Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-05-11
FIReSIDE CHIT-CHAT.

Noon and p. NJ. are the fashionable
hours for day weddings.
PINK OF PRoPRrETY: There is a girl in
Plymouth County who has had eighteen
different lovers, and not one Of them ever
got his arm around her. She weighs 3S4
pounds. s.-BostOn Post.
SAN FRANCIsco has bureau for ex-
changing bric-a-brac. When house.
wives get tired Of the ornaments in their
parlors, they swap them off with other
housewives, and thus get q change
! without increasing the original invest
ment.
A YOUNG woman in Ithaca, n. Y, an
swered the advertisement Of a firm Of
marriage brokers, and soon after re-
ceived a demand for S26 80 for advertis-
ing, with the threat that il she did not
pay it, her letter would be printed. She
paid the money.
MICHIGAN society: cat wedding in
Bay City, few nights ago, the young
male guests were eager to dance with
the bride, which favor she gladly granted
on condition that they ante up 81 each,
which they did; and she stuck the lucre
down her dainty stocking leg"
AT Nine. de Monthozon's bal btanc
at Paris early in the month, every young
girl wore powdered hair and a costume
of the period of Louis XIV. Nothing
could be prettier than the contrast be-
tween the cOiFures pOudress and the
blooming, youthful faces Of the wearers.
A CITY medico tells this story: A girl
from Elizabeth Bay came to him with
L - a. H. atnl 49,
ribly nervous about the matter. Just as
the doctor was going TO start work she
threw her arms around the old lady's
neck and sobbed: "One last kiss, nam.
ma, before the operation"
SCENE at an evening party: The
hostess: "Can / introduce you to any
of the young ladies, Mr.. T. ?" Mr.. T.
-"Ah no. l think I am acquainted
with all / wish" Hostess" you
know my daughter?" Mr. T. much
embarrassed )-"A h, no; should be de-
lighted. ."-BOston Transcript.
MICHAEL r. FURLoNG, a lawyer of
Springfield, ILL.,, and Mrs. Peynado, a
very wealthy widow of Louisville, met
for the first time at Hot Springs, Ark,
and were in the same Lotel a week. On
parting, they each promised to consider
the question of marrying, aud. if of the
same mind at the end of mother week,
to go to the Southern Hotel, st. Louis,
to meet each other. Both were on hand
at the appointed time and place, and the
wedding was celebrated.
A STRANGE compound of bashfulness
and courage has been discovered in the
person of Concord, n. H., bachelor.
He does not hesitate to plunge headlopg
into the sea of matrimony, but he is
afraid to ask any of the girls to marry
him. Therefore he advertises for some
young woman Of good reputation who is
willing to espouse him. and offers to set
tie $40, 900 on her at the time of the
wedding, with reversion of all bis prop
erty should she survive him.
The Boston Globe tells of one of the
Hubs society who was struck with
fancy to see how much truth there is in
the assertion that is sometimes made as
to the mustache being the national style
of whisker, has taken a census Of mus
taches, counting them as they were seen
in street cars, restaurants, places of
amusement, and on the street. The re-
suit was, that out of loss gentlemen
thus numbered, $40 wore the mustache
alone, 455 wore other styles Of whis-
kers, and 80 wore none at all.
SUSIE GREEN might have had her pick
from among the young men of Lexing-
ton, KY, for she was handsome and rich;
but she preferred gambler OF the fash
lest kind. He was known to her for a
month as a stock broker, and at the end
of that brief courtship she married him.
They stopped at a Louisville hotel on
their bridal teur. He brought her
lemonade in her room, and she found it
bitter. He had put an opiate in it.
When she was unconscious he stole her
purse and 81, 500 worth Of diamonds and
deserted her.
MANY dresemakers in New York lend
money on interest 10 customers. That's
where the skeletons come from. The
skeletons are secret books Of the house.
On one page of them is entered the ac-
tual indebtedness Of the customer for
dresses. On the opposite page are the
loans. Every month the books OF the
business are made up from these skele-
tons, the money loaned being charged to
the dressmaking account. There Is one
lady whose spring bill will DO over
g, 600, and less than $4,000 is for
dresses. Mercury.
A YOUNG, rich, and pretty widow in
London, with plenty of animal spirits
and in want of innocent amusement, hit
ON the original plan Of inscribing her
name in the books of a matrimonial
agency as wealthy but blind candidate
for matrimony. The number of suitoIs
was legion, and the charming widow
amused herself to her hearts content.
Some came in shabby clothes, some
stretched themselves at full length cn
the sofa and made themselves quite at
home, but spoke in tones Of the deepest
affection, The charming widow was,
however, soon obliged to cut the joke
short, for ono Of her suitors, after annex
ing pair Of candlesticks, introduced
bunch Of long fingers into her pocket
and distracted her purse.
"THEY say q woman can't keep q
secret" remarked Mrs. Finsbury with q
toss OF the head. al say it's slander.
Mrs. Smith told me to-day that the
Fendersons had had an awful time
John came home last night in terrible
state, and Sarah declared she wouldn't
live with him another day; but they are
all made up again, and this morning
they were both as good a. pie. Mrs.
Smith thought twas best not to say
anything about II, seeing as they'd made
up. She told me about it more'n an
hour ago, and haven't mentioned it 10
q soul. ! guess woman can keep
secret as wen a man." Every woman
| in the room cried out most loyalty: "O