St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-08-02

valuable laccs. The mutf was strap
ped to her person. where 1t stood for
rpboHpOint.
In one petticoat of this lady were
found gloves in quantity: i'll the fac
ingS of her dleSs, cigars; and i'll the
voluminou> gathers of second petit
coat were Meerschaum pipes i'll sec
tons.
Not long since. from of one of the
Inman steamers. there came Il magnlti-
cent gray haired Cuban lady. Her pa
tlician all WAS charming. her dress was
t;iultleS>, and if she had been a trliie
less unnaturally rotund. she might
have passed without Il suspicion: Hhe
was invited into the office OF the IN
SprctreSs. and an official diagnosis
made of her condition. She was found
suffering from four point Aguiile shawls,
two point applique sacqucS and r"-
tuudr. on round mantle of ChantlllN
loce of great value. Nor was this all.
Frstoncd upon her hOopskirt were
seven hundred yards Of narrow lace
which careful hands passed days i'll I'M
tanrin". In the plaits of her dress
v.r, pinned collars of an EXCEPTIONS
bile quality of point lace. which took no
more room when rolled, and pinned
against the seams, than cocoon does
against Il leaf.
\ FrcnchWomam.r XtraNagantlN dress
ed. aud moving about suspiclou>ly, was
Invited into the room of the lnspectrcss
recently. Her prtticoat proved to he
nine wards of superior black velvet
one >clvege being gathered int" waist
band. which also held address pattern "i
Pon>on silk. The facing of the velvet
pctticnat. which was put on with the
/ incest care. was we'll padded viii
/ Chantillv laces, cIInmingly run together
and the ruilic on the bottom of this I'M
prrial under garment consisted OF line
rows of rich ChantiIly bouncing. caught
together. quite likely. in the hope that
il would he taken for one piece. Al
immense. seizure of English open faced
watches has recently been made upon
the person of well-appearimg Ameu-
can woman. who had them neatly en-
c;,>cd in the tuckS of Il heavy tianne
pcttlcoat.
Sometimes the German women seek
to ,.\ad, the tariff dues in the most
awkward manner: a.. witness the stu
piditl of hanging nine watch-rhalm'
about ones neck. with Il valuable
watch at he end of each chain. Frau
Sulmpt said she had been told that
watches we've worn 10y the passengers
and the officers did not take them.
y desperate looking woman. coming
on one of the English steamers lately
on being examined exhibited IN ANUS
inc spectacle. with Il silver cake basket
dashed To each hip. and tw" huge dress
patterns frStooned as filling. there
and thrrcahout>. ON being detected
this woman. in terrible rage. drew /;
knife on the lnsptctrt'>S.
Some of the smuggling cNpcdicnt'
are. of course. extremely amusing. y
xpiyifmcIIr little Frrmchwnmam had ol
her husbands red flannel drawers. an'
thcs, We're tied in puti>. here anc
there.
ON being "unpacked." there cam,
forth Bohemian glass toilet set. tive
dozen salt cellars. three dozen >ilVcl
forks. several little articles of bito"fcro
in bronze and crystal. and some fin,
Swiss wood carvings all of which Wcr,
put M in the SottrSt tissue paper. an'
paper >having>. that they might not
strike against each other. When the
/ little, body was umloadcd. no one laugh
ed more heartily than she. ScribHrr
for JHIy.