The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1865-07-27
A HEN QUESTION

IlSStuiSt lHdt any OO6 WIS at llDor-
| ty to ask questions upon the subject, and he
would answer them as far as he was able
young lady, with much sincerity, remarked
that she had question to ask, though she
was not certain that it was proper question
she would, however, venture to ask it. 1t
was as follows:
eff one hen lays an egg, and another sit on
it and matches out chicken, which hen is
mother of the chicken"
| The lecturer said:
81 will answer yoa iii the yankee sly by
asking you questions: If a little pretty,
white genteel native pullit sits on an egg of
Oriental extraction, aud matches a great
homely, splinter-shanked, sIab.sided. awk-
ward-gaited Sbanhai, would lou if you were
a pullet, own the great hemely monster"
! "No wouldn't, = said the lady.
| - Very well, said the lecturer, "that set
ties the question; for it is principle ply
iology that hers think and act alike in all es-
sen'i~l particulars "
Considerable beauty may be rendered in
lconside'able by one obstroslve feature while
an ordnary face may be surrounded or set off
| by o e OF snch peculiar excellenca as shsll
lend a sweetness to atiathe res, or make you
insensible 10 its Deficiencies pair of fine
| eyes will be capable of all this; while large
nose over an otherwise handsome face may 60
| to throw the whole out of ooGntenauee
fine pair of eyes may answer the double pur-
pose of looking at and looking through
lgoed set of teeth may have more uses than in
mastieation contributing greatly to sweetness
of temper, by keeping the owner on laughing
terms with everybody; the display of these has
been known to keep an illtempered person in
humor for hours together, when nothing else
lin nature could; make him so; nay, these
beautiful enamels will give sort of interest to
linvective, by temptating some females to scold
with open mouth, to show us that the Belle
lSauvage' is to be found a. the other places be-
sides Ludgate hill r1sa
i The SANoI DIAMOND The celebrated Sanci
diamond has been purchased By Messrs
Garrard, of the Hay market for Sir Jamsetjee
lJeheehhoy, of Bombay, for $4,000. The
historical interest attached to this stone is re-
lmarkable and quite authentic It formerly
belonged to Charles the Bold of Burgundy,
then passed into the possession of the Sanci
family, from whence it took its name, ulti
lmatelybecame one of the crown Jewels of
France, was worn at he coronation of Louis
XIV. and XIV, and was stolen at the sack of
the Tuileries 10 1889; it then passed to the
Queen Of Ferdinand VII, of Spain, who gave
lit o Godoy, Prince de la PAX, and from him
Twas transferred to the Demidof family, It's last
Iposessors. Z r
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/ ORIGIN OF THE BONNET The first bonnet
worn in England S. brought from Italy in
the reign of Queen Elz ehsth, and It's form
was compromise between the present round
Italian peasant hat add the French hood -
The materials employed III constructing the
Iornament were crimson satin, deliberately ems
lbroidered, cloth of gold, aul similar rich ma
terials. The Leghorn hat, with perpendiculai
lcrown, and wide brim standing ont far
laround the face, was the first legitimate bon-
net worn, and this appeared long after Eliza
beth's time, 1t was trimmed with artificial
/ overs, and immense bows of ribbon.
i MOTHER WIr,-said an Irishman 10 tele
4 graph operator, 'Do you ever charge any
body for the address in message z"
mo-" replied the operator,
sand do you charge for signing his name,
sir 2" said the customer.
"No, SIR" I'D .ii#N
"Well, then, will ye please send this? I
lust want my brother to know am here, .
ham ding him the following: ~
"To John MeFinn-at London (signed)
Patrick McFinn''
1t was sent as tribute to Pats shrewd-
ness.
RATE Err AwKwARD.-A lady was paying a
visit to penitentiary, and was permitted to
J look through the various wards. In one room
she saw three women engaged in sewing. and,
turning to the keep who was showing her
about, she said to him, in n nndertoue
"Dear me the viciousest looking women
ever saw in my life. What are they put here
for p
II 4They are here,1 he replied, "because am
} here--they are my wife and two daughters,
madam
4 A BAD INVESTMENT FOR LIFE ms. Cons
PANY We recently related the deceasp, at
Versailles, of a French l. dy ia her 10th
year. 1t further appears, in a statement re-
Gently made, that in 1922, being then in her
Goth year, she effected a lite contract with the
General Life Insurance Company of Paris, by
which she was to receive 1000 francs annual
Ily on payment of 10000 francs! The company
must have taken long breath when this ap-
Iparently lnterminable existence was closed.
ODD SAFE FOR DEEDS "A sum Of twenty
thousand pounds in the litigation in Scotland
and depends upon marriage contract, which
being declared ty one of the barristers to be
buried with the mail patty 10 the contract.
Hans George Leslie of Bauff, orders have been
given by the judge 10 have the grave opened
and the coffin searched for such document
What is invisible blue2 A policeman hen
he's wanted. l
| young man adyertlses for situation a 9
son-in-law in respectable family. Would
have no objection, he says, TO go to short
distance into the country. 80 f-@
/ There is an Irishmau employed as a I orter
on railway, who brsgs of having a watch
that keeps correct time. He was heard TO re
mark few mornings since, upon pulling out
his watch, If the sun amt over tie hill in q
minute and half he viii be too late.' ss9
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TIE age of a young lady is now expressed
according to the present style of skirts, by