The Van Buren press., 1867-07-12


in hotel Spittoops full of cigar .stumps
Boufbon whiskcy. Husband in hurry to
be off, writing h9mc c;Hltr RoaY
dearest Susuc-My time is so occu-
pied with business that can hardly spare
moment to write to you. Oh darling,
how miss you, and the only thing that
sustsins me during my absence is the
thought that every moment thus spent is
for the benefit of my dear wife and chill.
dren Take good care Of yourself, my
dear. Feed the baby on one cows milk,
Exe,,se fp6ste, etc" ft}i~%iif itkfj
Wife at home-Scene 9 Parlor All
the gas lit. Thirteen grass widows Fred,
from around the, corners with his violin
Jim, from across tile way, With his banjo
Jack, from above, with his guitar; Sam,
from below, with his flute lots Of other
fellows, with their instruments. Dancing
and singing side, e,board covered with nuts,
fruit-cake, cream, wine, whisky, &C. Wife
in ahumy to dance, writing to husband
'glbar. Hnbby-Row lonesomqI am in
your absence. The hours. pass tediously
Nobody calls on me, and / am constantly
thihkhg' lof the time when You will be
home, and your cheerful countenance light
up the now dresry routine of everyday life.
My household duties keep me constantly
employed. I am living as economical as
possible, knowing that your small income
wiltspt admit OF frivolous expenses. ] Bat,
now, dear, Twill say good by, OF I W ill be
too late for the monthly concert Of prayer.
In haste, yours, etc"
Some time since a gentleman died
in the town Of X, who during life refused
to believe in another world Two or three
weeks after his demise, his wife received
throughla medium communication, which
read as follows: "Dear wife, | now be-
lieve Please send me my thin clothes"
LILLY.s SoIILoQUY.-Oh THE bonnets of
my girlhood-the kind | wore to school,
really thought them pretty then-I must
have lbeenja fool. And yet nsedlto think
myself on hats jaunty miss perhaps /
was as fashion went, but what was that to
this? Oh. the lovely little buckwheat
cake, the charming little mat it makes
my head SO very level, and so. very, very
flat. Oh isn't it circumstance oh /!
amt it magn!fqae-so earnest, so progress
sive--likc a lifetime in a week When
wore it out in Canada, they cried le5uncam
saw When Icsme into the opera, folks
shouted loud /" hurrah !" When other
damscls saw it, they shrunk with envy's
pain--tis Bismarck among bonnets, ganz
ansgeieichnet schoea. Oh, a, sisters love
is charming as everybody knows, and a
handsome cousins love is nice, THAT is l
should suppose y and the love of true
lover isa love that cannot pall-but the
love Of new lionnet is the dearest love Of
all. fo i7a'i g, '.'e
-----The indianapolis Journal says that
syoung lady of that city was, last Sunday,
endeayoring to impress upon her scholars
the terrible effects of tho punishment of
Nebuchadnezzar. She said that for seven
years he ate grass just like COW. Just
thena small boy asked g. Did he give
milk? ?" We are not informed as to the
teachers reply ) wrrrrnrp4
u--A negro witness was examined in
Washington city court, to prove the ident-
ity ofa white man, the other day: n
District Attorney Did you see the
man ~ - -
Yes, sar, I seed him"
WAS he awhite man?''gnil
Don't know, sarr'
DO you tell me you saw the man and
can't say whether he was white or black %
15" Yes, sar, seed him, but dare's SO
many white felers callin' demselvcs MIG.
gers, round here can't tell one from
tod'erw
Witness dismissed-explanation salts
factory. rL sma nY
-Tho Olio Farmer says ripe tomatoes
mixed with shorts, are excellent feed for
milch cows. The earliest tomatoes are
from seed left in the ground in the fall from
the decayed fruit. A distinguished gardener
thinks they lose by transplanting all they
gain by hot house culture.
A correspondent Of the Rural New
Yorker says one Of the best remedies for
red lice on cattlo is strong water potatoes
have been boiled in, and not washed. If
tho first hsshiry does not xiii them, the
Sgcond will