The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-11-25
Varieties.

Varieties.
The following is the Boston Advertisers
description of the audience who listened p to
lecture by Horace Greeley in that city Tues
day evening. Probably its like could be
found outside of Boston: eve may say in
closing that of all the audiences adapted to
drive nervous man crazy, that at the Music
Hall last night was the best we have ever met
with. They were not all fairly seated till quar-
ter past eight o'clock, and at exactly twenty
minutes past eight the country members be-
gan to depart TO their homes. Perhaps it is
ordained that such things should always be-
but we enter our feeble protest once more
against such outrageous and systematic in
fringements upon the vested rights of maiori-
ties" '
Brigham Young, of Utah, has recently in
structed the young men of his faith to marry
right off" all the unmar ried girls, and not al
low themselves to be guided by love, but mar
ry as they come. Love he pronounced hum
bug, and winds up with saying that if after
certain time any girls "are left over,S he will
marry them.
A little nephew of ours recently accompa-
MED his little sister to school for the first time
The session was of cruel length, FIVE hours,
with only briei recess, which he did not take
advantage Of On returning home, he was ask
ed how he enjoyed his visit, and replied: " Pit
ty well, tank 'ou, but dot awfully rest ed
The Newburg IN. W Journal tells of a
young man in that town who had been paying
his addresses to young lady in a neighboring
village, and being fatty refused by the girls
father, persuaded her, with some difficulty, to
elope with him. Matters were all arranged
and one evening last week he tied his horse
some distance from the village, and at rather
late hour took back way to the house to
get possession ST his treasure. The pdter IA
miiids had "smelt mice" and was on the alert
The girl was true to her promise, and the two
stole away toward the carriage that was in
tended to be used to take themr to the minis
ter's and place her beyond the authority of the
cruel "parient" What was their astonish-
ment to find papa there holding the horsel
known that the girl went home ana her ssses
drove slowly away and has not been seen there
since. H
"A man in Toledo, Ohio, lost his wife by
death at nine o'clock, on Thursday forenoon.
at three in the afternoon he buried her, and at
six O'Clock in the evening he was married
again. .tr
Francis Joseph's munifcence is the cur
rent subject of newspaper paragraphs in Eu-
rope. He gave away one hundred thousand
francs in Paris. 1t was not much for an En-
peror's purse, to be sure, but the rarity Of the
event gives the spice to the item.
Mr. Wilson, Alderman of London, has lust
made speech to persuade his colleagues "not
to be parties to so suicidal an act as the abol.
ishing any part of the ancient ceremonies of
the corporation of London, or to relipouisb
the use of so imposing a symbol of its honor
and dignity" as the state coach.
Thieves Latin has its changes. Recently
in making an arrest, the London police found
memorandum in pencil of certain Flash"
words, evidently written out by the young
thief to be committed to memory. From this
memorandum it appears that the stealing of a
watch which used to be "cly taking" is now,
under certain circumstances, the "clippinio
dodge for supers." Handkerchief stealing
ceases to be "fogle hunting" and becomes the
''genix art" A watch-chain is "slang piper"
a porte -monnaie a "skin,' handkerchief
stake" prison "ster," side pockets ''pates,"
breaking open till "hot-snakng," it was
once "finking''; handy pickpocket a "gun,"
knife a "chin," head 'blessy,' q ring a
"fawney." This last is old, as are also Snowy"
for linen, and drag" for three months in pris-
on. ...
Bishop Clark says that during five
months visit abroad he saw but four men
drunk and not one woman 1t is to be inferred
hot
and also that he did not use his eyes so sharply
| as some.
Brazil in Indiana is kind of Yankee
town. 1t has q steam saw-mll run by man
and his two daughters One of the latter is
engineer and firewoman, and the other helps
her father lift the boards and roll the logs.
Mrs Henry Wood author of East Lynne"
etc., is to assume the editOrship of The Argosy.
A serial story from her pen will be commenced
in the December number of that magazine
which has led q very feeble existence of late
Mr. Parton's brilliant paper ON 'Interna-
tional Copyright" published in the October
number of the Atlantic Monthly, has attract
ed more attention abroad than any other re-
cent American production. 1t furnishes the
London Times of October the 2Sth with sub
iect for leading editorial.
NO Thoroughfare' is the title of the new
Christmas story written by Charles Dickens
and Wilkie Collins.
W "A fortnight since two hundred Hanoveri-
an emigrants passed through Houston, ON
their way to the interior OF Iexas.
Tho neople of Quebec complain bitterly of
tho careless manner in which carts loaded
18th powder are driven through the city
81. NJ
seminary, tired of suffering with the cold eve
nv winter, have undertaken to raise $4,000
during the Thanksgiving vacation to purchase
apparatus for heating their buildings by steam.
Success to the girls. , s
"A noted American race horse came over in
the st. Lawrence from England which arrived
at Quebec last week. 1t came in a large case.
which served as a stable.
"A strange complaint comes from Ottawa
that there has been deficiency OF gas since
Parliament opened.
I'm France the railroads are regarded as
chiefly important for the transportation of
troops Trade and travel are secondary.
"A clergyman asked some children. "Why
do we say in the Lords Prayer, Who art in
HeaUen,' since God is everywhere?" He saw a
little drummer who looked as ifhe could give
an answer, and turned to him for it; Well
little soldier, what say your" Because IT'S
head-quarters'
"A ,'black book" of the Exposition-UR
Liure Noir de Erposition-is to DC published,
containing all the complaints of those who
consider themselves iil-used'