The Van Buren press., 1872-03-26

listening in!en,Iy broke out in an uprosr.
Gus i,ugh, while our liitlc hero aud here
inc blushad deeply.
Romance.
CHAPTER She stood beside the altar
with a wreath Of orange buds upon her
hcaa-upon hor back, tho richest kind OF
duis
Her lover stood beside hor. with white
kids and dlekey clean; the last was TWEEN
ty.one years old, the first was seventeen.
The parsons job WAS over. every one
had kissed the biile, and wished the young
pair happiness, and laughed and danced
and cried
The festive sccno was ended, tho last
words had been sail, the happy mail had
simmerod down. the last gay guest had
fed.
CuArTrR lI.-She stood beside the
washtnb. with her rcd hands in tho suds,
while at her slipshoi fe t there lay pile
Of dirty dads
Her husband stood beside her. the cross.
ct man alive; the last was twenty niue
years Old the first was twenty FIVE
The heavy wash was over, and the
clothes hung up to dry, and Tom had
s.nck his finger in the dirty baby's eye.
Tom had been spanked. and supper
made on q crust of bread and the happy
wife and husband went grumblns off to
BEL
GIRLS OPISfoN OF NEWSPAPERS.
Margeiv Dean, in letter from Newport,
-. Al ~ 4 l,,
some young ladies' concerning tho merits OF
certain newspapers: Sitting on hotel
piazza. tho other morning. watching n
grorp of young ladies'. overheard a curly
headed little maiden. who was irizzled and
psnniered aud pulled in the height of the
style, exeaim, "Oh. like the Indepsn-
dent best! A moment before. eenld
have sworn that la petite never locked at u
newspaper, and sowewha, surprised. Itook
the liberty Of listening furthsr
"The Tribune suits the better. said
her blackcyei companion.
II take the Evening Post, sbmaj in
aGylish, saucy looking girl, who was pels
ing semsbody over the railing with pond
lilies-a leau,iful bunch, by tho way,
v aich fvo minutes before had seen gen.
,leman caycfaIly selecting for her tom a
li,ils urchin's basket.
And when, wonder. do you girls get
,imo to read the newspapers Folt
them four doESlc, OF course.' was the next
sentence caught, aud more ruzzled than
before. very impolitely walked near the
group, when everything was made clear to
me by the blonde little one saying:
81 had rather havo newspaper sny
day, than the best pannier that vas ever
made in Paris"
] fell back in my seat, uncertain vhethor
20 laugh or to feel provoked with the chat
te,boxes, who had ,,rolel off 10 lay seige
to q party Of gentlemen ju.t from the
beach. Think OF it. Mr.. Tilton Think
Oft. Mr.. Greeley did il ever occur to you
what hustle you make in fashionable cir
elssi
- Thisis said to be an Ohio epi,aph
Under this sod
And rndor these trees.
Lieih the bod.
Y Of Soloman Pea.e,
He's not in this hole,
But only his pou
He shelled out his soul
Aud went up to Col.
"A clergyman was once endeavorins
to get transcription in aid of some char
liable institution out of a close ii.ted par.
isLoner, who attempted to excuse himself
on the ground that he already owed grca
deal OF money. But, said the minister
"You owe Gsd a larger debt than yeu dc
any one else. "Thats so, parson. but
then he amt pushing me like the balanc,
ofmy creditors
- Mr. Spockles says the best vegets
table pill yet Invented is an apple dump
ling; for destroying gnawiug in tn,
stomach, it iss pill which may always b,
relied on.
- A lady schoo teacher in Omaha
having an inordinate dread Of small pox
sent home little girl because she said he
mother was sick and had marks on he
face. Tho next day the girl presented her
self at the school house with her finger il
her mouth and her little bennet swingin.
by the stIin ., and said to the teacher
Miss --, wsvc got leetls baby a
our house; bnt mother told me to tell 20,
that IL isn't' catchin'. " The teacher saic
che was very glad. and told her pupil t,
take her seat.
----- Pleasant words como bubhling n,
ia . gsod-Rsturod heat like water in
spring. kis ~ cay 10 speak them a. i
i.to breathe. asd thsy make every one hap
riss whs ut,ers them.