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The morning call., 1893-04-23
SHE GAVE 1T AWAY.
Embarrassment That Followed Bash
full Brides Acknowledgment.
Mnshinrtnn Stnr


Washington Star.
The natural inference was that they were
a newly married couple.
The mOtherly old lady In lace cap and
gold eyeglasses who sat with them at the
table Of an uptown hotel at dinner last
evening Enthusiastically shared in the in
ference. She bestowed upon them several
benign smiles and finally said
ION yonr honeymoon. presumed l re-
member mine very well. though it was a
long time ago."
The bride cast her eyes down upon the
plate, but the bridegroom looked up and
biufed with well-affected nonehalanee:
"Oh, no-we've been married long
time"
The old lady's eyes twinkled behind her
glasses. the bride blnshed a trife and the
bridegroom burned his mouth with hot cafe
au lait.
There was silence for a few moments and
then the bride said to her dear one:
viii you have some olives, George?'
NO., Gwendolen, darling. l don't like
on" murmured the bride confusedlv.
1T takes longer than a week, you know.
George, dear, TO learn ones tastes"
Ihen they both shot swift shamefaeed
rlances at the old lady. The BRIDES face
became very red and her eyes again sought
her plate. The bridegroom burned his
mouth for the second time, while the old
iady's eyes twinkled merrily.
The morning call., 1893-04-23
PASTEL.

Exquisite art that tak'st for the bestowing
or fadeleSS charm on evlnescent things
The Dowd'TouS pigment from the night moths
wings.
And Y-bSrne dust with all the sunset glowing
That Stcaist tue pollen from red peoples blowing
bloom O. the untouched grape-the haze that
cIings
To woods autumnal; ana for brush thu Springs
First pussy-wtllow IN the marsh brake growing:
Thine be the miracle TO paint her face
With eyeIids closed as n but newly Eiss'd,
And the faiat blush like roses through u mist,
And, oh diYinsr far the radiant grace
OF that swift look which did no longer dwell
Than while one sweet word on silence fell,
HENRY TYRRELI.. In the Cosmopolitan.
The morning call., 1893-04-23
:. n. C.

A curious marriage has taken place at
Newcastle, England. For the third time
lady has been before the altar In the charac-
ter of a bride. Her first husband was a
Quaker, her second n Roman Catholic and
her present one a Protestant Each nus
band was twice her age. At 16 she married
a gentleman Of 50, at 30 she took one at Co
and now, at ~. she is united 10 a gentleman
pf 81
The morning call., 1893-04-23

wood boards is an easy matter. The sides
are made of two boards. inches wide.
sawed out as in the diagram, being 81
inches long at the back and having the
front corners cut down to "a inches in length
in front. Between these, at the points indi-
Gated by the dotted lines, fasten the three
shelves, by "a inches. For the back at the
top take board IL by "a inches and at one
side saw off the angles. taperlng from the
The morning call., 1893-04-23
Harbor Improvement.


One OF the most important applications of
jetlies which has been made since the deal h
OF their famous advocate. Captain Eads, is
in the haTbor improvements at the entrance
to the Brazos River, near VelascO, Tex.
There are two Of these jetties at this place,
each 5400 feet long, and placed $50 feet
apart They are formed Of brush mat
tresses loaded with stone and consolidated
with concrete. The mattresses were con-
structed on four r0As Of piles on each side
OF the waterway, each mattress being from
TWO to three feet thick, 250 feet long and
bound together by galvanized wire rope.
Wren this part of the construction Is COM
pleted 1t Will be necessary 10 build the pier
heads, which IL is proposed TO construct of
heavy blocks OF stone and concrete. The
work has all been carried out by Captain
Eads' former assistant, Elmer l.. Corthell
of Chicago, who is also the engineer Of the
new bridge to be builtaerdss the Mississippi
River few miles above New Orleans.
The morning call., 1893-04-23
WALLPAPER SPLAShERS.
New YORK Herald.

New York Herald.
Various devices have been adopted by
tidy housekeepers TO protect the wall deco
ratiOns adjoining commodes, wa5hstands,
etc. where the sp altering of water would
SPOIL the neatness of the room. The de-
signs shown here are novel, attractive,
easily made and inexpensive. The ground
work may be of heavy blotiiug-paper or an
The morning call., 1893-04-23
THE FIRST BABY.
An Incident Invite House
History.
JACKSON AS A GODFATHER.
Mrs. Wilcox Relates Some Very In
teresting Stories of Her
GirlhOOd.
Correspondence OF THE MORNING CALL

WASHINGTON. April 16.-If Baby Ruth
should be blessed with little brother or
sister while she is in the White House Mrs
Cleveland could not find a more appropriate
godmother for the latest White House baby
than the first White House baby, who is now
living in Washington. She is clerk in the
Sixth Auditors office, bureau of the
Treasury Department. but really part of
the system of the Postoffice Department.
Mrs. Wilcox is her name now-Donel-
son the name which she inherited from
her father and mother. She is q
pleasant faced woman of 81 years.
If she had the almost invariable feminine
hesitaRcy about disclosing her age Mrs.
Wilcox would have TO escape from the en-
barrasSmenis of her place in White House
history; for the date of her birth is a mat
ter OF record, and she is so thoroughly den-
tilted with the jackson administration that it
would need only brief computation of the
most ignorant to number her years. But
though Mrs. Wilcox did say in pleasantly
that she thought ii very indicate for any
one to discuss her age, she has no serious
wish to ignore he records of Father Time.
| called on Mrs. Wilcox recently at her
pleasant home on o street, in the fashion,
able northwest section of the city.
Il have been interviewed dozens of
times, she said when l asked her at the
department 10 tell ME what she remembered
of her childhood. l hestated, forgetting
that Mrs. Wilcox has been the first White
House baby for more than half century.
But when she spoke of an Interview of
fifteen years ago as one OF the most recent
of her newspaper experiences, l breathed
more freely. One could hardly expect to be
the Columbus of White House baby, and
especially of the first White House baby :;
but one would not want to tread too closely
on the heels of the last discOverer.
Mrs. Wilcox lives with her daughter in
comfortable three-Story house very near
Dupont circle. II is much more comfortable
than the simple salary Of any Government
clerk would support. but Mrs. Wilcox is not
wholly dependent on her salary of $1,000.
| asked her ii she could remember any
incidents that had been told to her thar
were connected with the time of her birth.
She said she could not. But l remember"
The morning call., 1893-04-23
THREE STYLISH COSTUMES.

New y Ork Tribune.
Three costumes with variations Of the
jacket bodice are worth study by those who
are ordering spring dresses. The first is
peculiarly graceful. 1t is made of hop sack
ing. and the bell skirt has a band of orien-
tai and gold gaion at the knee. The jacket
The morning call., 1893-04-23
WOMEN AND HOME
The Very Latest Fads of
Fashion.
ONE WAY TO DRESS THE HAIR.
Costumes of Novel Design-Gown for a
Little Girl-Eiow to Make a
Bookcase at Home.

For receptions and balls yon will perhaps
be glad to know of new style to dress
your hair. The new coronet couture brings
with it joy. as it is entirely different from
any lately used and is not difficult to be ar
ranged. Then, again, it admits of such
pretty and tasteful hair ornament being
used, and if one happens 10 be the possessor
The morning call., 1893-04-23

bodice has shoulder cape forming double
fold on the bust; the silk vest is full in
shirt effect The picturesque sleeves are of
the same fancy silk which forms the vest.
The collar ard belt are Of the oriental gallon.
The skirt of The second costume widens
considerably at the feet. The bodice in
front ends prettily at the waist with belt;
at the back 1t has neat basque or wide
The morning call., 1893-04-23

middle of the side so that the ends are but
inches wide, and placing this buard above
the top shelf at the back, nail it in place
along the side.
For the bottom saw out a board Ike the
inches in the center and eleven inches at
the ends; iasten in this back below the
bottom shelf and nail on across the slanting
front edges OF the sides a piece of board 10
by 2513 inches. AT the top a cover of the
The morning call., 1893-04-23

At the last meeting of the GENEALOGICAL
Society in Berlin DIR. Reichenow communi-
Gated some particulars of the finding OF re-
markable remains of gigantic birds In Ar
gentlne, double the height OF the ostrich,
which represents our living cassowarles
aud ostriches,
The morning call., 1893-04-23

uuglazed cardboard that is thick aud stiff
enough to support itself well. Select this
Of some color which harmOnizes well with
the interior decorations and furniture.
Measure off upon this a series of squares
about five inches on a side. Where these
lines interseet make perforations In the
card. Then take some tissue paper of a
lighter shade or contrasting tint and cut
II INTO long strips or ribbons about four
inches wide. AT intervals of about FIVE and
half inches gather tho width OF the strip
and fasten it with a strip Of bright ribbon
drawn through the perforated board. The
draping Of the tissue may be according to
fancy, and knots of ribbon may be added to
Increase the effect
The morning call., 1893-04-23
WICKED MONTANA.
Scandal of a Senatorial
Election.
LEGISLATORS VOTES BOUGHT.
The Feud of Two MiIiionairesLProf
of the Mines-Where Every
body CANDLES.

Correspondence of THE MORNING CALL
The morning call., 1893-04-23

The thermometer at Topeka. Kans., lie
said to have registered as high as 81 degrees
last Thursday,
The morning call., 1893-04-23
The Finished Bookcase.

same size is hinged on to the back board.
Imitation panels of veneer may be glued on
as in the cnt.
To complete the work bore small oles in
the sides just below the upper shelf, run
brass rod through and suspend n curtain
from this rod; the back of the book shelves
may be open against the WALL, 10 which the
case is fastened firmly with strong screws
after it is stained and vanished.
The morning call., 1893-04-23

gTeattr chAnce eFer eNIsteu Tor displaying
the same.
In this style Of Embarrassing fringe falls
on the forehead and the sides or the hair are
waved, then tied we'll to the crown, where
the hair forms rolls or plaits, with few
given to the front by means of cOronet,
and this can be of jet, steel or diamonds, or
prettily made coronet OF velvet ornamental
with pearls
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-01-13
County l1ews.
BRIDPORT.


The week of prayer was observed at
the vestry last week.
Wilbur Ellthorp started on Monday
for Albany, N. Y, where he is to take II
course at the Business college.
G. f. Sollace, committee, has supplied
the village school-rOom with a new Stew
art coal heater in place of the old stove
used for burning wood.
Wednesday morning, the 18th, was said
to be the coolest we had experienced
this season, the thermometer at A. w.
Huntley's indicating Is below at s o.
clock.
A. w. Huntley returned home on
Monday from his trip to the West. lie
visited in several States in the West and
says he is content to live in the Cham
plain valley,
The show in the town hall last week
by the "wizard," McEwen, called out "A
good crowd all of the three evenings.
The last was devoted to the exposure of
spiritualism.
The ruling price for butter In our mar
kets this week was p cents, with selec-
tons at % and "a cents. There is no
change in the price of eggs, 80 cents a
dozen being the price paid.
The relatives and friends here receiv-
ed the sad news on Monday of the death
at Manchester, VT, on the day previous,
January s, of Mrs. Allen L. Graves. The
funeral was attended on January IL.
Mrs. Graves was formerly Mary E. Hem
enway, daughter of the late Jonas and
Freelove (Wright) Hemenway of Bird
port.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-01-13
WEST CORNWALL.

Miss Anna NJ. Bingham went to Sax
toms River Tuesday.
1t is keen, cold weather, and some snow
has fallen, so that sleighs are in order.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ladd Miner CT Bridport
were in town on Wednesday calling on
friends.
MIS-. o. A. Field returned on Saturday
from Brookfield, Mass, where she had
been to visit relatives.
Miss Matte Field came from Burling-
ton Saturday evening for IA visit 10 her
parents. A friend came with her.
The members of the Evergreen Gene
terry association will have their annual
meeting, for the election of officers and
the transaction of other business, at the
residence of ii, F. Dean on Tuesday even
ing, Jan. 81, at Z o'clock. Edgar San
ford is president of the association and
ii. f. Dean the secretary.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-01-13

have spent the week with relatives at
Springfield, Mass.
Good sleighing and old-fashioned win
ter weather have set in for good aud
everybody is happy.
The mortuary record of 1892 for YER
gennes IS II deaths-17 males and % fe-
males-and 20 births.
Col. A. A. Fletcher and Deputy Sheriff
Thad. NJ. Chapman of Middleburv were
in town on Thursday.
w. S. Hawley and wife of Ayers juno
ton, Mass, are guests at the Hawley
homestead in Waltham.
Frank Gilmore of Boston, a CONNER
cial traveller, has purchased the stock in
the store of the late F. X. Haven and will
take possession Feb. l.
Herrick Stevens and daughters, Jennie
B. and Herrika, are hcme from Chicago,
where they were guests of Mrs. Mary
(Stevens) Hammond and family.
The revival meetings begun at the
Methodist church last week have been
continued through this week. The pas
tor, Rev. G. Il. Hawley, has charge.
The Vergennes Skating club is well
p%atronized. Saturday evening a mile race
with cash purse was the attraction. 1t
was won by Joe Panic; time, 4 minutes.
The winter term of the graded school
began on Monday. G. C. Davis is the
principal and Misses Clark, Sutton, Ell
%lerson, Bass and Nichols are his assist
ants.
A Joint meeting of the Woman's Relief
corps and the Sons of Veterans was held
at Armory hall on Thursday evening.
Refreshments were served to the large
number present.
The election of officials for the Yer
gennes, Panton, Waltnam and Ferris
burgh Thief Detective society will take
place at the Stevens House on Saturday
of this week at l o'clock.
Our ice merchants are getting in their
work, the raw material being over a foot
thick. The business gives employment
to many hands, as they furnish ice not
only to Vergennes but the surrounding
towns.
Saturday, market day, found a team
hitched to every hitching post. Butter
brought % to % cents; eggs, 81 cents
pork has taken a jump upward, fetching
about IS a 100 lbs; beef, 81 TO SO a
100 lbs.
Mrs. II. A. Austin, widow of the late
Rev. Mr.. Austin, who was pastor of the
Methodist church here six years ago, had
an attack of paralysis on sunday last at
the residence of her son-in-law, Ford
Taylor.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-01-13
EAST MIDDLERURY.

Mrs. James Severance has been quite
Ill, but is now improving.
Miss Beryle Randle and her father, S.
w. Randle, are visiting friends at their
former home at Chester this week.
Mrs. n. d. Ross, who has been an in
valid and confined to her bed and chair
for several years, has been for the past
week quite alarmingly i'll.
The first snow that gave any encour-
agement toward sleighing this season
fell on Monday night and Tuesday morn
ing. At loci on Tuesday the snow was
several inches deep.
The intelligence has been received by
relatives here of the death on January 4,
at the home of her daughter, Jennie. in
Hartford, Conn, of Harriet Kelsey, wild
ow of VIM. b. Sumner, formerly of this
place. The remains were brought to
HartlanG, VT, for interment.
The remains of Mindus Yale, late of
Benson, we're brought here for inter
ment in the cemetry in the Lovett dis
trict, a few days ago. Mr.. Yale was "A
brother of Harvey Yale of this town
and had spent most of Il long life in this
place, having lived north of the village
and for several yeays in the village.
Later he bought a lot IN the wnss vii
lage, where he built the two houses now
owned and occupied by the Roger
brothers. A few years ago he went to
Benson, where he died. Mr.. Yale suf-
fered a year ago from an attack of the
grip, from which he never recovered.
He leaves a wife, two daughters and a
son, Willie Yale of Salisbury. Mr..
Yale was a carpenter by trade and
people here remember him as a good
workman, a kind %neIghbor and a SYM
pathetic friend, with quiet, unpretcn-
tious ways and a kind word for all.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-01-13
WEST

Frank Dyer went to Rutland Wednes-
day.
Lots of baled hay have been shipped
from this point.
1t is expected that Mr.. George Z. Dyer
and his bride will return here this week.
The thermometer stood at l6 degrees
below zero at sunrise Wednesday morn
ing.
Miss L lith Goodrich and her uncle. D..
X. Huntington, from Seattle, Wash, are
to arrive Friday evening.
The Ladies' Aid society had a very
pleasant gathering last Wednesday with
Mrs. Royal Hedden, and elected officers
for the ensuing year.
There will be an oyster supper and do
nation visit next Wednesday, Jan. IS, at
the NJ. E. church for the benefit Of
the pastor. A musical and literary
programme will be arranged and a
general good time is expected. All are
cordially invited.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-01-13
LEICESTER,

I~ce-cutting has begun on the creek.
1t Is from II to II inches thick and of
extra fine quality.
The railroad company are having the
returned hog cars cleaned of their ill
smelling filth on the Y now. The work
will keep three or four men busy till
spring.
Because of the cold there were not as
many out to the spelling school at the
junction, Friday evening, rs was antlci-
pated. Those who did come, however,
went home thinking their evening we'll
spent. Miss Nellie Briggs won the hon
ors. There Is TO be another n next
week Friday evening. All are invited to
go and spell. Those who go and don't
spell will be fined five cents, the money
to he used in the purchase Of IL diction-
airy for the school.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-01-13
State Oeps.

Leslie Hunt, a chopper, has been kill
ed at Walden by a falling tree.
Eugene Clark, a blacksmith at Dover.
was found lead on Monday from heart
trouble.
Gov. Fuller has presented the Baptist
church at Brattleboro with II handsome
pulpit desk of onyx and brass.
Bennington has enlarged its electric
light plant, and ~LyndOnville talks of
putting in a system of electric lights.
A new and handsome opera house, ca
pable of seating 1900 people, is APP
preaching completion at st. Johnsbury.
According to the Herald and News,
$4,000 worth of improvements were
made in the village of West Randolph
during 1892.
nington last year, 2 were over 80 years
old, 8 were over 80 and 10 over 20 years
of age. Eleven were infants.
Mrs. Bushey of st. Adams Bay died
the other day at the age of 10 years.
She Outlived three husbands and leaves
a daughter so years old and a son 20.
Mrs. Henrietta, the wife of Henry
Clark, once editor of the Rutland Herald
and Globe, died in Rutland on Monday,
after "A long and painful illness, aged sc
years.
VIM. c. Ladd, a pioneer on the Pacific
coast and a native of Holland, this State,
died Monday at Portland, Ore. He was
a banker and leaves a fortune estimated
al $40, 600, 900.
Both Brattleboro and st. Johnsbury
are trying to organize street ailway
companies. Subscriptions for over
$4,000 of stock have been secured in
the first-naned town.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. II. Hall of Cambridge
port celebrated their golden wedding the
other day. They have had three chill
dren. Many elegant gifts were present.
ed the venerable couple.
An Italian laborer employed by the
Central Vermont railroad, in attempt
ing to board Il moving engine at White
River Junction, Tuesday night, fell,
receiving INJURIES from which he has
since died.
Sihley & Places store in Essex
junction WAS burned to the ground the
9th inst. The fire probably caught
from a stove pipe. 4 portion of the
stock was saved. The building was in
sured for $1,000 and the stock for $1,000.
There are in Vermont Sc Catholic
priests, 10 churches with resident priests.
and 26 without. The denomination has
from $1,000 to 10000 French members,
and from 1900 to 1900 Irish members:
the Catholic families are estimated at
about 6l00 French and 1900 Irish.
Never in the history of the Central
Vermont road has the freight traffic been
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-01-13
WEYBRlO0E.

Mrs. II. NJ. Adams is home for the
winter.
Miss Florence Sampson is at Mrs. II.
NJ. Adams
w. C. Sturtevant is confined to his
house with the general complaint.
Horse trotting at the REEF bridge
is the order of thing on Saturdays now.
Efforts are being made to procure an
addition to the library OF the NJ. E.
church.
A large number of III people are hay
ing colds with strong symptoms of the
grip.
Mis-. j. l.. Font has gone to her for
mer home at Bennington for Il two
weeks stay.
The fire at the pulp mill continues and
great clouds of smoke rise continually.
At times the mill itself is In danger.
Invitations to the wedding of George
Dickinson of Middlebury have been re-
ceived by friends here. Monday, Jan.
16, is the time.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-01-13
OREHA

DR.. w. n. Plat has been appointed a
consulting surgeon at the Mary Fletcher
hospital at Burlington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walker of Tasmania have
recently spent several days in town,
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Bissell.
Rev. S. Norton, Il former pastor of the
Congregational church, has accepted u
call for the coming year and commenced
his labors here last Sunday.
The operetta, "rhe Seven Old Ladies' OF
Lavender Town. was given at Academy
hall Friday evening by "A party Of young
people from Whiting, followed by re-
freshments and d social dance. The pro-
ceeds were for the benefit of the Univer-
salist society.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-01-13
General Qeps,
DOMESTIC.

Mrs. Yates, the wife of a Springfield
CO., teamster, gave birth TO her twenty
fourth child on Saturday.
The Carnegie mills at Homestead, Pa,
are again down to work and are running
full in every department.
President Harrison has approved the
bill granting increase of pensions to
soldiers of the Mexican war in certain
cases.
A new gas territory and oil field has
been discovered five miles south of
Cambridge, o., and there is great eX
element in the region.
Secretary of State Foster tells the
senate that no treaty obligations inter
fere with the restriction of Immigration
proposed by the Chandler bill.
Over $4,000 worth of the new Co
lumbar postage stamps were sold at the
Boston post-oifice during the first "A
hours after they were put ON sale.
VIM. G. Whitney of New York, who
was secretary of the navy in Cleveland's
first administration, says that he will
not be Il member of the next cabinet.
Herman Hartman, II merchant living
near Rich Coifey, Tex, was found in a
WE'LL. NlltlC iV itu ltlu olA uhN a
broken ley, unable to get assistance.
The snow is deeper in the mountains
of Tennessee than it has been known
for years. As much as 81 inches has
fallen in places, and the people are suf-
fering.
Wn. Pope, who while teller of the
City national bank of Louisville, KY,
thref years ago, abscOnded with $4,000
of the banks funds, has BEEN captured
at Starke, Fla.
There were heavy falls of nov on
Wednesday and Thursday of last week
in New York and southern New Eng
land, giving both Boston and New
York good sleighing.
Secretary of Agriculture Rusk says in
a report to congress that pleuro-pneu'
mOnia has been stamped out of the
country entirely. 1t took five years
time and a million and a half dollars to
do it.
Senator Morrill, has been appointed
the Vermont member from the senate OF
the inaugural reception committee ant
Gen. Grout the representative from Yer
mont on the part of the house of repre-
s~entatiVes.
Boston on Monday had its worst fire
since that on THAI ksgiving day, 1889
Ii was in the four-stOry builStng at 2ls
Federal street, occupied by Hrtch Bros.
wool dealers. The total loss was over