The Portland daily press., 1864-12-14
ORIGINAL .AED SEEEt7FD..

10 "nen is boat like heap of snow? When
~ When is shirt like land SURVEYOR Whom
1t Is made to measure. = -, -
81 Why is Gen. Sheridan like the bird that
mas tne worm Because he wakes up Eauy.
3 Why is spermaceti like busy bodyf Re.
cause 1t makes scandals.
+, Wanted, a few pair Of stockings made bv
broken bones when they are knitting.
Why is every breath one draws ike a
prophecy! Because it is an act of inspiration.
% white man s corn is always on his toe,
but the Indians is in the ear. y Dl1E- ~
80 Hon. E. R. Wiggin arrived home at Saco,
last week, from Colorado. nHRKTNfe
R General Banks sails from New York on
Saturday,. u30n9eI u a3AI q4sI8
/ 81 Volunteering is brisk in the I'd district,
says the Lewiston Journal. 4Ymaa
BSalem has decided, to have water from
Wenham Lake by vote 1923 to ISL nsa92a-a
Why isn't joint stock company like a
watch Because il doesn' Y go on after II is
81 Why does rich lady act urudeutlv in
marrying penniless man? Because she hus-
pand her resources. 81 "a Z3M
B-To give bad bill in change over the
counter is the meanest kind of a counter
feat. 1T la3ME III Y 1N11a
~ The cognotnen of Russia is bear, but
considering the design of that empire upon the
Ottoman's. it ought to be Turkey gohbler.
VAs the peace party at the North disap-
pears, the peace party at the South begins to or
ganize.
The ocean iron clad Dictator is now per-
feet in every respeot ard will leave in few days
for Hampton Roads, "a ana Vsagls aaat 81
~ The oHoulton Times one of our best
country exchanges, will be conducted on and
after Jan. /, on the strictly advance system.
The continued illness of the editor and
proprietor Of theSaco Democrat has compelled
him to issue only half sheet this week ,sas451
~ Senator Hale of N. H., is on visit to
Halifax, on business, it is said, connected with
boundary question and survey Of harbors. sas
RThe Thirty-6rst Anniversary of the Ham,
mond Street Sabbath School in Bangor, was held
on Sunday evening. kS SIS AzGs
aH Hon. E. H. Rollins is talked of as the Re-
publican candidate for Governor at THE approach
ing election in New Hampshire. s.sasw ssgals
? EVA contemporary says that the difference
between Joan of Arc and Noah's Ark, is that
one was Maid OF Orleans, and the other was
--@~NS "a NSRAAAA "OON. gu.rltH ElfH
u Chief Justice Chase has been sworn into
Office, buthas not taken his seat upon the bench.
On the 4th of March it will devolve upon him to
administer the oath to, President Lincoln.
" The candidates for President of the Senate
are said to be Hon. d. D.Stewart Of st. Adams,
and Hon. A. D. Manson of Bangor. both, wor-
thy men, and gentlemen ofhigh standing.
ia Nashville correspondent estimates Gen
Hoods force at 5000 infantry and 10 900 cav
airy. The Federal forces in that vicinity are es-
timated at 81, 600. ~ e ss3s'2,lt ssis.ss
q Barnum has q ton of fat girls and "a feet
of giants for the holidays. The giants are in
three pieces; the fat girls are in, we don't know
how many parcels. t51lkAS1 u&1 /
EGeneral G.. NJ. Dodge, who has succeeded
General Rosecrans in command of the Depart
ment Of Missouri. was born in Danyers, Mass,
in 1881, 81 81 Slams sasai.e4 soaF .i lia giss9r
E The reported death Of Capt. Charles
Thatchers commanding U. s. Gunboat Gazelle.
Of the Mississippi Squadron, is confirmed. He
was from Bangor g1is1i ss39E .aaas o4as o. SEQ
Capt. Joseph Brown, of Topsham, master
of ship Alexander, was washed overheard from
that ship while entering the harbora of Rio de
Janeiro, on the 18th of October.
u" Erasmus'' writes to the staid, solid old
National IntelIigencer that Shakespeare burst
the cloud of time and careered to his place in the
the heavens.n9 And that we snppose was about
the last act of Shakspeare.-[H artford Times.
EWe had an extraordinary tide in our 4ivei
yesterday morning. The wharyes were nearly
all Hooded. AT Steamboat Wharf the water was
eight inches deep in the Lady Lang's store
house. Il Bangor Wing.
81 Lieut.. Colonel A. c. Hamlin, son of Hon.
+. l.. Hamlin of Bangor, and Medical Inspector
of the Department of Washington, has been or
dered to Louisville, as Medical Inspector of the
Department Of Kentucky.-LWhig.
a There never has been time when pedes-
trians had more occasion to take heed to their
ways than since the last storm. The wicked
have literally stood on slippery places when they
had stood at all on the streets p---- 10
B-The following epitaph may be seen In the
cemetery of parish in the enyirons of Paris
Here lies Madame N 80, wife Of M. n
master blacksmith. The railing around this
tomb was manufactured by her husband. p g
RLewiston Manufacturing stocks stand well
In Boston on Saturday 26 shares of Bates Man
ufacturing Company's Stock, sold at 17s 1-2
IS do lAndroscoggin at ,l77, and 2 Of Hin al
1855.
RAn order was passed by the City Council
of Bangor. on Monday evening, for centrae.
ting with the Portland Company for q steam
fire engine Of the second class at a cost not te
exceed $4,000, including the Govt tax Il ssssss
RAn Englishman has taken the pains t.
weigh the clothes worn by lady. Of eighteen O
average size. and says their weight as 141-s
pounds. He thinks there is mo- doubt that BY
continually carrying this burden about them
ladies waste their physical strength. =
- The Journal says the prospects for bust.
ness in manufacturing and other departments in
Lewiston are excellent. One of the merchant.
in that city has paid $4,000 in freights thu
past year. mostly to the Grand Trunk rail.
road
81 Ezra Chapel Of New London, long
known for his philanthropy, commenced lately
to- supply the poor Of that place with 5000
loaves of bread per month. He is now so years
old. and each year increases his Christian beney.
oience. 9g- ss~ass1 ,taayinsnfesufy9 .ssaaaaszT
81 The Richmond papers all agree that Sher-
man and his army were stopping to grind
corn" 1t isreally gratifying to know that the
rebels are reluctantly compelled to 'acknowiedgs
the corn" in this instance, for it is seldom they
go so far as that Il s,.,a $500, 3.s ~ : ~
s@The Buffalo Erpress says there is a New
York regiment, which during their TIRES years
service, travelled by sea and land more than H..
600 miles, fought twenty general engagements,
marched through fifteen States, and have been
under Burnside, Pope, Mcclellan, Mcdowell,
Meade, Sherman and Grant. sge
% The London Times, now that our election
is past. says the nomination of General Nc.
Clellan at Chicago was obtained by something
very closely resembling false pretences; he wa,
nominated as the advocate Of peace and recon.
ciliation "a character which. az soon as his nom.
nation was secure, he lost no time in pointedly
disowning.'' .s,,,er $780,