The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-09-20
Varieties.

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= Dead eels in the Cochituate pipes, it is
found by experiment, do not make the water
more refreshing l 'e-
-'W. w. S. In the Boston Watchman,
writing about New York swindlers says;
"rhe stranger who has never fallen in witt
the New York confidence man can have no
conception of the nature of the animal. There
is nothing OF the rogue in his personal appear
ance. He is possessed OF the manners and
compensation of gentleman, and insihuates
himself so gracefully into your good opinions
that you you'd as soon knock your new friend
down as to suspect him of being confidence
man. Rod< % gH tl'd s7iGai
- 1t is beginning to be said in Paris that the
Lu4emburg question is likely to come again on
the fapis, but in new form. The Luxemburg
Government, it appears, has not, either from
poverty or ill-will, provided funds for the de-
molishing the Notifications, and yet Count
Bismarck requires that the demolition shall
take place as soon as they are completely evac-
uated by the Prussians. ..,...-, III, =,
AT the beginning of this month the British
Government was actively engaged in charter
ing steamers for the Abyssinian expedition,
and among those taken were three of the In
man and three Of the National line of Liver
pool and New York vessels Just prior to the
sailing OF the City of London, however. news
was received via Constantinople, that the cap
tives had been set at liberty by the Emperor
THEODORE, at the intercession of the Armenian
Bishop Isaac. If this should prove true Git is
not implicitly believed) the expedition would
doubtless be countermanded. ' .. '"<' -"
t-s'Where was JohnRogers burned to death?"
ask ed the teacher in commanding voice.
"Joshua knows" said a little girl at the foot of
the class. "Well," said the teacher, "if Joshua
knows, he may tell" "In the fire." said Joshua,
looking very grave and wise.
There are forty thousand cats in the city
ioV,sSSs,-, rnNsn nnoNo1 ViaU oNVy .ho nome
of the news. zoos
= Perhaps the best pun recorded was that
inscribed on tea-chest, viz: "Tu doces."
These words are the second person singular Of
the present tense of the verb doceo, to teach,
and when literally translated, become, "Thou
ealchest." 3i I.rs iit -l' q. 'e
= They have patriarch in Taunton, Mass,
who says that he once raised a flock of wild
ducks from pond, when he took aim at them
with his gun and fired. They flew away with
much clamor, and surprised to find that none
of them dropped, he examined the field of
battle. He picked up four bushels of legs.
There is touch of pathos in the old mans
voice as he adds:-''I fred too low
- The ''best time on record" in the matrimo-
nial as well as in the other lines, has been made
| in Chicago. OHe Dietrich, German farmer
living in Aurora, went to the city in pursuit of
l a lass ofhis own country of whom he had heard,
but was met with the intelligence that she was
wedhed to another. Determined to have a
| wife some how, he consulted a lawyer whom
he knew, and the latter, after a moments re-
fiecton went down stairs to a restaurant which
was below his Office where he had a brief con-
vershtion with comely girl therein employed
as servant. He stated to her the whole affair
and she acquiesced. The man and the willing
lass met in the office of the Justice up stairs.
a few moments later, and, after courtship of
but three or four minutes, were married.
The Salt Lake Vedette, of the Sd, reports
that Brigham Young, accompanied by the
twelve Apostles, has started on a tour through
the porthern settlements of Utah.
| 1t is stated that medical men sent to Paler-
| mo tp take care of the cholera patients, have
| been detained in quarantine because they come
from infected districts. Meantime the patients
died, "a Amsn dead" says somebody in one of
Moliere's plays, "is merely dead man; but a
rule infringed involves an offence to the whole
medical faculty" -.,i. IA. .l....,.. ...1....'.....
There is a Mormon settlement of eighteen
families at Battle Lake, Minnesota. Polygamy
is prohibited. FL. -.s-..-
Mrs. Yelverton reached New York ON Sa-
turday.l The London Star of September 9th,
says: "Mrs. Yelyerton is literally eneumbered
with letters of introduction to all the great
notables of the United States, including the
most remarkable men i'm literature, science
and politics. Her reception cannot fail to be
one Of most marked and distinguished cha
raoter We understand her chief object in go-
ing 30 America is to collect materials for a
correct account of the present state of society
in that great country, having being invited to
devote her Known abilities to such a work, ot
which the public stand so much in need. We
also understand that during her tour through
the States she will give public readings, as
especially invited to do" i't" 'a
The Tribune is responsible for the follow
ing Il "Ex-Admiral Semmes has being going
backward so long that his ideas Of things gem
rally are getting rather mixed we regard
the Presidents impeachment as highly pro-
bable unless the fall elections put a bride on
the ,inruly runap.' But perhaps il is too much
after all to expect a seafaring man to know
| ,,uch about the use of the bridle"
l 4Tbe Life and Letters of Madame SWEET
chine, /. transacted by Miss Preston, win soon
appear from the press Of Messrs Roberts Bro
TIERS Nine. s., though Russian by birth,
passed much Of her life in Paris, and was
friend and contemporary Of Mime. Recamier.
/ Two of the best volumes tctf travel of late
days have been those of the Rob RcNv canoe
man, "A Thousand Miles in the Rob COY
Canoe" and "The Rob Roy in the Baltic" A
fifth edition of the former work and a second of
the latter viii be issued very shortly by Messrs
| Roberts Brothers. .......
/ The Boston Post says that city is afflicted
with an unusual number of monkeys and
hand organs, accompanied by very yellow faced
| Italians. .,-.cs
Since Messrs Dull and Gowai builders of
the famous Chicago Lake tunnel, in pursuance
| of q contract with the State Commissioners,
/ began work on the Hoosac Tunnel, that gigan-
| tic work has made progress which justifes the
| hope that it will one day be finished. In the
month OF August the bore at the east end was
| pushed forward 1923 feet; and the work at all
all other points Of the tunnel is going on favor
| ably.
When Jubal EARLY heard that Lee had
| surrendered, he collapsed into corner of his
| ambulance, and meekly remarked, "Well, Ga
| briel, blow your horn"
| Mr. w. II. whitmore of Boston, the we'll
| known heraldic scholar, will have an article in
| the October Galaxy on Fortune Hunting" by
which, he means the wild goose chase so
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| tunes supposed to have been left them by an
| cestors in England. N