The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1869-02-22
Ladies' Column,

Ono branch Of the Dakota legislature
passed the woman suffrage bill.
Two of the students in the Iowa Agri-
cultural College are women.
Why are corsets like opposition rail-
road comraui 8? Because they reduce
t Q fare-(air. g9
1t cos's SlOO and takes one weeks
time to get chiguon dyed in Paris to tho
newest fashionable color.
"Nobody ever lost anything by love-"
said sane docking man. "1llat is not
tue" said a lady who heard the remark,
"for l once lost three nights sleep"
A funny fact about the weather is, that
ladies who sport handsome set of furs
think tits bitter cold, while those who do
not own them think it is very mild. "
Ayouns lady of Kansa City, Missouri,
lately went to Independence, paid her
lovers fine, released him from Jail, and
married him. ,a +l@s.as
In Dubois county, Indiana, there is n
blooming matron of sixteen years who is
a happy wife, and mother of two boys,
aged respectively one and two years.
A girl Of eighteen was recently ar
rested in Engla, for wearing male attire,
who confessed she had worn it since she
was nine years old. t,..la.
The last novelty out is a 'hair' album.
Locks of hair belonging to your friends,
with their autographs, are. tastcfuliy ar
ranged on the pages. Il is qaite unique,
aud promises to be popular. a
Each Of the three most popular lectur.
crs Of France-Mmc. Ernst, Mile. De-
vaisnc. and Mile. Clemencn Rogers
make more money than any literary man
there except Dumas.
Old johnny Grim, Of Newvil!c, john
son county, Indiana, aged sevonty.six
years. was recently presented with q
bouncing boy by his kind-hearted cold
womau," who is over sixty years Of
age. orr
it was said ola belle, in tho habit Of
wearing low ,ncckcd dresses, who recent
ly carried offa matrimonial prize in tho
shape Of a rich old widower, that "shc
won the race by neck" 'Ht'H
At a recent marriage near, Larkins-
vile. Alabama. the, bridegroom. whose :
wife had been buried only five weeks, was J
N his sixtieth year. and the bride yerg-
ng on her twentieth.
1fAiNew York paper chronicle, The
marriage Of Sirius Smith and MRS..
Stanton. of Bolton. The happy BRIDE
groom launches out for the first time on
ne s'a Of ma.rimony, at tho mature ago
,fnincty-two years. 4. '--f 1 ~ .''h
Two thousand women. wives. etc., Of
:hc Rajah of Jeypore, lately set upon
their guardian, who was keeping them too
strictly, and beat him mrst numerically.
He barely escaped with lis life aud
broken arm. ae 14lg
A Kcntuckian, who had, after rro-
traeted conrtshir, made up his mind to
propose to n Young lady, carried lis rcso-
ution into effect. The lady, with some
hesitation, rcplicd-I am partially en-
gagged. myself, but mother waits to
marry .,
A bridein Washington lately intro
luced the style Of having her train borne
BY three pages, If this fashion 81 o i'll
'pr.ad, COURT nga young lady would 10
ike reading 4 n6vcT4shc wovld never
grow interesting until you had turned
over several pages. r. y aa'o n,
Queen Victoria wears her hair, in pri-
vate, as English ladies we're wont to wear
It FIVE aud twenty years ago. On the rarc
occasions on which she appears in public.
she bands her tresses under diamond
Golf, after tho manner Of Mary, Queen Of
Scots. ,W-,
A youns countess. niece Of NJ. 1oLc.
seps, Of suez Canal fame. lately died frou,
a Ay bite OH her nose. She was out RI
ding when attacked, inaanl nation set in
her. hcse was amputated as
quickly as possible after her return home,
but it wa, Intellectual to stop the spread
Of the poison, and tho countess died with
in twelve hours from the time she was
bitten.
A rich old farmer, aged seventy, in
Cuyahdga county. Ohio, proposed mar
riagc to n designing young chit Of sixttel
md was accepted. The old mans grown
up children bad their amatory progenithr
,pprehendei on charge Of lnnacy. The
Judge gavo him a sound lecture on the
subject Of dccritful women, which 50
opened his eyes that he left the rom pro.
sting that lie didn't want TO marry no.
body, no how.
In the edge Of Martin county. live Q