The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-09-21


the occasion, was sung:
AIR-"Am not fondly thine own"
See, see, Seymour we pray you
DO, do, give your consent,
Why, why, longer delay you,
Can You not-scant you repent?
Yes, yes, yes, yes
DO we pray give your consent.
oh, oh, why do you tease me,
pont-don't-d0n say no,
50 SAID poor HU-ra-ti-O.
Oh-Oh-oh-oh- l.-
So said poor Ho-ra-ti-o.
This, this, this is our motto:
See, see, Seymour and Blair"
Win, win, win we have got to
Wait till we hear from Montclair,
it-wait-wait-wait-
Wait till we hear from Montclair.
The Cincinnati Republicans made busi-
ness of rejoicing over the Maine election. Tho
several items were a salute of a thousand guns,
a procession of six regiments of Grant Guards,
numbering five thousand, with torches, a mass
meeting with numerous speeches, an extensive
display of fireworks, and general illumina-
ton.
The Pail Mall Gazette says: "The Ameri-
can Democrats will be further strengthened by
their success in Idaho," but does not think the
result in Vermont of any significance. 1t al
so announces that Mr. Pendleton has been en-
Enthusiastically received in Maine.
AS capper to the stories of live toads and
oysters found in solid rock, now going the
rounds of the English press, London editor
says he was cutting piece Of bread at dinner
lately, when he bisected a cockroach. This
too was alive, and the fore part of its body
walked about in spite of its severance from
the hinder quarters The kneading and bak-
ing had turned the insect green.
"A woman in a shroud, with her throat cut,
haunts mansion" in . fashionable quarter Of
New York Cheerful inmatei
The Boston Post has this cruel notice to q
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES" made poor in
vestment in buying two-ceut stamp for his
letter; the epistle wasn't worth the money.
Detroit has produced a fellow mean
enough to steal blind mans money under
pretence of helping him tie up his pocket
book. 1t is pleasant to know that the thief
made himself uncomfurtably drunk ON the
money. .f.,r...
From all the recent gossip it seems proba-
bic that in marrying title Patti has got for q
husband a man hopelessly bankrupt in more
respects than one; but then the gossipers Of
the press are even more untrustworthy than
those of the social circle, having the induce
ment of pay for their lies.
Speaking of the returned beauty and fash
ion, the New York Times says: "Such u pro-
cession of new faces and new dresses-such q
variety of novel styles and rainbow colors-
reb tanahinU avhihifiOpa IF fGranian
Bend and the pdnier-were never seen before,
and could not be seen anywhere in the world
but on picturesque, gay, lighthearted and
free Broadway" ..
-"'God Bless the Princess Too,' written and
composed by w. H. Eburne, companion ballad
to God Bless the Prince of Wales,'"is the til
tie of a song advertised in London. The anx-
ious inquiry arises, "Who is the Princess
Too?" No such person is known in the wide
circle of the royal family
AN imbecile pun comes from London, to
the effect that Lady Dunrobin has the most
finished toilette of any woman in the king
dom.
"A meeting was held last week at the office
of the Revolution newspaper in New York, by
n number of ladies favorable to the organixa-
tion of an association of workingwomen, for
the purpose OF advancing the interests of wo-
men who work for a living-as the different
trade societies Of men protect the welfare Of
their members. The preamble to the series of
resolutions adopted provides that the associa-
ton be composed of women of all trades and
professions, and have for its object the amelior-
alton and elevation of all women who work
for living.
The Buffalo Express, speaking of the recep-
ton in that city OF the news Of the Maine elec-
tion. saws: "Among the Democrats the news
of the result in Portland and Republican
gain of 800 was regarded as too bitter pill to
be swallowed without protest, and remark to
the effect that some d-d Radical was at the
wire seemed to create a momentary sense OF
relief which was speedily dissipated by the
successive announcements of the results IN
Bangor, Augusta, Sc
1t has been said that men carry on kind
of coasting trade with religion. In theVoyage
of life, they profess to be in search q heaven
hut take care not 10 venture so far in their ap-
proximation. to it as to entirely lose sight OF
the earth; and should their fraii vessels DC IN
danger of .hipwreck, they will gladly threw
their darling vices overheard, as other mari
ners their treasures only to fish them up again
when the storm is over