The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-04-09

Intll the CtOSS DCCanlC It's UaSc.
.- Sathcr Ryan.
COOP HUMOR God humor is rightly
:cckoncd most valuable aid to happy
home life. And equally good and useful
faculty to have n little fun along with the
to have little fun along with the hum.
drum cares and works Of life We all know
how it brghtens up things generally to
have lively, witty companion, who sees
the ridiculous points of things, and can
turn all annoyance into an occasion for
laughter 1t does great deal better to
laugh over some domestic mishaps than to
cry or scold about them. Many homes and
lives are dull because they arc allowed to
become 100 oecpiy impressed with sense
of the cares and responsibilities Of life to
recognize its Lris!.i and especially ;ia u.irth
full side. Into suci. { household, good but
dull, the advent Of Il witty, humorous friend
is like sunshine Gu 4 cloudy day While
it is always oppressive to hear persons con
stantly striving to say witty or funny things
it is comfortable, seeing what brightcncr
little fun Is, to make an effort to make
some at home. 1t is well to turn off an
impatient question sometimes and to regard
it from humorous point of view, instead
Of being irritat,d about it. :'Wiic, what
is the reason | never can find clean shirt :"
exclaimed good, but rather inpatient
husband. after rummasing all through the
wrong drawer. His wife looked at him
steadily for moment, half nclin d to be
provoked; then, with comical look, she
said, 81 never guess conundrums | give
it up" Then he laughed, and they both
laughed, and she went and got his shirt,
and he felt ashamed Of himself and kissed
her; and then she felt happy, and SO what
might have been an occasion for hard words
and unkind feelings became just the con-
trary, all through the little vein Of humor
that cropped out to the surface Some pco.
pie have a peculiar faculty for giving a
humorous turn to things when they are re-
proved. 1t does just as well oftcntmcs to
Taught things off as to scold them off
Laughter is better than tears Let us have
little more Of it at home Scottish .4m?r.
icaR.
How SUE HANDICAPPED HIM FOR
LEE.--A distressing occurrence, which
should be warning to all unmarried men,
occurred tho other evening on the West
Side, tho victim being youth of the most
exemplary habits and almost the sole sup.
port of poker game into which he had
been ropcd early i'll the season. For some
time past he has been paying attentions to
beautiful but experienced girl Of 20, his
natural tlmdity, however, serving as
shield to ward of the dangers which always
attend enterprises Of the kind in which he
was engaged. Seeing that he was not to
be captured by the ordinary means, the
cold b!ooded siren conceived a plot which
she Immediately proceeded to put into exc,
cution.
The next time her victim called he was
uahercd into the lair commonly known as
the parlor, and induced to dcp's sit himself
in large arm chair, while the assassin of
his happiness occupied an adjacent sofa
Knowing that he Was IN admircr Of fast
horse flesh, the stripcI.stocking demon art.
fully directed the conversation in that di-
rcction and finally asked what a handicap
was. "Why, said the young man, 1T is a
race in which the horses carry different
weights; FOX Instance, onc that carries 30
pounds, while all the rest arc in 100 or so,
is said to be handicapped" "Thcl," said
the Sorc2rcsS while cold m%ht seemed to
BE- emitted from her eyes, III | were t. sit
on your knee you would bc handicapped at
ll3 pounds, wouldn': you ~ 1t is hardly
necessary to say that the unfortunate man
m;do no rcsiatancr that in Il moment she
was seated there an, til, old man opened
IL" lopr It precisely tic ;iy'.! ii:.c. .- EHi.
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