The Portland daily press., 1868-12-15
Varieties.

An Oregon paper contradicts the story
that street sprinkler has been hired to lay
the dust in the bed of the Wilamet river.
"A man was arrested in Manchester, Eng
land, for personatiDg dead man, and Offering
to vote in his place. The man was innocent,
and offered to prove it by his wife, but the
magistrate, admitting that she ought to know,
rejected her as witness. Another woman
was found to testify to his identity, and he
was released
-Erckmann, the French novelist, is thin
and pale, with light hair. He wears speeta-
cles, and is great musician, besides smoking
ten cents worth of tobacco every day. Cha
trian, his associate, is short, heavy-set, broad
backed individual with a wide forehead, thick,
straight, black hair, a big mouth, and bushy
moustache. They live to themselves, aud are
scarcely ever seen in society.
"A thief lately broke into Baron Beust's
house in Vienna, during his absence, and stole
all his decorations.
Chicago has six parks, containing in all
ninety-two acres. The largest is the Lincoln
park, containing sixty acres.
Professor Gallaudet proposes to establish
in Washington college for deaf mutes, to
which those who have completed the course
pursued at State institutions can ceme, as to
national centre, and receive the highest train
ing open to young men gifted with hearing.
Next Sunday DR.. Bellows will baptize all
the babies of his church which have accumu-
lated during his absence in Europe
1T is said that Poor Carlotta" is very
much better, and that she contemplates writ
ing history of Maximilan's reign in Mexico
We should think such an intention an unmis-
taxable evidence of insanity.
Mary Waters, better known as "Skittles,'
notorious English woman of the denli monde
died lately in Paris. There is a story that a
young English lord, on leaving her one morn
ing presented her with a fifty-pound note, and
apologized for the slender donation. "My ia.
ther," he said, "allows me q mere pittance;
when he dies shall have more opportunity to
be liberal" "Many thanks" said Skittles.
John" turning to her servant), "show cut
Lord -, and admit him again when his
father is dead"
During the last summer a fox in Meriden,
Ct, killed fifty three turkeys at one place. he
was driven away, and went to another place
and killed nine. He was again driven away,
but managed to kill eighteen more at another
place. making eighty in all. He still hVes'
Fashions in cattle are changing-some
who have zealously upheld the Jerseys are
now going in for the Dutch stock as the most
profitable description to cultivate.
Queen Victoria has granted pension Of
one hundred pounds to Mrs. S. c. Hall, in
consideration of her long and useful literary
services.
"A new sensational drama, in which two
serpents are to figure, will shortly be produc-
ed at the Chatelet in Paris. 1t would be rath-
er awkward if the serpents were to forget their
parts and make a dash among the audience.
"A good story is told of the son of distin-
guished Massachusetts divine who one Sun
day had exchanged with a not very powerful
preacher The young man attended church
in the morning, but not showing an inclina-
ton to go again, the preacher ventu1ed to ask
him if 'he was not going to meeting in the af-
ternoon?" "well, guess not" dryly respond
ed the youth; II hear poor preaching enough
when father is at home"
Hawthorne, in his Note Books, has this
picture: "Here is an Englishman-a thorough
going Tory and Monarchist-upholding every
thing English, government, people, habits, ed
ucation, manufactures, modes of living, and
expressing his dislike of all Americanism';
and this in quiet, calm, reasonable way as II
it were quite proper to live in country and
draw his subsistence from it, and openly ABUSE
it. He imrorts his clothes from England. and
expatiates ON the superiority of English boots,
boto oro,ots sc. He is man of unmalle-
o,,o bohi,s and wears his dress of the same
Sashion as that of twenty years ago."