The Portland daily press., 1867-09-14
Varieties.


A correspondent thus epitomizes one of
the New York dailies: "To magnificent Am
erican enterprise the Herald adds Partisan
sensat;onalism, an Abderite gullibility and a
Mexican braggadocia" .
The New York Times appropriately classes
the election in this State among its "Minor
Topics"
IA good one is told OF well dressed lady,
in Fulton avenue car, the other day, whose
garments were befouled by tobacco juice from
a vulgar fellow who got near her. She quietly
turned up the portion of her soiled dress and
wiped it on the dandys pantaloons with re-
suit that made little channels run down to his
boots. .r r t
"A coroner's inquest was lately held in
London upon the body of an unknown woman,
supposed to he the illegtimate child of Scotch
nobleman, who for fifteen years had disguised
herself as a man. Several witnesses testified
to the completeness of the imposition. The
surgeon who was with her at her death said
she had "most masculine face" and a slight
beard Her hand was feminine.
Professor Whitney, of Yale College, is A.
bout to contribute to pathological science o
work on Language and the Study of Lam
guage." ttH
-Garibaldi's son, Ricciotti, challenged Bren-
ma, the editor of the Malone of Florence, on
accosnt of some reflections upon the ex.Dicta.
tors political sagacity, which appeared in that
paper last July. 1t was q very preposterous
quarrel, and the duel which came of 1t was so
grotesque that the narrative reads like fic-
tiOn. The weapons were cavalry swords, and
tha took alar i,a0 xuh n
tain Fiorentae noblemaA eoRrteonsly put at
the disposal of the combatants, going 60 far as
to have it cleaned for the occasion. Young
Garibaldi received a cut ON the wrist, and
Brenna an ugly cash in the face, dividing the
forehead and splitting the nose. After that
they shook hands, and the whole party then
went up to their hospitable entertainers bou-
doir, "gad that all had gone off so well, mo-
thing having happened that could occasion
much regret
The Fenian Congress at Cleveland sat with
closed doors, and under military guard, and
all the members were sworn to secrecy They
refused to admit women to their circles, be-
cause they could not keep secret; and then,
as an instance of how close a mouth the men
themselves can hold, a long account of the pri-
vate doings of the Congress was telegraphed
from Cleveland.
The Boston Transcript says: "Govern0r
Boutwell, and others of our sensible Congress-
men wisely refused audience to Mr.. Berwick
Redpath, who desired to make their private
statements public" and adds, "all honor to
them.'
"A lady correspondent of the Milwaukee
Sentinel, who, writing under nom de plume
had attracted considerable attention, received
a note from gentleman admirer, recently, in
which the writer said that a lady who could
put such beautiful thoughts to paper must be
equally gifted in person, etc., ETC., and wanted
to meet her by moonlight alone, to which she
wrote consent. She came to the rendezvous
veiJed; they walked, he talked, he made love;
finally gained consent to take little kiss; the
veil was raised for the purpose, and the strick-
en- gentleman gazed upon the comely features
of his own wife.
The letters of Colonel Forney, written from
Europe to his paper, the philadelphia Press
are to be published in vclume. They will be
issued coon by T. B. Peterson and Brothers,
philadelphia.
"A Minnesota correspondent, writing to the
Public Opinion, complain that there is not
more of fraternal spirit existing between
American and Esglish Odd Fellows. ftta says:
81 confess my utter igporance, notwithstan,..s
ing my long membership, of the reasons wbv
English and American Odd Fellows do not. as
Freemasons do, recognize one another when
they meet, or what obstacles exist hindering
them from entering one another's lodges when
visiting anothers country"
I The Mohiia Adyart;aar Iohn ForSvth's
paper, remarks that '"Mr. johnson seems at
last to have rolled up his sleeves for the hght,
and adds "let him go on, and the prayers OF
Christians, and patriots, and ireemen' VIII ioi-
low him. and. if need be, the brawny arms of a
majority of free people of the country will be
hared 10 rescue their liberties from the hands
of tyrants and spoilers"
The Chicago Post calls upon the police of
that city to abate Sunday nuisance of the
first order. 1t is the practice of baseball play
in open places in the suburbs.
MIR. Minor X. Kellogg, of Baltimore, has
painted from life portrait of John Bright.
1t is to be exhibited in Boston. .e-
-Dacotah has a gold sensation, caused by
finding lump of gold in a chickens gizard.
3 A singular and fatal accident recently oc-
Cured in England. An eathenware bottle had
been used, filed with hot water, to warm
sick bed. When it was cold, instead of taking
the trouble to unite the cord which bound the
cork and refill it with hot water, the atten-
dants put it into the oven to be heated. In a
short time the bottle exploded, the oven door
was torn of, and fragments OF iron and pottery
were thrown into the room with such violence
as to wound three persons, one dying the next
day. ..,.f .i -..I.s.p
+, An old gentleman in Boston the other daS
sought in vain for paper that contained no
account of a boat-race, prize fight, base-bai'
match or agricultural fair. 1t would puzh'e
D;ogenes with his lantern to find such phe-
nomenon in these days.