, 1874-11-07
PERSONAL,

It Ia unaorstood TINT Howard rricstly, Esq..
ia n',out to 20 to Europe for tho benefit Of his
health.
4 party Of Canadian surveyors, WHO havo boon
onragod for the last threo yoazB, in company
with delegation Of United Statos surveyors. in
settling tho whereabouts OF the boundary-lino
between tho United Statoa nnd tho North Amor
lean possessions Of Grcat Britain arrived at tho
Trulnont House yestertlay morning. Tho party
IL made up of the following loyal Engineers:
Capt. Anderson, J. kay J. aIaliugs, H. Lowell,
". March, ". Wilson, ]. Nlacnicol, ind T. Deck
worth; AEsiytalit Asst ono,nor, ucorgo I. Bur-
pee. They lett lust nigAt for Ottawa, where they
will complete their final report.
MIlS. SWIssttEI.I.
A lntly correspondent Df tho Cincinnati Gazette
thus d,AconrBos concerning Mrs. BWissholtn's
dresa roform:
Mrs. Jane Grey sw!sshclsa hss consp!cuonsly re-
fali, through hcr a.lyocacy Of Inc "diess-retorm
question. sho bears uloft banner with tho atrnngo
Ing ths mnt,o,,s ariices Of apparel constituting
ladys lineer'e into single garnont called chem u"
ID s no Sas y
Knowing the 1ady AZ well 10 I do; ! am
nat little s.tos to sasn wIsh;r in
own wardrobe, OF old. her customary reas MI
enough in tho front Ut the waist to nllow nct.lace
northumberland, which possibly might havn riyaed
tho color Of tho Witty Lady Wrrtey Atontagno'a his
orc Inch a chronic ht,c afflicted thai portion Of
tic wast JOINED by tho Rleeve, which permitted tho
snde1garincnt to observe mcn and things from III
elevated standpoint.
4 lady friend, cxpostulatng at The long continuance
| Of tic reut, Pald
"Mrs. SstsRhelm, If you viii tako of that trcsa
will mend 1t with pleasure anl Immense satHfactio.h
"Oh, no; life iB too short to he apcnt in such
triaing," aha replied. My principle IL, never stitch
whcro you cai run; never baate where you can Ifn.
Ii pinnsng doesn't anHwer your purpose, Let tho thing
alone. All things II rags In Time eayR some
great orator, and including merely po6troucs the natu
| Tal cai,rso Of events u little WHILE"
~ never darn" fhe continued I substitute tho
easter mothad of patching What istho of npennH
holrs Of precus lilnc III darning stockings, when
patch like this rau bs whipped on instanor2"
And eho raised her dress. md displayed midnight
h,cl husc art1Bti.ally Illuminated BY hriliant dascs
Of scarlet In tho vicinity Of the heel TAis may seem
like cxayBerasion. but It iA nothing but tho rlan,
yarntshe1 TRUTH for eyewitness to the dianhy,
and Aayc neyer forgotten tho shock OF surprise uxper
enced
| SIN In woman OF medium height and slender
physique, with neck long aud sleutcr, inconflcIeusy
srnll chin, broad, high, intellectual forehead fro,n
which tho .lnrt hair is contod RRocthy back into
knot bel,ind lips thin anu tightly compressed, ktcn.
gray eyes, fill Of cunning obHervntec, small ears,
long, graceful arms, which In their movements re-
mind onu Of iln!t nnd fcut which require number
powers arc remarkably rlant md versatile. and fhe
IL very clear aud catatc writer {ony IN politics
does not always know which sde Of tho fence so pro-
fcrA), Site Of al old Scotch C0ycisapr faily.
nl noHBCspeH all the yehGsnencet without the stability,
| for which they wero noted