Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-03-19
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HER HUSBANDS LETTER.-A middle
aged woman had . letter handed her at the
general delivery in the Post Office yester
day, and she sat down on the window sill
and read, it. Her interest was intense
from the start. and she spoke up and
said:
'sHe calls me his little darling. That's
geodl'' ~ so -fN -ss.
After reading a few lines more she
said:
And he misses my society SO much p
Half way down the page she spoke
again: aaz g5ags4 saa 4sAzsf
sand he calls me his sunbeam-his guar
dian angel ~ ft 's>' = l
She climbed up on the sill little further,
turned the letter over, and unused;
'And he's lost three pounds Of flesh
worrying over my health, He's just
dear, loving old darling. that's what he
is .nEs Ega 1855 81 sZeaat ys
She reached the top Of the fourth page
and exclaimed ssh ,szrzv =.
s'What!" going to Flint, eh p
Further down she liowied: g 8 81 -
4sAnd he met that red-headed widow
Kernshaw on the cars, eh 7 I'll see about
that. He probably didn't tell her he was
married ~ ''''s s7,77s5s $50 ,--g--gs- 5.es
She got down. to the ''P. So glanced
over a couplelof lines, and then yelled
right out:
ssNot coming home until next week !!
Trains snow1d lid Great press Of business.
I'll see whether he isn't coming : Boy,
where's the telegraph office 2" 1Y Eli baa
And she ran across the street and sent
him despatch which made the operators
hair stand up as he received and read
it. .esegssg flal& 5f)A
A Boys Charity.-NWell, my son" said
a Detroit father to his eight-year-old son
the other night. ''what have you done to-
day that may be set down as good
deed?" So
nGaye a poor boy FIVE CENTS replied the
hopeful. .5s
sab. ha, that was charity, and charity
is always right He was an orphan boy,
was hep"
II didn't stop to ask,' replied the boy
81 gave him the money for licking boy
whespit in nv dinner basket !"
A newly married couple at Roseburg,
Oregon. were disturbed on the following
morning by the appearance at their cham
her door of that irrepressible mother-in-
law. who exclaimed !: Now, you git up
vhen was married my old man was now
i'm long afore this time O. day. if you don't
xit up I'li burn up your clothes'' Burn
,em old cal; don't want them again."
exclaimed the groom.
AhMississippi paper recently contained
the following local item; Freeze out is
aame successfully played by Mr.. Payne at
our railroad station house. He has had a
radlock nut on the stove, and as the depot
loaters cannot replenish the Ere when it
burns. out, sthey quickly yamose the
rancho"
A boy stood with his hands in his pock-
cts one cold morning, watching the burn
mo af his school house, and after the nov
elty.of the thing ceased he ran home, say
inc 81 ann glad the old things burned
down. for didn't get myjografy lesson no
~ 56Erf Gat~g qE7 ago.
how " sr4s .s -
Rem: Benson, of Richmond, Ind, killed
a ground hog lust as he was going into his |
hole for a six-weeks' rest. The farmers in |
the vicinity talked some oflynching Ben.; |
hut finally let him off with q round dozen.
This judicicus actsaves the crops.
Save your pennies. The Providence |
aPresss' says it is never heard in funeral
orafio5n or sermon and seldom in private |
conversation. the opinion expressed that a
man with geo income had gone to bell.
Only feurtean hundxed and forty years.
a. the transit sstrons,nefs tell US, before
ne are to fan into the sun. But, then, we
needn't alarm ourselves necessarily. It |
wonst he oursfu funeral gay haaa i
What makes a woman with white sonl |
have q red face? Give it up.-Brookl IN !
Areus why should the "happiest man
in all this assembly in ''cave Of |
sloomp,s Give itlp.Av 80 gGN6qssg
A man without money can have no bus
mess at an auction: 1t is painful to see an
auctioaeer working up bid on a gold
watch before q crowd not able to buy a
drink. ga ! baa ,fsgo.7sx gaN s7alas Z
Conductor OF street car to pedestrian bal
,neing himself with difficulty upon an ice
covered pavement: care youg going DOWN."
if can help it,
One thousand pills were stolen from
rural New York physician few days ago.
This theft will assuredly carry with it its
own punishment.
To,,chstone-aso.so'' is good, very good,