Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-04-10
Chit.Chat for the Ladies.

rimony brings up pearl.
The mother who saw baby prettier than her
own has been sent to the lunatic-asylum.
CRIsoLISE shoppers who never buy anything,
are known to the trade as counter-irritants.
MARY E. p Macon, of North English, Iowa,
advertises herself q" Attorneyess-at-Law,"
A LADY has given So, 900 annually to beautify
the grounds around Tufts College, Massachu-
setts.
Why Is BABY LIKE WHEAT? Because it is
first Graded, then thrashed, and finally becomes
the flower of the family.
CONTEMPORARY thinks "pretty girls are
great blessings, but they cause great deal of
folly among the sterner SEX
WRITER in Good Words says: tIn family
affection and feminine chastity, Ireland can
challenge the world to equal her,"
The young who asked the daughters
hand and got the father's boot, had the consola-
tion of knowing that bis wooing was not boot
less.
A YOUNG lady studying French, and finding
that 4" belle " ment t fine " told somebody in a
letter that we had great deal of belle weather
lately.
THAT Michigan man who recently traded his
wife for pony, has found the animal to be
spawned, and now prosecutes his neighbor for
adultery.
A WISE man once said: I" 1t has been a source
of weakness to every nation under heaven that
its women have had but little to do, and a great
deal to say"
A BosroS lady recently gave her father letter
to post containing her acceptance of an offer of
marriage which the forgetful old gent carried in
his pocket week.
In Baldwin county, Alabama, several mar
riages are null and void, having been performed
by disqualified justice. A genuine magistrate
is actively engaged in the work of reconstruction.
A CHICAGO Woman's Rights organ states that
the womans movement means, among other
things, her sovereignty in the parental realm
and her first right to WOO instead of waiting to
be wooed. Bully
Mr.. PINKEN heard lady up town sing, few
evenings since, the, new song, {" am happy
when sing" and remarked that her style of
singing wasn't calculated to make other people
happy however much it might exhilerate her.
any son. said an effectonate mother to her
son, who resided at short distance, and ex-
pected in short time to be married, "you are
getting thin" Yes mother" he replied, ~
rib.'' ~ - -' D''
A PARIS paper states that every seventh day
Queen Isabella receives small packet contain
during the preceding week her Majesty,
in her turn, wears this garment for similar
period.
a LOVER who was sighted by the ladies, very
modestly asked one if she would let him spend
the evening with her.
mo-" she angrily replied, "that's what
won't"
''You needn't be so fussy about it," replied
he, 60 didn't mean this evening, but some
stormy one, when l can't go anywhere else"
THE Chief of Police in ST. Louis has a letter
before him from an indignant wife in Illinois
1t is dated January 2sth, and begins as follows
a To the Chief of Police, st Lewis: Respected
Sir am ritng To you for information Concern
ing my husband | received letter directed TO
him from St Lewis from Some woman that Rots
to him calling him dear husband wish you
W ould go to the - house and learn what Right
she has Calling my Husband Hern."
CAPE COP RoMANcE.-The following beauti.
full episode is from Cape Cod exchange
Two lovers stood upon the shore
Bidding sad farewell before
Seth tore himself away.
"TIl marry You when come back,
My Sally Ann" says he,
And then he took little smack
And went away to sea.
WoMAN's TRUE SPHERE.-A humorous poetas~
ter puts into the mouth of Theodore Tilton the
stirring appeal to " the SEX"
With broomstick for javen, dustpa for shield,
On clothes-horses mounted, away to the field
And panoped thus, let us war to the lade,
Arise and chaunt wildly your Amazon sonnets;
Then to the combat, grls I'll hold your bonnets!
Our whole social system, without stay remodel;
Charge Mrs. Partington! On, Mrs. Caudel
Flutter your streamers-unfurl your top-gallants,
Aud sail in, my girls, we've Ben Wade in the balance
IT is fact perhaps not generally known, but
interesting to young men, that the solitary ring
let that floats from so many waterfalls is noti-
fcation on the part of the wearers that they are
not engaged. If it is extremely long, the wearer
is supposed to be very desrous of getting spliced
at once; if only moderate long, it shows that
only good offers will be entertained; an ex-
tremely short, meager ringlet, indicates that the
wearer is very particular who she accepts, but
nevertheless, shows that she is not engaged
A SHORT time since, at wedding in South
Carolina, young lawyer moved that one man
in the company should be selected as President
that this President should be duly sworn to keep
entirely secret all the communications that
should be forwarded to him in his official de-
partment that night that each unmarried gen.
tleman and lady should write his or her name on
piece OF paper, and under it place the name of
the person they wished to marry, then hand
it to the President for inspection, and if any
lady and gentleman had reciprocal!y chosen
each other, the President was to inform each of
the result and those who have not been recpro-
cal in their choice to be kept entirely Sc
cret After the appointment of the President,
communications were accordingly handed up to
the chair, and it found that twelve young
ladies and gentlemen had reciprocal choices,
and eleven of the twelve matches were solemn
lied.
PLEASURE OF ACTIVE LIFE.-None so little who
enjoy life, and are such burdens to themselves,
as those who have nothing to do The active
have only the true relish of life. He who knows
not what it is to labor, knows not what to enjoy
Recreation is only valuable when it unbeuds us !;
the idle know nothing of it. 1t is exertion that
renders rest delightful, and sleep sweet and un-
disturbed. That the happiness of life depends
on tae regular prosecution of some laudable pur-
pose, or lawful calling, which engages, helps,
and eniven all our powers, let those bear wit
ness who, after spending years in active use
fullness, retire to enjoy themselves-they are a
burden to themselves.
PoRK AND BEASs.-The cheapest and most nu-
tritious vegetable used for food is beans. Prof.
Liebig says that pork and beans form COM
nonnd of substances peculiarly adapted to fur