Year: 1868




Fanny Fern, in The Ledger, has some plain,
common sense talk regarding the intercourse of
intimate friends, which she thinks is much more
reasonably conducted among men than by
woman Thus, in order to avoid offending u
female friend who may chance to call while
lady is occupied, the latter must not send down
word. that she is engaged, but must resort to II
q white lie" and say that she is - OUT Fanny
once excused herself to female visitor because
she had an article to write. The visitor as
soon Fanny had gone, turned to another,
with the wild remark 81 suppose she said that
to get rid of us-don't you?' Fanny says the
intercourse of men with each other has always
aroused her admiration. If one wants to read
write in another's company he does so, and
offense is taken.


If one has to leave, he often says no more
than "I'm off" Good by, old fellow"
Sometimes it is only touch of the hat, or
hand laid on the others shoulder in passing,
and no black eyes follow, no locks of hair fly,
nor do any hard words looks result in the
future.


Further fancies follow, regarding the possible
conduct of females in imaginary emergencies
We quote


If ladies smoked-which the gods forbid do
you suppose one lady would allow another to
stop her in the street and light cigar from her
lips when she introduced? When
she didn't know who her dressmaker was,
where she bought her bonnets? Good heavens


Did you ever notice if there is anything unex-
pected occurs in the mutual path of men through
the street, how naturally and frankly they
accost each other, though perfect strangers, and
converse about it, and go their several ways to
their tombstones after it? Not so, sweet
woman Catch her speaking to 'tthat nasty
thing ~ How does she know q who, what
she is 2''


Children delicious about these matters.
saw two little girls the other day trying to
GRO ncl Il
turn their tiny shoes upon it. Desparing of
success, they said to a gentleman passing,
Man, man, crack this nut for us, will you?"
His handsome face was luminous with fun as he
pressed his polished boot upon it, to the delight
of the youngsters and myself. Now these little
girls wouldn't have thought of asking lady
do that, or if they had, do you think she would
have stopped to do it?"- C2ercland Messenger





ANOTHER STATESMAN GoxE- Thaddcus Ste
vens is dead. On the evening of August 18th
the waning lamp of a well-spent life lickercd
down into the socket and the noble soul wen.
up to the God who created it. Men of public
pute have died i'll America older than he, but
none who have filled the measure of lifes use
fulness with better discretion. He seventy
six years of age, and though he had been for
many years weak and almost paralyzed in body,
his mind retained its pristine vigor till the very
shadows of death darkened his brow. He
a tall fine looking man, (aside from a deformcd
foot,) with commanding presence, and an eye
that flashed fire like meteor, when excited.
His life was the life of true American, COM
mencng at the lowest round of society's ladder
and fighting his way up with diligence and
perseverance that placed him among the FORE
most men of the Moral courage seems to
have been his great attribute. Regarding slavery
as the cornerstone of the rebellion, be fought it
with the unrelenting assiduity Of one who knew
& no such word as fail, :" and sapped its founda-
tions if it had been gifted with the hundred
arms of the fabled giant Briareus. Ills speech
on the passage of the civil rights bill closed with
a passage that was indicative of his character
He closed by saying g There is in the lifetime
of every nation period when the opportunity is
offered its representative men to make for them
selves history but never knew that oppor-
tunty to be improved by towards. For the sake
of our country let US escape the ignominy of the
ulate his brilliant career in the short space here
allotted to US. His record as a statesman is so
interviewer with the history of his country that
the nation almost knows it by heart. He died.
full of years and full of honors, the hope OF all
who suffered and the terror Of all evil-doers
Coming centuries will breathe his name with
rapture and accord him high place in the chan
eel of Freedoms temple, as a soldier OF the
grand army of liberty, who lived to see America
free from ocean to ocean.


We tell thy doom without a sigh.


For thou art Freedoms now and Fame s.


One of the few, immortal names,


That not born to de-