The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-05-04

..-t - "a sass siss - c1e oSopy upVn niSs duu
left me alone with it,. ~zr
Puneh's Pocket Book for 1859
Contains a comic chapter upon the right
Of visitation las said to be construed by a
lady Of Bloomsbury Square, who knows moth.
ing of politics y:
= No lady or gentleman should think Of
paying visit early in the morning, as the
chances are. the ladies are not up, or scarcely
recovered from the fatigdes of the previous
evening, or too unnerved 10 be visible. IN.
B.-None bnt tradesrnen call the first thing
in the morning. If the young ladies, whom
you are visiting should have their bonnets on,
your good sense should tell yon not to stop
two or three hours, as you should conclude
that, being dressed, they are naturally anxious
togo out. Ifyou are accidentally shown into
wrong room. good manners should teach
you not to take any rotice of any articles OF
wearing apparel that may be scattered about
the place, for The Industrious purpose of being
mended. If there is smell of roast mutton
steamiLg through the house at two or three
o'clock, You should believe the repre- presenta.
ton that is made to you by the mamma that
it is hot luncheon, and not jump TO the con,
clusion that the family are dining at that vul-
gar hour. If you call and find the young la
dy ofthe house busily engaged in talking ear
nestly to handsome gentleman in the con-
servatory. or whispering Iowly in recess, or
looking con6dentially out of a window together
you should take the hint, and rightly consider
that you are ore too many, by retiring as
speedily as possible. IF you have the right of
visiting, you should tutor yourself to believe
what the servant tells you, and not put sus
picious constructions upon bis answers, by
secretly believing that the family is IN, when
he fatty tells you they are all out If you
are always denied admission, your vanity
should not blind you to the fact, that it is
highly probable that you may not be an es
pecial fayorite with the fair inmates OF, that
establishment. and you should refrain, in del
icacy to them. as well as out OF respect 20
yourself, from calling there again. You are
not justified in carrying the right of visitation
TO the extent of a persecution. If there are.
children in the room, politeness should prompt
you (be you bachelor or not) to take some
little notice of them. If you will call some
Eve or ten minutes before the dinrer hour,
you have noiright to take it as an affront be
cause you are not invited to remain and par.
take of it
Punch, ever suggestive,
Gives US bis notion-and very sensible
one it is, too-of the best kind of sewing
machine. He says that the very best sewing
machine man can have is Wife It is one
that requires but kind word to set it in mo
ton, rarely gets out of repair, makeshutli,tle
noise, is seldomthe cause of dust, and, once
in motion, will 60 on uninterruptedly for hours
without the slightest trimming, or the smallest
personal supervision being necessary. 1t will
make shirts darn stockings, sew on buttons,
mark pocket handkerchiefs, cut out pinafores,
and manufacture childrens frocks out of any
old thing You may giyeit and this it win do
behind your back just as well as before your
face. In fact, you may leave the house for
days, and it will go on working Just ihe came.
If it does get out of order little, from being
overworked, it mends itself by being left alone
for short time, after which it returns to its
sewing with greater vigor, than. ever OF
course, sewing machines vary a great DEAL
Some are much quicker than others. 1t de
Ipends. in vast measure, uptn the particular
pattern you select. II you are fortunate in
picking out the choicest pattern of wife
one. for instance that sings while working and
seems to be never SO happy as when the hus
bands linen is to hand the sewing machine
may be pronounced perfect of It's kind; SO
much so, that there is no makeshift in the
world that can possibly replace it, either fol
love or money. In short, no gen,leman's es.
tablishment is complete without one of these
sewing machines in the house
Marriage among the Scotch e q
That entertaining and instructive volume
Notes and Queries, tells US that there are two
sorts of Scotch marriages regular and irregu
lar. The former are preceded by the publ
lcation-sof the banns in the parish kirk (no
episcopal .church) of the place where one o
the parties has previously resided, and th,
marriage is afterwards registered in such kirk
In such case certificate of registry may b.
obtained by applications to the parish clerk o
said kirk, Of course on payment of a small fee
As to the irregular marriages. they may b
contracted, as is well known. without an
Iformalities-simply by the couple acknowledg
ling themselves as man and wife before an
witnesses, or by living together as man an
wife permanently. Such marriages exciud
the idea of any registration at all. But tth
blacksmith at Gretna, and other parsonage
on the border. who were accustomed to assis
runa "ay couples in perpetrating irregula
matches, merely by Uitnessing them, wer
accustomed to enter their names in a bool
/ The excellent statute lately passed. reguirin
certain length of residence in Scotland pre-
, vious to marriages Of the latter class, has no,
, made them matter Of past history.
! a Poetic Pearl. So 4,
Hattie Tying. natural poetess thus sipo
SIcw hang the folds If dark kenins clouds. ,rs,
5is With wierd and moving forms,
Ill And from each cloudy minaret si te7'
: Desosnds the voice of ttorms-
2 But midst the darkness there are rents, IL
i Through which the suu is cleaning,
4 And in lif-'s shadows there rifts sl 10 9a
Through which Gods love Is bearDing.
5safT5 tsE2t3l - -. .F4f r. ~ ~