Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1878 — Very Particular. [ARTICLE]

Very Particular.

The Indiana woman of superior ton iajnot behind her sister in New York or Paris in her idea of “ the eternal fitness of things. ” Recently in one of the cities of that interestihg Western State a very beautiful woman died, whose mind was somewhat given to styles. On her sickbed she was particular about color, light and the general tone of the room, and never received a visitor without a red or blue shawl thrown across the shoulder. She preferred not to die, and did not intend to die. “It is such a disenchanting process,” she declared. When it was discovered that she most die, her husband broke the news to her very gently. She was a little distressed, but not much agitated. She had only one request to make. It was: “My darling, don’t let that horrid Mrs. —; —- make my outfit. Her fits are sickening, and she overtrims terribly; besides she will be sure to spell myrtle m-u-r-t-e-1 in the bill.”—-Editor’# Drawer, in Harper's Magazine for January. The French have very strict building Jaws. JSfo flue# are permitted in a party walL