The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-08-01
Varieties.

Rev. Robert Collyer, in a letter regarding
early marriages, addressed to q Boston friend,
thus quantity refers to his experience: Sever
so many years ago last April, two young April
fools, of whom I was one, finding they had
little over one hundred dollars in gold between
them, and beside that, great golden bridge Of
hope-bigger than that In your public gar
den--went and got married on . Tuesday; on
the next day started for America, q country in
which they did not know living soul They
have had their share of trouble, among which
they have never reckonsd their seven children,
have never regretted the venture, and never
expect to, but II they were young and single
would very likely do 1t again, for nos a year
has passed since that time which has not
found them in better circumstances In every
way than they could have been had they not
so united their lives and made that chain to
hold fast to fortune, that had else had been
nothing but loose lying kinks" -n' l
oi-Forney's Press comments upon the fact
that no college has yet conferred the degree
of LII. ID. upon Presidents johnson. Itrecom-
mends that an institution be chartered In Dol
aware or Kentucky for the purpose Of making
amends for this "fagrant discourtesy." The
Boston Transcripts seems to understand all
about It, 1t suggests that this Is an honor
which is undoubtedly reserved for Washing
ton College, over which the rebel General Lee
presides. sa' g e'isi'.' 'e--
An old Canadian hunter declares that the
reason why the wild deer are not all killed
when young las they breed once year and
are are always surrounded by other animals
which prey upon them, as dogs, wolves, bears,
panthers, etc., Is that "no dog or othsr dnsnadI
can smell the track of q doe or fawn while the
latter Is too young TO take care Of itsslf r BE
stated that he had often seen Il demonstrated.
He had taken his dogs over the ground when
he had just before seen them pass, and they
would take no notice Of the track, and could
not be induced 10 follow whom taken to the
spot, while they would instantly discover the
track of any deer not having young ONES
This, Ii true, is but one proof Of the adapta-
ton Of the natural laws 70 preserve life when
it most needs profession. ol oo.I, ...au-a1
"A Yankee lawyer, who was pleading the
cause of little boy, took him up In his arms,
and held him up to the jury, suffused In tears
This had q great effect, until the opposite
lawyer asked the boy, What makes you cry7'
Hes pinching me" said the boy. % a. e.llf
Walter jackson, aged nine years, died. at
Hudson City, on Saturday, from fright. The
childs father had threatened to whip him,
when he was thrown into eonyulsions, which
terminated fatally. a,s .rH -. ,a.aa 1
The Croton Board are constructing new
reservoir about "a miles above Croton Dam, and
II miles from the City Of New York. The Dam
will be 700 feet in length, 81 feet in depth, and
about 600 feet above tide water. The capacity
Of the now reservoir viii bs nearly s,STo,000Ooo
gallons. s...f i4. b.-q fs.I ,...h o5 ra.s5se
The New Orleans Bee having asserted that
General MeC Clellan was the only federal Gem
eral whom the South really feared, the others
being subjects of common Jest, "ths Crescent re-
plies: I'VE may have laughed at Grant, Sher-
man, Sheridan, Thomas, MCPHERSON and a few
others, but wasn't It out Of tho wrong side Of
the mouth, neishbor Bee?" NJ. ur.rf 81 ss
"A scene that would be very much ridicul-
ed in any other country but France took place
ct the recent banquet given In Paris TO Messrs.
Berger and Jules Favre. 1t is thus noticed
in La Liberte: aAftsr the dinner Berger
spoke, then Favre; and then Berger, with
tears in his eyes, threw himself into the arms
of Favre, and they embraced each other close
ly." Imagine, says the correspondents rom
whom we quote, such An epiaode as tnis taxing
place ON . public occasion in thus country.
Fancy, for example Wade and summer, oR
Kallv and Garfela. or valIandigham and Her
,.,So -,,.t;nr into zach others embraces and
h,r,;nr c,oselv I'm the presence Of q multitude
Ssss,..,or. We don't care Whist the cireum-
.tances might be, or how affecting the incident
% intrinsioally; tho scene would assuredly
result In nothing but inextinguishable laugh
ter from the crowd. They are moro human In
France. d gnls H-aIGtI ue.nrf ..r.I ls9.rI
The Washington Chronicle thinks the
jury In the Surrats case win NOT agree II says:
aSurratt Is more likely to get . slsrkship In
one of the Departments In few weeks, than ne
Is to be hanged for his crimes
Mrs. Ann 8. Stephens, the novelist, is said
to he a constant and interested attendant on
,ho trial of surratt. 1t 10 said she proposes
one day to weave the facts and details into
story. r
"A rather singular charge Is reported from
Dy, (ule-et-v vilaine,) France. Recently little
Girl. Pauline Rpellan, aged five, was found
dead in the kitchen-garden Of her fathers
house. Her breast was covered with wounds,
and at a. st it was thought that some animal
had killed her. A little boy, named biiiois,
eight years old, who lived next door, declared
that his fatl,er had shot her across the wan.
This latter wa at once arrested but careiulin.
on;rv resulted In proving that the boy himsen
had accidentally killed his little playmate with
his fatber's gun. He had, to all appearance
made ths charge ts screen himself