, 1873-01-20

from 10H10n t5GctesV.
" all tho curtoaitcH In CO stumo tho run, per-
hnpB, Is most eccentric. Those. monatroatica
wore frequently made quarto,' Of ynrd doep,
30 that tho woaror was Obliged to cat with n
ep eoore ronnp OF fe Long and Te 81 differ n
1aah,onable ne, tint othor tints were Also uHod,
ana lai'los constantly appeared with rut3a hinged
With blue, or red, Or purple starch. Tho iph.o-
aiiatroas Ann Turner, who ns ach{oyed To aom.s
degree Of notorioty aa Anying boon the acoota--
p!lco Of tho Countess Of Somerset in tho murder:
o., Of Sir Ihomaa oyerbury. Whom, tho fashion,.
condemned to death, Sir Edward Coke, who tried:
the case, sentenced her to bo hanged at Tyburn.
in ruff atiffoned with hor own yollow Starch.
contemporary writer QdowoID states tint tho,
1fh.trose Turner vas hanged woaring q run sti1-
et1oa with tho compound sho had invented. Ono
11fohael Spark, who wrote in 1861, referring to
this, expresses a wish that tho Judges Of his
hanged With naked bouema and backs as il
going about only ,ha{f-elad. After Ann Tur-
nors e1eoasioa ysllow,arohed rus ceased to
tie time. In 1.-THE Bind Lady, Potor saya to to
tho clambormaid: "You hnd once botter opln-
IONS Of Pm Though now Xoa wash every day
your lace 4uoiG." Again, in tho play Of "A-
bumaTor," q, lady asks q gentleman, "whnt
price bears wheat and saffron, that your baud is
80 80 stih aud yollow2" Stow a1.'o 1emnrks that,
merchants only sold tho lawn aud cambrie By
ellis, yards, half-ells, and half yarL's; for there
was not then one shop-koepor amonsy forty that
durss buy whole piece other Of lawn. or cam
lawn and cambria to bo Ind In all tho me. rohant-
houses IN London as at this day may easily bo
purchased at onq1fRon-drapors shop.
A City Boy's hettor From tho Oountry..,,
,,, DEaR jimmy: Ask your mother to briss 5ou'
here and lots Of worma to catch 'en with. You!
stick the hook in them and thoy wriggle bully,
Ilehn'a !! funnior when yon don't cato6 the hook:
n N the sent Of your Pantaoone 90 that you can't
Cousin Lauras beau, asi't mo il was a soie, iI,
Or Or q heel. Suppose he thot 10 was going to be
funny, but didn't 500 it. Dimcby Raw him
her hook caught, and kiaa It, like o great baby,
to-, and everybody laft: They have COWS hero
nnd 60 to 500 them millscd. They. don't pump
they did, but they squeeze it out Of bag that
other night. It was vory hard to squeeze, -
IT, T. would tna Inc not &C. Into the pai Some w
cooEs neitSor M aB %hoy rale aaR' the themss nlsey y
up and run at you. Thoy arc phorocious br :,
md disaEreeblo to live with. Chickens arc
nicer. We oat 'cm. They put them under
Mbarril' at night, md Bill and I kill them in
tho morning. We have bully fun wringing
their necks You'd better come hcro right or
aud bring shotgun, for thero nre bears hero
can't got any horo, and O. pop-gnn, and son,o.
bows and ARROWS aud things Perhaps wo can.
shoot deer, I think l1r. Jenkyns is blamed
fool. He mnde mo believe he found deor'r.
was only tho mark Of Cousin La,ra'a baot. or t. /
don't SEQ what mnkeB him so happy about girls,
We WON'T will wo7 I'd be ashamed. I al! 70.
Ing to rido old sam tomorrow. Hos horea
You ride him BAREBACK, and it's worry hard to
stick On, he feels so squirnay. Give my love to
all tho boys. and tell thom Tn having d bulls
Einao and hate old Jankyns. No moro at pros.
mt from Yours truly, RoupIE.