St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-26

DOfn0OQ was shocked by tnlS naSt6 III
| furnishing forth the marriage tables
| with the funeral baked meats, and upon
| the night of the wedding a company of
sons of Belial gathered themselves to-
! gether and went to serenade the bridal
pair with hOrrid uDrOar of horns and
pans and guns. The charivari was at
! its height and all the region was
aroused by the hideouS noise. when the
| bride appeared darkly at the window
+, above the riotous crowd and with SUI
| preme feeling appealed to their deli
| cacy. Amt you ashamed" she cried
| in hot Indignation. Ito come here max
| ing disturbance like this when we had
| funeral only yesterday"
1t was a CHEEKY and sensible little
woman who. at recent gathering of
women, vigorously denied that girls
school days are life's chiefest glory.
''Of course" she said, my school days
| were happy, because | had not then in
| fringed on the smallest part of my COM
| ing happiness. But that is all. What
| capacity had / then for any deep con-
| tent, any real joy? A box Of candy.
| new gown, a bow from young gentle
man produced emotions of pleasure,
| probably the most serious experienced.
| feel like saying to the seasons grad
| yates, Courage, my girls; welcome
| now to life and happiness, for what
ever their lot, it is from this time on the
blesSedneSS of living will increase to
them every day that passes over their
| heads. | am happier this year than
was last, and l expect to go on enlarg-
| ing my capacity TOR enjoyment every
year."
An amusing story is told of a well
known Russian woman who went re-
Gently to enjoy the sulphur baths at
TihiS. On particular morning the
countess entered. as usual. one of the
bath rooms. The water had hardly
touched her body. however. when, to
her horror, she began to turn black.
She was so frightened at the transfer
mation that, upon seeing her reflection
in the mirror, she tainted. The attend
ant, who was as greatly startled as her
mistress, cried for help. The explana-
ton was simple enough. 1t was dis
covered that the countess was accuS-
toned to paint her face, hands. arms
and neck daily with a substance con-
tanning zinc. On that fatal day the poor
woman had neglected to remove the
''beautifying" coat. The zinc combined
with the sulphur and natrium of the
water, and quickly made an African
belle out of the white-skinned bather.
"A considerable time passed ere the I'M
fortunate woman resumed her natural
appearance.
In one of the Indian jails there was
female prisoner who was pre-eminently
miSchieyouS and fractions. One day
when she and her companions were TAX
Ell out to bashe as usual in the Jail tank
Ga large reservoir, about 100 yards
Squarel, just outside the jail walls, this
young lady swan out into the middle of
the tank and defied the jailer for hours.
OF course her bathing in the tank was
stopped for time, but at last she pro-
posed to the jailer to have letters put on
her legs, so that she could not swim if
taken out to battle. The jailer kindly
! consented to crafty her whim; but no
sooner had she reached the water than
she struck out boldly swimming, and
then pretended to be drowning from
the weight of her letters. The jailer
was terrified. and came rushing to me
for orders. / went to the side of the
tank and saw the lady plunging about
like young p0rpOise, and setting us all
at defiance. A tisherman's canoe was
brought, and the woman was event
ually hunted to the shore, not without
making several attempts to upset the
boat. A great crowd had assembled
while her performance was going on,
and, although she had at last to submit
to capture, think that she certainly
had the best of the days amusement.
A singular character residing near
Irasburg, VT. is said to have allowed
no human being to look upon her dur
ing the day for nearly forty years. She
goes by the name of Ann Dennis, and is
said TO have been the daughter of a
well-to-do farmer, and that she lost her
mind. or, at any rate. took up her pres
ent singular mode of life after the death
of her mother, whom she accidentally
killed by an overdose of some Opiate.
She lives in small. substantial one
room cabin about six miles from town,
and remains tightly shut up during the
day, and ventures out only OH the dark
est nights, when she will walk into town
and transact such business as she may
have. but cannot be induced to enter a
room lighted up save very dimly, and
then only when thickly yelled. AS she
has some little money left her by her
father. the tradesmen all humOr this
Singularity of hers, though several at
temptS have been made to get her to
show herself in the light, but. however
well planned the strategy, it has never
succeeded. She cOnverses intelligently
enough when she wants to, and many
deny that her mind is at all affected be-
yOnd a little harmless eccentricity.
Those who remember her in her youth
say that she was an unusually pretty,
attractive girl, and we'll educated. She