The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-08-09
Varieties.

as 1 should if my mother was dead, and saw
a surgeon using her body for anatomical de-
monstrations." aAr
The following, from the latest authority,
may be of interest to our lady readers who fire.
quently go out to make calls: "A plain card
denotes passing call: the lower right hand
corner turned down, a visit; left hand, lower
corner, coincidence; right hand, upper corner,
business; left hand, upper corner, adicu."
"A distinguished clergyman in Connecti-
cut town recently attended a circus on the
same afternoon on which he had engaged to
oficiate at a funeral and, watch in hand, en-
joyed the eyolutions in the ring till compelled
reluctantly to leave and fulfil his funeral en-
gagements. He had, says an eyewitness, the
sympathy of the entire audience. gi1f COOS
The following appeared recently in Lon
don newspaper: "W Wsnted, Immediately, man
to take care of den of lions, to feed them if
required. A black man preferred. Apply for
further particulars, etc." -. 40
brigham Young declares that Elders Pratt
and Hyde are unbelievers, and in possession Of
the devil. In which case the devil has the pity
of all good men. .af sr hr1q Il.
"A pair of horses backed off a precipice at
St. Anthonys Falls the other day, making a
clean fall of eighty feet. They arose, shook off
toe gravel, and resumed their days work as if
nothing had happened. l t'f -iH
"A Virginia "poetess" says that before they
can humble Virginia, "just as well may try to
sully the stars of Heavens battlements hight
when they crumble to nothing Virginia
shall shine eternal, immutable, glorious, di-
vineP' a
The New York Evening Gazette devotes
one of its gossippy articles to Mr.. William Gull
len Bryant. The writer says: "But Mr.. Bry-
ant whose poetry is the most distinctively
American of any that we have, has not ne
elected his own land in order to see the lands
beyond the ocean. On the contrary he has
travelled extensively in this country, and new
er wearies of describing its beauties to those he
meets abroad. A French gentleman whom the
writer met in Chicago recently stated that the
immediate cause of his coming to this country
was that he had heard Mr.. Bryant talk at a
dinner where they met: 'et ma parole, c'est le
| seul auteur american Qui AIT rdnour de Ia pa
tris tres prononcs!' m r.fr.
In England, recently, the cost OF bestowing
royal orders was criticised by the House of
| Commons. It was stated that the expense of
| investing the Kings of Portugal aud Denmark,
| and the Grand Duke of Hesse, with tine -Uroer
of the Garter, was over thirteen thousand dol
lars. These pleasing little souvenirs of regard
| from one sovereign to another are sent by
special messengers. Mr.. Labouchere express
ed an opinion that expensive special missions
| to convey orders to foreign potentates are rel
| les of the past which ought to be abandoned.
The death of Mrs. Mira Abby, a poetess of
considerable reputation, whose poems have
been published in five volumes, is announced.
| She was niece of Horace and James Smith.
| Some time ago Laura Keene, the actress,
who, it will be remembered, ran to the Presi-
dents box Immediately after Booths fatal
shot, and supported Mr.. Liucolns head, came
| to Springfield, and visited the homestead She
brought with her the very dress she wore on
i that eventful night, with the stains of the
1 Presidents blood upon it, and cutting out
piece, presented it to Mrs. Tilton, who lives in
the house. There it is now in the Lincoln
House, in it's little glass frame, with Laura
| Keene's autograph beneath it, and the words,
''The blood of the martyred President" above
| "a fragment of light lowered barege, discol-
| ored by the fearful stain of murder Vividly
| indeed do such sad relics-though really un-
| important they may be-vividly do they recall
the incidents efthe peyer-to -be-forgotten trag-
| edy of that Good Friday night of 1865.
Frederick Cozzens tells the following an
| ecdote of sermon by an Irish priest. The
priest was q learned and eloquent 1rishman,
with a strong brogue and the national procliv-
ity to bulls" The sermon was from the text;
-"Upon this rock win build my church. p
After portraying the vicissitudes of his church,
the good father closed with peroration as
follows:-"And now, me harers, the Catholic
Church is like stately ship returning from
peyilous voyage. All the waves and the bill
lows have tundered against her solid Sides
The storms have beat upon her, lightnings
have fiashed and tunders rolled above her. Her
sails have been rint by the gale; yet now she
| comes again to poort on aven kale, with ivery
third of livery sail stretched to prosperous
breeze, and all her flags and pennol.s uaups-
ing out upon the air. And why, me harers,
| why is it that our noble ship, the Choorch,
comes thus safely sailing into poort? 1t is be-
cause, me harers, she foundhered on a rock ]"
4 Ordnance Sergeant Morrison re-enlisted
in the U. s. Regular Army at Newport. R. l.,
few days ago, receiving his papers in due
FORM He has been soldier sxty-seven years,
and for fifty years he has been connected with
the American service. Sergeant Morrison is
now eighty-two years ofage, and has charge
of Fort Wolcott. 9.s-e srl ,f sr.- r..
"A man in Hartford, Conn.,, advertised re-
Gently that on receipt of q certain sum, he
would by return mail instruct any applicant
how to make fortune. His directions were:
Peddle cigars-haf Havana and half home
made-as 1 did, and always be ready to pick
| up stray chicken" rI .r-a|r
In England gang OF persons purporting
to be laborers have for some time been impos-
ing upon the credulity of antiquaries by taking
abont supposed relics, which they allege to
have found in an urn while they were digging
near Windsor. After they had disposed OF
large number of the things 1t was discovered
that these articles were made Of modern Cast
brass, covered with green oxidanon 70 give
them an appearance OF antiquity
| The fsnolish festivities in honor OF the Sui
+o, ,vore rained on from beginning to end. 1t
ra;ned all day at the naval review, and the
-. -,ook when the volunteer review was Civ
-. n rained again, just as the boys in red be-
r,n TO move. This volunteer review consisted
q, 22.OOO soldiers, and Of these 5000 were "rega-
lars" The Sultan looked on with compOsure
and gravity, and made but one remark during
the two hours of rain. He asked the Prince
of Wales if they were volunteers, and wnen
told that they were not, he looked as II ne
thought he had been rained ont withou sum
cient cause. ar,
Under the head of Married, IN tne MIL
ga Jonrnal. the editor says: "None report
sdNwbas,s the matter wi the boysG" Per-
haps its the girls, after all. At least let them
share share the responsibility, suggests the Provi-
dence journal.
Mr.. Bright asked the electors of Birming-
ham to send member in Mr. Scholefeld
Mace. who would be true colleague for him.
The election has been held, and a Liberal csndi'
date was elected by large majority. His name
is Dixon.
An English advertisement calls for young
man to take care of horse of the "Metnodis'
, persuasion