Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1867-07-05

ltttlo DfOtner grows UPS NC eWOhcs eno
husbands cigars, gets Allie to persuade
Tom to pay his debts, stays at home all
day like lazy dog, aud puts his feet on
the sofa.1 iIe Laomssi l.aH "H's9 .
q Tom predicts that he will certainly be
hung, at which Allie shricks and is seen
late at night going into her little (six feet
nowD brothers bedroom to cry over him
in anticipation.
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Next to this marvellous and useless in
fatuation comes thellovc of school girls for
the brothers of their friends, o, rris n,
Sisters are golden-mouthed when speak
ing Of their big brothers, and these young
sters are so described as to captivate the
hearts Of the romantic listeners ieai
Ii is a superstition among school girls
that they arc to marry the brothers Of
their chums. s.
'How olse'---ihey exclaim-'can we be
united until death, as We have resolved to
be?' a.. sf4 4e
b The hallucination is over when the
blooming brother comes on visit 10 the
young ladies' Seminary os. .. esd
His stubby hair and green eyes, joined
to hideous appetite, disenchant the ro-
mantle bosom friend, and bis malicious
habit of pinching her arms drives her
screaming to her perceptress. W
Thenceiorward there is n milf between
tho young virgins, and reconciliation
tho brother is never mentioned.
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Perhaps 10 later life he again meets his
sisters chum.
They laugh over by cones; awakened
romance leads her to think on bin fondly;
his sister encourages tho Irritation until 1t
grows serious and then manoevros with
her parents 20 get him out Of the enslav.
erstoils. i'Nt
This accomplished tho bosom friend
and tho treacherous sister have their last
milf and part iorevorl ''H -.
Xxx.
When an Immensely tall girl meets
diminuiiye man, the latter il seized with
sppsm which he oalls--Lovel o
The laughter aud ridicule of the ANA.
zon- who always appreciates tho saori.
ileo she would make In wedding him on.
ly nugments tho small genlleman's fever.
lie wooes her as matter Of pride. aud
the air with which he bears her of is the
air Of landed proprietor who has just
annexed considerable estate to his own.
II is worthy Of remark that little men
seldom WOO big women in vain, nor thin
men fat women. Hsaf
Perhaps secret dream of domination
urges the lady to grant the suit.
Such women have almost always been
in Love, in their early days, with gigan-
tic men-( (who have stopped, however, to
tiny girlsD and they gloat over the idea of
showing tho Lordly Scornors how they
can revenge thems, Ives on The Sexl
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But l think of all tie unfortunate
phases Of affection which the world pre-
sents, that is the most uggravating which
| shall call.
THE FIRTH WHEEL
Tradition ridicules the idea Of n fifth
wheel to a coach. So in-life, where hus-
baud aud wife love each other, another
man or another, woman in the family is
the fifth wheel, thatis to say, worse than
uselessl
Did you ever notice woman walking
betwecn two men?-one Is her husband;
she never talks to him; the other is the
fifth wheel she is lively, agreeable and
chatty TO himl
Did you ever notice a man promcnad.
ing between two women? lie strives TO
nj 10 H... al. 4 -
acting the partof a foel il not rascal
One Of these ladies--ihe pale one, you
see with the sad eye. and tho closed lips,
isthc wife. The other, with the rubicund
face, plump 0gurc, aud saucy expression,
Is the hiie wbeel0 iiiat9d q dslu ~ ~
Women of families. with strange perti.
naslty keep these useless pcrsonngcs in
their houses; and men with gross careless.
ness suffer their 9th wheels to roll about
their houses at all hoarsg odi .s'aal
Little by little the fifth wheel displaccs
the legitimate one. - ,,.4,.'
The wife becomes furious nj tho as.
sumptlous of her friend who eyinees so
much regard for tho Husbands comfort
One woman is enough to wait on any
mani .INiitI IifiNIfi1l ID )0lIIf
When there arc twoin house one must
go TO the wall -.
And how, is il with tho male Fifth
Whcel7 tta .ttF asf
Why, somo day he rolls about in such
an odd cceeutric iashionuhat the husband
has TO chase him oil about with q pistol
to the neglect Of his business and tho ter.
ror Of the wifc-who roea homo "a her
mother 10 order to find refuge from Ua.
rorhy .Suspleioas.
There IS much good scnsc and truth In
tho remark that no man ever prospcrcd In
tho world without tho cooperation OF his