Crows In the Corn. AVnkc up. John, An' come an' mtlk tho cows, The robins an' tho bluebird* arc a-Mingui hi the boughs; The anil he* been in sight An honr above the hill Tis lime to food tho bosses and to give the pigs Uie'r swill. Caw ! esw ! caw ! Tho crows are in tho com '. Caw! caw t caw I (lit np an' hiowyer horu ! Caw! caw ! caw ! Hko-daw 1 ske-daw ! ske-daw ! Crows an- just the meanest things a body ever saw ! John, come home E* quickly o* you ran t Oh, drop yer hoc an' leave yer row, and bring the hind man. Tho rows her jumped the liars An* got into the rye; Tho pigs an- in tho ganieo they hov broken Xhmi the sty! Caw ! caw ! caw ! Tin- crows are in the com I (taw ! caw ! caw ! Oh, stop an' blow yer horn ! Caw I caw caw ! Ske-daw ! ske-daw ! ske-daw ! Tannin' cat the nicest tiling a is sly ever saw ! Ku'ji-nr J. Hull. A CURE FOR BALDNESS. " What can be the cause of my hair falling out in this way?" was Mr. Oreen leafs exclamation, addressed, perhaps, to his image in the looking-glass, for there was no other oonversible person in the room. "It must be want of exercise or strong coffee, or perhaps anthracite eoal. I must consult a physician." Mr. (ireenleaf omitted to mention forty-five years— no uncommon cause of lialdness, and one, unfortunately, upon xrhieh it is vain to call in medical aid. Ho looked at the increasing forehead, passed his fingers fearfully over a sjwt near the crown, where there was an ominous smoothness, and then seated himself, with a sigh, in his great arm chair before the fire. What were his reflections as he sat gazing at the grate must be gathered from circumstances. His countenance wore for some time an air of great solemnity, not to say moodiness. Ever and anon his hand wandered, as if un consciously, to the fatal spot, and then descended caressingly upon thepamplc whiskers below. Now his face would bnghten a little, then again he looked as if all his stock was below par. At length he seemed to come to a sud den resolution, and, ringing for his Bervant, he made a very careful toilet and sallied forth. Behold him next seated in the neat ]rlor of Mr*. Armour, a widow lady of comely appranuice, who lodged not very far from Mr. Oreenb-afs. Mrs. Arthur was charmingly dressed, and seated at her little work-table en gaged in some lady-like employment. Hhe received Mr. Greenleaf moat gra- 1 ciously, and wheeled an easy -chair round for him so near her own that the scene became at once almost alarmingly cozy. Mr. Greenleaf felt a little frightened. It , looked as i f she had devincd his thoughts, | since in these days of mesmeric revela ' tions one never knows when ouc is safe. 1 He edged lau k a little, for he felt that j it wonld be poor tactics to remain ( voluntarily close within range of the j enemy's fire. "Too warm, Mr. Greenleaf?" said Mrs. Armour, and she reached him a screen with the prettiest little hand in j the world. "Yes, rather—rather warm," said the j embarrassed bachelor, looking down upon the screen. " Is this a specimen of your skill, Mrs. Armour?" "A long time ago!" sighed the fair widow. "Not very long, I think," said Mr. (Ireenleaf, gallantly plucking up courage as danger thickened. "Ah, vea— ages !" said tho lady, as ladies will. Here came a pause. When Mr. Green leaf had nothing |>articu!ar to nay, lie could lie very agreeable, but now his tongue elove to the roof of his mouth. Mm. Armour kindly relieved him. "Have you been sleighing yet, Mr. Greenleaf?" "I? No; I have not thought of it." " How strange 1 But perhaps you do not think it safe to drive a sleigh in the 1 city ? Now I hail the most charming drive with Mr. and Mrs. Dovely! I really wonder you do not keep a sleigh, j Mr. Greenleaf." Take care, Mrs. Armour; with all 1 yoor tact you are treading on dangerous j ground. If Mr. Greenleaf lias a fear it { is that someliody will take him in by marrying him for an establishment. " Really, now," went on the nncon scions widow, " I should think yon would find it delightful to keep a hand some sleigh, and then for summer just such a beanttfnl open carriage as Mr. Forrester's. Mr. Forrester's whole establishment is so lieautifni 1" Mr. Forrester hsd been a bachelor of about Mr. Oreenleafs standing, and he had lately take* a gay wife and set up housekeeping in a style that Mr. Green leaf thought very absurd. " Hhe wants to lead me to make my self equally ridiculous," whispered the same demon within that had always thrown a spell over him when he had though of proposing to any one. "Sho thinks to marry me for an establish ment I" and, iul soon as he decently could, he made his low, returned to his room, looked In the glass again, felt the bald sj)ot, and then sat down in tho great chair and stared in'the tire, as much perplexed a* ever. Mr. Greenloaf soon perceived that fretting about his hair only made it fall out the faster, and when spring came he resolved to try country air, exorcise and amusement byway of renewing his youth and forgetting his troubles. Mrs. Wilson strongly opposed the plan. Hlie prophesied damp bods, close rooms, snakes, wet feet and broken bones but in vain. Mrs. Armour only sighed and asked him to what part of tho country he was going. He said he had not yet decided—for tho truth was he had n secret, undefined fear that she would follow him nnd throw herself in his way, and so get him after all. This fear is a compliment which men some times pay to the irresistible power of the weaker sex. Ho Mr. (ireenleaf slipped off clandestinely, as it were, and soon found himself in a part of tho country where there could be little fear of any traps but those set for foxes or weasels. Here he felt quite safe, and went gunning and fishing very industri ously, rubbing the smooth spot on his head every night with an infallible specific. But one day when he was coming home to his lodgings after a morning's shooting, lie saw in a field which la wns just about to cross an old lady and a beautiful voting girl very much terri fied by some unruly cattle. His gal lantry was aroused, and he instantly prepared to climb the fence to hasten to their rescue; but, unfortunately, as he set his gun down, a twig touched the trigger, and a small charge of shot was lodged in his shoulder. He heard the j ladies scream and saw them run toward him, but he knew no more, for every- i thing swam before him, ladies, cattle trees and skies, and he sank fainting on the ground. He recovered, as heroes should, lying on a bed in a neat chamlicr, with a charming face leaning over him. lint this sweet vision was soon exchanged for the less amiable one of an old coun try doctor, who examined his wounds and extracted as many of the shot as he could, giving as his opinion that if it had been a more this way or that way no human skill—not even his own —could have saved the patient; but being just where it was, he thought it might be done—so, after a thorough probing and many cautions, ho left >onro huge vials of medicine ami departed. Poor Mr. Greenleaf! Is it to be won dered at that he thought of Mrs. Wil son's wise remonstrances? That his memory reverted to that snug room which had so long accommodated him, and the careful hands that had antiri pu?.-d all his wants? But his present hostess left nothing undone, and when household duties called her downstairs, she left to watch the jiatient the same pretty creature whose fright had tint excited Mr. Greanleafs gallantry. If he must lie wounded, and away from home and Mrs. Wilson, he could not 1 lietter off. Before many days lie was aide to sit up again —for his wounds had leen for tunately scarcely more than skin-deep and then he liecame mote and more ac quainted with the old lady and her grand-daughter. Their name was Bet ford, and the young one was called Jeannie. Hhe was a sprightly creature, with bright, dancing eyes and a cease less flow of spirits and Mr. Greenleaf found her society in the sick-room so charming that 110 almost wished to re tard his convalescence—since with the return of health mnst vanish every ex cuse for remaining longer a guest at Mrs. Retford's. Hhe treated him with all the attention of a daughter, and an affectionate one, too. little thinking that tho staiil old bachelor was mean while s|>eeulating on the feasibility of making a wife of her. Here was a case in which the establishment could have no weight, since Jeannie and her grand mother had seen nor heard of it. Here was a sweet, simple, lovely creatnre, expert in all delicate househohlry, do mestic in her habits and evidently affectionate in her disposition—disen j gaged, of course, for she had never seen | anybody in these wilds. Why not try j to secure an interest in her young heart I and take her to the handsome town I home, let Mrs. Wilson look sour as she might ? Nay, why not take her at once 1 and trust to winning her heart after ward, as unwearied kindness was sure to do? Mr. Greenleaf thought ail this for days and days. the pretty Jeannie went on as if she bad been bent on making a conquest. Hhe read to him, abe sang to liirn, with the graceful accompaniment of a Hpanish guitar, on which she was no mean performer; she shook up his cushions, kept off the flies with a fresh branch, alit and hnttercd hia muffin with her roay tipped fingers, and " perform ed to point" all those cliarming little at tentions which are so soothing to the oonvaleacent. Biro was *0 unwearied that the demon began Again to whisper to Mr. Groonlcaf: "She lias guessed at the establishment." But ho would not listen thin time. Joannie's artlessness, aided by those clear, honest OVOM, could have neutralized the spell of Mephisto pheles himself. At length not a shadow of a]>ology for remaining longer at Mrs. Retford's was left, and Mr. Greenleaf, with many regret*, pre|ired for liin return to town. He would have been glial to liva on HO forever—an honored guent, hospitably entertained, and made quite comfortable in a common way by the old lady, wliilo for the thousand indescribable cHHcntial tritleH there wan a fairy handmaiden ever at his aide, whoso miniHtrationH w ere de lightful to him, and WIIOKO very pros ence seemed to till the room with sun ahine. To be sure ho experienced no palpita tions; bo seldom Highed, except when ho WUH rubbing the specific upon his head, and he slept perfectly well whether Jeannie was at homo or not. " But, then," he said, to himself, " that is nonsense ! I used to have such feel ings, but I have grown wiser. 1 love this sweet girl as if she was my daughter even now; her countenance beams njion mo like the faeo of nn old friend. Iloigho ! if I had a daughter like her I would never marry, and that would please Mrs. Wilson better than anything else." Ho forgot in his cogitations to ask himself among other question# whether it was probable that a beautiful girl of seventeen wouhl marry a man old enough to be her father. Ho had so complete a conviction that "women, 'ike moths, are over caught by glare," that ho thought it no disreH|>oct to the sex to take it for granted. When a bachelor looks down upon matrimony from the awful height of live and forty, he may l>e excused from shrinking a little at the leap, and it was with no small amount of trepidation that .Mr. Oreenleaf sought a private in terview with Mrs. Retford to disclose his amiable designs nj>on Jeannic. But the matter once broached he recovered his habitual tluency, and laid ltefore the good lady his worldly situation with some complacency, assuring her there was no js-rson who had nny claims upon him except a sister'H son, for whom he intended to provide an onttit in life. Mrs. Retford seemed a little embar rassed, hinted at dis|mrity of ages, de clared there wa-> no answering for young girls' fancies, but said she would con sult Jeannic, and, if she wished, lay the matter before her mother. "Her mother!" exclaimed Mr. (irecn leaf. "Has she a mother living?" "Oh, certainly; a lady in your city, whom I dare say yon have met. The marriage was 111 ost unfortunate —so much so that jstor Jeannic has never known her father, who i'< n voluntary outcast in one of the Southern cities. My daughter, unwilling to endure the odium of a divorce, and always afraid that her miserable husband might return some d%y and claim the child, confided her to me, and she has been brought tip in seclusion as yen see." "She is not then likely to have formed any attachment ?" said Mr. Oreenleaf, confidently. "Why, as tothat," said Mrs. Retford, "I am scarcely qualified to reply. As I observed to yon, one can ne\er count upon voting girls' fancies, To tell you the truth, there has been a young gentle man about this neighborhood that I thought Jeannic favored. He brought a letter of introduction from her mother." "A letter? What was his name, pra-- ?" said Mr. Oreenleaf, with sud denly awakened curiosity. "K^erts—Oeorge Kverts," said the old lady. "My nephew? Anil the lady who gnvo him the letter?" "Mr*. Armour." Mr. Oreenleaf stood like one trans fixed. He saw through everything— past, present and future—and he was " blasted with excess of light." Jean nic was Mrs. Armonr's daughter—ergo, M rs. Armour, being a married woman, could never have had any designs upon him or his establishment. Jenny had seen and liked Oeorge Everts, and there fore was very unlikely to have laid any snare for Oeorge Kverts' uncle. Yet, having received so much kindness front two women whom he was thus forced to believe disinterested, the cruel fates put them out of reach. At least so he concluded, for the old lady's manner betrayed that alio knew more about Jeannic's liking for Oeorge Everts than her words alone would have indicated. Our bachelor friend was very low spirited, wo must confess ; lnit a little reflection reconciled liin- to the new as|>ect of things. A newly-lighted flame in the staid heart of forty-five " Hangs quivering at a point, Imp* off lijr tits. Anil falls again, as loth to quit its hold lmt it takos but a mere pull of adverse i wind to blow it out entirely. He had wished Jeannie was his daughter, and here was an opportunity to make her the next thing to it, besides the pleas ure of doing a generous action. He soon found courage to seek the damsel, adroitness to get out of her the secret of her attachment to his nephew, who had spent some weeks in the neighlmr hood on a geological tonr, and magna nimity enough to promise that if Mrs. Armour did not refuse her consent he would before long put it in George's power to marry, on condition that his honfle should be, for a time at least, the home of the young couple. These matters comfortably sett led Mr. Green leaf's heroism declined a lit tle, and ho was not sorry when all the adieus were fairly said and he could hide his face unci his disappointment in the corner of a stage coach. Mrs. Wilson received him very gra ciously, much pleased in her secret soul to think that one of her predictions hod been verified by the gun, but little dreaming how near she had conic to being supplanted by a slip of u girl. Mrs. Armour had heard it good many things, yet she ami Mr. Greenland found much interesting conversation after this; and Mr. Armour, having happily ceased j to torment the world in general, and his wife in [sirticulor, we may venture to predict that at some time or other Mrs. George Everts and Mrs. Wilson will both, ho superseded by a Mrs. Greenleaf, whose years will so nearly correspond with tlioso of her liege lord, that the unfurnished spot on the outside of Mr. Greenleafs head will cease to be a mutter of disturbance to the owner. Mr. Greenleaf asserts that going into the country cures baldness, and lie proves it Kyllogistieully, according to the i present fashion, thus: Baldness was bis trouble. Going into the eountry cured li s trouble. Ergo going into the cuontrv cures baldness! THE WtHtl.lt 01 s( H UE. Nature raises water for refreshing the earth from l.'l,(xtO to 11,000 feet in some portions of South America, and even 10,000 feet for the highest inhabited j regions of Tbilict. The Nta-quis of Bute has introduces! i the bciiiwr into his lands on the island ! of Htito. and the animal thrives there, j The beaver heeame extinct in Great Hritain more than three centuries ago. According to Hir 1 turtle Frere, lute high commissioner of the British gov ernment for Month Afriea. the area in which the tsetse tlv is fatal to the ani mals it lutes apjsars gradually to lx> diminishing. The Southern Alps of New Zealand are to Is- explored next year by mi-ro ller* of the English Alpine club. In the loftiest jH-ak, Mount Cook, which lias never ret lieen ascended to the sum mit, they will tlnd work worthy of their jiowers. It* height is estimated at nearly 1 4,000 feet. Mi lien cotton waste or shavings are saturated with oil, a large surface is ! exposed to the action of the air. and if tlie oil has the pro]H?ity of absorbing i oxygen, it may absorb the gas so rapidly us to tak- tire. This is the way in winch j spontaneous combustion takes place. | As petroleum naphtha doe* not absorb oxygen, it never takes fire by spon taneous combustion. I'ndergronnd cables for telegraphic pnrjKises are been laid in France from Nancy to Paris. A line of twelve insu lated wires is placed in a large (ulh of i-w-t-iron. At suitable distances doors are constructed so that a section can be removisl and replaced without having to open the ground, as in Germany, when the cables are imlwslded in asphalt. M. Mnntz, a Flench scientist, has lately examined spring, river, srsi and rain-water; also snow. He finds alcohol in all except in very pnre spring water. By comparison with water holding known qaantitiea of alcohol, rain-wati; and the water of the Heiro aro estimated to contain nl>ont one • gramme per cubic meter. Snow and cold rain seem to contain a little more. : The proportion in sea water is mnrh the same. There is evident rcaaon to snpjKiso that alcohol exists in the state of va|M>r in air. This diffusion of the substance in nature is easily explained by the destruction of organic matter by various agent* of fermentation. On this hy|othesis one should find a good deal of ab-obol in the ground. Names of Countries. The Phu-nieians, who were a groat commercial people in the young days of the world, are thought to have given the present names of most of the countries around the Mediterranean sea. The j l'ho-nieian language contained the words Europe, Asia, Africa, Italy, Spain, Ganl, . Hritain, .Etna, Sardinia and Biheria, a* well a* many others now used as the names of minor places. Europe, in Ph-enician, meant "white complexion," and was applied to the eountry north of the Mediterranean, lieeanso the natives were of lighter oom- j plexion than those of Asia and Africa. Afriea signified the " land of corn," and Asia meant " the middle land," lieing so named I localise it was lietween Europe and Africa. Italy woa the " country of black pitch Spain was the "land of rabbits;" Gaul, or France, the "land of yellow-hair; ** Britain, "the country of tin .Etns, " the smoky furnace ;" Sardinia, "a man's foot"—because it is shaped like a foot, and Siberia, " thirsty land because it is so dry. PEAKLH OK THOIHHT. I Consult the lips for opinions, the con duct for convictions. I Compliments are often nothing more than gilt-edged falsehoods. , In refraining from being no-an to I others you are good to yourself, i Divine vengeance comes with fet of load but strikes with bands of iron. The man who feels certain that lie I will not sneoissl is seldom mistaken. I Humility is the safest foundation to build any kind of superstructure on. Ho who is ashamed of his povertv will surety lie arrogant of his wealth. Every man is bound to tolerate the act of which he himself sets the exam [ Pla in matters of pmdenee, last thoughts are best; in morality your first thoughts . are best. Anger ventilated often hurries toward forgiveness ; unger concealed often burdens into revenge. It ever is tin- marked prtqiensity of reek less and aspiring minds to look into the stretch of dark futurity. Contemporaries appreciate the man rather tlian the merit; but posterity will regard the merit rather than the man. Igmgtb of days is wisdom's right band blessing, typical of eternal life ; but it is in her left hand that are riches anil honor. . Event* are not determined by the wheel of fortune, which is blind, but by the wheels of Providence, which arc full of eyes. O ir good deeds rnr< ly cause much gossip among our fellow citizens, but ■ otir evil one* leap immediately into no* i torietv. (tod's laws were nevi r do igro-d to Is like edbwebs, which catch the little flies and sutler the large ones to break I through. Ignorance and deceit are two ol the worst qualities to combat. It is easier to dispute with a statesman than a j blockhead. Venture not into the company of those that are ilif'-eb-d with tie- plague ; no, though thou think thyself guarded with an antidote. There is no policy |jk*. politeness ; and a good manner is the lnsst thing in the world, either to get a good name, or supply the want of it. Nothing cuts the sinew of exertion sooner than to set before ourselves n low standard of attainment, let a young man say to himself: "I shall never be anything very great in the I world," In will Is- likely to IK- sorro thing v ry small, s Frugality is good if lilieralitv lie joined with it. The first is leaving off sujierfluou* expenses, the last is lie stowing them to the lw-nefit* of others that need. The first without the last begets c-ovetonsne*a, the last without the first Jiegets prodigality. Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out. It is always near at band, and sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out la-fore we J are aware, wlu-reas a lie is troublesome, I and needs a great many more of the ! same kisd to make it good. I In the voyage of life a man eati lie wrecked as in a ship. Conscience, how ' ever, is an anchor that will in most cir cumstances insure him safety. It is to 1M- remembered, nevertheless, tliat, like i the anchor, conscience may lie mrrn-d away, and so insure ruin and wreck. A father inquires of his son whether he can construe Homer; if he under : stands Horace an 1 can translate Virgil but seldom dm-s he ask, or examine, or think wlu thcr be can re-strain his pas i sions, whether ho is grateful, humane, com]>aaftionatc, just ami be ( nevolent. An Honored Superstition. The PittsburgCAmmofs tells of an old lady in Croasona, l'a., who changed her residence the other day, and in order to have good luck in her new home sent as the first articles to lie placed in the house the family Bible and a bag of salt. She afterward learned to her dis may that it was a Latin dictionary in ! atead of the Bible she had sent ahead to | her new homo. The superstition here | alluded to is an old and honored one, ' and is practiced by a goodly nnnilier of people, especially those having Meoteh blood in their vein*. In Professor Hbairp'a recently - published life ol j Iloliort Burns, Scotland's poet, ire find the following allusion to this <e**tom: "It was not until the middle of 178'J that the farmhouse of KllisUml was finished (bnilt by Hums from the pro ceeds of the Edinlmrg edition of his works) and that he and his family, leav ing the isle, went to live in it When all was ready Burns lmde his servant, Betty Hmith, take a bowl of salt and place the family Bible npon it, and bear ing theae walk first into the new house and possess it. He himself, with his wife on bis arm, followed Betty and the Bible and the salt, and so they entered their new aliode. Burns delighted to keep np the old world freit* or usages 1 like this." An Eccentric American. A letter from Florence, Italy, say*: 1 ho mo*t m-!I lationul turnout in Florence belong* to Mr. Livingstone, of New York, who drive,* a " twenty-in-hand," V ive 1' America ( These twenty hc/r*e* lire finely matched in size and color, being all bright bay* ; and they are deck ed out with gorgeou* harne** loaded with heavy gold-plated clasps and buck lea, of which they seem a* proud a* a young girl of her flrat ball dro**. The huppy possessor of thee horses, and ul*o of a great mania for notoriety, in *i*ts ujsin "holding the ribbon*" with hi* own hand* ; therefore, a* lie j* ad. vaneed in year*, and i* quite feeble, In; i* fastened firmly and ai-rmrely to the high front Mat of the English "drag,' which he usually prefer*, though on grand occasion* he drive* a mail-coach , made after the approved model of the Ixindon eoaching club. Thene leather I strap, have been added by hi* family quite lately, and much again*t the old I g'- nt toman's will; but having not Jong I *ince tumbled out of hi* place to tin consternation of hi* attendant*, who picked him tip none the worse for hi* i full, but very dusty, and in a *tate of i towering indignation against everything and everybody, he lias given a grudging assent to their wishes, naturally not <le siring to literally "bite the dust" a second time. jJi H fondness for notoriety must certainly lc grati fied, for the band wagon of Bar t ritim s great moral show never excited more attention tlian doe the Living stone turnout. An hour ago he passed my window on his way to the C&seliine, ' where lie shows himself on most pleasant afternoons. Hi* horse* pranced and ca]x>red, and the great golden buckle* of their harnesses gleamed j brightly in the sunshine. Two prefer naturally solemn footmen, clad in blue j liveries, sat with folded arm*ti]>on their perch, and the main seat* of the drag were occupied simply by a small bln< h terrier pup, who amused himself b% jumping backward and forward, vigorously barking at the crowd. Mr. Livingstone sat in a solitary grandeur strapped securely into the coachman'* place, wrapped in an overcoat lined ' throughout with magnificent l'u*sian sabh s. The fur fortm-d collar and deep cuffs. A garment which a young Ameri can liello might well envy him. A retinue of thirty or forty ragg<-d gamin* escorted him. commenting on the points I of the establishment and watching for stray centessimi, hut the owner of all thi* magnificence aat rigidly upright, hi* ey< s fixed UJKJII his frisky leaders, for although lie is said to enjoy the plaudits of the admiring crowd, he is not given to any unnecessary expend ituro of copjs-r coins. The people call him ; " rAuierieano," or the American Scene* in the Hahanta Islands. To the traveler, Nassau has jt* pic turesque as well as indolent ride, lie tween 7 and * o'clock in the morning there is * gis-at bustle at the market place down by the quays. The fisher man brings in the night's catch, and re- I markable varieties of strange creatures of the deep, glowing with prismatic hues, arc tumbled ont upon th<- plank*. Grotesque old w omen display their little stock of fruit* and vegetables. No on-- seems to po**ea* more than a few cents' worth ; but if their buaiuess is not ex tensive it i conducted with amazing volubility. A little pile of eoooanut*. a small ba-kct of orange*, and * bunch of Itatuums, will be enough to furnish a stall of tho better class: while the smaller dealer* set forth penny salad*, consisting "f half an onion and two or three minute fig-tomatoes, arranged in a piece of cocoannt-shell. with mavis- a sprig of some savory herb. Here is a trav of shelled fs-a* ; there a dozen or so of wretched Irish potatoes, quit; put out of countenance by a mighty yam. An aimful of crooked stick* -the flot sun of the reefs--i* offered for firewood, a commodity of which there ia but small consumption in n town where nearly all the house* are built without chimney*. At every turn there are supplies of sugar cane, cut into length* convenient for chewing. ! Every one chew* thi* article The con tinue* of the women—black—arc re markable in their way. They have * strong ta*te for finery, and for many of them the market become* a place of fashionable assembly. Their broad straw hat* are lined with white lawn, wreathed with pink flower* and bits of gay ribbon, and tipped up jauntily be hind. The gown of ranalin or thin calico i* bright in color, clean, well fit ting. amply flounced and ruffled, and in most cases it expands into a broad sweeping train. But when the dusky wearer has added to thi* dree* a pretty necktie and maybe a showy lelt, her ingenuity in personal decoration come* to a premature *top. The gown i* short in front, ana below it appear bare feet or el*e a pair of razeed boot*. 1 sully broken at the toea and invariably cut down at the heel*; they are kept on with difficulty, and reduce th. gait to a clattering aort of scuffle, so that in the movement of a crowd of women there is a peculiar and altogether comical reso nance. can show a• proper good " pair of shocni* proud indeed, and doe* not seek to hide them.
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