Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1858-05-01

the superhuman eXerilons q! lrltnd VINO
happened TO be on board. This friend
was young, unmarried, and his galIantry
inspired such sentiments IN the breast OF
the widow thai she married him before
Robert had time 10 claim her. When he
learned lhe state of affairs. he was some
what indignant, bu! she told him the CIR
cumstan1es and managed 10 satisfy him
with the promise that if she ever became
widowed again she would most positively
marry him. The lady, with her fourth
husband, settled upon farm near Bacy-
rus, while Robert removed to Mansfield
that he might be near her. In the course
Of year they removed II Piusburg,
where the husband went into the mercan.
tile Of Liberty sreet-residiDg however in
iAllegany. Robert followed them, and
finding employment, determined to watch
The chances closely. One day he was
passing the store of Mr.. when he
saw a terrible commolion. Rushing in
he saw Mr.. mangled corpse
upon the floor. cask of rice which was
|, being holsted had fallen and killed him
instantly. He inquired if any one had
gone to acquaint his wife Of The accident,
Yes the first clerk just started. Looking
once more at poor Mr.. -- 10 make
sure that he was perfectly dead, Robert
started for AlIegany as fast as his legs
could carry him. The first clerk was on
ly trihle ahead Of him, and Robert
knowing the importance of being in time,
from past experience, and fearing that the
clerk had designs upon the widow, ran
like an Indian. Side by side they ran,
until they reached the Hand street bridge.
The clerk was obliged to stop to make
change, while Robert, who paid toll by
The year, passed without delay. He Eea-
ched The house, told the heart rending
news, and obtained a solemn pledge from
J the widow, before the clerk arrived. This
time she was true TO her promise, and az
ter year had passed, they were married.
AS all her husbands died wealthy, Robert
is very comfortably fixed, His history
, SHOWS what perseverance will accom-
plish.
How Women Have the Best OF Every
tnlng.
A bachelor gentleman, of New York,
incenscd at the talk concerning the
rights" that women have moi, and !he
persecution that thev endure, pours out
his vexalion at great length in the Home
Journal. Hear him {:
Don't talk 10 me about the best Of ev-
erything! The laGies have all the pick
and the choice. Then, again, at all pub
lie places Of amusement, witness the ia
tigue the gentlemen oGen encounter. JUS,
observe party of ladies and gentlemen
: going into box at lheaIre--the ladies
all jump into the best seats, without being
invited the gentleman tlmidly stand back
and are pushed into a corner, where they
can see nothing. except by standing up
and leaning over, al The expense of a
crooked neck the next morning, or a
wearness Of limbs which q nights rest is
not sufficient to remove, whilst the ladies
sleep IN the lap of forgelfulness, and at
breakfast are as fresh as pack Of hounds
on summer morning. No, sir Many
: weary night of it have had, in standing
and waiting for the oppressed sex, as you
! call il. have also wished | were, wo-
, man myself, except that would disdain
10 accept such services from the other Sc X
b, as they DO. And yet they would tax Us
for the support of their impraclcables
E would they!
"Woman's work never done say you
: but what sort of work ? They are chat
Z ting all the time of it. Don't they sit al
j The window all the day, observing every
7 thing that is done in the street? OF
course | mean those who DO rot ride out.
Don'I they know everybody that rings for
abundance And did not our servant
discover how many clean shirts the gen.
lleman opposite used in week, and how
1 often he changed his stockings, and
y whether he wore drawers in summer or
not, and all that by merely watching the
laundress' bundle al the door ?
5 "Making and mending clothes for chill
dren Nonsense They are amusing
e themselves with the children all the
! while, and they like it, and long for d
. drive 10 carriage now and then, for a
, change, but not for other and more agree
> able work, not they; for they not only
$ like the work, but they have even the
: dress. makers to come and sit beside them
+ that they may be always a, hand 10 super
intend and direct. Toll The most OF
} them are weary just sitting doing nothing.
What would they do if they had their
: will Even those who have carriages al
; their command, at last think it a trouble
} TO take an hours drive and shopping and