Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-11-06
HONE AND FoREIGN GOSSIP.

Blue is the flyorite color Of NrlriI hdie,
since iie revolution.
What is fashion. Dinner nj milnieHt ari
headache in the morning.
The golden hair and blonde complexion move
msu' promises to be very active this season
Tie who rokes his nose everywhere, VII some
times poke il between thumb ami iorciiuger.
Froek oyercoats. with small velvet collars aud
hlcei with six, will be the prevailing fashion
this winter
A lady Of fortune near Par.s committed SUI
eide because she had boi. on her hose and was
afraid Of being disagurei.
Deep linen collar. trimmed with Valencieures
lace. are now the 'seuieei thing among the IA
dies.
4 barber in Duane street, New York, charges
a dollar for hair cutting, and is always one hour
performing the opclatiou-
The reign Of high heel boots has been short;
fashion has utterly discarded them, and it l. the
only sensible thing fashion has doue ior long
time.
Large monogram handkerchiefs arc now in
fashion among the Young gentlemen. They are
more for show than for use.
The latest the.tri,-,l sensation in London is
produced by running pack Of fox hounds in
tull cry across the stage.
81. Louis objects to Mrs Ye,yertou, that ,he
is too much undresssd about The neck and -houl-
ders, and St. Louis is usually liberal in such IL
tie matters of taste.
Some clergymen deal in rhetoric, some in log
&C., and some in common sense the first are pop
uar with the hdie-. the second wiki men, and
the third with few IF either sex.
A prisoner at Bourgcs, France, who is -ery-
ing out his eighth sentence for begging, has tat
tooeI ou his right arm -'The past has deceived
me ; the present tormeuts me ; the future ter
rifles me.'
There are very aaectiouate female friends who
kis- each other through two thickness If veil.
and know how o. hug each other without dsar-
ranging curl
There Is one advantage in being a blackheud
You are never attacked with low spirits or ap-
uoplexy The moment MN can worry he
ceases to lie a fool
Henry Chpp, the wi.test and wiekeiest man
in New York. once sail thatJ Rev. DR.. samuel
Oseood uelut 60 apply mr ihe first vacancy in
the Holy Trinity. ha --I,.lered himself such a
suitable and excellent uan
There are three cI,-se- into which all the
women past seventy that ever knew were TO be
divided /, That dear Old soul >, that old
woman, 8, that Old witcli-CoieTitge-
The Grecian Bend made an ignoble debut and
retreat in Mobile. Two young ladies veuturei
to walk forth with !, day or two since and
were so merclessly ridiculed ly The rbble that
q L.. in glts
The very latest New York fashion is to have
bridesmaids but no groomsmeu. At a flshiou-
able wedding annouucel for the 18th inst. there
are 10 he SIX feminine attendants on the bride
and never one on the poor groom
Good authority SAYS Of the new Alpine hat,
for Young men. which j. now al the rage, The
style IS 50 loud that il can las, only for mo
ment. It may do very well for the Alps, but It
is out Of place in the metropolis
4 sick chap left the hospital at Virginia (Nev)
recently, after being there ony a few hours,
giving as his reason for doing that al of the
other patients had only one leg, and he didn't
mean to be served the same way if he could help
it.
pair Of Madame de Pompadour's corsets
were sold At Versailles the other day Their pc
culiarity consisted of little pocket at the top,
where the willy Pompadour used to hide the bill
let-doux which were slippedinto her hand under
the King Louis's very nose.
The Coos IN. H. Republican has been keep
ing a record of big beets, but announces at last
that the beet that beat the beet that beat
the other beet, is now beaten by beet that beats
all the beets, whether the original beet, the beet
that beat the beet or the beet that beat the beet
that beat the beet.
matronly lady, with a physiognomy indi-
eating that she was strong-minded, was put on
the witness stand at New Haven, recently, to tes-
tify in a case on trial. Being pestered little
by the counsel for the defense, she exclaimed,
raising herself up to her full height, and with a
CLEAN. Of triumph in her eyes, 81 amt afraid
of the whole Of you, and you can't scare me- I
have lived in Chicago ten years, and any one
that has lived in Chicago ten years needn't he
afraid Of the devil