The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-01-23
VARIETIES.

The Transcript contains the following ac-
count given by little three-year-old to her
father of her first appearance on this scene of
action: 'Esus put down two boards, and told
me to go uera careful, and 1 came down walk
ing down to mamma and you.' .r..
-"H you ever marry" said Roman Consul
to his son, "let it be to a woman who has sense
enough to superintend the cooking of meal
of victuals, taste enough to dress herself pride
enough to wash before breakfast, and sense
enough to hold her tongue when she has moth
ing to say"
There are three cases." says modern
writer, when fiattery is allowable-at least
commentator: first, to discouraged youth;
secondly, as a seasoning to reproof, to make il
more efficacious; and thirdly, to promote gem
eral good win. We say so many bad things be-
hind each others backs, that if we did not say
some good things to each others faces, the
world would become den OF lions"
"A man in Paris was recently before the
Court charged with kicking man. He ar
gued in his defense that he had been eating
horse meat, and he presumed that his last horse
must have come from a vicious animal
/ I'm one of the prominent Methodist church,
es of Indianapolis, Ind, last Sabbath, the con-
gregation enthusiastically applauded, with clap
ping of hands and stamping of feet, a finely
executed piece of music. lsi..6. .aioraiI FL.
/ In a saloon in Syracuse NY, some sixty
odd dollars had disappeared in very mysteri-
GUS manner, being taken from the money-till
when persons were in the room. At last a nor
ticn Of the counter was removed, when rat
was discovered fast asleep on bed made of the
greenbacks and postal currency. s
The Richmond public have lately enjoyed
the novelty of one lady skater.
"A Maine letter to the Boston Herald con-
tanned notice of the presence of Ex-vice
President Hamlin at saloon dance" The
Bangor Wing says "for saloon dance read
salmon dinner"
"A desideratum in photography is said to
have been reached at Paris. Specimens are
shown with the various colors reproduced by
the simple effects of light, without after
touches. The impressions produced are war
ranted not to be liable to change by the effects
of time and exposure o. at
THE Augusta correspondent of the Boston
Advertiser says: "The secret temperance or
ganizations are moving for greater stringency
OF the liquor law. 1t does not seem to occur
to them either that the present law is not en-
forced, and that additional penalties will be no
more likely to be enforced, or that the princi-
pie Of the law may be inherently wrong. They
may be in the right, but have yet to learn of
single town where the liquor law is put in
full force, and the temperance organizations
are no more active for its operation than other
| citizens" aaDI
Troy has ghost Some time since a work
/ man ut one of the foundries fell off scaffold
| and broke his neck The spirit of the unfortu-
nate man seems to,be perturbed, and walks the
| earth o'nichts. At!least so say his late neigh
hors and the,vicinity is much disturbed by the
cbostly yisitations of somebody or something.
The city railroad cars in Charleston, S. c.,
are run ON Sunday by especial request of the
p-eachers of the city. ~
The unconditional Union men of Tennes-
see are to hold a state convention at Nashville
on the I'D of February.
The Portsmouth N. H. States and Union
chronicles a case of trichinosis. The pork was
no ne bred and apparently sound.
in Washington county, Tenn, twenty
miles northeast Of Jonesboro' is an ancient
birch tree, on the bark of which is still legible
the followingl inscription; "1771-D Boon
killed BAR