The Portland daily press., 1868-05-18
" VaI.ietieS.

"A young couple from Kentucky went to
Cincinnati to be married. After the ceremo-
ny, the sightseeing and pleasant supper at a
hotel, the bride retired to her chamber, and
the groom, spirited young fellow, thought he
would have a run with the boys, and see the
elephant little while, before retiring; but not
having so much self-control as he supposed, he
returned at a late hour very drunk when his
newly made wife refused to admit him. and
persistently vowed that she would return
home on the morrow; and, ringing the bell,
alarmed the clerk, who provided an extra
chamber, and the groom was soon sleeping
profoundly. On waking next morning he was
somewhat chagrined to find that his wife had
left and returned to her parents, where she
still remains, refusing, thus far, to become
reeonciled to the man who could desert her on
their first night of welded life for drunken
frolic.
"A New York thief caught in the act of
picking lady's pocket, was discharged by the
local Dogberry because there was nothing in
the pocket.
Prof. Agassiz stated at hearing before
the Massachusetts legislative committee ON
education last week, that he once received q
wild bull of Lithuania, now so rare that the
last of its race are preserved by law making
their destruction a capital crime, in exchange
for twelve bull-irogs. 'Many merchant ship
sailing from the port OF Boston," said he, "has
carried my alcohol cans all over the world,
and brought me back without cost the rarest
specimens. have friends among the fisher
men, too, who for years have worked for the
museum, never charging cent for their la
Dor, barely repaying themselves for the cash
paid out"
"A bold thief at Chicago, the other day,
stole $4,000 diamond ring, and escaped sue
cessfully. Entering iewelry store, he re-
quested the clerk TO show him the diamond
rings, and selecting one containing the largest
and most valuable stone, put it ON his finger,
coolly bade the clerk "good morning, !" walked
out OF the store, fastening the door after him
with block of wood, and disappeared before
the police could be summoned.
The London Spectator INDUCES in the fol-
lowing ironic comment on the success of the
British General in Abyssinia Sir Robert Ma
pier, to whom the unexampled success of this
expedition is mainly due, WILL it is said, be Of
fered peerage, will receive from Parliament
the usual pension for three lives, and will sue
ceed Sir W. Mansfield as Commanner-in-cbief
in India. He is the first engineer, indeed the
first scientifically trained officer ever appoint-
Ell to independent command and his success
is considered at the Horse Guards almost n ca
lamity. Imagine a man who has studied
mathematics, and is unconnected with any
great family, being acknowledged in the Brit
lsh Army as great General! We shall have
commands distributed according to capacity
next, and then where will the British Consti-
tuition be?"
The New York World severely saws: "Per-
sons who are subject to nightmare sbould
avoid visiting the nascent museum in Central
Park. Noah would have showed off his arl. If
such distorted animals as are collected in that
chamber of horrors had come down on him
for passage"
Mr.. Lowe, the Tory member of Parlia-
ment, vice-president of the privy council edu-
cation committee, on being consulted by
gentleman who desired to give $4,000 to estab-
lish a chair in the University of Edinburgh to
teach the principles of teaching, responded
that IN his opinion there were no principles in
teaching. and that consequently he could not
be party to the institution OF any such chair'
-Rossini has received the Grand Gordon of
the new Order of the Crown of Italy The
Italian Minister Plenipotentiary, Chevaler
Nigra, in pursuance of orders from Victor EN-
manueI waited upon the illustriOus maestro
ot his house in Paris TO present him with the
insignia.
Captain Worden, of the famous Monitor
Merrimac fight, is going to Europe for the
benefit of his health which has been shatter-
ed by the effects of wound in the great en-
gagement
Mr.. John Stuart Mill has written a letter
to the London Daily News, defending Mr.
Goodwin Smith against certain mean attacks
which are made upon his character and mo-
tives in the last number of the Quarterly Re-
view. The chief cause of the Quarterly's
wrath against Mr.. Smith seems to be the an
nouncement of the latters intention to take
up his residence in this country.