The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-04-27
Varieties.


"A woman in Brooklyn purchased quart
of milk and found small fish swimming in
it. The milkman stated he thought the cow
must have swallowed the fish.
Anthony Trollope, the celebrated English
novelist, has arrived in New York
Trout spawn were sent to the Rocky
Mountains from Rochester, N. Y, in March.
a letter from Colonel Gibbon, Just received
from Fort Sanders, says: "The spawn was i'm
mediately placed in breeding-trough, and
nearly all the eggs are now Matched out and
the fish doing well. This demonstrates per-
fectly that brook trout spawn from your ponds
in the State of New York can be sent by mail
to the Rocky Mountains without injury"
Prince Napoleon has presented the Impe-
rial Library with a specimen collection of
American banknotes.
The original "Old Oaken Bucket" on
which Woodwork wrote his popular lines,
has been imported into Boston bv the person
who purchased it from the original owner in
South Scituate, Mass
Madame Blancard, Eugenie's astrologer,
Las predicted war between France and
America, and the loss Of Napoleon's throne.
"A Western paper cruelty says: "our
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one Of his very best. 1t was written for him
by graduate of this Office, and the matter
and delivery do credit to both parties"
The Tribune's London correspondent says:
Miss Kellogg reappeared at Drury Lane, in
Traviata, her voice improved by rest, and pub
lie interest in her heightened by the brief en-
| gagement of last year and its sudden Interrupt
tion. OF all Mr.. Mapleson's troupe she is al
this moment the favorite among both critics
and the larger Opera-Soing class which likes
youth and freshness Of voice combined with
culture
| A Scotch lady, visiting city, complained
much Of the hardness Of her bed. To this the
host responded that the harder the bed the
| healthier the rest-even when the bed was
| hard as a board. "Oh, ayr cried the Scotch
woman, "ihese will be the new-fangled Boards
of health hear tell Of"
Professor John Gregory, of Milwaukee,
writes to the News of that city that the beds
OF Lakes Superior and Michigan are periodi-
cally upheaved by igneous action.
"A meeting was held in London fortnight
ago, to discuss the question of suffrage for wo-
men. Professor Fawcett presided, and the
| first speaker was Mr.. James Haywood, VINO,
| in the course of an interesting address, stateo
that on the death of the late Mr.. Ingram, the
sole care of the management OF the Illustrated
| London News iell on Mrs. Ingram That jour
nal had an enormous circulation, and its con-
duct required the exercise of the greatest care
and talent. Yet the lady on whom the ardu-
ops task devolved was by the laws of the land
deprived of any share in the government Of
the country. That was a state OF things, said
Mr. Haywood, which certainly ought not to
be permitted to exist. Thomas Hughes fol-
lowed with narratives of similar character, and
finally petition to Parliament was agreed TO,
which sets forth that women are competent,
by law and in fact, to carry on business TO
administer an estate, and to fill other posi-
tions, which, both by investing them with M
terests requiring representation, and oy al
fordng tests Of fitness, are usually considerea
TO give claim to the suffrage.
The Boston Post recommends to thoss
who are unsuccessful at fairs and never draw
anything, to try dentists profession or 70 N
to the handcart line.