The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-03-13
Spice for the Ladies.

Dy woman whipping llCI H'tSOi'ii'
through the streets with q large
hickory.
\ gentleman in California hav,
ing made lady q present Of 4 pail
| Of pistols, after several trials o.
skill, they concluded to 60 through
the forms of a duel. They took
their positions, fired at the word
| and, to the terror Of the lady, the
gentleman fell. She threw her
self franticalIy upon the corps
embracing and kissing it with eve
ry emotion of cndearmcnt. Tn.
der such magical influence tho
! gentleman revived, and rose IN.
hurt from the ground, and-and
they are to be married.
\ young lady in Texas who ad.
! vcrtiSed for Il husband, says she
can talk philosophy &s we'll as
rock the cradle.
Startling toast Nv oman-thc
morning star Of infancy-thc day
star Of manhood-thc evening
! star Of age. Bless our stars"
At printers festival the follow
! inc was one Of the toaStS "Wo-
men-Sccond only to the press in
the dissemination Of the news"
\ cotcmporary suggests that a
lady, On putting ON her corsets, is
! like a man who drinks to drown
| his grief, because in so-lacing her
self she is getting tight !
If pretty woman asks you
what you will bet, answer that
you will lay your head to hers.
a young and beautiful girl was
one day asked DO tell nc why
it is Cupid continues so long after
the invention Of powder to use az
rows ? To avoid the report Of
! firearms. which would attract the
jealous.
In the Virginia Legislature last
! week resolution was introduced
to tax bachelors for the support
of widows and old maids left with
out protection by the war. Good !
Miss Violet Blair is said to be
the prcttiest girl in Washington.
An exchange says she has the
fragrance Of Il rosebud and the
modcStv Of 4 violet, and is to be
the wife Of a Clergyman.
\ man in Detroit advertiSes for
partner in the nursery business.
If he wants wife, why hasn't he
the manlincss to say 50?
RAISING BoYS.-A lady whose
namc we did not learn, livinw near
Bambrrg South Carolina. gave
birth; 4 few days ago: to four Chill
dren, all boys. and doing As well
as could be expected. Bill Arp
stated some time since that the
women Of the South were going
to raise boy children, and this is
certainly good beginning.
Women is a dclusion but men
will hug dclusiOns.
\ young lady down East advcr-
tiScd for a young man that ''em-
braccd an opportunity" and says
IF he will come over to our town
he can do bcttcr.'
WHAT 4 FINE NoNAN Is LINE
\ fine woman is like L locomotive,
because she draws 4 train after
her, scattcrs the sparks and tran
sports the males.
\ paper asks very innoccntly if
it is any harm to sit in the lapse
of ages. Another replies that it
all depends on the kind Of ages Sc
lcctcd. Those from eighteen to
twenty-five it puts down as extra
hazardous.
Ouryou friends-and old ones
too-who arc anxious to learn
how many weddings a married
couple may lawfully have will be
pleased to know that one year at
ter marriage comes the paper
wedding five years saftcrmarriage,
the wooden wedding ten years,
the tin wedding twenty-five
years, the silver wedding fifty
years, the golden wedding: seven
tv-hve years, the diamond we'd
ding.
The recent marriage Of Mr.. pay with
Miss Field presents this singular anomaly.
that, although lie gaipcd the field, she
won the day.