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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-29

tory institutions but l am one of those
whom mere physical suffering can never
bring to contrite mind. 1 shall try to re-
portthe result of my observations so plainly
that nv fair readers outside of New York
will be able to deface the image IN which
they were created almost as we'll as if they
lived on the avenue.
Gives Man Choice.
This new fashion in waists seems to me a
good thing. 1t gives one his choice. This
impartial mode makes a woman look four
times as long-waisted behind as in front.
Those who like her one way can stand in
front of her; those who like her the other
way can stand behind her, and those who
don't like her either way needn't look at
her. Was there ever such an accommodate
ing fashion?
But must admit that to walk up the
avenue behind one of these waists is much
like visiting the freak department of dime
museum. 1 ventured to hint as much to
my wife when she showed me her Easter
gown. said in gently critical tone: my
dear, no animal but whale ever had back
as long as that"
Then she looked at me In that peculiar
way which she always assumes when it is
necessary to set me right about matters OF
dress.
A Great Female Failing.
$50 you prefer the hustle, do your" she
said. How exhaustively characteristic Of
the feminine mind which knows no golden
meanl She must have either hustle in
the small of the back or a waist that drags
on the ground.
A woman to look just right in one of
these waists must be laced by machinery.
When Maude was encased in her Easter
gown she couldn't breathe hard enough to
move the second hand of gas meter-not
even the petty larceny hand, that little one
on top which runs around any way, whether
the gas is burning or not But she didn't
want to breathe. She was sustained BY
something more necessary than air to true
woman. She expressed it in her final an
swer to my criticism: 1T isn't every wom-
an who can make herself look like that"
1 have seen several of these dresses in
millinery establishments. They are made
over skeleton wire dummies which are fort
unate enough to be destitute of internal
organs.
Harmony in Colors.
But form is only small part Of dress
nowadays. Color Is becoming more and
more bewIldering all the time. There are
any quantity of new shades and no end of
new names for old shades. Harmony in
color has become matter of prayerful con-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-29
CHOCOLATE OUT OF FASHION.

London Women Are Going Back to the Old
Reliable Tea.
Pail Mall Budget.I
Women are inveterate tea drinkers. And
no wonder-tea is the cheapest and best
stimulant one can take. Many working
women drink it at every meal. They de-
clare that they can't keep going without it.
West End dressmakers have taken to pro-
vide afternoon tea (gratis) for their CUSTOM
ers. They find thar it encourages trade.
By the way, chocolate seems to have gone
out OF fashion. It's heavy stuff, and tends
to make one sleepy. Coffee gives me dys-
pepsia. The best substitute for tea that
have come across yet is peptonized
cocoa. 1t is gentle stimulant
and has beautifully delicate
flavor. Consumptives and invalids can drink
II when they can drink nothing else. Pep
tonized milk is capital stuff for delicate
youngsters.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-29
THE KNOT-TYING RECORD.
Rev. Joseph j. White Has Married Thous-
ands and Has Stopped Counting.

Rev. Joseph j. White Has Married Thous-
ands and Has Stopped Counting.
Brooklyn has Methodist preacher who
would carry off the prize in contest to de-
eide who had married the most people.
Rev. Joseph J. White, of the Bedford Ave
nue. Methodist Protestant Tabernacle, has
married SO many, over 1000 couples, that
he has ceased to keep count, and his modest
little house on South Third street, which is
in the Williamsburg district. has come to be
called Gretna Green. They come to him
from all over Long Island and New Jersey.
from New York City and the towns along
the Hudson, but he is entirely at a loss to
account for their selection of him.
They are mostly very Young people, and it
is a natural inference that they are marry
ing against the wishes OF their friends, or
have some other reason for concealment.
He is tall, gray-haired man of GO, with
benevolent face, and the idea has got abroad
that his marriages turn out lucky. Some
times on account of their extreme youth be
is obliged to send them away, but, as a rule,
he believes it Is better to marry them and
send them on their way rejoicing.
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formed for the express purpose of unifying
half a dozen of the studios to which the
Court ladies, and other women of the best
society, are in the habit Of giving their
custom.
The photographer is now regarded as
necessary TO the well-being of a fashion
able English society. as the baker, the boot
maker and the dressmaker. Many mothers
have their children regularly photographed
on each birthday. Babies are photographed
nude few days after their birth, and copy
pasted in the family Bible-a valuable
record of any birthmark- A new gown is
undergraduates a matter of course, on the
back of its wearer-and so is a new hat. In
fact, one lady told me that she always had
each of the toilettes photographed, touched
up with color, and placed in an album on
her dressing table. All she had to do then,
when she wanted ber maid to put out her
things, was to indicate the number of the
picture.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-29
THE GREEN CLOTH IN CHURCH.
Poker Chips Found Their Way to the Col
lection Plate In Montana.

Poker Chips Found Their Way to the Col
lection Plate in Montana.
The church naturally took more or less of
the local color in early times, says the Butte
City Miner, and the anomaly of a profess
sional gambler as leading church member
might easily occur. A story goes that there
were several of these men who we're pretty
regular attendants at church in Last Chance
Gulch. AS United States money was scarce
and gold dust was the ordinary medium of
exchange, 1t sometimes happened that the
knights of the green baize had no money
with them when the plate went around.
On such occasions they would toss faro
or poker chip into the dish, and the deacon
would go the next day and have the dust
weighed out in payment. 1t was not un-
common for amounts to range from $40 to
$40. 1t is said the knights are not SO reck-
less in these days, and that they are rarely
seen at church. Their tribe is not extinct,
but business with them is far from brisk.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-29

little royal princes, who stood at the win
dows of the Empress to view the spectacle.
At this moment one of the jockeys from the
royal stables rode into the courtyard
mounted upon one of the superb Arab
chargers recently presented TO the Imperial
family by the Sultan of Turkey. The
horse, on hearing the music of the band,
SHE'D, throwing his rider to the ground.
Within Q minute four of the royal boys
stood around the PROSTATE man and offered
their services while the Empress, with her
fifth son, came running after them. The
man fortunately was not hurt much beyond
a few bruises and a severe shaking, and he
speedily recovered-especially when the
Empress handed him bright gold piece to
compensate him for his fright
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-29

imitation of the Princess of Wales tea-cups,
were eight sets OF toilet articles, intended
for the mansion now being furnished at
Clapham bv a retired merchant. His name
is Hitchcock, and on the jugs which are to
adorn his own particular bedroom are cabi-
net photographs of Mrs. Hitchcock at %,
and Mr.. Hitchcock, taken from daguerreo-
type, at the age of 81 Little Hitchcocks
are engraved on all the other things. All
he sets are alike
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-29
An Exhibition of Dolls.

An International Dolls Exhibition will
be held at Scheveningen-on-the-Se Hol-
land, from July to August 4 1t will
be arranged in four distinct divisions The
first will include dolls representing histor-
ical or political personages, artists, and cell
ebrated actresses. The second, dolls repre-
senting types of opera and dramatic figures.
The third, dolls wearing the costumes of all
nations. The fourth division, of all kinds
of play dolls.
A betrothal which has caused much COM
ment here is that of Prince George of Wal
deck-a mature bridegroom of 81 years-to
Princess Louise of Schleswig. The latter,
it is true, Is not herself one of the youngest
of women, and could scarcely, perhaps,
have expected to make better match, but
it is regarded as very inconsiderate of
Prince George not to have waited, before
embarking upon his matrimonial venture,
until his youngest daughter, aged 19, was
married. As she is q very pretty girl, as
are, indeed, all the Waldeck Princesses, the
patience of His Highness would prob
ably not have been too sorely tried.
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A FAD IN SINGING.

Music in Which Each Participant Repre-
sents Note.
New York World.l
Society is always starting some new game,
and the last invention is one that causes
quite as much amusement as used Mrs.
Jarley's wax works. A large framework is
erected and covered with white calico.
Across this five strips of black
material are sewn, representing
the lines of the musical staff
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-29
How the Empress of Germany Dresses.

There were some pretty toilettes seen at
the concert given in the White Hall of the
Royal Castle in Berlin by the Empress last
week. The Kaiserin, as usual, wore cos
tune of light blue. trimmed with silver, and
a diadem with blue ostrich feathers. Her
mistress of the ceremonies, the Countess
Broekdorff wore yellow silk. The Princess
OF Stolberg was attired in green velvet, and
Madame Herbette, wife of the French Am
bassador, wore pink toilette of great
beauty.
The courtyard of the royal castle is in
variably very CAV with military uniforms
at noon. Yesterday two different companies
of troops arrived at the same moment with
their bands, one to return number of flags
and the other to relieve the watch. Inter-
ested spectators of the scene were the five
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-29

female performers stand on raised plat
form behind the framework while the males
stand on the floor. A musical instrument
is played and each performer has to follow
as his turn comes. The chief difficulty con-
sists in the performers being unable to keep
their risible faculties under control.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-29

dined with a number OF his English friends,
went to see the ballet, passed an evening at
the German bier halle on the Corso, lunched
with his particular friend, Donna Laura
Minghetti, and left for home with as little
ceremony as the most simple of simple
tourists,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-29

these being about eight inches apart. The
sign of the clef is then added and lines
to indicate the stem of each note There
are holes in this strip placed at va
rious distances, and through these holes
pass the faces OF the performers The
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-29

panying sketch
was taken from a
beautiful home
in Philadelphia.
Th e s t u d e n t's
! q mp is not
usually consld-
cred very orna-
mental, but the
lady of this man
sion C certa i n l y
utilized it in a
pleasing manner.
The lamp is sup
posed to be use
full: but the use
full feature is not
the first consider
alton in this in
stance. 1t is the
decorative quail
ity that is evil
IDENTIFY first con-
sidered.
Green furni-
ture will be all
the rage pres
emily in London.
The lady house
decorators are
INhntr
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-29
NOTIONS IN FURNISHING.

A Novel Way of Making the Students Lamp
Thing of Beauty.
A great deal of attention has been given
of late to whimsical furniture. The accom-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-29

WILL call at your residence with samples
and furnish estimates on furniture reuphols-
terry. HAUGH & KEENAN,,
su 33 Water street.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-29
Jay Gould's Autograph /.

The signature of Jay Gould, though it is
good for almost any sum when attached to
the business end OF a check, looks more
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-29

like the efforts of an inky-footed roach to
leave memento Of himself than result Of
human activity. The New York bankers
can read il every time.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-29
THE PHOTOGRAPH IN LONDON.

ER photograph is a per-
feet passion with the
smart London woman of
to-day. Many of them
spend a fourth of their
pin money in the port
raiture of every possible
conceivable position OF
themselves, their gowns,
their shoulders and their
heads. As a conse-
quence. the photog-
rapbers' trade has in-
creased enormously. In
deed, a company of over
q million sterling is being
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-04-03
That Lovely Narcissus.

Narcissus was a neurological young
person who had so much beauty that it
was in the way. He was interrupted
during office hours by people who want
ed to admire him, and case went on
record of "a womans thinking so much
Of him that she would always keep still
until he got clear through talking. AT
last he got II good look at himself in a
mirror, and he said he couldn't blame
them. He felt that he was menace to
society, and history says that he drowned
himself But he didn't.
He went and got pair of voluminous
trousers, decorated his eye with a large
piece of glass, took the fit out of the
back of his coat, showed his chin out OF
place with his collar, and went about
his business satisfied that he had restored
their peaces of mind to the feminine
members of his acquaintance. But il
was in vain. And he is obliged to de.
vote large portions of his time-in fact,
nearly all of ito the search for i'm.
prOvements that will make his garments
effective for their true purpose. In the
meantime he is obliged to go on bother.
somely beloved. Washington Post.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-04-03

Clothing for men consists of knee
breeches, belted at the loins, loose
fitting cloak trimmed around the bot
tom. and the hood with wolf or wolverine,
or blending of both, a pair of stockings
and "A short legged pair of boots with
sealskin soles. In winter two suits are
worn, the inner suit with the hair next
the body and the outer with the hair
turned out.
The difference between the dress of
men and women is that the latter have
their boots, stockin 5 and pantaloons all
in one garment. The cloalls of all fe-
males have at the back of the neck a
fullness for carrying infants.
These cloaks come down below the
knees ami are gored out at the 81 les up
to the hips, making the front look like
an apron.-Exchange
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-04-03
An Englishman Couldn't See 1t.

Little Marshall p. Wilder, the famous
merrymaker, is perennial, and has a hui
morous skit for every hour of the day.
This is one of his latest, illustrative of
an Englishman's appreciation of humor:
have been in England, and l have
studied English humor. It's fundamen-
tai principles are not related to the
American article that raises cyclone of
laughter. An Englishman was dining
at n swell hotel ont west, and after he
finished his regular dinner he asked for
sweets. A waiter from the Bowery had
gone west for employment, and was
waiting on the particular table at which
the Englishman sat.
And phwat is sweets, SURF" asked the
waiter
The Englishman finally explained that
he meant dessert, pudding, etc.
1--WE ave apple and mince pie" said
the Bowery man.
Give me mince pie"
whats der matter wild der apple
pie?" asked the waiter in hard, I-dont-
care-a-continental tone of voice. Many
heard the remark and laughed. An hour
later | happened to meet the English.
man, and he asked me if | heard the
waiter ask him what was the matter
with the apple pie. | said Yes Their
the Englishlnap naively asked Inc:
well, what was the matter with the
apple pie?"-New York World.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-04-03
Estate of Jane ii. Williams.
Proof of VIII.
SNTATE OF VERMONT-District of Ad

lie 1t remembered, that nj a session OF the
Probate Court holden ut Middlebury, within
and tor the district of Addison, on The Goth
day OF March, \. -. 1881.
Present Hon. james VI. Slade, Judge.
Whereas, a certain instrument in writing,
under seal, purporting to be the last will and
testament OF Jane III. Williams, late OF Brd-
port, in said District deceased, having been
this day presented to said Court tor Probate,
and duly filed in the Registers Office: There.
fore, ii is ordered that all persons interested
i'll the estate of said deceased be notified to
appear before said Court, nj the Probate at.
Nice in Middlebury in said District ON the 18th
day OF April \. d. 1891. at 10 o'clock II. M,
by publication OF this order three weeks sue.
cessively previous thereto IN the Middlebury
Register, newspaper printed ut Middlebury
aforesaid, to show cause il any they may
have why said instrument in writing should
not be proved and allowed, as the last will
and testament OF the said deceased.
BY order of the Court.
Is Attest, JAMES NJ. SLADE, Judge.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-04-03
Continued from Oh page.

Continued from 9th page.7
1916 called Bold Richmond. He died
and he bought his SIRE"
"Thomas ii. Kellogg was a New
England man. The old horse was sold
about 1886 and went West. He was bay,
15l hands, 1000 lbs. kept at East Bloom
field. Bush Messenger was there the
same time.
''Piper Reynolds moved to Michigan
in 1886; took two sons, both gray, of
Bush Messenger with him; from there
he went to Milwaukee. The Reindeer
Messenger was son of Bush Messen-
ger.
'Jake Spinster of Albany owned An
drew Jackson, Jr., chestnut sorrel with
blaze and four white feet, docked and
pricked he called him Bulrush or Bull
rush Morgan. He came from White
hall to Albany and went afterwards to
WATERFOWL, n. Y"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-04-03

Many Roman and Greek epicures We're
very fond of dogs flesh. Before Chris
tianity was established among the Danes,
on every ninth year ninety-nine dogs
We're sacrificed. In Sweden each ninth
day ninety nine dogs We're destroyed.
But later on dogs We're not thought good
enough. and every ninth year ninety
nine human beings We're inundated, the
SONS of the reigning tyrant among the
rest, in order that the life of the monarch
might be prolonged.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-04-03
ISABELLA HIBBARD STATE OF VERMONT
vs..


Isabella Hubbard of Shoreham, i'm said
County OF Addison, having filed her petition
to the Addison County Court next to be held
AT Middlebury, within and tor said County OF
Addison on the first Tuesday OF June, A. ID.
1881, setting forth in substance that she was
married to Almerick Hubbard on the Sd day
of March, A. ID. lSs5, that she has resided in
said state since her said marriage; that she
has been treated by the said Almerick with
intOlerable severity. Wherefore she prays
Tor II divorce from the said Americk and
that she may resume the name OF her former
husband, Chenette, and it appearing that the
said Almerick IIibbard resides without said
state, so that said petition cannot be served
upon him, il is ordered that he be summoned
10 appear and answer the foregoing petition,
ON the first day OF the next term of said Court
to be held OF Middlebury, aforesaid, on the
first Tuesday OF June, A. D. 1891, by the pub.
LEGATION of the substance of said petition with
this order in the Middlebury REGISTER, a
public newspaper, published in said Middle
bury, three weeks successfully, the last OF
which publications to be at least six weeks
prior to said term of said court.
Dated at diddlebury. afore said, this 10th
day OF March, A. ID. 1891.
RUFUS WAINWRIGHT, Clerk.
JOEL C. BAKER, Attorney Tor petitioner,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-04-03
WAY Or fHE WORLD.

Aloft on the bough the fair fruit hung,
Caressed by the wind and kissed by the sun,
And standing below rs 1t swung out Of reach
One longed for taste of so luscious peach.
One just as perfect was lying below
Where the tickle wind tossed it hours ago;
Its tints as dainty, its form as round,
But nobody cared-for it lay on the ground.
It is ever the fruit that is just beyond reach,
BE it fame or honor, or love or peach,
That man longs for the most-why we never
will know,
Yet he scorns to pick where the fruit grows
low.
Ada f. Field in New York Herald
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-04-03
lambs l raised from the thoroughbred

lambs / raised from the thoroughbred
rams.
! think that all Mr.. Cuddcback has
stated above is true. and that he has said
too little instead of too much in favor of
the rams.
i. JOHNSON.
GLENwOOD, Utah. Feb. 2, 1871.
bought some Vermont Merino rams
of w. |. Brown in the fall of 1890 and
used them with my herd of sheep on the
Desert. am well pleased with the in
vestment. They are strong and hardy.
Did good work and would go for sage
brush like natives. a. II. PARSONS.
MANTI, Utah, Jan. 10, 1891.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-04-03
Calvin Il. HOughtOn Estate.
Petition for Decree.
- TATEOF VERMONT. -District of Adj

- ulsOn.
BE it remembered that ut Il session of the
Probate Court holden at Middlebury, within
and tor said District, on the l2th day of
March. a. ID. 1881
Present: Hon. james NJ. slade, Judge.
Whereas Cyrus H. smith, executor of the
estate OF sheldon Smith, late OF Bridport in
said District, deceased, has this day presented
to said Court his petition setting forth that
sheldon Smith during his lite time was by
the Probate Court tor the district of Addison
of the estate OF Calvin I. Houghton, late OF
said Bridport, deceased, and administered up.
on said estate. That said Calvin T. Houghton
died seized and possessed of certain real cs-
tate in said Bridport as follows, an undivided
one halt interest in the home lot OF about }
acres including the buildings thereon, also
one other piece or parcel OF land containing
about 2s acres; that said sheldon Smith was
duly authorized by the Probate Court to sell
said estate, and further setting forth that
there Is no record showing to whom said real
estate was sold, but that in the settlement OF
said Houghton' estate, said smith accounts
tor the proceeds arising from said real estate,
and further setting forth that from Oct .,
1876, the date OF said SALE until his death the
said sheldon Smith occupied said real estate
and called II his, and that the accounts of said
smith show that he advanced the money Tor
the same, and that said estate was inventor.
led rs the property OF said smith, and praying
the Court to decree the aforesaid real estate
to INN, the said petitioner, as administrator
OF sheldon smiths estate; therefore it is
ordered, that all persons interested in the
estate of said deceased he notified to appear
Middlebury, IN said District, on the 9Th day OF
April, A. ID. 1891, mt 10 O'Clock A. NJ, by publ
cation OF this order three weeks SUCCESSFULLY
previous thereto, in the MiddeburV REGIS.
TER, II newspaper printed mt Mddlebury
aforesaid, TO show cause, il any they may
have, why the prayer OF said petition should
not be granted.
II Attest JAMES NJ SLADE Judpe