The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-04-02
CONNUBIALITIES.
BEFORE AND AFTER.

BEFORE AND AFTER.
loved Amanda, past all telling,
For her my bosom dire was swelling,
Her pictured sweetness stole my sleep
know, therefore, my love was deep.
On tinted cloudlets resting soft,
She fioated near in fancy oft,
Fed by the gods, on nectar still,
Oh, bliss? To pay no grocer's Dill.
We two were wed, and then found
In No. SIS she walked the ground,
And If the gods had fed before,
They never fed her any more.
The elephant allows his wife to carry but
enc trunk.
How to get nd of an importunate lover
make HIM good husband.
The separation will be short. Mrs. Chris
tiancy will sail to meet her husband in June.
The woman whose husband refused her a
chip bonnet when she axed him lsays he is
blockhead.
The most useful pedestrian is the man
who walks the floor nights with baby
New York Herald.
The mothers heart swells with pride whan
her baby begins to pedestrianize at the age
of nine months.
Conclusive evidence at a recent trial in
England proved that girl had become a
mother at the age of II years and one month.
If a man really wants to know of how lit
tie importance he is, let HIM go with his
wife to a dressmaker.-New Orleans Plea
yune.
Some say that the quickest way to destroy
weeds is to marry O widow. Il is, no doubt,
a must agreeable species OF husbandry.-
Turner'S Falls Gazette.
In an odd ST. Cloud, Num-, wedding the
groom could not speak or understand word
of German, while the bride was German
who could not speak or understand word
of English.
After the marriage ceremony was over,
Margaret turned lovingly TO him and said:
s.Connaught. part thee and mel" And the
duke replied that he'd blarst lis bloody
heyes h'if h'anything should come between
iem.
Many of the weddings of the Easter holt
days will be conducted in the English style,
and consequently eligible best men are in
great demand, while milllners are exercis-
ing wonderful ingenuity IN manufacturing
dainty bonnets for the bridesmaids.-The
Graphic.
A New York insurance man calls his wife
Honesty, because it's the best policy.-New
York Herald. A Cincinnati horseman calls
his wife Gray mare because she's the better
horse, and st. Louis bar-keeper calls his
wife Wine, because she maketh glad the
heart of man.
Margarita, the young queen of Italy, when
she goes to a ball, takes good care to enjoy
herself. She not only dances, but she re-
mans until 8 in the morning, while his
majesty, King Umberto, goes home and to
bed as early as o'clock, leaving her to her
pleasure.
but you know, pa" said the farmers
daughter, when he spoke to her about the
addresses of a neighbours son, you know,
-
culture" $50 do /, dear-so do 1; and
there's no better culture in the country
than agriculture"
Mrs. s. S. Cox is q capital business wo
man, and relieves her husband of mass OF cor
respondeDce which would otherwise demand
a large portion of his time. There are many
women in Washington whose amiability
good sense and tact are of the greatest value
TO their congressional and domestic lords.
Mrs. Martha Raynor, of Brooklyn, testified
in court on Wednesday that she was in tbs
habit of hiring out her husband as carver
at weddings, dinner parties, etc. She wa
asked by the judge if she thought she had I
right to do so, and replied: Certainly
have the right to hire him out. Haven't
supported him for four or five years."
Husband, do call at the doctors on you
way down town, and tell him to come III
here as soon as he can. Johnny has bur
his toe so badly that he can not go to school
George has sprained his ankle; this mornin,
/ found that Williams both legs were dread
fully swelled, and little Tom has his fee
blistered. It's too bad for anythingI / wisl
this walking fever was over"
No one ever succeeded in extracting hone,
from spelling bee. Didn't Ell? A youn
man who attended a spelling bee in thi
town three years ago took therefrom youn
lady whom he recently married, and he call
her honey for short, and thinks she is tel
times sweeter than that saccharine produc
of the bees. What he will call her a fe,
years hence is question we hand over t
our puzzle solvers.-Norrlstown Herald.
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