The Portland daily press., 1866-02-14


tint, buy it. If it is very white, with blush
cast or with white specks IN It, refuse 1t. Sec
opd. examine its adhesiveress; wet and knead
a little of it betv cen your fingers; if it works
soft and sticky it is poor. Third, throw little
lump of dry flour against dry, smooth, per-
pendicular surface; if it falls like powder it is
bad. Fourth, squeeze some of the -four in your
hand; if it retains the shape made by the pres
sure that, too, is good sign. Flour that will
stand all these tests it is safe to buy.
DB The loyal Canadians in Toronto exclude
soldiers from the Skating Kinks of that city.
Somebody complains of it in the newspapers.
but without effect. l &. s.c.
IA consumptive living near Raleigh, N.
c., appa, entity died few days ago, and was
shrouded and prepared for burial. The next
night but one while the watchers" were en-
joying themselves over hot coffee in an adjoin-
ing room, a noise was heard and one of them
going to ascertain the cause found the woman
who was supposed to be dead standing in tho
middle of the floor. With shrieks and conster-
nation the whole party left the house, but an
old negro woman had courage enough to go
back and assist the deceased" who had been
lOr Il uay HILL III u ucotA-lIhc tTdllCc. ODc
is now as well as ever.
Ea@ The Trtbune's Washington despatch
says there is great Indignation felt by the pa
rishioners of DIR. Sunderland's church in
Washington, because the trustees have con-
sented to the use of the edfice for the lecture
of Fred Douglass. How hardly shall fash
ionable church member enter the kingdom Of
heaven
E8" Referring to Mr.. Bancroft's Grafton upon
the late President Lincoln, the telegraphic cor
respondent of the Boston Advertiser says the
paragraph concerning the Emancipation Proc
lamation was half dozen times interrupted
by hearty applause, in which it was noticed
that many of the ladies and gentlemen in the
diplomatic gallery, as well as several of the
foreign representatives on the floor, also joined
j B9@ 1t is said that Canadian horses are COM
ing into this country in droves, in anticipation
of the twenty-five per cent. duty that goes into
effect again next month. Fea at4 50
E~A man named William English, former
ly member of the Fifth Regiment, and de-
serter therefrom, was arrested in Wlnchenden
Mass, Sunday, and taken to Peterborough, on
charge of forging an order, on which he OBJ
tanned 800 of the President of the Peterbor-
ough Bank. He was in this city few days
since, and attempted to draw 800 on forged
note on one of our business men, but did not
succeed. He has been operating in Franklin,
where he sold horse, probably stolen, and in
Bennington and Peterborough We suspect
he is the'same fellow that stepped out with
nice horse and sleigh from Portland, not long
since.-[ Concord, N. f., Monitor. S..
va There is less water in the Blackstone
river than ever known before at this season of
the year. At WoonsOcket several of the mills
are running either short time, or only part of
their machinery. p ...,ef
EB Gov. Humphreys of Mississippi, "re-
constructed" rebel, says, that the federal troops
are "a disturbing element, nuisance, and
blghting curse" to both whites and blacks in
his State. The Governor has the satisfaction
to quite as much disturbance as when they
were laundering before Vicksburg.
BR"A Fortress Monroe letter says set of
furniture for the office of the Secretary of the
Navy is to be made from the remains of the
Merrimac.
EP Counterfeit $40 bills on the First Ma
tional Bank of indianapolis, have been detec-.
ted in New Orleans
BY-The bells of Portsmouth, N. H., were
rung an hour at noon, Monday, in honor of
President Lincoln. 3.
BR In the South they use cypress cross-ties
on the railroads. This is touching recogni-
ton of the mourning of survivors .ha =
DY" Newton found out why an apple fell in
his day, and the apple spectators are studying
similar problem now. 49,. G
EY 1t is now stated that the hero and writer
of "a Night in a Workhouse" was not Anthony
Trollope, but Mr.. James Greenwood, brother
to the editor of the Pail Mall Gazette pira-
ted edition of his narrative has been published
in England, and ten thousand copies have been
sold at penny each. .1Ea 4st. III
EB-The HobOken ferry-boat Paterson, on
Saturday night became damned between two
huge cakes of ice, and was carried down into
the bay. She left New York about 80 p NJ,
and did not land her passengers in Hoboken
until O'clock on Sunday morning.
va The London Illustrated Ne,os chronicles
Mile. Parepa's return and says she comes back
crowned with wealth and honors, having re-
fused to remain longer for fear of losing her
position in England by absence from the Lon
don season. nl,..a5
EB~A few days ago highly respectable
Friend was disowned by the monthly meeting
of New York Friends for having a piano in his
house. ,..-y6s4h
va In an article upon exorbitant prices an
Ohio paper says and SO with clothes; let the
people go without Clothes for awhile and YOU
will soon be able to buy them for song
DF'"Go it, old fellow" said two idle scape-
graces to an honest laborer at work, "work
away while we play-sow and we'll reap"
every likely, my lads" replied the old man
coolly, SPIN sowing hemp p a'-sses'.r-7r
81 BB--The Richmond Examiners Democrat
ic, RECONSTRUCTED" paper, styles Thad. Stevens
"the Satanic puddler of the national foundry"
Mr.. Stevens has suffered to the tune of half a
million from the southern rebellion, and of
course it is the unmistakable right of con-
quered rebel to hate hi.n, and denounce him as
disunionist.
Daniel Webster used to say that the
word soould, in Rufus Choate's handwriting, re-
sembled small gfidiron struck by lightning.
An enormous collection of letters, notes
and memoranda, said to Gil ten large chests, il
Illustrative of the long literary life and labors Of
Walter Savage Landor, has been handed over
to be editorially dealt with by Mr.. John Fors-
ter. r5 81
LITERARY GOSSIP,