The Portland daily press., 1868-07-10
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The New York Evening Mail SAYS rose.
wood furniture is going out of fashion, ha, ing
been superseded by black walnut
-Malon was valet to count. One day, af-
ter returning from a tournament, the count
met his valet on the high road, and asked him
where he was going. He answered cody that
he was off to find another place, another
placeP cried the count, "what then has hap
pened at my house?" Nothing monseigneur."
FAnd what besides?" Not much, I tell
you. Only your dog is dead" "And how did
it happen?" "Your palfrey took fright, killed.
the dog in running away, fell into the river and
was drowned" "Eh? And who frightened
it?' Your son, monseigneur, who fell out of
a top window before it," "Good heavensi NV
son! where were his nurse and mother? Is he
injured?" "Yes sir, he was instantly killed
When the news was brought to adame, she
was seized with fit, and fell dead without
speaking" "Scoundrell instead of running
away, why did you not get help, and remain
at the chateau?' How could 1, monseigneur?
Marotte in watching by the side of madams
corpse, fell asleep. The light upset, and the
chateau is reduced to ashes"
"A few weeks since a man mounted upon a
skeleton OF a horse met gentleman who was
riding a superb animal upon one of the bridges
in Paris which cross the Seine. The gentle
man laughed at the poor beast, when his rider
offered to bet him a thousand francs that he
could not do with his horse what he could do
with his poor beast. The bet was accepted
The poor man lift I'd his horse upon a parapet
and showed him into the river.
The Boston Transcript says there are
more than forty different ways of spelling the
name of the beautiful lake in New Hampshire
which is commonly called Winnipseogee.
The return of DIR. Lii, .ngston is looked for
in August.
-Bagard Taylor when last at Rome, went
through regular course of art instruction.
In 1851 the London Punch humorously
gave istot things impossible to be realized"
Among them were the following: "The unity
of Germany, from Prussia" 1.-THE freedom of
the Press, from Austria or Italy," "The aboli-
ton of Serfdom, from Russia" "The Emanci-
patton of Slave, from the United States"
Every one thought Punch had made o very
safe list and yet, in less than twenty years.
time, every one of these "impossibilities" has
become reality. "Impossible" should evil
IDENTIFY find no place in Punch's or any other
mans dictionary,
"A self-styled Professor advsrtises an enter
tainment in st Louis, night or two since, at
which he was to expose the mysteries OF spirit
ual manifestations, allow himself to be shot at
with pistols, and let the audience into all the
secrets Of jugglers. After appearing before
the audience and requesting those who desir-
ed to shoot at him to prepare their pistols, he
went behind the stage curtain and has not
since been SEEM He obtained about $500, and
| left his hall rent and printing bills unpaid.
The forthcoming number of the North
American Review will contain critical essay
on Dryden, by Professor Lowell; a paper on
George w. Curtis, by Howells; and an article
on the Chicago Convention.
-"Do you know Mary Sage?" asked Flat of
| Sharp, yesterday. "Nol never heard of her"
replied Sharp, "Whos she?" "Why 1 mean
that thing Tosty sings in the Rebellion. IL
tum-tu tum, ti.tum-tum-tum. Like that'
you know" "Oh, yes" said Sharp. You
mean Ie mari sage,'"-and he whistled the
whole of it, not of course to show his familiair-
ity with the opera. but simply out OF good ma
ture.