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A MAN IN PETTICOATS
THE QUEER NOTION OF ‘AN OLD SOL
DIER CITIZEN OF MAINE,
Hie Has a Mere Costly Feminine Wardrobe
Than Any Weman In Tewn—Visions of
Lace, Buflles, lte.—Weighs 180 Pounds,
but Wears a Woman’s No. 6 Shoe.
Commander James Robbins of thelocal
post G. A. R., Cooper’s Mills, Lincoin
eounty, in this state, is one of the prom
jnent men of his community, a citizen
generally esteemed as a man of integrity
and intelligence. Mr. Robbins has a
hrilliant war record as a memberof the
Thirtieth Maine. He has lived in the
village since 1833 and isa jeweler. His
house i 8 a neat cottage house on the
prow of the hill as one drives into the
Mills. In the narrow front hallway is
Mr. Robbins’ bench, lathe and tools, and
here you will find him placidly working
agway at the tiny wheels and springs.
If you are on sufficiently intimate
terms with Mr. Robbins you will find
him indulging in his hobby. He has
one, like the most of us. In his case the
hobby is startlingly picturesque, and it
may be safely said that he is the mostorig
inal man in the state of Maine, so far as
his curious fancy is concerned. He wears
petticoats. Not when he goes down
street for the mail and to do his market
ing. At these times he slips on the mas
culine pant:loons. Yet he does not
wear his trousers, even, like ordinary
masculinity. No suspenders for him.
Ho wears a sort of dress waist, and his
trousers are buttoned tightly about his
hips. He always wears a woman'’s num
bar six shoe, with high heels and grace
ful, slender shapa. Mr. Robbins weighs
something like 180 pounds, and the effoct
produced by those shoes pseping coyly
out from beneath manly tromser legs is
startling, to say the least. Mr. Robbins
doesn’t mince or toddle, and his shoes
seem to fit him pretty well,
He reserves his petticoats for the sanc
tity of the home cirele, for the partial
retirement of his orchard and for calls
upon neighbors with whom his acquaint
ance is cloge. Mr. Robbins fsn’t squeam
ish about showing himself in petticoats.
He enjoys wearing them, he has worn
them when opportunity has presented
all his life long, and he wears them sci
entifically too. In thefirst place, there’s
no half way business about it Every
detail of feminine attire 18 there, and
3r. Robbins is rightly fussy about the
details.
There is no woman in Cooper’s Millsl
who owns 8o many dresses of such excel
lent material as does the commander of
the Cooper’s Mills post. He takes pride
in having only the best. His lingerie is
elaborately tucked and ruffled, edged
with lace and fashioned according to the
most approved models of any lady's
wardrobe, ~The material is of the finest
guality, and when Mr. Robbins lifts his
skirts the eye gets a vision of ruffles, lace
and “all such like” of dazzing whiteness
and immaculate smoothness.
He is very parficular abouss his iror
ing. Everything must be starched ‘“‘up
to the handle,” whatever that is, and
sometimes Mrs. Robbins finds her hands
full and her clotheshorse loaded down
like a pack donkey. Amaszed neighbors,
who were not fully aware of the extent
of Mr. Robbins’ hobby, have bsen obliged
to ask for more details, when M=zs. Rob
bins has laconically informed them that
“it is Jim’s ironing.,” Mr. Robbins’ ho
giery is of the long sort, and it is cur
rently rumored that the stockings are
hitched up at the sides. His corsets he
has made espetially for his girth, and
these he wears continually. His shape
is fairly good, especially when he dresses
up for afternoons.
In the morning he wears print gowns,
for he asslsts in the housework. Almost
every morning Mr. Robbins in his print
gown is peen sweeping off the piazza
and whisking about the kitchen. Ko
wears petticoats at bhome almost ex
clusively, putting on his garb as soon as
he enters the house. For afternoon
wear his gowns are elaborate. Some of
them are made by Mr. Robbins, ar”!
some are fashioned by local dressmak
ers. One cashimere dress is quite a
favorite, and this is frequently worn by
Mr. Robbins when he promenades in
the orchard. He has lots of theése good
(‘ thes, all of fashionable cut, pufied
sleeves, and with all the fixings that go
tolend grace and dignity. Usually he
wears an apron and especially so whoen
at Lis bench. The apron is white ord
uarily and has a bib with ruffled straps
and pockets. Therefore does Mr. Roh
bing present a somewhat unique appear
ance as he works away of afternocns or
Blls and converses with his wife.
Look at the gown and you see a stylish
ly attired woman, but the face is very
Wannish indeed. Mr. Robbins would be
larked in any crowd. His face is full,
and he wears a jet black mustache that
bossibly owes its color to art. His hair
5 long, black and curly, his voice is deep
and full, and there’s nothing effeminate
ibout him exceps his attire.—Lewiston
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A BALLAD CF LIGHT HOUSEKEEPING
'Tis a subtly sw.ot suggestive phrase,
_DBut the simpie soul who is lured thereby
Wil make a sorrow for mmany days.
In secret oft will he moan snd cry
Aud vote the thing a tremoendous le,
For it means, this phrase that scunds so fair,
A world of trouble and teil and care
And a wild distracting wish to go
Away from it soon and anywhere.
I speak of the thinge whereof I Xnow.
It means all little transparent ways
To hide eway from the comnmon eye
The fact that your bread and butier siays
In your desk; that you bake and boil and fry
In asingle dish. It means to try
To hang yonr garments, the best you wear,
In a folding bed, that last despair
Of honest souls; and, bitterest blow,
It means a kitcheny parlor air.
I speak of the things whereof 1 know.
I't means to shrink 'neath the stern amaze
Of the lordly butcher's and baker's eye,
Apologizing in meek diapraize
For your modcst wants. ‘T'o rave or sigh
: Over the pangs of the beughten pio.
*Tis to pray a atrong, heav'n reu:ehjng prayee
For the meal a man pronounces “aquare,”
And to be once more in life below
Free from that peace destroying snare.
I speak of the things whereaf I know.
ENVOY.
Ye who have *tempted this life to share,
Pause ere ye enter the tiger's lair;
Consider the truth [ fain would show.
For with hand on heart I firmly swear
I speak of the things whereof I know.
—Carlotta Perry.
A MMother’s Way.
_ When the Rev. Horace Bushnell was
a boy, he was very desirous of knowing
something about music. No one in the
family could teach him, however, and
his mother, with that divine patience
and insight which belong to mothers in
general, found that if the lad was to
have his wish at all it must be through
her. She obtained a book and soon
taught him all she knew—the scals, the
keynote and how to find it, and the time
of the notes.
This wae oanly “book lesrning,” how
ever, and the question was to adapt it
to the use of the voice. Little Horaoe
wanted to sing by note, and that his
mother could not teach him. She could
sing by ear, however, and the two hit
upon a species of reverse process. Tho
mother sang familiar tunes, and the boy
watched the notes, observing how the
intervals and time ran along, and, as he
expressed it, “soon began almost to sing
with us.”
And from singing airs they knew tnto
notes that bore no meaning thoy finally
learned to sing airs they did nof know
out of similar notation. The method
had been unlocked, and further progress
was easy. The mother’s heart had found
out the way.—Youth's Companion.
A City of Reof Gardens.
The majority of the houses in Buenos
Ayres have but one story, whose flat
roof serves all the purposes of Yankee
lawns and door yards. While the patios
are frequently utilized as dining and sit
ting rooms, it is the universal custom to
promenade in she eool of the day on the
housetops, to sis thers at morning and
evening enjoying the refreshing broozes,
extensive views and varied panorama in
the street below. The children find
their favorite playground on the roof.
There the nurses bring sheir infant
charges, the seamstress her sewing and
the maid her mistress’ bedraggled finery
to put in order agatn. The clothes are
dried and aired and ironed atop, and
during the ‘‘beated term” of this dow
less latitude thousands bricg up their
beds and sleep with starry sky for a
counterpane.—Philadelphia Record.
Too Sweeping.
After his return from his firstlectur
ing tour in this country, the late Mat
thew Arnold visited old Mrs. Proctor,
the widow of the poet, ‘“Barry Corn
wall,” and mother of Adelaide Proctor.
Mre. Proctor, who was then 80 yoears
old, in giving Mr. Arnold a cup of tea
asked him:
¢« And what did they say about you in
America?”’
«Well,” replied the literary autocrat,
“they said I was conceited, and they add
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«“Woll, now,” retorted the old ledy,
«] think they were mistaken about the
clothes.”—New York Mail and Express.
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Rule Nisi.
Council & McGarrab, } Petition to
foreclose
for use of Bank of Sumter, | m o r t gage,
}Terrell Su
vs. perior court
May Term,
C. F. Goodson. J 1893.
It appearinug to the court that
Councilp & McG irrab (who sue for
use of the Bank of Sumter),
that 0. F. Goodson, of said
state and county, did on the 22ad day
of January, 1892, ex.eute 2nd deliver
to said éouncil & McGarrah (who
transtered same 0 Bank o Sumter),
a mortgage n lots ot land numbers
eight and scven (8 2nd 7), each lot
containing 203} aeres of land, same
lying in the Twe!fth disirict of Ten
lel]l county, Georgia, smaid mortgage
being a second morgage aud for tgo
purpose of securing payment of swo
certain promissory noies agoresating
the sum ot $555.30 priucipj, oune
note due 15th October, 1892, for the
sum ot $275 30, and ope due 15th
November, 1892, both of said notes
dated 22nd day o' Jenusry, 1892, and
payable to said Council & McGarrab,
and transfered by said Council and
McGarrah to Baok of Sumster. Bogh
of said notes bearing 8 per cent. in
erest after masurity and 10 per cent.
as amount ot atsorneys fews, which
said notes said C. I, (roodson refuses
o pay. It further)appearing to the
court that said C. F. Goodsoa did
execute a certain deed to gseeare s
loan on seid two lots of land orior to
tie execution of said motrgage to said
Council and MeUarrah, snd shat
when said mortgage was given said
C. F. Goodson had only an equitable
title to said lots of land, to wit: A
right to pay up said loan and bave
‘title made back to himselt, said C. F.
‘Goodson. It turther appearing that
said L, F. Goodson did give to ssid
Council and MeGarrah certain other
mor:gages on certsiu stock, conxist
iug of horses, mules, and also more
gage on crops of all kinds made by C.
F. Goodeon on said land rtor year
1892, and that said C. F. Goodson
has, since the giviag of said mort
gages and sincesaid debt bacama due,
=old or disposed of all his scock aud
crops 8o mortgaged, and that said C.
F. Goodson now conceals himself and
that said C. F. Goodson is insolvent,
‘and his acts 10 conceuling himselt and
disposing of all ot said personal prop
erty—such ag hor-es, mules and crops
so morigaged a 8 aforesaid being als
leged- -for purpose o' defrauding pe
titioners (Couocil and McGarrab for
use ot Bank of Suwter) out of their
just claims, it is therefore ordered,
censidered and adjudged by the court
that said ¢, F. Goodson pay into this
court an or betore the firsi day of the
next terw thereot the principal, inv
terest and aitorney’s fees due on said
notes and cost of suit, or in default
tuereof the court will proceed as to
justice shall appertain. And it is
further ordered and adjudged that
unless some good and sufficient rea.
son 18 shown to the cousi that said
mortgagejwill be toreclosed in equity
and a rule absolute will be granted
to petitioners for use of Bank of Sum
ter tu levy upon and sell the entire
interest of said (', F. Goodson in
said described lots of lund, whatever
thesaid interest may be.
It igis turther ordered and adjudged
by the court that this rule and order be
published in TuE DAwsoN NEws, a
newspaper which lis the offizial adyer
'tif‘,iné medium for the said county of
ferrell, ou.ce a month for four months
or served on saia U. F. Goodson,
his special agent or attorney person
ally ior three months previous to
the next term of tuiscourt. Done
in open court this Juue 12th, 1893.
J. H. Guerry,d.B. U. P. C.
W. P. Wallis, Hoyl & Parks, pe
titioner’s attorneys.
1 certify that the above is a true ex
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