Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1865-08-24

He's trim and he's hearty, 80 why should care
No harsh word from him my poor heart ever shocks,
i wOuldn't mind scOlding SO seldom he talks.
All WELL tbs too much we women expect,
lie only had promised % love and protect,
So lean on nv husband so silent and strong.
Pm sure there's no trouble, we're getting along.
Life isn't so bright as it was long ago,
When be visited me amid tempest and snow;
When he brought me a ribbon or jewel % wear;
And sometimes a rosebud 70 twist in my hair;
But when we are girls We can all laugh and sing,
OF course, growing old, LIES a different thing,
Nv good man and have forgot our May song,
Yet somehow OF ether we're getting along.
SUSTAIN THE RIGHT.
We may not al, with powerful blow,
Be champions for the Rights
But all with firm, undaRnted brow,
May stand uRshaken mid the TOW
OF wrongs sustained from Might;
OK word may turn the waYcring scale,
ONE willing, honest hand
Uphold the cause that else might fall,
Although BY genious planned.
DARNED Coop" Betsey, my DEAR" said
MIR. Stubs, giving his wife pair Of unmention-
ables, "have the goodness 70 mend these trOu-
sers-it viii be as good Us going to the play to-
night"
Mrs. S. took her needle, but confessing she
could not see the point, said, How SOP
"Why, ny dear, you viii see the wonderful
TGrels IN the past-O mine.
Mrs. Stubs finished the job, and handing back
the trousers, told Stubs, That's ddrHed good.
psa- A young man, seated at dinner the other
dav. said TO his wife. ELLEN, If YOU are good
40 guessing, here is 4 cOnundrum for YOU; IF
the Devil should lose his tail, where would
he 90 70 get another onef After some guess
ing, she gave il up. "Wel, said he, where
they retail SPIRITS Eager to get of, she
hastens 10 a friend ooh Marian, have such
nice conundrUm! Joe Just told me Of it.
j know you can't guess il: 1.-THE Devil should
lose his tail, where would he 60 10 get another
one 2 Her friend Marian having givenitup,
she said, WAere tiey SCI hq2or BY &e g'9Ss D."
ESJ"As every sacrifice was to be seasoned
with salt, so is every mercy 90 be sanctioned by
prayer. As gold sometimes is laid, not only ON
cloth and silk, but also upon silver, 50 prayer is
the golden duty that must be laid, not only upon
all our natural and civil actions, as eating drink
ing, buying and selling, but alsoupOn our silver
duties upon AL our most religious and spiritual
performances. prayer moves the hand that
moves the universe"
ES59" Ifthere is anything hate, il lisa woman
with lap-dogl always want to drownitand
put baby in It's place. says cruel Fanny Fern,
forgetting that too often the lap-d0g owners feel
the same way, bur take the dog becouse they
can't have the baby. Shouldn't be hard on the
sex, Fanny because you've done o little some
thing for your country.
H. NOman's spirits were ever hurt by doing
his duty On the contrary, one good action,
one temptation resisted and overcome, one sac
rifce of desire OF interest purely for concieuces
sake, viii prove a cordial for weak and low
spirits, beyond what either indulgence, OF diyi-
sion, or company can do for them.
no Great crimes rum comparatively fcw.-
II is the little meannesses, selhshnesses, and i'm
purities, that DO the work Of death on most men;
and these things march not 10 the sound Of fife
OF drum. They steal with mufled tread, as
the foot steals ON the sleeping sentinel.
5ns-Bcauty, Hkelobs.ers, viii spoil in time Kiss
es like ice, viii mel words are butair; Love is only
bubble, bright, beautiful in the light Of Fancy
touched by the rough reality Of life IL is nothing;
Hope, the plaything OF the hour Despair, the sui
eide'sexcuse; money, the God men worship; Honesty
new suit Of clothes, worn as little as possible and
soon out Of fashion; Pride, excellent substitute
for knowledge; Honor, pistols and coffee for two.
ESg-A Connecticut editor, travelling in Neya-
ia, SAYS that all sorts of languages are used
there. English. French. German, Spanish. Irish,
Chinese, III Ute, etc, but he thinks none is sp0-
ken wiils~so much huency and freedom. and
none seems 10 be 50 generally understood, us
Profano language.
s~SwIFr wrote many sharp epigrams, of
which this is not bad specimen:
Sir, admit your general rule,
That every poet is a fool
But you, yourself, may serve to show it,
That every fool is not poet
RFIfa girl thinks more Of her heels than
of her head, depend upon 1t she will never a.
mount % much Brains which settle I'm the
shoes never get much above them. This viii
apply as wei " the masculine - 10 the l,-li-
nine gender.
RSS-Mrs Yell lately cowhided Mr. Lay for
not performing promise TO marry her. Ashe
wouldn't make her Lay, she made him yel'
Rg-The old fogy who poked his head from
"bchind the times had it knocked SoUndly by
passing event"
EG-A fool in high station is Ike a man on the
top Of a mOnument-everything appears small TO
him and he appears small to everybody.
Rsa. To one who said, Il donot believe there
is an honest man in the world" another re-
piled, 1T is impossible that one man should
know all the world but quite possible that one
NAV know himself
BSE- IAN old negro crossing the river from
dancing froIc, lost his oars, and came near
swapping. in a terror, he down onhis knees,
and exclaimed. 20, maSsa Lord if cher gwine
70 help ole Ira, nOw's de time y
ESs"Let us remove temptation from the
path Of youth, as the frog said as he plunged
into the water, when he saw q boy pick up a
stone.
B6y-It is said that the Sultan is averse TO the
building q railroad 10 Constantinople, lest 1t
4 . u, .-fe 1. III