The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-09-24
Varieties.

| - VI SohSTess pFOnlDitinR pOlyKamy. ne
| denounced the Government as tyranDcal and
must and as having no right to make laws
sne saints. He urged Hpon the Saints the
~. o VI poiygamy as necessity for uphold
'he'r institutions and for the enhancement
- - Sa,Vatlon. y, Elder Kimball followed, APP
proving the sentiments ptterod hv protbar
Sloan as polygamist. He was sornd He
| (kimbalD had seventy Children aIrood,, .r1
calculated that the Kimball family in t;t,s. 80.
would outnumber the present arsrecafa Of
Saints.
| In all railway there is q printed in
| junction against travellers putting their feet
| on the seats. This is almost always similarly
worded as a "request" that passengers viii
| not put" sc. In the Germantown cars, how
ever, there is an improved phraseology adopt
| ed, as follows: "GENTLEMEN WILL, and 9TH
ERs MUST, keep their feet off the seats Isn't
| this neat, terse and eminently suggestive?
| The question of the revival of 'transporta-
| ton is being discussed in England The case
| is very nearly this: Transportation was dis
used by unanimous vote of Parliament. The
convincing argument against it was that it
was unjust to befoul the young colonies with
the social refuse of the mother country The
result, or at any rate the experience of the in
tervening years. has been a steady growth of
the dangerous class in England, which penal
servitude seems utterly inadequate to check.
An English writer says England has three
| thousand or four thousand felons upon her
hands every year, and has not the slightest
idea what to do with them.
| The Early English Tract Society have
just published "The Vision of William con-
| cerning Piers Plowman, together with Vita de
| Dowel, Dobet ct Dobest, secundum Wit ct
Resown," by William Langland; and Lewins's
rManipulus Verborum' the earliest of all the
English rhyming dictionaries. The former
work is edited by the Rev. Walter w. Skeat,
from the Vernon manuscript, collated with
five other manuscripts; the latter by Mr.. Hen
ry T. Wheatly.
An Eton library edition of Horace will
soon be published, one feature of which win
be the introduction of illustrations from Eng
lish writers, showing the influence exercised
| by this poet upon English literature.
The name of Mr. james Greenwell's new
novel will be Humphrey Dyot."
During the recent Season" at Saratoga,
little knot of ladies' seated in the parlor of Le-
land's hotel, were discussing the subject of
marriage. One cf the party, single young
lady, said: matches are made in heaven"
"Very likely" was the quiet rejoinder of a
married lady, her friend, "and they are often
dipped in the other placer
"A Paris correspondent says: ''The extraor-
dinary and exaggerated art Of the American
advertiser has taken possession of the walls
and cafes of Paris, and huge placards after the
most snowy American fashion are now to be
seen all over Paris. The true Parisian placard
is about the size of newspaper page; the
American placard is about the size of the main
sail of a man. of-war."
"A Democratic orator, in denouncing Ben
Wade, called him an agrarian who wanted to
divide all the lands among the people. He was
astounded at the Interruptions of That's the
man for me-" "Good for him, "Bully for the
'grarians."
An indefinite postponement of religious
services was recently announced in church
at Saratoga Springs. The edifce was under
going repairs, and the congregation met for
worship in the basement During the morn
ing service the worthy pastor made this an
nouncement "Our usual afternoon services
will be suspended until we can meet in the
sanctuary above!'
The French press has been entertaining its
readers with accounts of what it calls "the in
surrection of women in America" La Liberte
alludes to the question raised by the aggressive
women of our country as an enormous prob
lem" .r
Out in Illinois Justice of the Peace was
recently elected who is not particularly noted
for legal attachments. Wishing to have lit
tie fun, friend asked him what he would do
were case of mayhem brought before him for
trial. The Square" looked a little puzzled az
first, but soon began to look wise, ana said: Il
had case of that kind when 1 was Square
before, so just ordered the fellow to jail, and
after staying there for week be was willing
70 marry the grill"
The Newport (R. ~ News says Ghrisfo-
pher Townsend, Esq, of that city.,i kixcn :
the Giles estate home for 6ieI & <I|- x
dren. This estate has been purc1<td b 81
Townsend at the expense of 81 600 and given
to this charitable institution as q permanent
home for the subjects of their charge. Last
year the same benevolent gentleman gave
5000 to the society for the "Aid of the Aged"
and his last gift is accompanied by the addi-
tional sum OF $500 to put the home in condi-
ton to receive its new occupants.
"A correspondent whose identity it is not
difficult to guess at, writes, over the signature
of "F., to the Boston Advertiser, to correct
certain popular fallacies with regard to
Charles Dickens" Some of these fallacies are:
That he is spendthrift; that his health is
broken down; that he is incorporate in drink
ing; that he is stiDgy and penurious; that he
has abused America in his American Notes.;
that he has lately spoken bitter words against
American publishers; and that he has denied
receiving any emolument from American pub
fishers till recently. To each OF these IF"
gives an emphatic denial, and adds: "In let
ter received this morning by the writer of this
communication from Mr.. Dickens, he says,
with afelicitous hit at the evil reports constant
ly in circulation about him:-1 notice that
about once in every seven years, 1 become the
| victim of paragraph disease. 1t breaks out
| in England, travels to India by the Overland
| Route, gets to America per Cunard Line,
strikes the base of the Rocky Mountains, and,
rebounding back to Europe, mostly perishes
on the Steppes of Russia from inanition and
extreme cold.'"
General Sheridan is almost as reticent as
Grant, and those who during his late journey
to Washington have tried to get speeches out
of him, have not been emnently successful
AT Columbus he tried an ingenious way of ex-
Treating himself from making public ad-
dress, which we believe General Grant has
never used. On being called to the window of
his hotel by the enthusiastic crowd outside,
| General Sheridan said
| Gentlemen-I am much obliged to you for
| this kind reception. cannot make a speech
but my friend Mr. Day can make first rate
one. ,s.F
So Gen. Day acted as substitute
Fifty years ago there was great use made
of the water power of the tides. Tide grist-
mills and saw-mlls, and some others, were
common all along our shore lines, but by the
more manageable nature of steam, the mills
are falling into dsuse in many places. The
| London Builder in an article on the prospec-
tive or possible exhaustion of the English coal
fields, suggests as practicable resort the en-
ployment of the tidal power in the direct prod
uctlon OF heat, by compressed air.
The King of Prussia cannot have enjoyed
himself during his recent tour in South Ger
many. In great many places they did not
even take off their hats to him. At Frankfort
| it was still worse. He went to see the ruins OF
the cathedral The fremen were throwing wa
ter ON the heaps of smouldering embers. Ac-
| cidentally. of course, one Of them turned the
nine which he was holding in the direction of
King William, and drenched him in an in
stant
| For eeveraI daVs mast saws a recent French