The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-06-19
ADVERTISING RATES.
SAYINGS AND'DOINGS.
MISCHIEF FOR IDLE HANDS

| MISCHIEF FOR
The origin Of the fan is told very prettiiy IN
| these arch and gracefully turned verses;
| When fallen Eve became aware
| How ill she had behaved to man,
| To hide from his reproachful stare,
| She went and made herself a IAN
| But when she peeped above the rim,
| In wistful. depreciating wise,
| The action rather tickled him
| He "didn't know she had such eyes.
| 10 when he asked her to explain
The object of that new conceit,
| Away went shame-she peeped again,
| And said, ITO screen her from the heat.
The day was hers full many, too,
Have conquered thus in many lands;
Eve told her daughters what to do
In future with their idle hands.
TIE largest gas-meter in the world
has Just been built in London. Its
capacity is the enormous quantity of
1900 cubic feet per hour, and lts
measuring drum delivers for each rev.
olution 900 feet.
A PARTISAN who was known as free
thinker, met friend the other day, and
taking him by the hand, said, 81 have
become a Christian. "I am glad to
hear it, +" he replied "suppose we now
have a settlement of that little account
between us pay me that thou owest.
"No, said the newborn child, turning
on his heel, "religion is religion, and
business is business.
LOOKING FOR THE ALrAR.-A man
came out of the tax Office, the other
day, and, exhibiting an empty pocket
book to friend, qloomily observed:
Bill, where's the altar OF our coun-
try? want to find it.
"what for3" asked the other in
"Weii, 1 want to lay that pocket
book on il"
A TRAGEDY IN PRIVATE LFE.--Miss
Lily-"A box for Salvini for tonight?
o, how kind of you, Mr.. Lowell u. Un-
fortunately Maud and I are engaged
and mamma is away, SO We shall not be
able to go with you, but grandmamma
and Aunt Tabitha will be delighted to
take our place"
(Grandmamma and Aunt Tabitha ex-
press their delight. The room turns
round Mr.. Lovelps head swims all
his presence of mind forsakes him he
leans on a chair for support.)
SIR BOYLE ROCHE was deeply i'm
pressed with the sauguinary d1sposi-
tions of the French revolutionists, and
in advocating some measures to prevent
their invading Ireland, he said to the
speaker, "Sir, if measures are not
|
fans out of ireland, they will break into
this yery house. and cut off our heads
before our faces"
THE following is given as the costume
of fashionable lady in 1709, per We
last ship from We port of Bristol, Eng
land, to his majesty's plantations in
North America ga black silk petit
coat. with a red and white calico bor-
der cherry -colored stays, trimmed with
blue and silver; q red aud dove-colored
damask gown, lowered with large trees;
q yellow satin apron, trimmed with
white Persian; muslin head-cloths.
with craw-foot-ed ging; black silk
furbelew scarf and spotted hood.
THE NEW DOLLY WARDEN SrYLE.-
We have been permitted to inspect
new Dolly Warden dress. The star
board sleeve bore a yellow hop vine IN
full Leaf, on red ground. with numbers
of gray birds, badly multilated by the
seams, flying hither and thither in wild
dismay at the approach of a green and
black hunter. An infant class was de-
picted on the back, and in making up
the garment, truant scholars were scat
tered up and down the sides and on the
skirt, while q country poultry fair and
a group of hounds hunting, badly de-
moralized by the gathers, gave the
front a remarkable appearance. The
left sleeve had on it the alphabet in
five different languages. --Orace a Week.
THE London Times lately printed a
long editorial article, based on meet
ing of st. Georges societies in Phila-
deiphia, in which the Thunderer as
serted that the chief hope for America
lies in the influence of the English resi-
dents within our borders. It pains us,
therefore, to read in the reports of GER
tain police officers of Philadelphia that
a great many Englishmen have left that
city abruptly this winter for their native
land. It seems that Englishmen are in
the habit of leaving their wives and
families in the old country and coming
here. where they marry again, accumu-
late three or four children and some
property, and then return suddenly,
leaving their American wives destitute.
The Philadelphia police say they have
had dozens and dozens of such cases
of desertion by Englishmen during
the past winter. It is to be regretted
that these gentlemen, SO necessary to
the preservation of lofty tone among
us, should show such a wholesale dis
position to leave America to her fate.-
Chicago Times.