The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-07
ALL THE NEWS.
some Highly Interesting Observations on
tho Subject.


tho Subject.
1t was on a Michigan avenue car che
other afternoon. The man on the seat be-
slde her was reading newspaper, and after
getting settled in the midst OF her parcels
and bundles and RECALLING herself with a
pinch of Scotch snuff she leaned over and
said:
II don't git much time to read the pa
pers nowadays, but l allus like to hear
what's goin on. Is there any news in per-
ticklert"
Nothing very exciting" he replied as he
sized her up out of the corner of his eye
Here's an item about II wife killing her
husband.n
"Shoo! How'd she do it2"
with an Az"
Law mel WAL, she probably stood it
and stood 1t until she couldn't stand it no
more It's awful how some husbands car
ry on. Anything else?"
Here's an item about woman in this
state who drove her husband to suicide by
nagging him."
"Shooi Jest kept jawin and complainin
from mornin till night, l suppose, and he
finally got SO tired that he took pizenY"
mo, he hung himself"
WAL, don't blame her u mite He was
probably shiftless and lazy, and it split her
temper to see things gOin down hill She'll
have chance now to get married to a bet
ter man."
And here's Il case" he continued as he
pretended to read, ''of u wife and mother
who ran away from home with a tin ped
dlc-, leaving husband and several chill
| dren behind"
"Shool Does 1t give the perticklers9"
1t says she is supposed to be little
| highty in her head"
"Waal abe mini "a hit A;ghtx, Oh 5.s.x
Jest right. know purity nigh how it was.
She had all her Homework to do and them
! young uns to take keer of, and the husband
was probably findin fault all the time on
top O. that. She jest shaved and shaved till
she wRs clean tired out. Some folks think
awoman can bear anything, but they can't.
s'pose the youngest child was purity
smallf"
Only months old"
| WAL she probably hated to leave it.
out 1t would have been weaned in a couple
OF months, anyhow. and the father kin
| bring 1t up on bottle. It'll serve him
right II it squalls half the time. ANYTHING
elset"
why, notice that woman has lust
married her fifth husband and isn't so
years old yet. Her neighbors are so indig-
nant that they talk Of driving her away"
"Lal Got her fifth, ehi WAL, if 1 was
that woman, the nayburs might talk and
hanged to em. amt so years old, n'ither,
and Pm alvin with my fourth and don't
keer how soon he goes. 1 was powerfully
deceived in him"
DO you say that you'd marry again if he
should dieP''
"Sartin, and wouldn't wait over six
months either. Some folks think n woman
has no rights, but she has, and she's n fool
| II she don't assert 'em -
This may interest YOU" said the man.
as he turned the paper over "A St. Louis
doctor declares that the feet of Indiana
women are gradually but surely growing
larger, and that in the next so years to
come every one of them will want a No. T
shoe, or larger"
"Shool He says that, does hef"
"Yes'n."
And he's a doctorp"
"Yes'm."
WAL. he hain't told no startlin news.
I've been wearin No. rs ever since was
q gal 10 years old, and I've got the small
est foot of any woman in our town as it H.
did feel kinder sorry when 1 diskivered
that ia left my spectacles on the kitchen
clockshelf at home, but if that's all the
news the papers kin rake up l guess T
| haln't missed Northumberland Free Press.