The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-05-22
VARIETIES.

"A farmer in Staffordshire, England, who
had some cows die of rinderpest, got fully per-
suaded that he had caught the disease himself.
His regular medical adviser having laughed at
the idea he consulted famous practitioner,
who fully agreed with him, and sent him to the
apothecary with a sealed prescription Both
patient and druggist were rather astonished
at reading, "This man has got the cattle plague;
take him into the back yard, and shoot him ac-
cording to the act of Parliament" III +
Geo. Peabody, the American banker, of
London, is stopping at the house of his sister
in South Danvers, Mass where he resolutely
declines all ionization He will probably re-
main in this country about year.
"A curious dejeu,ser was given in Paris on a
Sunday in March, by Madam M, whose
enormous fortune, million sterling, alleged
beauty, seat ON horseback, horses, carriages, no
tells, stables ETC., are things daily talked Of and
displayed in Paris. The guests assembled in a
long gallery draped with green curtains. Break
| fast was served-eaten; coffee and cigars fol-
lowed; and then bell rang, and all the dra-
peries were suddenly Withdrawn. Andwhere
| did the guests find themselves ? In the stable,
where there were eighteen horses, who had
also breakfasted but not Off trufiies and cham
pagne, coffee and cigarettes, and behind the
| curtains.
Benson J. Lossipg is at Nashville, Tenn.
gathering materials for his forthcoming history
of the rebellion. ags V9FE8 M
Not so very long ago, in one of the Western
States, there was a certain Baptist Church,
whose members were not exactly unit on the
subject of immersion. At a meeting of church
officers, on one occasion, a certain person, not
remarka de for purity Of life, sent in request
for admission into their fold One OF the coms
mittee-a rather rough man-on hearing the
name of the individual, exclaimed: "1hat man!
| Well, if that man is to be admitted to the
church he ought to soak over night I"
-Mires, the great Partisan financier, had a
hot argument with shareholder in one of his
enterprises, 81 hope you will not eat lie" said
his antagonist. "No !" answered the Jew, "my
religion forbids it p
The New Bedford Mercury tells q story Of
a witty "Colonel B." who when on his
death-bed and near his demise, assured his
friends that he could not possibly survive
many hours. Nonsense !! Colonel" encoura'
| gingly remarked one; your feet are warm, and
no one ever died till the extremities became
cold 4" Don't tell me that" squealed out the
sufferer; "do you think John Rogers feet were
, cold Just before he died 2" tis
s. -Another new bonnet is out common
white handkerchief il passed over the top o
the head and tied under the throat with {
wreath of roses in the shape of horseshoe o1
| top. ........ .a
Petroleum has been discovered in Bel
GUM. ff faFAE -
Our strait-laced neighbors Of the "hub'
have some singular notions of their own. Th'
Herald Of Monday morning says : llv
| A fine matched game Of base ball was playe,
on the Common yesterday afternoon betweel
the second nine OF the Lowell Club of thi
city, and the Continental Club of Newton
which resulted in the victory of the Lowells
who made 85 runs to the Continentals II. 75l
Base ball upon Boston Common ON Sun
day Shades of the Puritans, what next
| -Itis somewhat singular the body of tn
late collector Preston King of New York
hould have been fosnd on the day his success
ser entered the duties OF MS office, after tn
situation had been vacant just s six months
Another Hlast survivor Of the Wyomin,
massacre is dead = Samuel Kennedy Of Yorl
Springs, Pa, aged 93years. He was five year
old at the time, and his mother escaped witt
him from the scene Of slaughter.
"A whale has recently been thrown on tn
! Italian eeast, near Santa Marinella, about thir
ty-fve miles from Rome.
Somebody says that lawis like sieve-yol
can see through it for nothing-it is so full @
holes, but in order to get through it, you mus
be well squeezed. .fl4e5