, 1875-12-12
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Little Charlie F. (says the Cincinnati Tinses)
Was being draesed up in feminine masquerade
costume, by his sister Mary. As ho took or his
jacket she handed him back his handkerchief.
which be stuffed in his panta1oona pocket Ths
waist and long skirts we're put on, ths latte.
properly pinned back, aud the boy Was firtlDf
around" in grand style, when, Of \ sudden.
shade OF solemn depression settled upon hia
countenance. He seemed much agitated, stopped
down IS II to take hold OF the bottom OF his
skirts, 1et them drop again, hesitated moment
and finally blurted out
~ say, Mol1ie, how the deuce does woman
got at her handkerchief whsn she's got I'll tnn
toEgery on?
And be couldn't understand what the girls
we're gigghng about all the evening.
SYMPTOMS FAVORABLE.
Says the yicksburg Herald: Yesterday fore-
noon boy entered the shop where his father
works. and exctedfy aunoun;ad:
:.Oh! pa! mas awful uick!'
..What's the master?" asked the father,
"Oh, she's awful white, aud SHE'S shaking al!
over, and there's lots Of women in there, aud
- ::can @ she talE yes' inquired the father as h.
pulled down his sleeves"
"Yes."
*.Well, we'll ta,:s it kini O. s1ow, thon, going
home! SAID the relieved man.
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.
It is hard to tell which will bring the most
pleasant expression into xomans faoe to teli
her that her baby is heavy, OF her bread light.
wearied young lady hsssened the Alzzrurs
Of q tedious caller By re,narking, ss she looked
out Of the window, II think We are going to have
betuhful SUNRISE"
AN nLus1oy or THE R1xK
Along the rink c&reer1ng fast,
How women hoax their lords and taastoss;
Smith though: an angel Eidea past,
and 1t Was Mrs. Sndth On cassors i-Funeh
An exchange Gays fashionable young peop1e
are calling upoa somebody to invent a now
dance- Suppose somebody invenss 'one wherein
the young lady dances around the house aud
looks after everything.
The woman who shuflss around in cloth slip
pers, broken down at the heel, znd vines her
noso On the iron-holder, is the one who leaves
gTisslo in her mince pies, and runs hairlan Ii
her bread to $50 if it's done,
I've sowed the winds aud resped the rhi1l-
winds is Ascereainea to have been what tbs
broom manufacturer remarked aa he rubbed
arnica On his head after coming home tipsy and
late, and encoonta1ng Ais souls idol at the head
Of thu stairway.
There is Mrs. Finch, of Rut1and, Vt.,~
says A. Currency, OF tho Detroit Free Press.
~ who has had but one bonnet in twenty yenrs,
and neSer complalned-" How do You know sha
never complaaned1 Wers you auder the bed
every night during th4s twenty JeArs 70 heA
what was eaid : Besidss, you don't duopoa
that husband OF n.<s ID bsld-headed unefsly fu
the fun or fannion OF the thing. do you +
Courier -J0xrnas.
Theodore Hook Was in stage-coach with tn
lady, and plain faced maid While the mi,
t1esn wxs ut dinner, Hook remarked to til
maid in a tone OF great sympathy: "You
Young lady seems very unNell !" Yes, SIR
heart" '.Dear mo! Anenrism :" "0h, no
sir! it is only Lieutenant In the navy
About this time, when devotot wives an1
daughter ne secretly plotting how to aurpr1s
father" with particularly fms Christina
presanh John Henry hunt to his wife, Is ~
ported by the Boston Adrertiser. will meet tn
Henry" be said, ''if you give me- Christina
present this year, please arrange it 30 that tLa
bill won't coma In until the next month. II ia
just - we'll to keep up ths illusion for short
time"
powerful'y-built young lady from Ghost,
City, Col, tho other day. and inquired OF tns
bachelor clerk: .+Do you keep hoes, younK tel
lAr?" "Yes, mA'ann, 4l1 k1nds." was tho reply;
and pulling down couple Of boxes IT hose, ht
heid p2r up TO view. She looked straight Il
him, turned red, and overlooked with the ~
mark: '*You blasted fool them's stockin's-1
walt hoe" He referred her to the hardxa1s
store.
When girl retires for the night now, she hrs
fassens down the windows Of her bouddir; then
opens the door to its FULLEST e1tent to permit Of
ready exit ia Case Of necessity; then turns M
tho gas brightly, cautiously approaches thu
couch. and tremblingi7 hooks under the bed
hen sire shuts and locks tdA door looks unues
The bed. LAWS back her back halt. looks under th&
bed, turns down the gss pokes around under tha
bed with broomssick, aud at last Jumps into
bed with little yelp, and dreams Of burglars
iii night.