Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-07-03
The Oh Family Journal.
VARIETY
Feminine FoIlies.

There are many drawbacks u 'his wor'l-
Among them is tie hsLi,u Of plDr'uS sSut'
Aud now Genes q Boston girl WHO waits a
new uudergaImeut called '' Prin.s, because q
is the first 90 tc put on.
An Indiana woman said she must have a
new nair OF carriers. and ordered tie clerk Go
out of two ya,ls 90 elastic.
The Springfield Republican mentions
child that cried or Die mVou There are lois
Of babies 10 Milwaukee that cIy i.r lie
mfky-way Mhcautse Sopjad
A Cleveland wife cured Der husband Of a
habit Of wandering from home at 1igLt by
putting him on a diet CT mush and soda
water.
Scotch maiden, upon her lover remark
Jog. thiuk IN marry tlee, Jane, replied,
" would be mack.e ob,eese to yo Il ye
would.
Why, Jennie, you look good enough to
eat" said q loving husband TO bis wife one
morning az breakfast Wei, I'm eating as
fast as I can, amt | ~
The New York Mail is much puzzled g.
know how tits q woman who Is twisting up
her back hair, and has her mouth full OF hair
pins, manages TO keep Oh talking.
A French statistician claims TO have dis
covered that, in a given hundred blonde and a
hundred brunette women, more Of the latter
than the former get married.
Minnie. HIlsials, O.-You can't learn 70
play croduet well unless nature has lifted yol
Tor IL, but striped stockings will assist you
very materially Cincinnati Ncrs.
The old maids in Athens, Ga, recently met
in convention, and resolved that the LsgisIa-
turs ought to make it penal offence Tor any
widow to marry again.
They have a female barber 10 Brooklyn
She is seventeen. soft-handed, sweet OF breath,
pretty. plump. and graceful. aud, what is bet
ter than ALL deaf aud dumb
Baden. Pa. boasts Of a young lady resident
whose hair is six feet eight inches long. She
purposes sending it 10 The Centennial EXhi-
bition nsNt year.
An Iowa bride made every girl Of her ae-
Quaiutauce attend tbs wedding by keeping
he name Of the groom o secret ratd tue last
moment.
A young man in California began TO read a
paragraph about a mine TO bis sSestheart,
commencing Yuta mine-' when she
interrupted him with " don't care If do,
John"
John Anderson, Ny 10 John, who had mar
ried Mrs. Mary Opel Of Baltimore lost his wife
last week by tie thought-to-be-dead Opel
turning up, and refusing 20 play an Enoch
Ardeus part.
SalHs Morris, a pretty Newark g.Fl, is a
mind reader" Sic said 10 a baShtul beau
The other night; Why. believe Yen are
going 90 Kiss me- She was correct.
A Western editor insists that lie wrote the
word trosssau " as plain as a pikestati IN CON
uectioa with certain bridal presents. The
printer, however vulsary put it trousers.
A La Crosse church has two women 10 pass
she contribution box. and It Is curious sight
90 see those women pass the the boxes over
their husbands heads.
According to the style set by the Princess
Of Wales. il is fashionable among English la
dies to have their monogTams and coat-ot-
arms embroidered 10 arabesqucs on their skirts
and corSe,s
Miss Agnes Burns has run away from CHS
gow--so an English paper says-Er New
York As she is the sole heir % 100000,
and the present possesS.r Of the Fortune Is 10
years old, Miss Burns acquaintance would be
worth culuyating.
Here is an extract from a letter written 20
her lover by Montgomery, Ala, girl " For
your sake, darllns have quit using chewing
gun would YOU have quit using gum Tor
me l would not have quit gum Tor any
other person 10 the world.
Il is the wear aud tear on Che female Intel
lee, 10 the matter Of deciding upon the ar
rauqemeut Of the new bonnet that Is filling SO
many graves for the daisies 10 grow upon
Nrs. Fowler. about forty years oIl, roVed
Go Bath from Westgort, Maine, in a skit, d
distance Of uiue miles, Ji3 her shopping aEd
rowsd back, arriving home 30 good season Tor
dinner.
Fontenslle being one lay asked by lord ia
waiting, at Versailles, What difference there
was between a clock and woman, Instantly
replied. a clock serves 70 point cut The
hours, and w0man O. make Us forget them.
She tried 70 sit down ia the strect-car but
was pinned back Sd tight sho couldn't. Old
lady peeped over her specs and asked her,
How long have you been afflicted that
way % The young lady b.cshed and make a
break. sitting down sideways, aud holding
her knees together SO tish; that She looked as
If she had 90 a 0ne-legscd pair Of Ureecbes.
An Oregon paper slys: When a young lady
living on the line Of the California and Oregon
Railroad wants % g-, married. she only takes
one refusal 70 get c0nseu, from her stern
parents. and then seeks her lover truo with
the remark: Smitlie, old 10y ] guess
we'd better cau'er down 90 the gospel shop /;
It's DO use waiting for those idiots 90 become
sane again.
A Minnesota girl dressed up aud went
down town the other day. She was IN %
hurry and threw her good clothes ou rather
care.essly Her drcs, caught ~ some way SO
that it ala not come down as Tar as should
leaving about Two feet of white sLir, exposed
This was made Of flour sack, and the brand
had not become oJuterited. The cir, Waited
around town, advertising herself Is y No. ],
first quality Cr family use-wlrrauted.'
A little girl about six years Oh was talking
with her uncle
Uncle" Mile, did yru ever bear Of Curry,
tbc calf-weaner2
Niece" No, sir
Uncle" There was man. named Curry,
10 ugly he followed calf-wsauiug for living
when The calfwas with the cow he would
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