Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1872-04-27
Facts and TancIes.

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A marriage 10 published in the Bnf-
falo papers to which affixed the words,
no cards ON nonsense" 5<A
The immense hight of woman's colf>
fure in the present fashion places ber
face as it were in the midst OF herself.
"Misfortunes never come SINGLE"
r And so, like birds of u feather,
The marriages and deaths
are always printed together.
Widowers seldom die of grief. How
ever crushed they may be, If you only
let them alone they will generally re-
wive.
He that thinks himself the happiest
man is really so; but he that thinks
! himself the wisest, us generally the great
est fool.
The illustrions planet Venus is now
visible in the wee sma' hours, and a
great many young couples plan it to sit
up to see her.
| A lady who was very anxious that
her fance, young student in college,
should creditahly pass his examination,
had masses said in church daily for his
success.
A Hartford paper reports the erec-
ton of new shirt ut Middleton, Conn,
whence it is to be inferred that the man
ufactury of old shirts is no longer profit
able
Why" asked disconsolate widow,
is venison like my late and never suffi>
ciently to- be -lamented husband, I" Be-
cause-oh dear oh dear its dear de-
parted"
A young lady, on her way to be mar
ried, was run over and killed. An ell
derry single lady sayagely remarked,
she has escaped more lingering aud
horrible destiny"
A crusty old bachelor in Congress pros
poses to levy tax of 20 per cent. on
corsets, whereupon down last paper
remarks =" Since there is no tax on
men getting tight, why should not Ia
dies have the same privilege I"
I The New York Epeaing Post tells Us
that " old sailors are never SO much ut
sea as when they are on shore" In
this they are somewhat like hen-pecked
husbands, who are never so much at
home as wheE they are abroad.
"You are beautiful aud adore you"
said a gentleman to the belle OF the
| evening For my part | hate you,
aud think you are frightful." she ,etor-
ted +" believe you, you frank girl
| You do not tell polite falsehoods like
NE"
A lady correspondent, in letter rel
ative to woman suffrage, takes this deli-
cato view Of one branch Of the subject
/" Many women who wou d gladly help
this movement are bound closely by
constantly recurring eases from any pub
lie part it fitted for i"
1t is common to speak Of those whom
flirt has Tilted as her victims. This is
a grave error. Her real victim is the
mao she accepts. A happy si,nile runs
thus. : 4 coquette is a rose from whom
every lover picks leaf--the thorn re-
mains for her, future .husband.". nv.i
The latest style Of ornaments for the
hair are made of silver filagree work, in
the shape OF butterflies or beetles, with
dlamond eyes aud wings studded with
small diamonds. They are fastened to
silver band by a wite, and vibrate and
glisten with every movement Of lhe
wearer's head.
Neither God nor man expects o wife
to submit to brutality but woman
Tho. finding herself out growing her hus-
band or disappointed in him, yet takes
up the cross, and, fitting her shoulders
to it, bears it in silence to her life S end,
has joys the world knows not of, and
reaches the highest type of womanhood.
Decidedly the cleTcrest matron in all
Europe is the wife Of the present King
of Denmark. just consider the fine
g matches she has managed to obtain
for her children. One daughter is the
future Empress of Russia, the olher the
future Queen Of England One of Ger
sons is the King Of the Greeks aud now
the son-in-law of a Czar.
The indianapolis Sentinel thus relieves
itself; eighteen souls with nine single
thoughts, eighteen hearts that beat as
nine at Evansville last week" If these
were marriages, it would have been
more judicious, with the editors kuowl.
edge of Indiana nature, to have deferred
his touching ebullltion. Ifthey are dis
vorces he ought to be ashamed of him
SELF
The ceremony of tying the marriage
knot is much slmpli6ed IN Indiana, as
the following will show +" What is
your name sir {" Matty." "W hat is