The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-01-22
WAITS AND WHIMS.

N OlHlNG III Ill tnlS SOCIAL universe Z
so utterly thrown away and trodden ur
der foot as dishonored woman.
WHEN two women with new hats on
pass each other on the street there is a
.air of back stares made Immediately.
QUILTED satin petticoats in colors to
match costumes bid fair to displace felt
and cloth balmorals for mid-winter
wear.
IT is often a more meritOrious act for
woman to allow something good to be
said of another woman than it would be
for her to say it herself.
THE popular fur-lined wrap is the cir
cular 1t is EARLY put off and on and
does not crush the dress. Squirrel fur
is mostly used for lining.
A YOUNG artist has painted the pic
ture of a dog under tree, and the work
is so artistically done that none of the
connosseurs can tell the bark of the
tree from that of the dog.
THERE is no widow so utterly widowed
in her circumstances as she who has a
drunken husband--no orphan so per-
fectly destitute as he who has drunken
father.
"What do you do when you have a
cold?" asked a man of Simpkins yes
terday. Cough" was the sententious
reply.-Phitadeph,a Sunday Item
Doad't you ever blow you dose?
MRS. LANGTRY is described as having
been in her girlhood ga lovely little
creature with floating golden hair, who
used to dash about the island of Jersey
on her little pony in most daring fash
lop
A GREAT many Of our modern young
ladies resemble the lilies of the field:
they toll not, neither do they spin! But
they spend a pile of money ana lay
around the house and let their mothers
do the work.
The web of our life is of a mingled
yarn, good and i'll together; our virtues
would be proud if our faults whipped
them not, and our crimes would despair
If they were not cherished by our
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virtues.
SEVERAL girls were recently brought
before justice in Scranton, Pa, on a
charge of stoning peaceable old lady.
Their defense was that she was witch
and they believed it to be their duty to
stone her to death.
ALL the angels mentioned in the
Bible are males. But we can assure the
pouting and irritated sweet ones"
with ourhand upon our heart, and bow
in their direction, that all the angels in
this world are females.
sHYLYhe bent over m. SHINING head,
And " Won't you-wOn't youp
He softly said,
Pleading to the brght-eyed miss
Just for the loan Of one sweet kiss.
The maiden tossed her pretty head,
And "No, won't you9
She sauclly said.
"How foolish he is" thought the little miss;
"He should not ask for. but steal the kiss"
WE'VE got another one-hold or
keep your seats. What is the difference
between a blind mule and man who
never reads newspaper? Well, there
isn't any difference. Entered accord
ing TO act of Congress. etc.
THE Iockport Union thinks 9 is next
to nothing. Why, Ives, we thought you
had been there often enough to know
that "nein" was nothing-but, come to
think, perhaps LOckport people never
do decline anything. - Nonkers Statesman.
"MEN often Jump at conclusions" saws
the proverb. So do dogs. We saw
dog Jump at the conclusion of cat,
which was sticking through the opening
of partly closed door, and it created
more disturbance than church scam
dal.
ONE of the curiosities to be exhibited
at the loan exhibition in this village,
we are told, is printers receipted
board bill. Of course we can't vouch
for the truthfulness of this statement,
but YOU can take it for what it is worth.
If it be true it is we'll worth the price
of admission.-Osuego Times.
He was an old man and sick unto
death, but when the minister promised
him that he would shortly meet his wife
in heaven he said that if it was all the
same to her, he guessed he would try
the other place for a spell. You see he
had lived with his wife good while on
earth.
A GENTLEMAN who had been dining
out the night before went into barber
shop to be shaved. He saw that the
barber had been taking more than was
GOOD for him, for his hand shook very
much; and, naturally indignant, b b.
An 10 eiye him Z little moral advice by
ssvinS: !" Bed thing, drinkr' "Yes"
ala tho barber, "it makes the sktn
] awful tender"