THE PLAIN GOLD RING.

Thames Star, Volume III, Issue 1666, 2 May 1874, Page 2

THE PLAIN GOLD RING.

: '% writer in a Melbourne paper ijjys : —"Tiie superstitious belief:w^iohn*>«tl7 all r married women ,haVe in the bidden virtues of the widding-ling has often struck me v as being very affecting. Nine women out of ten will teil;*you/]tnat their v wedding-ring* bate neve^pMn°b'fl l their * fingers since the^y^e^^i^^darried,. and would look on any accident that would lead to a renioyal of the matriniOnal emblejta as a misfortune to be for'erer deplored. This speaks well, for women. ;It ■-"[ : shows how they cherish t&rjpi thfir^vfry ; heart of hearts, and how they strifSto ': |h|^tA^j|lbsJ^Jhejni;«R, j^tfrn^Tvid visible sign of the inward and spiritual >jfracelwe,jiaifje giyen-^ the^irrliv^plt ii " well th^t custom Jreouirej c shef.syja^Mal! of v 'the;married,state .tofbje wornjbj.the wo* ;j----man. It allows her an opportunity-of ' pubUcl^««^ressin^tiihe,is^aluft^ui?hich '•)% she holds it, amd ihferentially her loyalty to the man who placed it there.' Ifc i« to the woman whatthe' Victoria Gro»s>is to the soldie,r,'or7"th^.,. blue ribbon to the statesman—something to^be openly worn, and ne^e'r parted rw,itfcwhilo life holds. JSbie.may scold us and (juarrel with us, neglect her Home and'flirt with other men, lecture us" for an hour when* we-are a - minuteilate fprduaner/; but clings to : the wedding>ring through' all/ and wotild :J shudderatthe.Sioughtof takingjt,x)fl» . From which r draw the conclußioff that M!* tmk i^fe^^iffl*^ 0* tive sort of manner, than we giro them rCreiiitiftnCi'U aid j>,»ymr«>-r ■OVrTTAT'T

Inebbhtb.—" Drop us a pj^nnyji^pir t Sober peraon^'lf I didi -you could not pick it up." Inebriate—" Bet you tuppence oj|" that yx?', yfobW' peppon—•• If f¥u ha¥e iubnef^to^bet don't / A dog was accidentally present during divine: lexnce in a-Sqptcsh. kirk, where the fcrorthy minister.w^s in the habit of speak* me very loud in the sermon, and, in fact, When lie got warmed-with *hii»Bubjoct, of shouting almost jat the, top of his Toioc. .The., dog,, who.mth^earixpjwihjd been rery quiet, became quite excited, as is not uncommon witt s6m« Jdogs%hen hearing a noise; and from whining and whining, as: the.speaker'a yoice rdseloudand strong ,at^a«| began,to bark and,howl v ,,The 'minister.-naturally much annoy'ea %| the interraptio^-ealled. upon, the beadle to put out the dog; and fie afc once expressed hii' reaainefl. to' obey . the order, but could .not resist the temptation to4ook P M$H Ws&k and to say, Tery gigni|c*ntls *%?,& UttrMtinWitWM