The Portland daily press., 1867-12-23
Varieties.

Varieties.
The salmon eggs which were taken from
the parent salmon on the Mramichi river on
the 10th of October, and placed by the New
England Commissioners in the Cold Spring
Trout Ponds, Charlestown, N. H., commenced
to hatch on the 11th inst The experiment. of
stocking our New England rivers with salmon
md trout is now in fair way for a thorough
trial, with encouraging prospects Of success.
An English magazine states that NOUS
tache may be made several shades darker in
color by tying cabbage leaf on it on retiring
o. night. By repetition, the hair may thus be
made as dark as is desired A reader disposed
to be caustic, might wonder whether the per-
son who discovered this dye got the specific
from his head ~ [Nu
M. Ferdinand de Lesseps, in lecture on
the Suez Canal, recently given at Nice, stated
that the contractors were bound to terminate
the work by the 1st of September, 1869, under
penalty of 5OO,OOofr. month for any delay.
He had received news that a steamer of the
Bazin Company had passed through the 18TH
mus. There would remain land to be sold of
the value of 10000 OO0fr. ',H
"A woman in Richmond sent out her
daughter for loaf of bread, and in forty
hours she brought it and husband too ,'
Flakes Bulletin has "Hash" column,
and the Corpus Christi Advertiser, not to be
outdone, comes out weekly with a column of
sMush," while the Seguin journal has coll
umn of 'Shorts." All Texas papers. -a'
Many people see the familiar words sold
Play" placed at the bottom Of some quotation,
which they can by no means locate in the cir
Gle of their reading, and wonder from what
obscure dramatist the author garnered his
motto. sold Play" which is so often quoted
from, is an imaginary production invented by
Sir Wal. Scott on an occasion when he want
ed quotation to place at the head of chap
ter. Not being able to find the one be wanted,
he wrote some suitable verses, attributed them
to "Od Play" and subsequently adhered TO
the device whenever at a loss for a bona fide
citation. "Old Song" IS used in the same way.
"A number of persons have been arrested
in Paris by the police for tearing down the
copies OF the Emperor's opening speech from
the walls on which they were posted. ,...-,
-Unmanageable female prisoners at the
great Jail OF ST. Lazare, near Paris, are pun
ished by putting them in wire cage that re-
wolves and exposes them to the view of all in
the prison. This course is said to be invaria-
bly, successful. t....l. ,-..-
1t seems that Admiral Farragut's father
emigrated from the Island of Minorca to the
United States, and that a homestead of the old
patriarch still exists, and is in possession of a
branch of the family. ., .... .t.,..- Il ..t.-..
"A remarkably ugly and disagreeable man
sat opposite Jerrold at dinner party. Before
the cloth was removed Jerrold accidentally
broke a glass. Whereupon the ugly gentle-
man, thinking to twit his opposite neighhor
with great effect, said silly, "What, already,
Jerrold! Now never break glass" 81 won
der at that" was Jerrod's instant reply, "you
ought whenever you look in one."
"A great improvement win this year be
made in lighting the ponds at Central Park,
N. Y. Gas has been introduced, and by the
aid of refectors will make the ice almost as
| light as day. .7 .sts-...- -...r
| "A young gentleman of Utica started few
weeks since to walk into the affections of
young ladyl" He accomplished the feat in
twenty consecutive nights. He remarked
when he had finished that he "felt better than
he did when he started" ....
When Grant went to Washington to
! receive his appointment as Lieutenant Gene
raj, he stated to Mr.. Lincoln his plan, which
was to occupy with the army of the Potomac
the main rebel army in Virginia, while Sher-
man destroyed the Confederaey. Mr. Lincoln
replied: 81 see; you will hold the legs while
Sherman skins"
The Mobile Tribune thus admonishes
Judge Busted: "Stand firm, then, Richard
Busted, and we shall anoint you with the oil
| Of oh
you in a hogshead of sulphuric acid"
"A lady at party singing in wretched
manner the song entitled THE Brook" on
coming to the lines
% Men may come, and men may go;
| But go on forever" I-.-
provoked the remark from gentlemen pres.
ent that, "if she was going on forever in that
style, he guessed he'd take his hat and retire."
"A curious old military pass has been re-
Gently discovered in England, pasted to the
cover of copy of the first edition of George
Fox's Journal, folio volume printed in 1904.
The fly leaf had been pasted over the doou-
nent, and thus concealed it. Mr.. II. T. Wake,
bookseller, of Cockermauth, who found the
pass in the book, has carefully restored it, and
the reading is as follows:
Permit the Bearer hereof, George Hing
worth, of Kirkbye, Esqr. TO passe ABOUT his
law 1lIl OCCASIONS, he being no ways disaffect-
cd towards the Parlamente.-Given under my
hande and scale this 1 day OF February 1868.
"To all officers and souldiers and others
whom if n y concerne."
The signature is bold one, but the seal is
torn away a7fr
"A man went into trance few nights
since at a Wayne County, Ind, revival and
when he "came to he told all about what he
had seen in hell. He was very personal in his
recollections.
Tho Marquis d. Azeglio, whe represents
Italy at the court ofSt. James, has given
| portrait of Andrea Doria to the city of Genoa.
1t was painted in the seventeenth century.
| There comes to US q rumor that the distin-
| guished English statesman Goodwin Smith is
about coming to this country to make it his
home, sick at heart wi h the present suffering
and social disease, and the hopeless future Of
England. 1t isa sad day for any country when
men of this stamp abandon it,; but we really
are not prepared te think the case of England
sufficiently hopeless to warrant such an aban-
| donnlent. She has, it is true, some very serl-
GUS social ulcers and other diseases, which may
| call for severe treatment; but there is a great
deal of sound healthful life still in her body
| nol,;o. and we see no occasion for wise mon
| lilo Goodwin Smith tc despair OF her future.
| A female Anti-Popery lecturer miss
Corke) has made her appearance in Birmiugs
|