Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-05-20
PrOs's'SefOs..
VOL. XAH---NO. IL
Famous Kissing.

Ihe chicago Inter Ocean
says: "There have been some
famous kisses in history and
some that have been important
in shaping political events.
! When Cardinal John of Lor-
raine was presented to the
| Duchess of Savoy she gave him
her hand to kiss. The great
churchman was indignant. i
kiss the Queen, my mistress,
and shall | not kiss you, who
are only Duchess? and despite
the resistance of the proud little
Portuguese Princess, he kissed
her three times squarely in the
mouth. Voltaire was once pub
licly kissied by the e1youDg and
lovely Countess de Villers, who
was compelled to this salute by
the claquers in the pit, who
were mad with enthusiasm over
the great writer. Georgiana,
Duchess Of Devonshire, gave
Steel, a butcher, a kiss for avOte,
and another lady, equally beau
tilul, Jane, Duchess of Gordon,
recraited a regiment in a SINH
lar manner. She was in the
habit of putting a shilling be-
tween her teeth, the sum usual
ly handed recruits to bind the
bargain, and inviting any man
who filed the physical require
ments OF soldier to take the
silver from lis place, and be-
come one Of the famous Nine
ty-second. Said Daniel O'Con-
mel, in securing votes for his
lavorite candidates, Let no
woman salute The man who
votes against them Of course
he carried the day. The por-
trait painter, Gilbert Stuart,
once met lady in Boston who
said to lin, i have just seen
your likeness, Mr.. Stuart, and
kissed it Eecauseit was so much
like YOU And did it kiss
you in return? said he. No.
replied the lady. Then re-
turned the gallant painter, 1T
was moi like me- Speaking of
kissing, The remarks of the
Rev. Sydney Smith on the sub
.ject are particularly pertinent:
We arc in favor say 5 he, of q
certain amount of shyncss when
kiss is proposed, but it should
not lie too long; and when the
lair one gives it, Let it be ad-
ministratcd with warmth and
energy; let there lie soul in it.
Ii she close her eyes and sighs
Immediately after it the effect
Is greater. She should be care
lui not to slobbcr a kiss, but
give il as a Eumming bird runs
his bill into a hOneysuckle-.
deep but delicate. There is.
much virtue in Kiss when well
delivered. We have the mem
Dry Of one We received III our.
youth which lasted Us forty
years, and We LeIicyc 1t VIII be
one OF The last things we shall
think Of when we die 1t will
lc seen from the above eXttacts
that kissing is no neW-fangled
luxury, bat is ancient and ven
trabic, coming down from the
fathers. ANY attempt, there
fore, to throw disIepI,tc upon
the custom, or to do away with
II, is a plain assault upon cur
liberties and a rascally innova-
tion that should not be toiera- /
ted"
The cuIIud folks of Cincinnati
have bad a spelling match, in /
which, among others. good old /
aunty OF eighty participated. The
climaX was reached, when the
Rev. James Johnson, beiUg it vi
ted to spell ''nosegay," started
off with IN o-u S" then, seeing
the fog horn uplifted to blow him
down. suddenly corrected himself /
to IN o-u-g b sg,a-y," ana stepped !
down and out amid tremendous
rounds of 'Ili, darp' and applause. |
They have an undertaken in
Baltimore who promised a wo-
man whose child had died a cOf-
fin for S8, the other day, but
having got the cash refused to
furnish the coffin. The child |
remained unbried for. several
days in consequence.