Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-12-25
FEMININE GOSSIP.

living, declined in her youthful days to
make most tempting match on the ground
that she could not leave her parents.
The women of Ceylon were greatly shock
ed short time back at seeing an English
lady traveller wearing torteise-sheil back
comb In that quarter of the globe the
article is only worn by men.
Asa train ON the Saginaw road had near
Nv reached the junction. the other day, an
old LADY suddenly shouted out - Stop
this keer-stop her ~ passenger wanted
to know what was up, and the old woman
ran up and down the passageway and ex-
c;,edIy exclaimed where's the man
who runs these keers? I've left a quart
bottle of cold tea at Detroit The train
didn't back up.
There are two widows in Atlanta aged
respectively fourteen and sixteen.
widow about thirty-fve years Of age,
with her daughter, aged about eighteen
wears, make a comfortable living by lamp
lighting and extinguishing, Ia ST. LOUIS.
They have the public gas lamps on hal
dozen streets To attend to, and they handle
the laddaIs a. enough they were experts
Haste makes waist. Young ladies should
linser over their meals, accordingly
"Is it true that since the introduction Of
lady operators on yeur lines. there isn't 50
much vulgar talking over the wires ask
ed a female suifragisl OF q y cstern l mon
official. q" Yes. ma am" he answered
" bat the conversation makes up IN length
what it lacks in breadth
A Bohemian woman in Isiip, Long l.
land. gave birth to four chIldren-two sons
and two daughters-tbe other day all live
alive and doing vol.
If there is anything that will reconcile
man 70 married life. it Is the knowledge
that steals over him like a dream as he
bursts button off his trousers. that there
| is one at home who can repair the damage.
When Victoria was crowned Queen, Mel
| bourne was in power, and Wellington and
Peel had been hoping to be. Wellington
| said despairingiy to friend with whom he
was talking of the young sovereign,
- There j. no chance for Us now, iOr have
no small talk, and Peel has no manners.
4 fa,tdious New York lady recently Sc
| curcd three entire state-rooms for herself
and maid on one of the English steamers
| from Liverpool to New York. She used to
! sleep (or Try TO, for she was very nl) by
! turns m all OF them, the maid preierrlng
! the floor Of one in her agony. The maid
! arose only unce TO crawl TO the captaln,an
! ask him to stop the ship long enough Tor
/ her to ma ko the bed for her mistress and 10
90 10 her trunk for clean linen The cap
TAIN very properly declined her request
Five year, ago Chicago lady was mar
ricd in a dress that cost Sl.510, Today
she diSpenses the nGccSsarIe> OF life behind
the counter OF retail grocery store
brootiyH argus
\ ynunr lady in Paris. k. remarked TO
companion In conversation, the other day.
! that she would never pant her cneeSS
again before attending funeral. ny
not p asked her friend " Because. re
piled the young lady. " was painted up
when attended q funeral! last summer,
and never wanted to cry 50 bad M my llie,
and was getting my handkerchief ready,
when, glnnncins around At se% ' ma,
coarse ye.!o" SA'H W ~ ti'"'-' -
teas trAvAS anu u -L'A0'
had S1cH naru "oIS ~ "o.U my - "a
since Na~ Dorh' I'll u'He i''"'i'- '''
lunoIa'@'
\ man was about dying iu THIS cit- anu
an acquaintance sent the following tclt-
gram 10 his wife. Who was n Chicago :
" Your husband as dying Tome quick
| She c0oliY replied Can - now Il
he dies, hand HIN over to the MasonS a.
]
wife hash I been heard from -ince.- .''|
! (CoL) Mars.
\ tail. youthfnl-lookinr c0untrymau paid
/ hi, first visit To Baltimore a lew days ago.
/ and invited lady acquaintance 10 VISIT
! theatre with hIm. The Iaiy ae'epted the
/ invitation, and the young man, following
/ the crowd, walked w. 90 the ucket-'Ilce'
LAID down hity-cent note lor ms ucSe''
7 and turning u ms companion ~Al- % I4tl,
- the price Is nifty cent. Inc iAlS nap
/ pened to have her portmonnaie with her'ahu
I apPeciating the SITUATION are" from IL Il
hitY-reut note, ana her ga4iaAt hptnl'h
passed i IN VITA ms money, aga '''a!' -il-
TWO tickets, handed one Oh '"'l4 u -
when she query accep'-i' '-''' -'-'--D '-'
after her ruri. beau.
4 moving scene in Virginia City, Ney.,
l. briefly described bv the Ent,rpr5st.- Dur
ir.p the night Of recent gale. y says, As q
la iv was turning the corner OF G and / nj
on streets her false teeth blew out and went
clatterinr along the sidewalk. She gave
ch .Se, but unfortunately sor her q black
an 1-tan dog that had been trained 70 play
with a bali. observed the occurrence ami
also gave chase, thinking 1t wa game.
The poor lady shouted Justify at the dog
and charged upon him with her umbrcln,
house with then, where he had them choked
out OF his mouth. Inc lady went Oh WIN
her teeth IN her hand, having never Cracked
81 lie during the wnoie performance
oh dear II wasn't pretty. cheerful
thing n do. The yornr ladies of Clcyc-
land q have society called - The Ca
rev > with A Mother Carey to preside. We
snnnose over the lovely little chickens who
indnloo themselves in music. reading. re-
,i,o,;e,,. t,hleanx and debates The last
,no+ter discussed vas .. Peso1re9. That ere
mati,p +. the hest means OF disclosing of the
dead = NH.s Powell wa. for burning. Ms
Ua,-o,,, r.r lvriol Mis- Powell said 81
- l,a..-bo-d ar tlst srnon,- .be Ori.n-
raj nations tbev nTe.s the ashes of the ere
,na,ad individual int, lo,ketsN which they
-, ~ e.,L If the mourninr friends
III Uan.c1,, said she was content to
iearo ~, 49,, mart of life in The keepin,
~ oTr common p.othsr. through whose ten
d.. - - nv INC dav, come tack n I
i Ie' -. -, =, .bo .r hahn breath
70 49, ttat dror ah,vetTe ur,s,
~ ,nnurJ >, We are s,rr, n ssv that
- o,,a1,;0r n,o, tho rss,i,itian does not .
=. bara bos, Tr+ me loc,ot arm
~ -. -, -, =, ..,-+ -. With tho
Ia, l;I+aro-s a,J ~, in.Iine ~ Che opin-
ior, hat tho rcsoInti,n wa carried
n. ,.,,,,,.to :, ,,-s4.,ata II, the s.isnee
n G;rta,1nn has taLeu every decree from
l,or mo ,,,,ter-,rhn +. :, aooi a mistress
80 ~, NJ, l',,r nod q tutnrand
- o,,. ,..c,+ to mano5c her own aHair-
without the aid of chaporon. She j. a
curiosity two
change. before arriving at maturity-irom
the n,1 ct OF the school period she becomes
the chr,sais OF the ball room. whence She
emerge- from beneath the wing Cd her
chaperol. 10 fuitcr forth the iail-grown
or cuqrettc She has scale of
attraction D., which ~he measures her de-
pertinent toward different indiviiinals She
can Mt .. moments notice he intensely
agreeable or quietly repeI'ant- She can
smile with ono side Of her face upon new
conquest, and irown with the other upon
his warning rival. She knows instinctveiy
the exact moment when to commence fir