Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1880-09-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Jersey webbing is shown among recent
imporations. 1t will be used for bodiceS.
Hand-panted bracelets of white kid,
mounted with narrow stripes of gold, are
fashionable.
One of the census enumeratOrs calls his
book of names new edition OF the "COh-
fllct of Ages
Very elegant necklaces, bandeaus, arm
lets. earrings, and brooches Of jet have Just
been imported.
The pilgrimage poOnaisc, with hood and
with cord at the waist, is a novelty in
early fall garments.
Some of the young lady bathers at the
seaside have reminded writer of n lead
pencil enshrOuded in pillow case.
Prcraphaelte shoulder capcs made en-
tirely of black marabOut feathers are con
sdered extremely stylish in New York
Tile earliest importations of French
dresses are made up of short dresses for day
wear, with very long trained skirts for full
dress.
Embroidered linen collars and cuffs of a
soft cream color are very fashionable and
extremely becoming. They are often edged
with lace
A Savannah man got drunk and let some
one have $1,000 to keep for him till next
day. He is now worried for fear the fellow
wasn't honest.
The little gold pig suspended from CHAINS
and bracelets as a charm is a trinket that
abroad is worn only by members of the
dCmi-m0ndC.
Amber-colored roses are very fashionable
on black Spanish lace bOnnets. \ fringe
of amber beads forms sort of cOronet over
the hair in front.
"Now tell me candidly, are you guilty"
asked a lawyer of his client "Why,do
YOU suppose Id he fool enough to hire you
if was innoccnt?'
The Jersey, after a severe struggle to gain
publc favor. now bids fair to become rs
popular here as it has been with the court
ladies in England.
The World, In answer To an inquisittve
lady correspondents defines stag parties
as entertainments where bucks usually
get enough additional horns To make them
stagger.
4 woman hearing the sutfcrings of our
Pilgrim fathers elaborated, popped up and
incurred, "What Of our Pilgrim mothers"
They had to bear all this and the Pilgrim
fathers besides
For the winter, light cloth or plain cash
mere will he combined with plain velvet.
more frequently. perhaps, than with striped
velvet. which has been much abused. Inc
latter will be- reserved for cOrsagcs that are
different from the skirt with which they
are worn. Such corsagrs arc rarely made
Of plain goods.
The Young folks were talking about mis-
take. in court,hip, when Uncle Job broke
in with the declaration that there never
was any such thing. For" said hc mo
body ever makes mistakes worth mention
Ing in court,hip. It, after the courtship is
over, and the lovers have been married,
that the hurtlul mistakes begin "Well,
uncle" said one of hi, pretty mieceS. what
is the moral of all that =" The moral y
exclaimed Uncle Job. What's the moral?
Why, suppose the moral is to keep on
clurtin',"
ON one Of the hottest corners Of Wood-
ward avenue Detroit at high noon, 4 small
boy with boOt-black'S Kit sat under the
full blaze of sun pouring down for all 1t
was worth The boy pcrspired, roasted.
bistcrcd and almost melted hut he had
stuck there for half AN hour when lady
passing by halted and said:
Little boy. aren't You afraid of being
sunStruck?'
Yes. ma'am," was the prompt reply.
Then why don't you get into TIL
shade ~
II can't"
Did any one tell You To wait hrrr?'
No, marm, but I'm doing il on my own
hook. It's awful hot, and I'm most dead,
but I've got To stand it,
She looked To see if he was tied, and was
about to 90 on and regard him as the son of
brutal father in a saloon round the cor
nrr when the lad explained:
"Thcre he is now That boy up there is
the chap was waiting for, and had to sit
out here to see him when he turned the
corner. He's the fellcr that called my sis
ter pokc-cyed rabbit, and I'm going to
jump on him and lick him most TO death
! wish you'd hold my box 50 can get the
bulge on him before he suspects anything