Connecticut western news., 1882-12-06

| time had placed there Then she art fully Shifted the Subject, and spoke of how cold the weather was getting and what lovely Sealskin Sacques she had
 seen in the store windows down town that afternoon.
 Then her Papa saw what she was up to, and Dropped On Himself. So, by the time Lucy got around to that part of her talk where she put her arms around his neck and kissed him, and asked him to buy her sealskin, he had neatly Ar ranged His Lie. He told her of how poor the crops had been, and that Trade was in very dull state because of the un- would want next, and Sung such Song that Lucy began to think she was lucky to have place to sleep in and a pair of Heavy Shoes for the winter.
 "No, my child," he said, "I cannot think of spending Three Hundred Dol lars for Sealskin Sacque when times are so Hard" And Lucy said she was sorry she had mentioned the Subject, and went away feeling quite sorry for her Papa.
 Soon after she had left the room her you were talking about" he said to his Papa.
 "Did you ?" asked the Old Gentleman. "How fast can he go?"
 Two-thirty, replied the Big Brother, "and $1 900 will buy him."
 Rising quickly from the sofa, Lucy's Papa wrote . check and handed it to his Son. "Go and close the Trade tonight, '' he said, "and tomorrow afternoon l will make some of these people who think they own Trotters look like Hired Men. ''
 So you see, children, that some Papas think more of beating Two-Forty than they do of making an Only Daughter happy Chicago Tribune.
 THE JOKE ON THE OTHER SIDE.
 Among many amusing anecdotes of the
 Russian Imperial family is told the
 following story of the eccentric Grand
 Duke Constantine. He, while at Warsaw gave splendid banquet to o number o1 the great Polish nobles, to each of whom at the conclusion of the feast, an ordinary
 tallow candle was served on plate by ) the attendant lacqueys. As soon as al
 his guests were supplied, the grand duke , who had given orders that an imitation candle, admirably executed in pastry , should be placed upon his plate, rost 1 from his seat, and exclaimed, Gentle 5 men, let us eat to the honor of Russia r the favorite national comestible of my l country. Look at me. This is the wa.
 to do it." So saying, he threw back hi e head, opened his mouth wide, and in
 serted therein two or three inches of tn 1 dainty in question. As he closed hi S teeth, however, the expression of hi B. countenance suffered an extraordinar t change. One of the noblemen, sitting i 0 his immediate vicinity, had contrived t
 substitute his own genuine tallow candl
 for the pastry imitation set before tn 8 grand duke.
 G FATHERLY WORDS.
 N. P. w. writes: " am @ young ma, n twenty-five years old I am in love wit l young lady of seventeen. Her min q being very different from mine have no
 told her of my love, nor asked to call O. V her. I thought her so giddy that sh s did not want any steady company. Sh O is great lover of amusement. She is e perfect lady in her department, althoug
 she is more like child of fourteen tha
 nyoung lady of seventeen. I think sh is very pretty, but she seems to enio 'U flirting to the greatest extent. On 10 evening at a party asked her to prone ID made with me, and she would not do i :" I then asked her to allow me to bring he :" refreshments, which she would not dc u I then asked her to let me take her hom 'e when she was ready to go, and the al 'o swer was, No, will not do any sue thing, and turning round she left me. o have met her several times since. Sh ID always bows to me. Everywhere sh 'V meets me she recognizes me pleasantly 'i Now, did do wrong in asking her thos
 privileges at the party, I having no il
 troduction to her I am still in To, with her? ?"
 'A After she had refused to promena6
 with you, and had declined to perm
 you to bring her refreshments, it WI 5 pressing matters rather too far for yo It to ask her to allow you to accompan > her home 'whenever she got ready II go." Still, as she treats you kind] 'e whenever you meet, it is evident that yo IS did not offend her very deeply. Perhal 's she sees that you love her, and does nC
 wish to discourage you.
 You were no doubt little previous
 trying to get acquainted with the youu 70 lady. She may be giddy, but she h. 7' just about sized you up in shape, and |
 doubt if you keep on trying to love ht '' without her knowledge and consent, sl m 'n will hit you with something and put il Swiss sunset over your eye. Do nc 'o marry any one against her wishes. D 70 not yearn to win her affections all
 once Give her twenty or thirty yea
 in which to see your merits. You wi d have more to entitle you to her respe is by that time, no doubt. During tn, la time you may rise to be President ar le win deathless name.
 d The main thing you have to look o1 for now, however, is to restrain yourse a. from marrying people who do not wal y, to marry you. That style of freshne le will, in thirty or forty years, wear ava IL If it does not, probably the vigorous b IL brother of some "young lady of sevel 1e teen" will consign you to the silent tom w Do not try to promenade with your