Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-12-12
o LOCAL CHAT.

"SSh ou0HlSciNeS and the
room.
There is a young lady in this town
who las a lover that is not ayerse f.
talking of himself; the conversation
one evening drifted around to Ian.
guages, and he said to her " do YOU
know that can call you my darling,
IN three languages ?n: and being a
very practical girl she took advan-
tage OF the occasion to bind him to
to a promise that all his swear words
should be in French or Spanish. i
repeat this merely to furnish a sim.
lie, and occasion to remark that it
would doubtless be an advantage to
the Captain and his l~etter-ary staff
TO De able to express the unhappy
emotions which are sometimes evok.
ed in the post office business, in Ian.
guage which for the good of all con-
cerned, had as we'll be foreign to the
perception of the average Martin
burger.
Talking of the Clevelandic p. O.
dispensation; while we welcome the
coming, we are in no haste to speed
the parting guest. Hon. G. +. Evans
and his assistants, have by their
uniform courtesy and efficient work,
long since made friends of the gen
eral public; and it only remains for
their successors to grasp that same
big hand of fellowship and hold it.
You know that Mat. Mccormick has
been thoroughly inoculated with dem
o%cratic principles in fact, I have
heard that he was born with that
deformity. Well, l asked him if he
caught that new disease called often
sive partizanship, and he said no y
but like the tabled stork, had been
"caughtln bad company IN repub-
lican associations. So they put him
off in quarantine. Take warning
Andy.
Somebody says that I" 1t is a beau.
tlful thing to honor Xmas by max
Ing some one else happy; and no
sane person will dispute it. Ifthere
is OF all time, a special time given for
people to come out of themselves
their selfconscious individuality, and
think thoughtfully of others, it is at
Christmas tide. Anomalous as it
may seem its very uncertainties are
hopes, full and strong; and its hap
Ply surprises, and thoughtful remem-
brances, shine a very long way into
the three hundred and sixty-five days
that follow after it. With the ever
increasing tendency to give gifts,
and the demand for variety, there is
a food of supply in all goods and
grades OF good likely to catch the
eyes and please the tastes of a crit
ical public.
Among the masses there is a ten
dency, this year more than. ever, to
jewel:y and silverfinished brio a,brac.
This is always a solid and an appro-
pirate gift, because Of its infinite
and pleasing variety. In this line
Martlnsburg is highly favored. At
no retail store in large cities can
there be found any greater variety,
more tasteful selection, or a richer
line of novelties and goods oflate
demand, and style than at Jones'
jewelry and silverware emporium.
His rooms have been enlarged and
reftted to IA much better advantage
for customers, and the displays of
goods where they can be handled
and seen, without overcrowding. The
display of s%ilyerware is beautiful be-
yond precedent, and made me wish
that Vanderbilt had left me a little
of his filthy millions. In watches. the
decorations are as lovely in design
as they are numberless in variety.
In novelties there are %sovenirs,
useful too, that are unique and beau
tiful. Among the most expensive
in these is a service" consisting of
$50 pieces, no two of which bear the
same design and finish for instance
there is a set-a dozen-of spoons
"hlgh tea," the end of the handle is
finished in figures, IN the order Of
baS-relief designs, no two alike and
where the stem or a handle is joined
to the bowl the joining is all in diff
ferent design; the cases in which
these goods come are the handsom-
est that are made, and are ornamen-
ted and finished with silver lock and
hinges, engraved in design.
Something unique and useful is a
wisp, finished with antique silver
handle, and a brush with antique
silver back. A pretty and neat com
bination for literary people is a sill
yer paper.knife with book-mark com
bination ; if anybody feels inclined
to add to my general happiness by
presenting me with the above men
toned article, | warn them that /
have no serious protest to offer. Do
not forget when you are looking
about among the g%littering array;
to ask for a peep at the toilet set
which is set in a frame of silver,
everybody admires it. In the small
er articles are bracelets, rings, cuff
buttons, ETC., IN profusion. Just now
there are no two bracelets worn
alike, and they are slender and neat,
very unlike the old style wide wag-
OH tire.
Since cuffs are again fashionable
the demand for cuff buttons is enor-
nous. They come in link and mug
get style, in button shape, and with
chain and pin attached, and all with
new and improved fa%stenings. 1t
would take a whole issue of THE
HERALD to tell you of it all but |
do not hesitate to say that there is
nothing in his line that you cannot
find at Jones' /; and if you are poor,
as | am, and only want to look at
nice goods for the satisfaction of
knowing what a pleasure they must