Huntington independent. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1871-1874, 1873-12-18

4 blonde woman Is considered
fright III Russia.
A fashionable young lady 10 Bos.
ION demands S400 pin-money per
month.
A yicksburg girl went crazy be-
cause her father wouldn't let her ap.
pear in the BLACK Crook
Just as Rutland nan was going
TO get married last week. his other
wife walked 10 and muddled things.
Richmond, Ind, has thirteen local
scandals st once. Ouc gossip has
gained pound of fcsh per day.
A Virginia husband opened bis
wife's letters TO see who was writing
10 her, and be was seat to prison foe
ten years.
Never keep anything from your
better. Brooklyn argus Quilp
says he never has, and that is the
reason he is so poor.
Three OF the marriages which took
place at Saratoga in July have turn
ed out unhappily and three divorces
are called for.
Thomas Fitzhue. of Maryland,
could have married girl worth $50,
900 if he would agree to stop smok-
ing, but he wouldn't agree.
Illinois has elected teu female
SuperiutcDdeuts of Schools, but nino
of them are engaged to be married
Christmas, and will resigo.
Mis- Clarissa Petit, Of Logansport,
Ind, wears a $500 gold watch on the
strength of being the most popular
lady in the city, according to ballot.
Mrs. ScOtt-Sidious sold flowers at
tie Springfield Bazaar the other
night, and made all the youths in
town forget ,h,rc was such thing
as a panic
"Grandma, why don't you keep
servant any longes?' "Well, you see,
child, I'm getting old now, aud can't
take care Of one, as used to, you
know
The four hundred girls OF Vassar
Col egl are obliged to rise at five
o'clock in the u orning, aud arc not
TO have beaux except in tho
presence ofthrcc old women.
The hard times also affect the In.
diaus. One horse will now purchase
two Apache women, nnl the owner
Of the women will throw in dog or
two rather than spoil trade.
A young lady Of IIArpcr's Ferry
tried to commit suicide the other day
because she hiss wen on her neck
and had't money enough to buy an
Elizabethan hedge fence to hide it.
A Alsarrod doctor in Iowa has given
his opinion that tight llcing is a pnb-
lie benefit, inasmuch as It's tendency
is to Kill of all the foolish girls and
leave the wise ones TO grow in,o wo.
men.
Mrs Stuart. Of lacrosse, didn't
have ony appetite. and Mr Stu r. at
t3mptcd to crowd turnip down her
throat. His philsnrhropic motives
were misunderstood, and he went TO
Jail for six months.
Tweniy-seveo Nashville ladies' dc.
termiued to practice economy. vowed
not to wear anything more expensive
than calico dresses to church, and
they stuck 10 il, os none Of them
have attended church since.
There il woman in the vicinity
of Severance who is in the habit Of
marrying every man who comes along.
The Troy Chif says she long ago
got far beyond bigomy-Woy up
somewh ere into trigCDometry.
Mrs. Matte McClelland Brown,
cdItress Of tie Alliance Konitor. has
been elected Grand Worthy Chief
Ten plar Of Ohio. Thus the princi.
p'l Temperance organization Of the
State is headed ana led by a woman
When Indiana young ladies' feel
their stockings slipping down they
step into a store and ask for pair
Of shank bands"
An insane TDdiana man wants 10
know if a "beat" playing it on you
for a drink can properly be called a
cuss-tosdyin.
4 volcano h's broken out in ia o
iinto Mountains, Nevada, and dense
volur es of smoke are issuing from il.
How BULLFgOGs ARE LIKE MES.