The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-08-11

quet CLUB.
The Louisville Ledger says. "sfrs-
Pickett Of jefferson recently gave
birth TO triplets-all girl-."
IT Is avefred that the DeesIIexomeB
piece for the making Of ''dusters."
Neat little betting books are now
manufactured sor ladies' use. There
is no "Dr.v side.
l Mrs. Gaines had an offer of MARI
age lately, although she is over 60.
money no object" Of course
Two San Francisco girls lately or.
dered eighty-five dresses from Berlin
The "old man. owns goId mine
There Is huntress in the AHegha-
nies who crops lIer hair short, sisews
tobacco, and is a desd-shot with a
rifle.
The widow Ofa man who died iu
IrontoD, Ohio, Of deIirium trenersS,
has recovered S5,00 damagts from
the man who furnished the whisky.
\ journal certifies 10 tine existence
OF a young lady who tIOk out fifty-
seven hairpins from her coiiiurr, anil
yet her hair did not come down.
Prof Liggett is the title Of a Iaiy
l who occupies the chair in a Topeka
College, where the education =, Of
coGls,, 20 :;.S ':s, ,:;;: ,.::.- ,.::.!
Miss AIcott, during her recent vt<it
in London, was tea-partie-i by Miss
Jean IDgelow, to which divers and
sundry literary celebrities. Yankee
and British, were invited.
An old lady from one of the rural
districts astOnished clerk I'm one ef
the stores a few days agD, by fnsttsir-
Ing If he bad any "yalIer develop
ments, sich as they did up letters in"
1t is expected that between two anil
three hundred women will attend the
neat term Of the Michigan University.
Of the thirty in attendancs the lat
Session not one failed.
IL Is now stated that Fred. Grant
has determined to reject the hand of
the Princess Beatrice and accept that
| Of Miss Cook, daughter Of ibc govern
or et the Territory OF OfCOIumbia-
The widow of the Rev. Thomss
Starr King is married. in san Francis
co To her husbands executor, whD, ia
addition TO a quiet culture, has SJD,-
90 cash.
Gail Hamilton aiIirnls ''as the n,p<s
painful and unexpected result of my
own observation that the gro-se-t
violations Of courtesy, mOlesty, 6eii-
cacy, and decency attributable 20 cor-
respondents have beeIi perPetrIted by
women"
Mrs. Grant has announced, through
the secretary Of state AMI the Ameri-
can consul at Belfast, Ireland, that
she will be pleased To accept the gin
Of an Irish spinning wheel teiricTcsi
her by the Belfast linen tr,,.Ic com-
mittee.
A lady named Trimby, WIN lied ~
Chicago last week, was sent to Rpch-
ester for intermeat. I;Gt lcfprs sl,,
was inferred, willie The autIboritlr.
were awaiting somc techniraIity, sls.
came to life, burst the Iid afi Tire
coffin, and telegraphc'l tO Chica.,,
that she would bc back on the nest
train.
Mrs. Lvermore asldrCS.srd tlie ptf,,il,
Of the Prescott school, East B.rsion,
last Monday, ut the annual exbiL,
tion-the first time this honor ha.
been extended to- woman in MAJ
sachusetts. This is To I've tire firss
movement in a concerted plan to have
women on the school boards thrUIgi,-
out the commonwealth.
What is the meaning Of tliiSg N.Y.
tericus announcements reach Its ths,
] q A.. s.f 1ufn -
Forest of the United States of kmcri-
ca will hold asecret session On t-rr-
tain ridge road in Philadelphia in Tire
sun-fiOwer moon. Subordinate c=yuu-
ellis to the number Of thirty-:wp arc
reported as existing in other STATE.
Have We q female Ku-klux among W?
The tables are about To be turnesI ami
the wOman-women must be prepared
to find the man getting into skirts -
retaliation for the encroachments
thct women are constantly making
upon the masculine style Of dress.
Down near Mount Pleasant, o., there
may be seen at work in the bayfield,,
n number Of men whose attire consist.
Of n shirt and n skirt, very closely re.
sembliDg n wOman's pettis-oat- They
anticipate a lime when both men and
women will dress as they please.
The London Curt Journal says that
dark hair, so long neglected and de-
spised, Is again in the ascendant. The
blonde Is gradually Tesuming her
place side by side, not above, the bru-
nette. The blonde is now declared To-
have maintained her rule ~ long by
variety of artiiice, and can, now that
her cunning devices are known. be
classified as follows: The Gothic
Irish (reddish), the Saxon English
dark yellow, the little ridicnious
blonde, (short curly, golden), the ceph-
alic blonde, (orange tint, and the
lymphatic blonde pale straw color.
Among all these the cephalic orange
golden bas always been considered
the most to be dreaded by men who
81 elk for peace of mind, calm life,
and q happy end.
The Hartford lawyers are puzzIc,I
over a singular case which has jus;
arisen there. A man who died lately.
leaving q handsome property and
childlcss widow, but with 4 prospect
for the future, left also will duly exc
cuted in which 1t was provided that il
the expected child should prove Ia Ie
boy, two-thir1s of the property
should 20 to bim and One-thirdto the
widowed mother. II, however, tie
child should prove to be n girl, only
one-third of the estate was togo 10 her,
and two-thirds to her mother. But
the widow has become the mother of
twins, and what greatly heightens the
| faxs sfxr
boy and a girl, and the lawyers are in
a quandary to know what they shall
do about it.
Here is an extract from n letter
written by an American girl who h
"doing" the London season:
As a general thing English women
are not handsome, although I have
seen some beautiful ones, They have
large feet, and look coarse to the
American eye, and they cannot talk.
They very seldom say anything origi-
nal, seem to read very little, and do
very little thinking for themselves.
They do not talk To men at all as we
| do. The dowagers look so old timey.
| They wear such old fashioned Jewels,
and such Old-fashiOned, stiff brocasIe
silks. They put me in mind of hens
with their chickens as they sit and
talk TO each other, keeping their eyes
all of the time on their daughters, for
there are SO many German officers
and French refugees i'm society here
and some of them such handsome men
that mammas are kept in n state of
perpetual anxiety, fearing some en-
tangiement. About D o'clock in the
evening everybody goes out for adrive
| i'm Rotten Row. The sight is a splen-