Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-10-12
OLD TIMES.
sGOsslpInG OLD RICHMOND BARBER on THINGS
ms THE PAST

ITOHItSS III tiAO OANA SNA4eAe
mans chair, to whom Smith gossiped
about old tines:
GA nice collection Of gentlemen, sir,"
said Lonlax, this Convention at Assem-
bly, Hall many very genteel and able per-
sons there, sir 1t does me good to see
again in Virginia the best people coming
forward to take part in politics. And yet,
sir, there are some great men here, too
scattered about among the. hundred | do
not know !; but excuse me, sir, turn your
face little to the left-you can't remem-
Der the Convention of 90, ran you? Too
young? Yes, yes! Well, there was Mr.
Jeems Madison, and that other gentle
man, very smart, but rather fiighty, Mr.
Randolph, Of Roanoke, and more than
can tell now. You have got big men here
to-day, but bless my soul, sir, they was all
giants then; there wasn't a humble indi-
vidual here Giants, sir, giants, every
one"
And Lomax restrappea his razor, turn
ed our head gently and began again;
"And how did they come here, sir?
Omnibuses, hacks9 Not they! Private
carriages, private servants; and every one
had square mahogany box with silver
mountings; in this were four square bot
ties, trimmed with vines and leaves in
gold; one held old pineapple rum, one
/ brandy and honey-peach and honey, sir;
one sherry and one Madeira. No whisky,
and no drinking al bars. The case was in
every delegates room, with the key put
away, but, and here LomaX thoughtfully
and suggestive1y drew his razor through
the palm of an honest hand, "their con-
stituents knew where the key was, SIT.
Yes, sir. And shaving then was fifty
cents. No change! Those were days!
Why nothing is as good as it was and
can tell the reason. Ever since 1850,
when they got up this universal suffrage,
things have been going down, down, down.
/ never used to shave anybody then that
was nobody, and now I hardly ever shave
any body that is any body. Yes, sir, that
1850 suffrage commenced tie whole thing,
and now nothing is like it used TO be.
Why sausage, sir, sausage, The old Vir-
ginia luxury! What is it now? 1t used
to be made out of the choicest part of the
hog, and now you're lucky if it's hog at
ALL and when it is there is nothing but
gristlc and lean" LomaX drew a long
sigh, we gently rose, and, declining the
change" left the premises with the con
viction that LonlaX was more than half
right
AN ANECDoTE OF BARONESS BURDETT
CoUTTs.-Mrs. Laura c. Bullard writes
to the Golden Age this story
OF course she is a well-known and vel
come customer at all the fashionable shops
in London, but she is not SO familiar
ha6ita8 of the shops of Paris During
visit to this latter city, not very long
since she learned the death of a distant
relative, and she went to purchase mourn
ing to the shop, the Trois Qurtiers,
large dry goods establishment something
like, to compare great things with small,
our own Stewards.
She asked for mourning dress goods,
and was shown by one Of the attentive
shopmen to the proper department
"Show this lady mourning stufTs," lie
said, 'two-ten."
Miss Coutts made her selection, and
then asked for mourning collars. The
clerk who had waited on her accompanied
her to the proper counter. please show
this lady mourning collars-tvo- ten, ."
said he, and left her. From this depart
ment she went to look at pocket handker-
chiefs, escorted by the clerk, who passed
her over to his successor with the re-
quest, "Show this lady pocket handker-
chiefs-two- ten"
AS she had still other articles to buy,
she was escorted from counter to counter,
department to department, and every
where these cabalistic words, ''two-ten, "
were repeated from one clerk to another
Struck by the peculiarity of this re-
frain, she asked the proprietor as she left
the establishment, Pray, what does two
ten mean? noticed each clerk said it to
the other in your shop"
ooh, it is nothing" he replied /;
merely pass word that they are in the
habit of exchanging f,s -.
But Miss Coutts was not satisfied with
this explanation. Her woman's curiosity
was piqued, and she resolved to unravei
the riddle. So in the evening, when the
porter, young boy, brought home her
purchases, after paying her bin, she asked
the boy, would you like to earn five
francs?''
Of course he had no objection to do so,
and only wanted to know in what way he
could do it.
"Tell me-" said the lady, "what does
'twoten mean, and will give you five
| francs"
"Why, don't you know, ma 'am?" said
he, evidently amazed at her ignorance.
at means keep your two eyes on her ten
fingers"
The mystery was solved at last All
the clerks in the Tros Quarters had ia
ken the richest woman in Great Britain
for shoplifter
She tells the story with great gusto, and
one of her friends, to whom she had re-
lated it in Paris, repeated it to me.
The PLACE FOR CoLoRED Folks
| The wife of J. Milton Turner (colored)
American Minister to Liberia, writes thus
to female acquaintance whose husband
is barber in St. Louis: g see and learn
SO many things in this strangest of
, strange lands that, hurried as | am to
reach the mail before it is closed, scarce
: ly know which to write about first But
must tell you that the President and
Cabinet gave Mr.. Turner superb recep-
ton. Persons from many different parts
were present. A few evenings afterwards
he arranged for US select gathering at