The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-12-24

for all I have to do is to consult my
Mentor for shape, style, aud ma
terial. Past experience has proved
to me that I can rely upon it without
a fear, and it is always full a month
in advance, SO that I have plenty ol
time for. consideration. Send for the
necessary. articles, and there are the
directions to make up. And, besides.
I have the pleasure Of always feeling
fresh and presentable. / can always
dress my children well and tastefully,
because 1 spare myself one great ex-
pense, that of giving them out to be
made, as I have within my reach such
practical instructions, that it is de-
light to eontFiVe and fashion for my
self. Then Pm never at q loss for The
boys either. If my means are limit
ed, there is sure to occur an idea that
helps me make a cheap suit come out
quite jaunty and becoming. There
are a hundred and one other notions
to add effect to toilet; how to cut
and ornament dresses, aprons, sacks
jackets, or any Of the Indispensable
in we'll regulated wardrobe, or even
to understanding Il puts to use
all the odd ends Of materials one may
have. Nothing can 60 to waste. 3
wish you would take pity on me,
said I, and put me on the Figbttraek
for I've got tired Of pinohing and
sereWing to no purpose with all
my heart. lam afraid you have al
ways been, like many others, pen
ny wise and a pound foolish; but you
have only to sendthree dollars, anc
purchase a years subscription tC
Demoresps Monthly Magazine. That
| is the aid, counselor, and helpmate
I've been telling you Of
At this juhctnre Mrs. Brown ehanc-
ed to glance out of the window. q
have just finished my story in time,
said she, her voice subsiding. "Ehert
| is Mrs. Wells coming up the garden
path; you shall have her own testi
mony."
Bonnet and mantle disposed Of, and
work in hand, the newcomer was
prepared for the consultation by al
active rehearsal from Mrs. Brown o.
a portion ofher own and her neigh
boris recent discourse. Mrs. Wells
entrance had been the signal for the
resolving OF the several little groupi
of takers into a general conversation
Not few listened anxiously fol
her sentence upon Mrs. Browns mar
rative.
| 81 am quito prepared to endorse al
1 said yesterday" returned she at itl
conclusion, smilingly surveying hel
auditors, "and I can even say more
Mrs. Brown kindly complimented me
yesterday upon the arrangement o.
my table, and moi than one of you
praised the trifes in the way Of pas
try and other refreshments I contri
buted to the refreshment table of oul
last years fair. The household de-
Ipartment of the Magazine was my
/ guide; it is especially devoted to iteml
of interest to housekeepers. YOU
have seen such practical illustrations
of the value of its various receipts
that 1 need scarcely dwell upon it. ,
"Where did you learn of the exis
tence ofyour oracle2" questioned Mrs
Hart.
al read oft in the village paper
"Oh, we don't take that.
"Not take the Maysville Neors? In
surprised. Why, it's to every One'
interest to take the local papers
You get -yOHr TAoney's worth owe
and over. Ishould as lief be out o
the world as to be without the home
news. Ny husband says be sets al
much store by them as 1 do by my
/ Demorest's Monthly. That must havt
been the reason why Mr.. Wells die
so much better by his grain and hay
than Mr.. Hart. You see he had tht
advantage of knowing how to sell
and when and where to fiud a gooC
customer, and, all this through th'
/ paper, while neighbor Hart, ever
though he's quite as shreYd at bar
gaining, had TO trust to luck after all
Mr.. Wells says he finds so many iteml
of use to him about gardening, and
then there are the quotations iron
/ the city markets. 1t won't do to trus
to hearsay. You want a reliable
source for such information. We
watch the paper, and are generally
Just about right for very good sale
Just make q trial of it, and if you
don't confess that you wonder how
you ever did without it, III pay th'
cost of your subscription a
! Before any one could reply there
was slight,stir at the doorway, anC
the next moment q chorus Of voice.
welcomed the good shepherd of the
Maysville flock among his people.
"What have you there?" said Jen
ME Kip, the pet and belle par egceI
Ience of the village, as, after the greet
ings were over, the reverend gentle
man sat down before the table and. be
gan divesting a small packet he hac
carried of its wrapping.
! "Something that fancied might b.
Of use and interest to you ladies il
the pursuance Of your good work
| IDemorest's Monthly Magazine.
There was a rapid interchange Q
Iglances among the needle-workers.
81 thought you disapproved Of ligh
reading" ventured Miss Kip, mis-
chievously.
$50 I do, except when, like the lit
erary department. of this magazine
lit is instructive, entertaining, AM
calculated to exertR strong moral in
! fuence over our minds. This Month
ly is a great favorite at the parson
age. I am q regular subscriber, for
scarcely think we could do withou
lit. What I presumed might be 0
special service now, was this depart
ment of fashion, about which / know