The Morning herald., 1878-12-13

lar shades, are hignly dressy.
| California ladies ere wearing flmy white
dresses and eating strawber les.
i Salem county, N. j., bas village which
is garrulously named Tattletown.
i A Charleston, ILL.,, young man has been
fined 5000 for slandering lady.
i A walking match is being arranged be>
tween the fat men Of Racine, Wis.
sealskin sacques fit the figure closer than
last year they are double breasted.
The sealskin sacque remains fayorit.
fur garment [Godey's for January.
Some St. Cloud, MINI, children set a
rabbit trap and bagged Zig wildcat
Sandwiches should be made with gray
ham bread.-[New Orleans Picayune.
A Milwaukee dame has been badly bit.
| ten by the keen teeth of pet Maltese cat.
The 'Plumber and Sanitary Engineer
very useful monthly, has begun vol. ii.
It is easy enough for the British to take
those forts, bat the names bother'em terri
bly,.
Fansy pincnshions for the pockets
are made of five double petals Of purple
velvet.
A RrseviIle, Ind, lady was fatally
burned while making her own eoap for
economy.
Orville Grant has recovered his reason
just in time to become Bulgarian states
man. Phila. Chron.
The Cincinnati "Commerciap calls
fight between colored troops and Indians
game Of rouge ct noir.
Tpe world all praze the philosophers, bat
toss their pennies into the caps Of the mon>
keys Josh Billings.
DIR, Carver, the celebrated marksman,
Aim Norristown Herald.
The man who paints his address on bis
umbrella is very likely to be robbed OF his
good name.-[ Belfast Journal.
Don Cameron has called upon Secretary
Evarts, but he still refuses to address the
Widow Oliver as ma.-[Phila. Chron.
Should Grant 60 to Bulgaria, Agnes
jerks will get the nomination for Lady OF
the Bedchamber.- Louis. Cour. Journal
The Chinese always were considered
uuere-rious fellows. and now we hear that
there are Chinese Odd Fellows in Califor-
mia.
Religion and politics are forbidden the
Boston police, but they can read all the
dime novels they wish to.-Det. Free
Press.
The Danislsonvile "sentlnel man
visits his girl four nights in the week, and
then says "hugging pretty girl is no
waist of time"
In New York Chinese bill of fare in
cludes "hard boiled eggs" Somehow these
Celestials have an "l'' of time learning
English.-[Boston Post.
"Is Justice dead ?" asks the Baltimore
"News." No, we believe not. We never
1 HedTu Ol Hci UiNlLS W hlbulC IUe UI6 WlLu
coal OIL Phila. Chron.
| A Missouri COW can, by throwing hel
head this way and that and up and down
play tune with the bell on her neck, and
The whole Peak family can do no more.
| Nathaniel L. Seymour OF Perry, N. Y.
in sinking drive>well on his farm re.
Gently, struck stream of gas which he
has utilized to do his cooking and light
| his house.
| Schuyler Colfax has confessed to the De.
troit Free Press that he wrote "Her Bright
ISmile Haunts Me Still" Don't cry
Schuyler we'll forgive you if you won'
write any more songs.
| Mrs. Powers has stationed four watch.
men over her husbands grave. This il
the only case on record where the Powers
that be cared continental for the Poverl
that were. Boston Post.
ut is vulgar to pay more than fifty dol
lars for Christmas present" Newspaper
men who intend to pay several hundred
dollars for holiday present will be sorry
10 hear this Norristown Herald.
The Knights of the Garter used to veal
the decoration around the neck. Now
they have got it down to the left shoulder
and by the time England couquers Russia
they'll get it down where it belongs.
| A magistrate at Mortified, Mimi, was
addressed a. " Your Honor" "Joe," and
| Hyou darned foolf' in the course ofan elo.
qient speech by Hight Of the local bar,
who was pleading case before him.