Year: 1875

Whatever may be said regarding the
calfishness of some people who are des-
pe-ately in love, and desperately court
ing each other. it is, generally speaking,
ETHEREAL mildness compared with their
conduct after marriage, or during the
honeymoon.


Did you ever see a couple just after
the parson had put the finishing touches
upon their happiness-just after they
had been put out of their misery? Did
you ever see them while on their honey
moon trip? It is a dreadful state of af-
fairs, amt it?


/ encountered a pair of these doves on
the Erie railroad, not long since. They
were going to Niagara Falls, the great
resort for the newly married, and had /,
up to that time, been married man,
this particular couple would have wean-
ed me forever, although / can not say
that they were very much sillier than
about seven couples out Of ten are.


The young bride was all smiles rutiles,
chignon, pannier and dove-colored things
and, OH how she did beam as she rus
tied through the aisle of the car. Her
companion for life, or up to the divorce
court point, was youth, glorious in the
flush of health, strength and new clothes.
He had eyes for only two things when
he entered-his young wife and seat
where they would be sure to be close to-
gether.


Finding one at last, for the car was
only about half full, she teetered into it
with a sidelong hitch that showed her
satisfaction, and then seating herself she
sided about until she had made a place
for dear George" but before they we've
fairly settled, she danced and bounced
up and down at least fifty times, during
which she smoothed herself out and got
everything just about as she wished it.


Then commenced their tender affec-
tions for each other. They had only
eyes for each other and apparently no
idea that the other passengers had any
eyes and ears as well. She began by
toiling with "dear Georges auburn locks.


allow soft and fine your hair is, DEAR"
said she. al don't see how a woman
could help loving you, you have got such
splendid head of hair"


Then replied "dear George" as he rest
ed his head on her shoulder:


81 never thought much about my hair.
/ guess you are prejudiced."


Then she kissed him and pinched his
cheek, and said what an "innocent"
rogue he was.


"But if you think my hair beautiful
it must be SO; for what wouldn't be hand
some that your lovely eyes approve OPP
This completely overpowered the
bride and her arm slid around "dear
Georges" neck and gave it squeeze.
Then she stroked his almost impercepti-
bic moustache and said how silky and
becoming it was.


This got the better of "dear George"
that il, if there was any advantage left
to get, and the look he gave her was per-
fectly melting. Then he bought her a
paper of gum drops of the train boy,
and such fun as they had eating them.
He would take one betweed his teeth
and she would get her rosy mouth close
up to his and bite off piece of the lus
cious drop. Then she would hold one
and let him bite


By this time they had the undivided
attention and the unqualified disgust oi
every other occupant of the car. Bnt
what cared they? They were just "baSk.
ing" in each others smiles, regardless
of the smiles Of others. After few mo
ments of this, they were more quiet
The gum appeared to have soothing
effect upon them and they contented
themselves with squeezing each other.


hands and looking unntterable good
things into each others eyes. Then she
got his head down to whisper something


in his ear, and put both her arms around


his neck and held him there.
At this point an old fellow who sa
just ahead of me and in the seat directl,
behind them, turned to me and said


Young man, have you any objection
r to exchanging seats with me?"


1 smiled faint smile, and said hat
objections; that 1 was quite near enough


to that gushery, and had just failed t.
l negotiate an exchange with the part,


behind me. knew by his looks tha
I the old fellow said some emphatic word:
| but the cars made so much noise that
b. conld not hear what they were. Whel
n the conductor came through he tackles
? him to know if there were any empt


seats in any of the other cars; but find


ing there were none, he sighed, SAN


back into his seat, and took some medi


cine out of a willow flask. The passen
gers appeared to smypathize with the oil
fellow, who now settled down to his fat
!. and they began to talk out loud enoug


to be heard One man wonld say. "Dea
: George;;" another, "Ducky dear" "Ho'


soft your head is" "Have taste of N
! gum drop. dovy," and general laug


was the result.


But our heroes knew nothing about


and SO kept on kissing and biting eac


others gum drops. First he would te
!, her how lovely she was, and then sh
i would repay him by saying somethin
about his soft hair and becoming mui
: tache, and they would pass receipts wit
a kiss.


This was becoming slightly nauseor


to all hands, to say nothing about Il
> monotony of the thing, but more part
cularly to the old chap who was seate


behind them. At last he went arour
= among the passengers to see if any
:. them would take pity on him and chang
:, seats for while; but not an exchans


could he make.


,e And yet his search was not all in val
% A young man who was travelling wi
st some samples of fireworks took bun'
IA of extra large sized fire crackers out