Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-05-19
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.
DAY AND NIGHT.

DAYAND NIGHT.
Iher the German Of Leopold Schefer.
Oh that alone was day.
When by thine eyes my life was lighted more
| Than by the sun, which all unheeded came,
Unheeded went along its heavenly way;
Than by the earth, which all forgotten lay
That, that alone was day.
And that alone was nj ght,
When darkness stole thee wholly from my sight.
And LEFT me but whispered voice, sweet,
Sweet mystery when we nor saw nor missed
| The splendor circling heavens height;
| Oh that alone was night
/; is generally accepted as good sign
| (says the Detroit Free Press) when a sick
person is cross and peevish-a sign that he
is on the gain. A Fifth street man was
taken down with lung fever, some weeks
since. and his wife has watched over him
and saw him so near death so often that
she was about discouraged. She, however,
rushed into neighbor's yesterday in great
| joy and and excitement. crying out "He's
better, he's better; he's on the gain :" They
asked how she knew, and she replied BE
cause he's cross Ii was only minute ago
that he threw fork at me, and called me
the biggest liar and meanest woman in De-
troit ~
Every married woman is personally ac-
| quainted with a man who will sit right
alongside Of stove and let the fire go out.
The love of gold does not always govern,
for st. Joseph (Mo.) girl recently refused
wealthy suitor because he ate beans with
| a knife.
lie was a timid fellow, but fond of bor-
rowing John fhGnix's jokes; so when she
asked him how he felt. he averaged himself
according to the Phoenix plan of be-
ing very definite. and said, he felt
''about so per cent" Indeed" she said,
with denure look. ''are you never GO
ing to par?' She got in her work that
evening.
A couple were recently married at Waynes-
boro. Pa, the bride being seventy-fye
and the groom seventy-one. The latter had
never been married before, and was so over
come that he tainted at the conclusion of
the ceremony, which incident led the newly
married wife to exclalm, Poor fellow, |
have feared all along that he couldn't stand
it."
Like to like-Married at Harrodsburg,
Ky. Mr.. Harry l.. Cramp and Mss Nettie
kollOck.
At the post-office exhibit window in New
London are two postal cards, one Of which
reads, Polly. why don't you answer my
letter." and the other, Polly. am for
gotten - These two conundrums are plain
ly answered by turning the cards over and
observing that they are without direction of
any description. and all this while, says the
Norwich Bulletin, Polly is pining for chose
very conundrums.
An uptown man, who believes in self
improvement, suggested TO his wife recent
ly that they should argue some question
frankly and freely every evening, and try
TO learn more of each other. The question
for the first night happened to be, whether
woman could be expected to get along
without a spring hat. and he took the afir-
native; but when he was last seen, be
/ climbed up into the hsy-lott and was pull
ing the ladder up after him .-Nericich Bull
| letiH.
| 4 couple from the country came to the
| city, yesterday, procured license and were
married IN due form They lef. on the af-
| ternoOn train for home. They attracted the
attention Of every passenger by their lavish
| display of affection. The Young man kept
| his arm around the brides waist as il he
! was afraid she would vanish before he knew
| It, and she didn't seem to care if he Rugged
/ her right along for half day. She was 50
terribly h0mely that everybody wondered
| how he could love her, and by and by hC
| seemed to think that an explanation would
| be IN order. lie borrowed chew of tobacco
of a man near the door, and remarked
I'm going to hug that girl all the way
| home. though | know she isn't purity" 81
wouldn't briefly replied the man. ''Ant
that's where you d fool Yourself. - continued
the young man. when m hugging 8
hundred acres Of clean, nice land, with
forty head Of stock on it, can make thi
homeliest grill in the world look like al
angel to me. Augusta (Gg.) Chronicle