The Portland daily press., 1868-11-23
arieties.

The Rev. Algernon Peyton, who as rector
of Doddington, England, had the richest living
of the grade in the country, died recently. II
was worth $4,000 year, and Mr.. Peyton had
held it for ffty-seven years.
Cotton is now forwarded direct from Sell
ma, Alabama, to New York, by way of Charles
ton, and comes through in eight days, dimin-
ishing by about one-half the time previously
required.
California has Z, 800 Masons and 152 lodges
thereof.
Judy pictures a railway carriage scens,
and gives the conversation: Swell-"Aw-
would you object-aw-to having the glass
DOWN." Young lady-"Oh dear, no; in fact
was on the point of asking you either to put
your glass down or leave off staring at me-"
Swell-"Aw"
1t is stated that at least $50, 900 900 are In
volved in the mining of copper in Michigan.
and 10000 to 10000 people are dependent upon
the mines in which this large capital Is invest
ed.
A lady asked her little girl, on returning
from church, if she remembered the text.
"Oh, yes" said she, sit was ths-'The ladies'
sewing society will meet at Mrs. McCraken's
house Monday evening next" ..
"A French Photographic artist has discov'
cred the means of taking pictures, by photo
graphic process, upon silk. They are very
durable. A gentleman can have his wiies
portrait on the end of his cravat. .-
There are 6,OOO,O0O cotton spindles now In
operation in the United States, of which over
100000 are running on cloths for printing,
and produce 45O, 900 yards.
Grant leaves tanning to 60 TO cablnet-
making. .... .-.
Louisiana will produce 200 900 hogsheads
of sugar this year.
Madame Moore, the female pedestrian.
lately in Rochester IN. " Jail for wearing
men's clothes, has procured official permission
from the city authorities of Buffalo to weas
bieeches il she pleases, and carries their order
exempting her from arrest.
Some one asked Mr.. Seymour, the othsg
day, whether he had any confidence iu the
press OF his party, to which he replied, "Nos
| the least in the World" ..r
San Francisco is overrun with heas Of
huge size, and elegant "bsck scratchers" In
| ivory form a common ornament of the parlog
table.
| Toledo, Ohio, is the barley mart OF the
| United States. The receipts from Canada dur.
| ing the first ten days of October were ls2Rs4
bushels, and the duties during the season will
| be over $780, 900.
-Parepa is sick at Salt Lake City, and hes
eastern engagements will be delayed accord
ingly. The overland staging was too much
| Tor her, and also for the horses.
August Belmont has lately paid 81, 600 In
gold for hali-sze picture of Bougereau's. Of
Il al. Ill Al -.
flesh painting wonderful.
| Georgia has raised bananas this year,
| "A man by the name oI j. A. w. Bone u o
member of an orchestra in Cincinnati.
| "A Montana paper says: 'The fact Is pat
| ent to-day that we are more indebted TO oar
farmers than to any other class OF our COM
munity for bringing within the means o. Al
most Of the comforts and Iuxuries of life. Pc
tatoes bava fallen from eighty cents to two aud
| .h,oo oo,.o ,er pound barley and wheat from
.h;.,,, 20 six, and other vegetables, grains and
.,,iants have declined in . corresponding TO-
t;o Flour, from prices ranging at from 30 TO
s12O per hundred, now reaches its maximum
| at S15 for best brands, and the best Is now
| manufactured from our own wheat, and In
| our own mills"
A New York paper says lady correspon-
dent writes: "Young women who have mo OBJ
iect in life (or who havel are invited to spend
a few hours in the week ia teaching class OF
girls, throwing in as much as they can OF msr-
al influence by the way. Since women cant
vote thew may as well help educate the mind
aud souI that shall help to make or mar oar
much-abused CITY.
An apple was exhibited at meeting Of
the Cincinnati Horticultural Society last
week, one-half of which was bright red, the
other half dull yellow, and with marked diff.
ference in the taste of the two sides. The line
between the two parts was as distinct a. N
two apples had been divided, and two halves
from different apples had been placed tosetn-
er. 1t was stated that this was fair spesi-
men OF the fruit from the tree on which "
grew. Some members of the society were very
Confident that similar fruit might be produce
ed by cutting the buds into halves and budding
with the united halves OF two oinessA' xihas'