The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1857-07-02
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q ! j,sad BY Genttsmsa Calyi

tioo9s.-A la2y in Auburn was in
her garden .ie other day, VIXEN she sud
denly rashol into the house exclaiming
thst she ", attacked by snake, and
tainted, v13a it was found that one of
h>t hoops lad given way and caused her
frigFt
Way 5l.oald little boy be careful to
watch the conduct Of his papa's sister?-
tsG4use tAe Bible says, Consider the
ways Of tic aunt and be wise.
A CRUEL PARENT, On Friday
last, Miss Mcbride swore out varrent
in Albany, n. Y, against her father for
stealing her earrings to bet on dog
6ght,
A clergyman was censuriug young
lady for tight lacing "Why" replied
the arch Miss, "you would not recon-
mend loose habits to yeur Pensioners ?"
The Clergyman, thus optwitted, smiled
thoughtful,
OF all the projects of reformers and
enthusiasts, 10 one has done so much to
enlaFg- tie sphere Of 7oman in practi-
cal way, as-hoops.
The only way to cure boy OF staying
out nights, Is to break his legs, or else
get the CALICO he runs with 10 do the
housework
A little boy once said to his grand
mother. Grandmother, | hope you viii
die first - Why SONY child?" Be
cause I can stand troubles better than
you can" This hit from an affectionate
and brave boy occasiOned great laughter,
WoMES's CHARMs.-Pleasure is to
women what the sun is to the flower; if
moderately enjoyed, it beauties, it re-
freshes, and it improves; ifimmoderately,
it withers, it deteriorates, and destroys
But the duties of domestic life, exercised
as they must be in retirement, and call
ing forth all the sensibilities of the female,
are perhaps as necessary to the full de-
velCpment Of her charms as the shade
and the shower are to the rose, conform
ing its beauty, and increasing its fra.
GRANGE.
In giving advice to young ladies in
the choice of husband, modern writer
utters the following oracles
The man who doesn't take tea, but
takes snuff, and stands with his back to
the fire, is brute, whom | would not
advise you, my dears, to marry upon any
consideration either for love or money.
But the man who when the tea is over, is
discovered to have had none, is sure to
make the best husband, Patience like
his deserves being rewarded with the
best Of wives and the best of mothers-in-
law. My dears, when you meet such a
man do your utmost to marry him. La
the severest winter he would not mind
going to bed first !"
\ New DIscoyERY.-The following
was communicated to the Boston EUen-
fnJ Gazette by correspondent of that
paper. We hope the discovery will be OF
benefit to our feminine readers:
For the benefit of your lady readers
who wear hoops (and who Of her sex do
not permit me to communicate valu-
able discovery, by which they are enabled
- SIT down, even III circumscribed space,
without producing those awkward and
unsightly protuberances on each side, and
the frequent bulging out in front Of the
skirt Ike an inflated balloon. The rem
edy is simple; the lady has merely to
lit the hoop behind when taking her
seat, so that 1t is brought into nearly "a
perpendicular position, and the sides told
snugly over close to the figure. One of
the largest and loYeliest of her sex hit
upon this happy idea, ="
PRETTY LARcENY-The belle of
romantic little village about forty miles
northwest of Toledo was stolen from her
fathers house few nights since, The
thief was an athletic young man, with
black eyes and comely features. The
young fady's venerable father pursued
the thief in the morning, and on arriv-
ing at, found MS lost daughter, who
introduced the thief as her husband. -
The old gentleman swore violently for
some minutes, when, the thought sud
denly striking him that he was acting
sbsurdiy, he became amiabIe and said
"blesslngs on ye my children! !" The
children accepted the old gentlemans'
blessings, and have since accepted few
hundred acres OF his extensive estate
Toledo Commercial, June 28.
PRESIDENT BUCHANAN ON THE SLAVE
IRADE.-Tne Tribune calls the attention