The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-11-08
VARIETIES.

The editor of the Loyal Sunrise, who has
enjoyed libel suit, says: I'VE trust the breth-
reh Will not be frightened These libel suits
W., or meaning chronic depravity of character, are
20 nueh IKE trimming up a jackass's ears
tha o aaA colt OF him! All the essentials of
iei' after the ear is gomez"
"o ~ 4. Tribune says: "If there is one
-onoo ior which we should like to see the nil
piy ACKNOWLEDGEMENT accessory ear .,;t.;nr
anu scourging with thongs-it is the npbl;co,;o,'
OF scandals ON the private lives of n,,hI;o
line berthond Pass, by which the poc;so
Railroad is to cross the Rocky Monnto;a- -
according to two different SURVEYS. from, m ooo
to IL ,375 feet above the level of the sea.
"A trombone player who resides in tho
Department of La Meuse. France, being as
sured that parrots, thrushes and ravens can bv
dint of perseverance be taught to speak, con-
ceived the idea Of giving course of instruc
tions to one of the ducks in his poultry yard.
AS the story runs, he placed the duck in re-
tired spot and repeated to it at least two hun
dred times day certain air, and the result
was that the creature now sings that air with
ease and grace, instead of quacking, after the
usual absurd fashion of its kind.
Inc Paris correspondent of the New York
Ilhes' speaking of the various reports ofLouis
Napoieons falling health says:
There appears to be no other serious 0ron,d
ior these stories than peoples fears. Neyerthe-
less, His Majesty is not exactly wall and he
takes great pains to conceal the fact. But he
e more tnan worried about Mexico; he is mad,
ihShtihg mad, at the Americans about this bust.
ness He has SEWARD on the brain. What
right had Mr. Seward to interfere in his nicely-
,alo pan for putting up a barrier against the
hankee nation? What right had he to bring
~ ~ srieI tne pig thing of the Napoleon reign?
one has no difficulty in understanding his fu-
ry. -lf UI 1880 9iV M n 77-1'--'- . - -.
"A petrified human hand was lately found
in red sandstone at Memphis, Tenn, in a per-
feet state of preservation. 1t has not vet been
claimed by the owner. ..,i. -..,..
The Mechanics Magazine of Oct. 20 saws:
we understand that Government has ordered
one Of the 15-inch Rodman guns, with improy
ed carriage, shot and powder, from the United
States. The gun win probably arrive in this
country in five or six weeks, when we shall
hope for settlement of the question between
British and American ordnance" u5s
1.-The Roman journals announce that ON the
stii OF the past month the Pope received by
the electric cable, from the city of Baltimore.
the salutations and good wishes of forty-seyen
Bishops and Archbishops assembled in council
in the respectable seat of American Catholi-
cism. The dispatch was dated at IL 80 o'clock
before noon, and was received at 330 O'clock
the same day. This extraordinary feat has
surprised the devoted priestlings of the Eter-
nal City as much as would a dozen winkine
madonnas
The old Farmers Almanac for 1867 is ont
published by Brewer & Tileston. This old
iaVorite is in its 10th year. 1t may be found
at Carter & Dresser's; also at Bailey &
Noyes' '' 81