The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-08-25

-"What would YOU he, dearest" said
Walter To mis- sweetheart. ''if were u press
the seal Of love upon thOse seal-wax lipSy'
81 should be stationary"
Irritating the feelings-After rolling all
night in your berth at sea till YOU are miser-
ably sick, to have steward ask you in the
breakfast.
A gentleman who had 4 very deaf ser.
want was advised by friend to discharge
her. ''No, ~" replied the gentleman, with
much good feeling; ''that poor creature could
never hear Of another situation
Wife," said broker, a few days since,
edo Won think ! shall ever be worth fifty
thousand dOllarsY' "Ain't ! worth that
to your said the con6ding spouse 'Yes,"
said the other half; ''but ! can't p.,t won
ont at interest"
A cynical old bachelor, who firmly be-
lieyes that all women haYe something 10 say
on all subjects, recently asked female friend,
''Well, madam, what do you hold ON this
question OF female suffrage" To him the
lady responded calmly, ''Sir, ! hold my
tongue"
A rOwdy intending to be witty thus az
costed lady in the street: MADAM, can
yOu inform me where ] can see the ele-
phant?" ono, but if had lO0king- glass
l could show YOU very large monkey"
The rowdy eloped.
A gentleman in conversation with DIR.
johnson, having, to some Of the usual argu-
ments for drinking, added this, "YOu know.
sir, drinking drives away care, and makes u
forget whatever Is disagreeahle Would YOU
not allow man to drink for that reason?"
g Yes, sir, il he sat next to yon,' replied
DIR. johnson.
-"What are yon doing there, Jane ?"
Why, pa, ] am going to paint my dolls
pinafore red" "But what have YOU got to
dye it with "Iseer." "Who on earth
told You that beer would dye rcd ," 9Why,
ma said that il was beer that made yo,,r nose
80 red, and - Here, Susan, take this |
child''
slavery In Lessssa.a-Three Cssorea |
ChiDdren Kept In DooAaGe.
The Baton Rouge. La, Courier, Of recent
late, says:
Son Tuesday last a colOred woman, BY
he name Of Lydia Ann Williams, appeared
DefOre W. Fl. Van Ornum, United States
Commissioner in this city, and made afiida-
tit that her three children were being held
n state Of bondage and slavery BY Mrs.
Nancy Foreman, widow Of John Foreman,
ately deceased, residing near Bayou Man
hac, in this parish. A warrant was placed
n the hands Of Deputy United States Mar
hal, and on Thursday morning the children,
ged respectively fourteen. twelve and eight
ears, were brought before the Commits
Toner and examined. The facts ELECTED
proved that they had been kept under
close survileance, and not allowed to leave
he yard Of the premises ON pain Of severe
or to speak to or Otherwise COM
lunicate with people from other plantations:
hat their treatment had been extremely
ruel and oppressive, and that they were 20
Omplefely inundated that they did not
are to make any effort u e-cape. One Of
ne children, boy twelve years Of age, was
ired to neighber for $50 . year, and when
'und was blowing in the field in state of
effect nudity. II appean that these people
ere in the habit Of cruelty heating the chill
rem almost daily. One girl, fourteen years
age, had been severely beaten the anne
corning on which the arrest was made BY
le Marshal. The children were handed
'er to the custody of the mother, and in I
rmcd that they we're as free as other chill ,
rcn."