The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-09-16

are exquisitely soft and heavy. Striped stock
mgs seem to have run out of favor in anything
but silk, and as these cost 800 pair, they are
not likely to have much of run-indeed. it is
probable that no exercise more violent than
stepping into COSY coupe can be their fate.
A number of business people are still making
dubious predictions about fall trade, and by so
doing are helping to discourage others. The
pluckiest man l have heard Of is an expressman,
who has been having very dull time. A cred
itor reports that he has visited him several
times lately, and the Last time the eXpressman
met him with this brave declaration-"Now do
you know what am going to say to you" Of
course the creditor had his hopes, but he did
nothnow. ''Well," continued the eXpressman,
1T Is this: can't pay you now. / have no
money, and was just bundling up my Sunday
suit Of clothes to take to the pawn shop to get
some money to buy food for my family with:
but | intend to pay you as soon as [ can. and
hope and think that business will spring up and
let me-" Now, if one righteous man was to have
saved Sodom and Gomorran, surely, business
ought to be BETTER if only for the benefit of this
trusttul and brave-hearted fellow. That credit
or was not to be outdone, and accordingly de-
clared his willingness to wait patiently for his
dues-at least, while he was permitted to keep
his "Sunday suit"
Peaches are both very plenty here and very
nice, which two facts induced lady living 4
few miles out of town to order a peck basket
to be sent by express from town, on a day when
she was to have company. The lady was en-
| tertaining her guests when the peaches arrived
| and the servant wiped some and brought them
in in fruit dish. They We're passed to the
company, and the lady herself being busy did
not at once partake of the fruit, as did her
friends But they did not appear to relish the
peaches for some reason, and one lady said she
would try another one, her first selection not
proving good. Nobody else could be pre-, allied
upon to take a second, and the lady, then at
leisure, tasted her own She dropped it at
| once and took another. She dropped that, too
| and looked at her friends inquirinsy, and said
"Were your peaches good?' They looked con-
fused, but confessed that there was an unplcas-
ant something about them. Il should think
So" exclaimed the lady ''they taste of kero-
sene oil" She went hastily To the kitchen and
peck Of peaches, basket and all, were thorough
~ impregnated with the odor of kerosene oil.
When the gentleman of the house heard Of the
occurrence, he laughed. Your eXpressman is
At fault" he said, ''he probably had a can or
barrel of oil aboard, but you've got Oft lightly
| I've known Of fifty barrels OF flour being ruined
in that way so that it could be used for Moth
| jnG hut starch-makinu q"
| The seats in Music Hall on the first Sunday
of Alurrays preaching will be free, but they
| will be sold on the following Monday evening
| it is said that the highest price for an indvd-
| ual seat for a year will be so, which is the
| lowest price of seat at Park street church.
| A lady who was overheard speaking in very
| loud, and very enthusiastic terms of Mr.. Muir
rays preaching, said, she liked to hear him so
much, he was $50 handsome" 1t soon became
apparent that the lady was deaf. GOSSIP.