The Portland daily press., 1867-11-22
Varieties.

"A correspondent Of London paper writes
that the grave of the "Dairyman's Daughter"
is sadly neglected, the hesdstone having been
so eaten away by time that the sculptured
inscription and verses are barely legible."
Rev. j. s. c. Abbott has received the title
of "Puffer Extraordinary to the Emperor of
France" .n t'"
The Tomahawk says OF the Paris Exhibi-
ton that sit has promoted the union of nation
alities by introducing us to the walters,
Mattresses; of every cline, and by means Of
strange fnc"eo ,''S .>>-a-- air sha nopulation of
Paris awake at night to think over the grori7
Gus future of humanity. 1t has, in short, rais-
ed humanity far above its common condition,
and has, by final act Of grace, exalted both
visitors and exhibitors to the rank of cheru-
bim, by taking away what they had to sit down
upon
Cecilia Logan, sister of Olive, is said to
be the original of Constant Meyers picture,
"Love's Melancholy"
"A Mormon elder is going to become a
Catholic priest. He will give up some of his
wives.
1t was of course an Irishman who said,
''The most eloquent feature in a dogs face is
his tail" l a a
One of the disagreeab1e Aztec children
died recently in Charleston and was buried in
the beautiful Magnolia cemetery.
u The banana crop in Louisiana surpasses
that of previous years, and the fruit is as good
as that from abroad. 8n9
I More old people are found in Massachu-
setts and Western North Carolina than any
where else in the country. 5 .uf
Grliz h. to. osc
1S4S, after his downfall, he tried to drown his
grief by hard work. Instead of destroying
him, as he intended it should, il rendered him
wonderfully hale and vigorous
The talk in the South about procuring
white labor" is not pleasant to the New Orleans
Picayune. That paper says: I'VE are opposed
to this We want white men induced to come
here to cultivate farms of their own. We
want white men here to 90 to work themselves
and not procure" labor. The system of mer-
camille farming which has so long cursed the
South, and bred debt and idleness, must cease
or our decay will become ruin. 1t may an
swer to wear out our lands but it will never
build up State''
"A correspondent who saw Lord Lytton at
the Dickens farewell banquet says; "He is ex-
cessively dressed up and cannot suppress his
vanity; over sixty, Bulwer doesn't look fifty;
but he is made up'-his hair and beard, and
eyebrows are too dark not to excite suspicion;
voices are the real tests Of age, and when he
spoke it was the voice of past generation.
Dsraeli himself has not such Jewish face as
Bulwer, whose nose is almost caricature OF
the aquiIine. There is unmistakable power in
every line of his face, however. His speaking
4 Tk Il, ~. Sc
of hard-sheIl Baptist preacher far away in
Old Virginia hard convulsive word or
two-a long drawl-terminated by a jerk at
which the forehead is thrown down until the
audience sees the back of the head-this is the
history of one Of Bulwer's rasping, unpleasant
sentences He throws his hand with faultless
cuffs straight out; clasps the fingers tightly to
the palm; then draws 1t under his arm, as a
man would pulling in gudgeon-and that is
his gesture. He should appear only in print"
-Spiridion,'' Paris correspondent of the
Boston Gazette, says French doctors are blow
ing blast against the use OF tobacco.
"A bronze and ormolu table and casket
once used by Marie Antoinette were sold at
auction in New York the other DAY lor Si'i0o'
The Springfield Republican sta'es .ne case
OF q Young man VINO op''
consa fro,,, a city clerk, bargaining for the
80 ~ rsturn it if the lady should not say
50. - his proposition. In about a week he
ye, y''.ned it with the remark, ait was no go;
- p,ive me another; l guess I've got sure
thing this time .f,.II..
DIR. Carl Mendelssohn Bartholdy, son OF
the great composer, is now publishing the sec
ond series of his fathers pesthumous works
The first series, containing the trumpet over
ture," was received with favor.
MIR. Lincoln's debts, when he was killed,
amounted to thirty-eight dollars and thirty
one cents. Few things in his career are more
creditable to his character than this. He was
evidently as prudent and conscientious in his
private as in his public affairs. Few men in
public life keep their accounts so strictly in
hand. 1t is no secret that Mr.. Douglas, for in
stance, died heavily in debt
"A Jewish proverb says, "Commit SIN
twice, and you will think it perfectly aioWa-
ble"
Some of the streets in Providence n'Ne
Gently been renamed with the ioliow,ns 80, 80.
Patriot street, Doubloon street. 9uau a. Ths
Dollar street Dime street, Cent stree.
people living on these streets e'iu 49, -. hoyo
in hard currency, or else tney W. -. orI
overlooked the five cent, t"en'y-"'' ''''
fifty cent scrip.