The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-02-19
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John Wesley was prohibitonist He
said-"These mem: twho sell intoxicating
liquors as drink) care poisoners general I
defy any man to show that they arc not guilty
of numbering his Majesty's subjects by whole
ssle-soul as well as body-and that the law
granting them license to do this, and those
who administer The law, are not also implicat-
ed in the sin and crime always resulting from
that traffic" r' @A.'a.t p"
The City Council of st. Louis is anxious
to have the national Capitol at that place,
claiming to be the hub of the continent.
i7 This is not the age of iron, or gold, or
steam. 1t is the age of questions of veraci-
ty." Another question is pending between
President johnson and General Buell. The
former has always arrogated to himself
the credit of keeping Buell. in Nashville in
1862, claiming to have displayed first class
Jacksonian qualities and used first class Jack
sonian imprecations on that occasion. Buell.,
on the other hand, AYERS that he never thought
of leaving Nashville. fItv ur zara5.5l
"A Boston d. D.. wishing to indicate an
itching to applaud the performances at Sun
day school exhibition, in addressing the chill
the evening, inquiring if any of the scholars
knew what it was. "Chilblains," was tho
prompt response from some of the bright
ones
Mark Twain is in Washington. He has
taken the most mysterious rooms in some out
of-the way place, and refuses to initiate his
friends into the secret of his burrow. He
represents himself as doing an immense
amount Of work, besides being busy with
book. H.
The Berlin papers have an account Of
curious ceremony of the burial of a paper in
that city. Letters announcing the decease Of
the journal were sent to number of persons
connected wish the press and their friends.
The funeral procession started from the print
ing office, preceded by band of music, to the
place of internent. Compositors dressed in
black paper carried the body. A humorous
funeral oration WAS then pronounced, after
which the Journal was plunged into tub Of
printers ink and so buried. Why were these
solemnites omitted when the "Bodugger"
died in a aneighboring city? t..r-
Not many months since a well-to-dO far
mer of a Connecticut village went to the tele
graph Office and wished to send a dispatch to
his friends Of the death and funeral of his
wife. Being somewhat acquainted with the
man, a lady operator expressed sympathy for
him and his motherless children, whereupen
the afflicted widower sobbed aloud and the
tears rapidly coursed down his cheeks. At
last, becoming a little more composed, he said:
ayes, SHE'S dead. She was worn out like an
old setting hen. She died without kick"
John Paur' Of the Springfield Republi-
can has it from an authentic source that Mr..
Thornton, the British minister, did take UNI
bragg at remarks make by Me-. Seward during
their first interview. He made a brusk re-
ply, and, as, John Paul saws. "t otted away,
back, ears, and tail up, like the ass of old in
the lions skim" The consequence was that it
took several days for Seward to recover his
temper and present the irate Briton to tho
President.
--Dickens's eldest boy lives with and takes
care of his mother.
James 2. Thomas, barber, and Miss An
toinette Rudger, both colored, we're marriedin
st. Vincent's church, st. Louis, on the 18th
inst. The ceremony occupied two hours and
a half, and was imposing. The bride is worth
$500O00 and the husband has nearly the same
amount He presented the bride check for
$4,000 as q wedding gift. The bridal veil cost
$50, and the bride wore ear rings costing
5000. nni
The Irish Republic, the organ of the Irish
radicals in this country, alyo,ate3 the esta5-
lishment- of Irish libraries throughout tho
towns and cities Of the United States.
= French cucumbers can be had in New
York for nine dollars dozen. Waiterl bring
the pickles. t-rl .. l.r
"A New York fish dealer has had t. pay
sixty dollars for keeping brook trout for salo
out Of season. enH
Boston aspires to Iuns OF Court, similar to
the famous old English institutions, so called.
Runners for Southern emigration compa-
nes now station themselves at Castle Garden
to over-persuade those arriving from the old
countries to settle in the iormer slave States.
Passage tickets are almost given away.
Il he San Francisco Bulletin remarks that
there has been decided Increase in the num-
Der of iron ships coming to that port of late.
These vessels are all OF British build, clipper
models, and ranging generally from GOO to
| 1000 tons. Their lower masts ard mainyards
| are also iron, and the standing rigging is Of
wire roma. They are capital sea-going craft,
| and oeperally turn out their cargoes in excel
lent order. In several respects they are supe-
| r;,r to wooden vessels. The subs titution Of
iron and wire rope for wood and hemp in their
mas.s and standing rigging is especially an inn
movement, rendering their top-hamper light
or, and giving additional strength as well as
| symmetry. 1'i. Gl .r Nst
| Some people will belieye that Mr..
Narles Dickens is n monster, but he has
Some ,~editable traits. His tickets at New
Haven Ia, tug fallen to some extent into the
hands of snac, 'ators, he refuses to read In
tbatcitv ,,,.;I e.,. distribution can be effect
ed l-
There are five Saturda III TINS inontp'
This will happen again in 1896. az sDo nsN'
leap year, in 1872, there will be five H. s.c.
in February; in 1876, five Tuesdays; in ~ '"
five Sundays, and so on, retrogression of two
davs in the week for every leap year for seven
returns, until Saturday returns again in 1895,
when there will be five Saturdays.
--General Grant is reported to be one of tho
mos, abstemious men at the National CAPITAL
An Indiana Judge disposed of a couple at
Lafaye;t, recently by sending the husband 70
the penitentiaTy and marrying the remainder
"A Quaker gentleman riding in q carriage
with fashionable lady decked with profu-
sion of jewelry, heard her complain of the
cold. Shivering in her lace bonnet and shawl.
as light as cobweb, she exclaimed, "What
shall do to get warm?" "T really don't
know" replied the Quaker solemnly, sunless
thee should put on another brsastpin."