Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-02-17
HE READ HER THE NEWS.
She Wasn't a Hit surprised AT Anythin;
She Heard

She Wasn't "a Bit Surprised at Anything
She Heard
II wnS on Il Michigan avenue ear
the other afternoon. The man on the
seat beside her was reading II news
paper, and after getting settled i'll III"
midst of her parcels and bundles ana
rrgaling herself with pinch of Scotch
snuff. she leaned over and said:
Il don't cit much time To read the
papers nowadays, but | alluS like t"
hear what's goin on. Is there any
news in particklcr:
Nothing very exciting. he replied.
nS he sized her up out of the corner %
his eye. ''IJcrc'S an item about Il
wife killing her husband"
''Shoo. How'd she do it,"
with an aX.
Law me. Wall. she probably stood
it and stood it until she couldn't stand
il no more. It's awful how som" huS-
bands carry ON. Anything c,Sr:
"IIcrr'S an item about Il woman in
this State who drove her husband To
suicide by tagging him"
''Shoo. Jest kept .iawin and com
planning from mornin till night, sup,
pose. and he finally got So tired tha,
he took piZrn:"
NO. he hung himself"
WALL don't blame her Il mite.
He waS probably ShiftIrSs and lazy.
and it split her temper to see things
goin down hill. She'll have Il chance
now To get married to Il better man
And here's Il case. he continued.
as he pretended to read. '"f Il wife
and mother who ran away from home
with tin-prdlar. leaving Il husband
and several children behind.
''Shoo Does it give the prrtick-
lcrS:'
1T says she is supposed to b" Il lit
tie highty in her head"
WALL she ain't bit hiyhty. She
done Jest right. | know purity nigh
how il WAS She had all her house
take kccr of. and the husband WAS
probably tindin' fault all the time on
top q that. She jest shaved and
shaved till she was clean tired out.
Some folks think a woman can bear
anything. but they can't, | Spo>r the
Youngest child was purity SMALL"
"Only : months old"
WALL she probably hated to leave
it. but ii would have been w'Hn"d in
Il c;,upi. of months. anyhow. and tn"
father kin bring il up on Il bottle.
lt'll serve him right if il squalls half
the time. Anything else:
'Why. | notice that Il woman has
Just married her fifth husband and
isn't 10 years old vet. Her nrighb"rS
are so indignant that they talk of drv-
ing her away
LA, Got her fifth. rh? Wall. if
WAS that woman the nayhur> might
talk and be hanged to 'rm. | nin'l 10
years old. n'ithrr and I'm alvin with
my fourth. and don't kccr how soon he
goes | was powerfully deceived i'll
Him.
DO You say that you'd marry again
if h" should die
.Sartin. and | wouldn't wait over
six months. either. Some folks think
Il woman has 80 rights but >li" has,
and she's Il fool if she don't ;SS'rl
'rm.
This may interest you.' said the
man. as he turned the paper over. "A
St Louis doctor declares that the feet
of Indiana women ar" gradually hul
surely growing larger. and that in I'll"
next fifty years to com" every one of
them will want Il No. shoe. or
larger.
''Shoo! He says that, does he"
''lrS'm
And he's Il doctor:'
"IcS'm.'
wall. he hain't told no >lArlin'
news Eve been wearn' No. IS ever
since was Il gal Ii years old. and I've
got the smallest foot of any WON III
in our town AS il is | did feel kinder
SORRY when | diskivercd that I'd left
my Spcctaclcs on the kitchen clock
shelf at home but if that's all the
news the papers kin rak" u" "r"SS |
hain't missed nothin.