The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-02-23
MISCELLANEOUS.
Ode 10 a washerwoman-Sl.60

, Ode to awasherwoman-$150
"John, you said Sally kissed you, die
you kiss her back z NO, kissed he
lips
: aNot lost, hut gone beforen exclaiml
the man when his hat blows off and aheae
Of him.
Tie ques ion agitating fashionable eir
eIes is: "Do these gentlemen in listers
wear trousers ~
Mrs. Partington is credited with saying
that few persons nowadays suffer from sug-
gestion Of the brain.
senor D. Quinones has published a
Spanish novel with the queer title Of Three
Mes4 for One Woman"
A New York vilifer says atbe dearest
pot on earth to high-minded Bostonian
is pot Of baked beans.
An Irish lover remarks, sIt's a very
great pleasure to be alone, especially when
your sweetheart is wild ye."
Josh Billings saysthat tEone ov the hard
ost things fer emmy man to do IL tew fall
down on the ice when it is wet, and then
git up and praze the Lord r.
Black silk stockings, with the instep and
ankle embroidered with gold, and costing
from sixteen to twenty dollars, have made
their appearance.
A little boy came to his mother recent
ly and said, Mamma, should think if I
was made Of dust should get muddy IN
side when I drink coffee"
A young man in San francisco put out
one eye while taking off shirt, a sTira1-
stud doing the mischief This is a sad
warning to those who wear shirts.
The Chicago journals complain that it
is coldest just about the time man has
decided to get up and build fire. The
whole country should be heated by steam
The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, speak
ing in connection Of the Brooklyn disaster,
said, "Plaee two thousand people in an
open prairie and start panic among them,
aud some are sure to be injured"
A spiaster lady of fifty remarked the
other day that she could go alone at six
months old. eyes," said her hateful young
brother, and you've been going it alone.
ever since, and never euchered anybody
Lincolns advice never to swap horses
when crossing stream" is set at naugbt
by fashion inventors, who just in the dead
Of winter have changed the style ofmuas
They are now to be made large enough
for but one hand at time.
t1 they are os7f fRBRfG RBRf1 gRFfat RFfa po7pqEalFf: 7 }alf
is arranged in the French twist style, or
else sunk III myriad Of pufs and braids.
A very pretty style and one now much in
vogue is to have the comb correspond with
the jewelry worn.
A man had placard up-"C Cheap Lad
les shoes for sale here" He found that
not woman entered his store. No won
der; the ladies don't like to be called
cheap-they want to be called dear.
According to Lieut.. Cameron, the tribes
near Lake Tangunyika dress their hair
with mud instead of pomatum. He found
on one of the African lakes dwellings such
as those Of Switzerland in the ancient
time.
II have lived for twenty-five years, and
in all that period nevaw experienced such
awful weathaw as this was the remark Of
dandy, as he was assisted to his feet
from full length position on a Philadel
phia sidewalk.
The educated feas" that are exhibited
now ia most Of the large cities are not ed
ueated at all, according to a Boston IN
vestigator The performances all consist
Of efforts to escape.
4 Chicago newspaper says tbat.a St.
Louis belle, travelling in Europe, had a last
made exactly like her foot; and she gotit
through the Custom House free of charge,
as work of art, by pretending that it was
part of BerthoIdis colossal statue Of
Liberty.
A certain sWindler in San Francisco
may be recognized, says a newspaper re
porter, BY the following description: "He
parts his hair in the middle, and plasters
+ down on each side of his face with gum