The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1869-09-13
LADIES' Column.

,"ueh tucy average ABOUT Two Hunoreu.
An Iowalady has died of fright at tho
eclipse. twas total for her.
1Mrs,iGrant wore blue satin, trimmed
with white Lace at Long Branch.
q An exchange wants to know why Susan
Anthony as.so anxious, to get into the
Labor Congress. She is not likely to be
troubled with labor soon.
The Arabs allow a man to divorce him
self from wife who does'n make good
bread 10 lo26'sgl ill
Tie first treasurer 1ofsladison county.
Iowa, kcpt thcfunds ofthe county in bis
wife's stocking.
2 The very first, question that disturbed
mankind was the woman questiou-andit it
bids fair to be the last, a.
,spAi London paper calls ia baby show 70
melancholy cxhibitionBof pulpy collul0r
tissuc.Hci39s ialiI ai i.ei
: An Illinois widow killed o trespassing
wildcat with q pitchfork the other night.
AIMS Dickinson positively declare.
that she would not marry Ciinaman. It
is astonishing what lucky fellows China-
nlcn arc. oity ,gidt1a
A smart young lady, in reply to an en-.
quiry as to why she did not get married.
said it was bccanse she vas unableYto sup
port a husband. biag VI
The wife Of a petty justice IN Odessa
grossly insulted Q coachman, who had her
arrested and brought before her owu hus-
band. The just Judge fined her fifty ru-
bles. r. f.@ s'I'8sHh
Ifthero were seminaries for teaching
spinolOgy, kni,ology, cookology. washolo-
gy, ETC., we should have more w. +. +.
W's-women Gt for wives.
A lady friend Of ours positively refuses
to cat corn starch, lest il should impart
stiffness to her manners.
Tho Pcrsiaus hare a saying that Mou
measures Of talk were sent down upon the
earth, aud the women took nino.''
i Black velvet bows with very long ends !.
are now worn by !ladios on lhcir shoulders
An old bachelor is traveller on lifo's
railroad, WHO has entirely failed to make
tile proper connections!
Mrs. Parlington says she did not marry
her second husband because she loved the
sex, but just because hc was the size Of
her FIRST husband and could wear his old
clothes. iH .Rel
A terrible accident occurred recently at
hotel in Cleveland. "A bridal party ar
rived there, all we'll, but after retiring it
was discovered that tho bridegroom had
got into bed with q bridesmaid. The
bride made fuss. .it.s.
Anna Dickinson is delighting the Cali
fornians. She is lescribed by prudent
ly enthusiastic editor as "not pretty, but
handsome; not lovely, but loveable; not
stunning, but admirable"
Female education is often gaudy aud
tawdry setting, which h,cumbers and almost
hides the jewel it ought to bring out.
"A Texas paper says that though court
ing can still go. on, getting married is
played out, there being no one in Office
there who is authorized 10 perform tho
ceremony. 10 ,,b
Queen Victoria has set the style in "a
vor Of riding habits as short rs the ordi-
nary walking dress, but gored on the in.
ncr side exactly so as to fit the conforma-
tion Of the saddle, and SO heavily shotted
as not to rise. a1h'
The strong minded women and tho
weak.mindcd men ofyNcw York arc hay-
ing a convention on the suffrage question,
and, as usual, there is some very foolish
talk. r.alss.a. ms
A man fell into well 90 feet deep in
Cleveland few days since, aud was
drawn up by six women and one girl.who
handed him a rope. The Good Book says
"soven women shall lay hold Of one
man" ,5 ,ss,s....s
Fanny Fern snysA"If one. half Of tia
girls knew the previous lives of the mcn
they marry, the list Of old maids W. u'd
DO wonderfully increased" Whpr' rol
the Boston POst asks "if the men kn, u
what tl.eir future lives were to bc.
wouldn't it Increase tho list Of old nlids
still further o.
The woman who made pound Of but
OF from the cream II "a joke, and cheese
from the milk Of human kindness, has
since washed the clothes Of d year, aud
hung 'en todry Oh bee line.
Ayoung lady at school engaged III
the study Of grammar, was asked II kiss
was common or, proper noun. After
some hesitation she replied at is both
counicn and proppr.' Such p e:ocious-
iess should be nippod III tie bud.
Miss Carrie A. B6nuinr. n younr lady