The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-02-27
Gossip and Gleanings..

Gossip and Gleanings.
Square wells have the preference now.
High-back combs and side-combs, plain and
ornamented, are very much worn.
It is impossible to have the last word with
chemist, because he always has retort.
Nothing tells SO much on man as gos-
siping wife.
Lace scarfs arc all the rage. Every style
of lace is used, but Guipure takes the lead.
When our ancestors wanted hot rum
punch, they said so without evasion, they did
not call it "kettled-rum. Tran
script.
A unique and very pretty style of hose is
being introduced into favor. Tbess have
come in both silk and Lisle thread, plain or
striped, and in all colors. a
Next TO the sweetness of having friend
WuOm yOu Cdu tIuSt, ID luc COuNCutCuCC VI
having friend who will occasionally trust
you.
''Mono-poets" is the new name for persons
who write but one BIT of verse and then die.
This isn't the kind of poet that sends
pieces to the papers. .
If the new Mayor of Austin, Texas, holds
his Office for two years and half, his salary
will just pay the bill for the wine that his
constituents drank on the night of his eec-
tion.-Brooklyn Argus.
Apious old lady of Athens, Ga, was over:
persuaded by the young folks to have party
at her house. When the guests had assem-
bled, they were surprised at the advent of a
solemn minister, who at once proceeded to
preach them sermon of two hours in length.
Doctor said lady to her physician,
'sDon't you think the small bonnets that the
ladies wear nowadays have tendency to
produce congestion of the brain? mo,
madam. When you see one OF those bon
nets, there are no brains to congest."
Postillion jackets and oversbir.s are pre-
dicted to take the lead this Spring. The
polonaise will not be retained, except in
camels hair redingote. These are worn quite
plain, with the exception of black velvet trim
ming.
A Louisville paper contains long and full
some obituary of one Sarah Jackson, who, no
doubt, was saint as the writer says. But
why put it in such equivocal 70 ~ as this /:
elm her life che was pattern worthy to be
followed, and her death, oh! how consoling
| to her friends"
A pious stranger from the 'rural dees-
tricts" was much Mortified the other day, in
Brooklyn horse-car, at beholding meek
looking lad by his side open book, on the
cover Of whic was inscribed, Library Of
Sunday-school," and Immediately lose him
self in ''The Thrilling Adventures of Sixteen
String Jack"
Don't ever do such an unwise thing as to
laugh at your grandmother's attire. Some
| day you may want to borrow it. 1t is more
than probable just now that they will be re-
vived, as antiquities are being revived in ev-
| cry direction. The old-fashioned gold beads,
especially, are coming in vogue, and promise
| to be patronized extensively.
Western paper has the following fsneral
notice. "a long funeral cortege vended its
solemn way 10 the cemetery yesterday. The
deceased was man who neglected to buy a
nice warm suit Of underwear at the Empori-
um Bazaar. Be wise in time. The store is
crowded with lovely ladies', and the spruce
clerks are hopping round like fess on hot
griddle. The Palace of Fashion. Call BEFORE
it is too late.'
A couple of Emeralders went into "a 'ne'
| b& zen shop" in South Boston, lew evening"
al nee for the purpose of indulging in soLnt
.Screature comforts" The whlskey was pro
d,ced, and duly disposed Of. As one OF them
wa S replacing his tumber on the bar, pla'
card 'sTom and jerry met his eye. Turn
ing to his companion he remarked, swell
now Thaddy, isn't this quare, went intll
barre'om in Baltimore few weeks since t.
get a dhrink, and be Cor 1t was KEEP be tn
same two brothers, Tom and jerry"
Mrs. Jones always believed her Frederic'
| when he told her that the "cuo We" ~
\ the social intercourse and discussion III p'o