The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-09-15
CHURCH COMMENTS.

CHURCH COMMENTS.
A Danbury Family Attended Even.
| ing Service-What the Female
| Members Saw and what the Male
| Members Heard when they had
Returned.
The wit OF the Danbury News could
hardly perpetrate anything truer to
nature than the following "Disserta-
1t was after the evening service. Mrs.
Coonton and the three Misses Coon.
ton had arrived home. They sat list
lessly around the room with then
things on. Mr.. Coonton was lying
on the lounge asleep. 1t had been
undoubtedly an impressive sermon,
as the ladies were silent, busy with
their thoughts.
"Emmeline," said Mrs. Co6nton,
suddenly addressing her eldest, did
IMP"
Yes, ma replied Emmeline.
Sunday, did she p
No" said Emmeline. 1t is her
new hat l noticed it the moment
she went down the aisle, and L says to
Sarah, What on earth possesses Mrs.
Parker to wear such hat as that 2
says L..
''Such a great prancing feather on
such little hat looked awful redicu-
lous. Thought should laugh right
out when [ saw it, observed Sarah.
Il don't think it looked any worse
than Mary Schuyler'e. with the glar-
ing red bow at the back" said Anne
| liza.
Il don't see what Mrs. Schuyler
can be thinking of to dress Mary out
like that said Mrs. Coonton, with a
sigh. MARY must be older than
Sarah, and yet she dresses as if she
was mere child"
She's nearly a year older than /
| am. asserted Sarah"
did you see how the Widow Mar
shall was tricked out ?" interrupted
Emmeline.
'sHE WAS AS GAY AS PEACOCK.
Mercy what airs that woman puts
on. | would like to have asked her
when she's going to bring back that
pan Of four and Emmeline Uttered
lnaliciously.
"She's shining around old McMas-
ter's. they say" mentioned Amelia.
"Old McMasters T. calculated Mrs.
Cconton. Why, he's old enough to
be her father -
What difference DO you suppose
that makes TO her p suggested Emme
line. ''She'd marry Methuselah. But
l pity him if he gets her. She's a
perfect wildcat"
Say. En-, who was that gentleman
with Ellen Byxby?" inquired Anne
liza.
That's So" chimed in Sarah with
spirit-"who was he ?"
"What gentleman asked Mrs.
Coonton. :,
"Why, don't know who it was p
exclaimed Emmeline.
''rhey came in during the prayer.
He was tall fellow, with light hair
and chin whiskers.
1t couldn't have been her cousin
John, from Brooklyn suggested
Mrs. Coonton.
"Bother-noI' said Sarah. pettish-
". He is short, and has brown hair.
This gentleman is stranger here. L
wonder where she picked him up 7"
''She seemed to keep mighty close
to him." said Amelia, but she
needn't be scared. No one will take
him unless they are pretty hard
pushed.
HE LOOKS AS SOFT AS SQUASH.
Did you see him tumbling his hair
with his fingers? l wonder what that
| big ring cost-two cents p and the
| speaker Uttered.
well, I'm glad if she's got COM
pany, said Mrs. Coonton, kindly
''She's made efforts enough to get
| some one, goodness knows"
Il should say she had," coincided
Emmeline "She's got one of them
Victoria hats, I see. If l had a
drunken father I'd keep in doors.
think. and not be parading myself in
| public"
Just then there was a movement on
the lounge, and the ladies began to
| take off their things.
Hello, folksr' said Mr.. Coonton,
rising up and rubbing his eyes. rs
church out p
Yes" said Mrs Coonton. with a
yawn, which communicated itself to
her daughters.
did you have good sermon p
Pretty good" accompanied by
| another yawn all around.
See many good clothes p was the
| next query.
Il suppose you think. Mr.. Coonton,
that that is all your wife and daugh-
ters go to church for-to look at peo-
pies clothes!'' said Mrs. Coonton,
tartly. 1oe
That's just like pa p said Emme
line with toss of her head: hes
always slurring church people"
Pa sloped to bed.
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