Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1878-04-11

| the piece, wholesale, as it were. but i
one wants wearing apparel, one ha
asssa ana choose bet nsevSeSn ss a Prisse slSlSi Al
DefU SUIT and Breton a mOrnin
wrapper and lavender silk all o
course warranted TO tit. Then. to com
plete the outfit, there are shoes, higl
and low, cloth and kid stockings
think of their being displayed in the
dead letter oflice-ringed, striped.
streaked and speckled; drawers. plain.
ruiiled and with lace, aprons for the old
and young, for Biddy and for the bride
Then of the lesser paraphernalia of
lovely wOmanhOOd there seems to be No
/ end. Handkerchiefs-a assortment
OF about three thousand-neckties.
/ ScariS edglng, beads, ribbon, charms.
| collars, netting, wells, gloves. rosaries.
| halr warranted to be Just the shade
wanted), hats, bonnets, cuffs, buttons
enough to pay the national debt. if
Congress would only label each one
" this is dollar tatting laces. friz-
etteS-What III the world are friZettes
-spectacles, guitars, tooth brushes
bows, two very different varieties
pocket combs, pocket booksand satchels.
For babies, there are bibs, Tides, socks.
caps, dolls, dresses, skirts, and napkins
sans nOmbre. 4 whole company of
soldiers could be dressed fit to attend
an Inauguration ball, everything fur
nlShed, and i'll the best of style. except a
partner But we forgot the house
furnishing. For this there are pins,
pens, needless mats, rugs, cards, clocks,
ornaments of every description, chro-
mos oil and water color paintings, en-
cravings of :. j. Tilden-whoever he
may be--porous plasters, musical in
struments of all kinds, from jews.
harp to an Organ-an administration
organ, of course, tobacco, cigars, and.
all the accOmpaniments a lover of
weed could want for comfortable smOk-
ing, sets of tools, kitchen furniture,
flowers, tables, ear slippers, spoons,
knives, forks, glassware and crockery,
carpets, flags, fishing and sporting inn
plementS, thermometers, pin cushions,
scissors, bedding, feathers, sewing ma
chine attachments-no other attach
ments, of course, in dead letter office
tables, chairs, and indeed everything
that could be needed around a house.
The amount of jewelry for which no
owners can be found is simply astonish-
ing. There are gold and silver watches
and chains, gold breaStpins, necklaces,
rings, plain and with diamond and other
costly settings, medals, Masonic en-
blemS, studs, cuff buttons, l5 pairs of
diamond earrings, and less valuable
ones III proportion, celluloid and coral
iewelry, full sets of gold ditto-there
are great many dittos i'll the schedules
"a cross of wood from Mt. of Olives,
napkin rings, L. q. .. f. pins, lockets
OF beautiful design, brooches, canoes,
| agateS, pearls, garnets, shells, cane
! handles and jewelry boxes, and toys
and trinkets too numerous to mention.
1t would be hard to find a more uni
| verSal library than the 1000 and odd
volumes which will soon pass into other
| hands than those for which they were
intended. To give few of them just
as they come ia. the catalogue will give
one a fair idea OF, the generality and
perspicuity of books that are sent by
mail. There is Moody and Sankey,
! Patent Law, Bible, Helen's Babies,
KSops Fables, Lessons i'll Hairdressing,
| Bought at a Price, Smith on the Kid
neys, Every Day Topics, Is Davis a
! Traitor? 100 Tracts, Comic Speeches,
| The Herbalist, Milk for Babies, Poul-
try, Betsy and ! Are Out, Yesterday,
To-day and Forever, The Detective in
Search Of Truth, Nine Little Goslings,
Off on a Spree, Let No Guilty Man
Escape, Napoleon's Dream, Hearts
Bowed Down, From Ocean to Ocean,
Thou Art Ever Dear to Me, George
Washington, Paine's Works, On the
Foot of the Cross, Shakespeare, Lost
and Won, Mark Twain, Under the
Red Cross, The Rumseller's Daughter,
Round and Round, Night Scenes Hedged
In, The Nursery, Footprints of Time,
The Wedding, and so on Gd lib. Can
! there be any excuse for all this wasteful
| carelessness The moral is plain en-
| ough. Don't send things of value
unless you know where to direct them.
Write your directions distinctly, mark
each and every letter or package re
turn if not called for, " and if you can
not comply explicitly with these neces
sary regulations, don't send anything
or if you must, carry it yourself. That
is the surest way.-P PittSborg Telegraph
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