The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-12-01
Varieties.


Wall street is reported to abound in lame
ducks" just now; wounded in Erie.
During the terribly rough passage Of the
of the "William Penn" from Havre, one old
lady, expecting the vessel to go down, arrayed
herself in her best bonnet, and with her good
clothes in bundle under her arm and an um-
brella in her hand, sat awaiting the sinking
of the ship. On being asked what she intend
ed doing with her umbrella at the bottom Of
the sea, she said 1t was her intention to wade
out If she had to 60 alone, and she might
want it.
The Working Women's National Union"
has petititioned the Governor Of Pennsylvania
to pardon Hester Vaughn, a young English
girl found guilty of infanticide. She was walk.
ing in the streets of Philadelphia, stranger,
newly arrived in the country, looking for en-
ployment. She was accosted by gentleman"
who promised her work at good wages In the
country, as a servant in his house. She went
with him, was ruined by him, and later turned
adrift in the streets of Philadelphia, in mid
winter, and in the time of her bitterest agony.
She found refuge in q bare, cold, attic room,
where, freezing and starving, she gave birth to
a child The ladies who sign an appeal in her
favor, add, pertinently, "the mystery Is not
that the child died, but that the mother lived"
Schneider is not going TO write her me-
mors. She says, III do not find that have
sufficient talent to compose the story of my
life, but have quite enough not to allow 1t to
be written by any other"
On many farms it costs as much to keep
the rats as TO keep cow. He who can clear
for o.Nf,- 80 -
1t is believed that the Paris Steele started
the report of the death OF Liszt in order to
give itself an opportunity to compose a very
good epitaph upon him which might be trans
lated:
Here in oblivion deep lies austere Liszt,
Whose music, sad to tell, had ne'er its Auster-
lizt
Not long ago woman sued for divorce
because her husband unkindly washed her
face. Now we hear of divorce suit in high
life" which is based on long-standing quar-
rel about the hanging of a picture.
"A thirsty Quaker having stopped at a
tavern to get a pot of beer, and observing that
the measure was deficient, asked the landlord
how many casks he drew in month. "Ten,"
was the reply. "And wouldst thou not like to
draw eleven, my friend?" Eyes" "Then I'll
tell thee how: I'LL thy measures"
There are now over three hundred gradu-
ated women physicians in the United States,
some of whom have professional incomes OF
ten thousand dollars per annum, which GER
tainly must be quite as pleasant as to eke out
q pittance over washtub or a cambria needle
Martha, dost thou love me7" asked q
Quaker youth of one at whose shrine his
hearts fondest feelings had been offered
"Why, Seth," answered she, I'VE are COM
manded to love one another, are we not?"
"Ah, Martha, but dost thou regard me with
that feeling the world calls love?' "I hardly
know what to tell thee, Seth; have tried to
bestow my love on all, but I have sometimes
thought, that perhaps thee was getting more
than thy share"
The Paris correspondent of Harpers Basar
says: "The Queen of Spain cannot hope to
win the Parisiaus by her external appearance.
She is enormously tat and waddles clumsily.
Her features are heavy and disproportioned,
her hair is scanty, and the expression Of her
mouth is extremely forbidding. She appears
very fond OF bright colors, and pays little at
tention to their harmony. She travels in u
blue dress and bonnet trimmed with red
fowers-the effect of which may be imagined"
The Christmas number of Once Week is
to be called Once a Year.
Franz Abt, the composer, will visit Amer
lea next year.
"A Kentuckian was recently married In
his shirt-sleeves because some one stole his
dress-coat-and his only one-on the eve OF his
marriage.
"A poor fellow, very low in hospital at
Palermo, has been set on his pins again by q
judicious imitation with blood which two OF
the hospital attendants kindly loaned him
from their veins.
Gear Alexander means to compete for the
Eastern trade By building railway across
Asia, from China to St. Petersburg, and has
sent couple OF civil engineers over here to
examine the Pacific Railway
"A frightful amphibious beast that kills
dogs and chews mp men and is ike nothing
that was ever seen before, has been seen ana
hunted near Jerseyville, Illinois
Two deaf mutes were recently married In
Memphis. the service being conducted In the
sign language.