Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-01-06
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NO. III

1 T.TII- Is 7T11I7 Tl HlsElfN 9EN 4ifIlN ~
measure, sham that it is letdown to
the demands Of the frivolous and shop
ping gossips who want y place r. run
into in the afternoon and see. who is
there. He kn0wssthat the performers,
as rule, treat the thing us makeshift,
the sooner over the batter, and unless be
has got an appointment at tue theatre
he does not waste any time with it. But
your regular she mstihae goer takes to
it with a curious fenlinineiAvidity, for il
is here only that she can exhibit With
out fear of censuresAll the charming GUS
sedness Of her sex. She'canI be- AZ fude
as she plcases, 50 long as men d0nDt $50
it. She can .bloekuthei passageways,
abuse the ticket tsker slam the seats,
get up and down during The perform
ance, chatter loudly, make al sorts Of
mean remarks about her acquaintsnces'
bonnets and even guy the performances
with sly wonSanly simpefing and gig
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A Clergyman past middle aye, after
having united . couple in thetliolyibbnds
Of matrimo',y, was asked by,some pres
ent at the marriages feast how he, 10 bach
elor, could consistently engage in such
ceremonies. The good ihaMs shswet'was
significant: s'InIs mans life there are
two periods when Ihe,is likely tD,marry
-one when he is young and has no
| sense, the other when lie Is old and has
lost his sense He was glad TO inform
them that he was past one s,ri had not
| yet reached the other"
~ RHe9 --4-lil - - - ~ s-nAiI-la-s
A gentleman Of color recently made
application fora DIVORCE, from bis wife.
When asked on what ground by, DE
manled divorce, he explained as fol-
lows; s'De ground Of dis occasion is
sufficient enough, When ! rented rent ten
acres and worked one mule, 4 ma married
suitable for dc occasion. Now l rent
sixty acres of land an work five mules.
Ny first wife is . mighty good ten acre
wife, but she don't suit Do, occasiioo!n, %
sixty acres, | needs, woman ~ what ii It can
spend more."
It's, claimed that Samuel, M At9 Of
Clarlestown, Vt, is the champion goar-
mand Of the world. He is thirty-fve
yeats yeas Of age, aud ives ives on Tie pSo5r farm
in that town: Not long ago, at'as Single
sitting in the hotel IN ,,Jlsslan Island Pond, he
disposed Of six quarts Of oysters, with
soup, eight dozen crackers, forty large
doughnnts, and six mlince pies.l He
claims Chat his mother can beat hiin, as
he has known her to eat . ten,qaart pan
of baked beans at one sitting.
Eldest datghtef-AItthink you might
let mepcome out, mama I'm twenty,
you know, and surely, I've finished my
educationw Festive mama (by no
means prepared to act the part'of chape-
rome and wallfower) -''Not yst, my
love. Society IDS 50 hollow.!t. \ really
must preserve that sweet girlish fresh
ness of yours little while ,longerYt 10
The New York Herald advises the
Democrats in Congress to pass a
thorough sweeping ciyel service reform
bill, It thinks Hayes could not refuse
osign such q bill, and no subsequent
Congress would dare repeal $4,000 Nv
The young sontl' Catolins lady who
committed suicide because her father
was defeatsdin his contest for tile leg
stature must have taken the aefeat,ter-
ribly at heart. Had he succeeded, her
modification might eventually have
been still greater! it eta1 t
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+ A bashful young man escorted an
equally bashful young lady. As they
approached the dwelling Of the ,dalnsel,
said entreatingly: "zckil, don'tell any
body you saw me home." aH'sary," said
he emphatifcsaally, f".ddon't yoq miinpd l, lam
as much ashamed Of it as you bew
''Minc eyes are red with weepin', and
my nose is gettin' whiter," says Nasty
in his last letter. The statement as to
the nose is not founded on fact. Nothing
but death will whitcn that nose, aid
we doubt if even tlletgri1m destroyer will
wholly succeed a. 81 i.t sniuHt 55trfb