The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-01-25
CONNUBIALITIEE.
When Rvc brought wo to all mankind,
old Adam called her woman,
And when she wood with love 40 kind
Ho then pronounced her woO-man.
lint now with folly, dress and pride,
Their husbands pockets trimming,
The ladies are 40 full Of whlmB
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lint now with folly, dress and pride,
Their husbands pockets trimming
1he ladies are 80 full fwhims
The people call them whim-menl
A cool proceeding--An ice man elop
ing with nice girl.
When q wife reigns it sooms natura
that she should storm, too. She doe.
so sometimes.
A Detroit wedding was postponed by
an affidavit handed in by a discarded
lover.
The best hand to accompany lady
vocalist---A husband.
What is the worst seat man can sit
on. Self-conceit.
T. A young Indianian proposed to six
young ladies just for fun, and was con-
sidsrably annoyed by being accepted
by all of them.
1t is said that the light of mato
will frighten n wolf, but lovematch
sometimes fails to keep the wolf from
the door.
A candid old bachelor says, "After
all, woman's heart is the sweetest
thing in the world-it's a perfect hon
eycomb-full of SELLS"
A young lady being asked by q rich
old bachelor, If not yourself, who
would you rather be, blushed as she
sweetly replied, Yours, truly.
II is said that one green tarletan
dress contains arsenic enough to kill q
man, and yet mon don't seem afraid to
20 near green tarletan dresses.
AT recent wedding in New York,
the bride was followed to the altar by
twelve little girls, members of her class
in the Sabbath-school.
A fellow who has tried it, says that
it takes just three years to make an
Iowa widow believe that she ought TO
get married again.
An affectionate wife, whose husband
is but too often inebriated, says he is
like the money market the more
tight he gets the dearer he becomes.
A young lady requested to be re-
leased from her marriage engagement
on the ground that when contracted
she believed her lover to be duck,
but has since found him to be goose.
An impetuous and romantic lover
said to his sweetheart-I am the oak
and you are the vine. l draw me to
you with cords OF love. Not 80, re-
piled the blushing fair one. II I am
the vine, I prefer the ordinary twine.
A French authoress says-A kiss
gives more pleasure than anything
else in the world. TO this an editor
responds-That writer evidently never
experienced the childish rapture
of descending the stairs by sliding
down the banisters.
Marriage has come to be looked upon
in Indiana, says paper published in
that State, MS such temporary ar
rangement, shat justices fees for the
ceremony have been reduced to twenty-
five cents for steady customers.
This is the way Troy reporter con-
graduates friend on his marriage
Ono more unfortunate,
Weary OF ife
Rashly un fortunate,
Taken Wits.
An Indianess, discovering that her
marriage ceremony had been illegally
performed, fourteen years ago, has
commenced suit against her husband
for services rendered him Us al en-
ploye during that period.
The Mobile Register is getting up
new edition of the Book of Proverbs.
Here is q sample-Blessed is the wo-
man who compoundeth a pudding in
silence, for she is more to be envled
than she who maketh q tart roply.
A grass widow of Lafayette prom
ised to marry a lover If he would get
her divorce from her lawful and aw-
full husband. He did so, after much
feeling and hard swearing, but he swore
all the harder when, to his astonish-
ment and disgust, his fair enslaver
welded another man.
A cleaply shaved gentleman inquired
OF A fair demoiselle, the other day,
whether or no she admired mustaches.
Oh, replied the ,-harmer, with an arch
look, 1 invariably set my face against
them. Very shortly attterwari his up,
per lip betrayed symptoms OF cafof''i
cultivation.
A lady says the first time she was
kissed she felt like tub OF nutter
swimming in honey, cologne, nlltme8S
and cranberries. She felt as II some
thing was running through her nerves
on feet Of diamonds, escorted ny sew
eral little Cupids in chariots drawn ny
angels, shaded with honeysuckles, ana
the whole spread with melted rainbow''
Mister, how do you sell sugar to-
day?
Only twenty cents a pound, sir.
Can't give it. I'll drink my coiiee
without sugar, and kiss my wife ior
sweetening. Good day, sir.
Good day. When you get, tired OF ,l
that kind of sweeteniug, please call
around again.
will.
He called next day.