Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-12-04
Feminine Fancies.

any man IN the state for wager Of sl00
The women vote in Kansas at school
meetings aud it is reported that the men vote
as their wives do.
"A widower was recently rejected bv
damsel who didn't want affections that had
been warmed over"
Woman ought to do all she can to make
this world a paradise for men, as il was all
her fault he lost the other.
1t is considered a very polite thing when
walking with lady TO pass around on the op-
posite side to avoid stepping on her shadow.
"A prudent matchmaking mamma gave
the following candid advice to her daughter
Oh, marry the man you love, girl, If he is
as rich as Creosus."
A pretty girl lately entered saloon at
Dubuque, Indiana kicked over a table. drew
a revolver on The bartender, and led her
father out by the car.
A youth, after vanly trying to explain
some scientific theory to his fair iuamorata,
said "The question is difficult, and don't
see what can do to make it clearer Sup
pose you pop it," whispered the blusbing
damsol
Tho wife Of professional gambler at
Omaha, lately seeing a needy woman begging,
went into her husbands gambling den and
raised a considerable sum Of money from the
blacklegs there assembled which she present.
cd to the poor stranger.
"A Bridgeport lady remained too long on
a train to kiss female friend and trying to
get of after it had started, was thrown vio-
lently on her face. q" If ever kiss anybody
again, said she, vcugefully, as she arose
any woman, at lens',' she tboughtfnlly ad.
ded
-" What's the matter. Mary2 Are YOU
happy because neither Of those fellows YOU
were flirting with at eroquet yesterday pro-
posed to you2'
" Both did, but said yes to the wrong
fellow"
"A woman in Kansas was stunr on the
tongue by bee while clearing away some
brushwood from tho kitchen door. Since that
time her tongue has been paralyzed, and she
hasn't been able to speak word. She isn't
half as happy over the accident as her hus
band H.
One Of the latest French fashions among
the ladies is TO wear on the head wide tor.
toise-shell band something after the style Of
pictures seen of Greek ladies in olden times.
They are ornamented with small gold balls
or stars, and are very effective, particularly
for full dress.
AT private dinner party the other eve
ming thirteen sat down at table A super
stitious matron who was among the guests,
discovered the fact, and rising hastily left the
room. A gallant gentleman present withdrew
from the party, aud madame was persuaded
to resume her seat
"A squalid woman living in one of the
wretched novels in an English mining district,
answered some inquiries Of a newspaper cor
respondent with the remark, " If we be treated
| like beastesses, then we acts as beastesscs
There is n world Of woful philosophy in her
words, and meaning deeper than she dreamed.
Mrs. Muggins says she don't care much
if Sarah did borrow her eurls, and it was not
wonderful that Sarah should oil the curls with
mucilage by mistake. The bottles looked
alike But il puzzles Mrs Muggins to know
how that lock of auburn got stuck to those
curls especially rs Sarah only went to meet.
ing.
Olive Logan, in her new lecture, speaks
Of the poor rewards Of literary labor, and
says Half the labor | have put into a
hook for which | have been most unmerci.
fully criticised, would have secured me for
tune in the millinery line" We dou't see
that it it is yet too late for Olive to 90 into
the millinery business.
"A young mother was in the habit of air
ing the baby's clothes at the window. Her
husband didn't like it, and believed if she
saw her practice as others saw It she would
des'st, lie so directed their afternoon walk
as to bring the nursery window into full view
from the central part oil the town. Stopping
abrupty' he pointed to the Offending linen
mapping unconsolously IN the breeze, and
asked sarcastcaily' "" My dear, what is that
display IN our wlndoS r. Why she re-
pieui that Is 'he nag oil our union: Oon-
quered ny TINS pungent retort' he saluted tho
nag ny u SWING of hls nat, ana pressing hrs
wiie arm closer within bis owp, said as he
walked nomewaru' ANA long may II wave.
IF YOU match a piece of silk by dav.
lipht in a store. and take il home il Is yerv
probable YOU will find by pasliaht that the
match il no match at all We do not know
this from personal experience. bnt the ladies
tell us So and they insist that therefore all
such matches should be made BY casliaht
(other matches when conveniently IL il on
this account that the majority of our stores
have rnsit rooms. Who can explain this ?
We know that color in the DAYTIME is not
the same color at night, but we did not know
until recently that what seemed like perfect
match of coors by the ight of the sun was
not so by gas
c,.
-''pn'e iia1pn' III Tue OAeagoa"' says
,ncre are some 'n'pss "'an eau uo' Us ioi-
lows
some woman ~ Il suuucn purs. o' 'ngenu'
ousuess' mas aeAnow'eusou 'na' '"cre arc
some 'n'ngs Una, woman CAM do' ana ex-
pressou unpounueu aun,'ra''oh 'or tne men"no
uo vT sposo 'nlnss 20 uo'uy'
Ne',' wnA' " 'ney eau 40 TWO or 'nrce
mugs ue';oI man u woman ior one ~, avn
/ not gong luLO OBSTACLES over tutI1, nor Will L