Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-03-04
III istsllanu u,
GRAY HAIR.
SABINE.

1t has been so long since have seen
gray headed woman, that | did not real
izo the possibility Of such thing until,
all at once, my yn hair revealed itself
a case in point, Allmy life tave male
my toilet before the glass, more as a hab.
it than TO see how looked. 1t was cver-
more some picture Of hope or sorrow
that met my view, bat as thread after
thread Of silver was added to my hair,
| found myself makiag au observation
Lifting up side lock, the signs of gray
were unmstakable, and it was not long
before one friend and another. jealous of
my good looks suggested different rem.
clies. Oue went so far as to present me
with a bottle of the most approved hair
estorer; and was obliging enough to-
rattempt its use, The hair. must ad
nit, changed its huc, but that was not
The skin Of my head exhibited an
appearance as if it had pecn pcppc,cd
and the popularity soon extcndcd to the
forehead My cheek bones, which are
rather prominent. were rendered more
conspicuous by little patches Of plackened
pores that looked precisely as If had a
dirty face remembered to have observ-
ed the popularity in other faces. When
| met acdnaintances on the street and
elsewhere, ! found myself looking out for
tbe Signs Of dye and gots, ! kept my
sell down, not liking scrutiny myself
My han Is and Huger nails were alike
dingy, especially my nails. ! tried soap
and water, but they only set the dye.
A chemist Suggested borax, aud the res
ult was the new bronze, as shining as
varnish. My complexion had never been
hair, hut it was smooth and f,ec from
blemis here made another oh
servation. The hair restorer was advcr
Used to be stainless. and free from all
isaerecable odor, but noticed that
when oponed ym comb drawer, there
was very perceptiblc smell Of sulphur
escaped pillow Lad asimilar odor,
and my hands and in a crowded room
r
felt nervous, lest the person. seated be-
hind me, or at my side, would detect the
smell Of sulphur also.
At this point | grew desperate. for 1T
have sense stroug to fault, it is the
OF smell, and sleeping and waking, at
home aud abroad. carried the annoyance
with me. Here too, took another sur
vvr of my hair in the strongest light. 1t
was motley in color, and had no more
4 listre than dead corn silk The gray was
changed not "A sea hangc to csome
thing rich and STANCE
1t vas brown, sandy, and carrot col
ored. with tipge of purple, and what
had been black was the dead corn silk
hue. aforesaid And my hauda! had
the stickiest: nastest feeling as if covered
( with greasy blackwheat The upshot Of
these observations was pitching the bot
, tie or Eureka, OF Heimstreet, ro Allen or
, whatevor it was, Into the street. fumigat.
, ing the comb drawer. refurnishing it, aud
| cutting eff my hair, | view with unnixcd
, dclight the young growth Of even black
and white.
My experience has led mc to dwell
though fully,upon the subject of gray
+. hair, and growing old in general. Why
Q is it people have such nervous dread o
Q age Grandmother are ma Smiths ami
! ma Brown, ana ever the ch idicn, now
! a days lave a horror of7gray hair. ON
: or thire taskes is pulling i out--the US
Of twccxers deepening wrinkles mus
# own my determination to let nature tax
y its course was terribly shuken when m.