, Pa,
met with quite serious mishap on Sat
urday night last. She has been in tho
habit Of walking in her sleep, from which
dangerous practice she had been very
nearly broken, bot about l2 o'clock on
the night named, il sppears that she arose
from her bed, in a chamber in The second
story, raised The window, and made her
way Out, falling to the pavement below.
She allghed on her feet, and did rot a.
axe unlh she struck rne ground. Her
body received such a shock and iaI that
Der life is desPaired Of. The family were
notified Of the accident by her means, she
having. with great difficulty gained access
10 lhe passage, dhe back door Of which
had been left open.
ClvIL WAR IN New YuRK. A con-
fIct occurred between tie SAFE and Mu-
nicipaI Authorities OF New York city last
week, " l.ich al one lime ihfeaIenCd sell
o1s consequences, but which was subse-
quendy terminated by reference Of the
matter in dispute TO ihe high Court Of The