Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-08-21
ITEMS ABOUT WOMEN.

'' bclated sisters"
The German government prohibits
the sale Of books Oh woman's rights.
An old lady with motley and q
kind heart has established a cat mfr
many in Cincinnati. "''
4 scolding wife in milwaukee, dis
lorated her jawbone while "giving
it " to her husband. sl.'
Griswo old college, Iowa, will In flu
ture admit female students OH al
with the males.
Mrs. Harper, who was lately par.
doned out of the Connecticut state
prison, refuses to leave It.
Iu y leading bank In stockholm all
tho clcrkships have for some years
past been filed by women.
Jones says he always gives Mrs.
Jones her own way, because it's the
only thing he has to give her. ..
The women of Massachusetts arc to
have college of their own at North
ampton, endowed with 100000.
The number of American ladies
who arc studying for the opera ut tho
Italian conscrvatorics Is now very
large. ...
Two daughters of Elbridgo Gerry,
who signed tho Declaration of lnde-
pcndcnce, arc alive and well in New
Haven.
In what way docs lady treat "a
man like a telescope When she
draws him out, looks him through.
and then shuts him up.
"Will you marry me, miss 2"
- Sir, you know Ihavc often declared
I would never marry" "Oh, yes, or
I shouldn't have asked yOu."
The Now York confectioncr, who
a few years ago taught his parrot to
say pretty creature" to every lady
who entered his store, is now very
rich.
Copper-toed fans arc sold for. tho
benefit of young ladies' who have no
one to love, and who chew the stuff
fling out of any other kind ih ono sve-
ming when hop Is in progress.
The Crown Princess Victoria of
Prussia,a n daughter Of Queen Victoria
has offered prize OF $1,000 on the
best essay OH advancing tho material
prosperity Of working-woman.
The word love in the Indian Ian
guagc, is "Schcmlcmtlam ourtchw wa =
ger" How nicely 1t would sound,
whispered softly in lady's car: al
Observation-Disclosures YOU"
i \ young lady suggcstively remarks:
Gift was not good for Adam to live
single W IN there asn't women OH
earth, what shall he said of old bach
clors with the world full of pretty
, sirls:'
81 am afraid" said q lady to her
husband, :. that am gong to have
stiff neck" Not at all improbable,
my DEAR" replied her spouse c;"I
have seen strong symptoms Of 1t ever
since We were married."
The pews of Methodist church OH
the boundary line between PenniyE
vania and Ohio, stand in the former
state, and the pulpit in the latter.
Pennsylvania couples, in consequence,
, have to be married in the vcstibulc.
a Connecticut lover, young and
T enthusiastic, who sang and played for
nearly two hours before tho house Of
his lady loyc tho other evening, was
c.cctriiicd-that is, shocked--after n
short pause, by cordial "Thank
, you," gracefully pronounced by the
! "othcr fellow" who appeared Ut the
window.
Go frugran, breath Of summer nowcrs-
c Go si:h it east and west:
say I'v- been kisse.l--so swcctiy kissed
by one th.; love best
Ifclt the beating of his heart,
Responsive strong to mine
q. in il all there semsd 10 he
5 \ something half divine.
The above was picked up on the
Clarendon hotel balcony, Saratoga.
II was written in lady's hand, and
committee of old ladies were APP
pointed to make inquiries, and. find
ont if possible who had been Kissed.
What they arc going to do about ID
when they hunt the fond heart down
is no. stated.
The supreme court Of North Car.
, olina has recently delivered judgment
in the case of the State VS.. Rhodes,
r OH appeal from the superior court of
: Wilkes county. On the trial below
I the special verdict was as follows
4 I'VE find that the defendant struck
= Elizabeth Rhodes, his wife, three licks
with switch about the size Of one
!of his fingers (but not rs large rs O
}. mans thumb) without any provoca-
tion except some words uttered by
G her and not recollcctcd by tho wit.
o ness."
i On this return the verdict "'net
l. guilty" was entered by the judge
d and the appellate court allows j. to
IL stand, saying:
's "It will be observed that the
> ground upon which we have put this
$ decision is not that the husband hss
the right to whip his wife much or
y little; but that We will not interfere
with family government in trifing
cases. We will no more interfere
where the husband WHIPS the wife
than where the wife whips her hus-
band; aud yet we would hardly DO
supposed to hold that wife has tne
: right to whir her husband. We VIII
not intiict upon: society the greater
: evil of arising the curtain upon DO
J mes.io privacy to punish tho loser
. Of trifiins violence.
t~
. Jones and his wife were always
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