The Portland daily press., 1867-12-28
VaH.iet ties.


Varieties. l.r
The Union League Club of New York
have printed the addresses and resolutions of
the club, at a meeting on the 11th of Novem-
Der, called on the occasion of the death of
Governor Andrew of Massachusetts,. goo
Hon. John ID. Baldwin, member of Con-
gress from Massachusetts. and editor of the
Worcester Spy, is credited with design of
publishing work upon tse "Pre- Historic
Races" .fs
-Hurd & Houghton have stopped repub-
fishing "London Society" magazine. They
found it did not pay after the cream of it had
been presented to American reaiers in the
columns of Every Saturday. u3Q 3l aI
MIR. Thurlow Weed, whose long connec-
tion with political life and intimate knowledge
of public men are well known, has be en- urged
to write his autobiography He replies that
he cannot spend the time at present; but after
General Grant is elected he will think of it.
A daughter of Mr.. Weed has, so he tells us.
long been accustomed to preserve all manu-
scripts, of the slightest value, in her fathers
possession and thirty five bound volumes OF
letters, besides more than two thousand let
ters carefully filed ranging over period of
more than forty years, and written by some of
the foremost men in this and the last genera
tions, have been preserved by her, and are
read for use IN the preparation of such work.
We trust L. w. may live to write it.
The French Corps Legislatif has passed
the bill for the reorganiz Ition of the army by
a large majority. This bill is far from bsing
as popular among the people as among their
representatives 1t is based upon the Prus-
sian system, but is, if possible, still more yexa-
tious 1t renders the whole alult able-bodied
population liable for military duty during the
most active period of their lives. In this re-
spect it is a severe blow to the already pros
trate industry of the country raR
Gen. Hancock is now welcomed at opera $
in New Orleans by "Hail Columbia" from se
cession bands. The Springd I'D r publican
observes that when Sheridan was there, it was
the other way; twas he that gave the Rebels
"Hail Columbia
All the Virginia country papers notify
their subscribers that they will keep holiday
christmas week." and no papers published
Happy fellowsl Hereabouts we have to be
content with Christmas day, and think our
OACooO0
,,w~Patrick,' said priest to an Irishman,
piled Pat, @I may as wefi c5hife,, well, well, re-
irence for the whole stack; for my wife and
are going to take the rest of it on the first dark
night ialf fs ,lt -cdf -e.7 a 7.l 'i'st
-Ex-Lieut Gen. Magruder, "the hero of
Yorktown" was before the police court at New
York last week, for drunkenness and disorder
lv
with IAN admonition."
The London Athen@um says of Beecher's
Norwood: "The present work shows that a
man may be fluent preacher, aud brother Of
clever woman, and yet break down when he
attempts to write a novel,"
"A drunken scoundrel, near Paris, in a e
of passion, knocked his wife down, and then
binding her hand and foot, compelled her to
witness his suicide, which he fortunately ac
complshed by hanging hi mself. 80.
"A bishop, who was fond of shooting, in
one of his excursions met with a friends
gamekeeper, whom he sharply reproved for in
attention to religious duties, exhorting him
strenuously "to go to church and real his BIZ
be." The keeper, in an angry mood, re spondsd,
"Why, do read my Bible, sir, but don't
hAAN HAJ VI Ouo tpOStlcS gong
a-shooting. No, my good man, yoa are
right" said the bishop; "the shooting was
very bad in Palestine, so they went fishing in
stead"
The famous eantatrice Theresa has lost
her voice and turned fortune-teller. She
charges ten francs for a seance, but is not very
literally patronized.
The man who earns his living by the sweat
of his brow complains that it is hard times
Just now, when the thermometer is down to-
ward zero.
Here, l can't pass you" said the door
keeper of a theatre. "You needn't pass me-"
said the irrepressible dead-head whom he ad-
dressed: "just You stand where you are, I'll
pass you." And he passed.
In Chicago, recently, much amusement
was created by a certain deacon announcing
in the most grave and solemn tone, that the
ground of the cemetery was in such a bad con-
dition that no person who could help it would
be buried in it.
-Merry's Museum, though twenty nine
years old, has just renewed its youth, and
come out fresh. Horace B. Fuller has bought
it, and Miss Louisa NJ. Alcott is to be its edi-
tor.
The Gazetta di Madno rep orts the follow
ing instance Of priestly ignorance and vio-
lence: "On Sunday morning a disgraceful
scene occurred at Cassano. An itinera.is -.
or of old books displayed his goods on a book
stall. Amongst them were some medical and
surgical works illustrated by vignettes An
ignorant priest spied some of the plates, and
cried scandal and immortality; be soon collect
ed mob who made an auto dd. .ts of the books,
and it was by mere good luck that the book
seller himself escaped the fate of Fra Savona-
rola"
"A few days since Mr.. Davenport died in
New Orleans, bis death being duly announced
hv the papers A few days after as Mr.. A. H
Davenport, the actor, was busy inspecting the
." Black Crook" traps, and experimenting the
sntrechats of the ballet, the following alarming
telegraph was placed in his hands,
"NEw YORK, Dec. 15, 1867.
Messrs. Spdtding & BtdloeH, academy of Music:
Please send body of A. H. Davenport, de-
ceased, by steamer, to his mother,-- street,
New York city. ......
Imagine the sensations ofa man receiving q
a summons of this kind! However, the prema-
turely deceased actor, thus cut off in the flow
er of his youth, recovered his seli-possession in
little while, and sent the following reply to
New York:
r.- .r "NEw ORLEANS, Dec. Is, 1867.
Il will try and bring my body nv
self-never was better able to do so in nv life.
A. III. DAvENPoRT.'
Speaking of the Emperors's speech. M.
Emile du Giradin, in La Liberte, says: This
discourse is long, but it contains only four
| words, Pdir drmee- liberte rsiprfnee ARM
ed peace-liberty repressed.
While up to your knees in snow and
slusb just think Of the fact that the residents
of many parts of Texas are complaining of the
ravages of countless numbers of grasshoppeTs,
which are seriously damaging their gardens
and turnip-felds! ..-