The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-06-15

Cardinal Bonnechose of Rouen charged with
horse, foot and dragons. This polemic, sup
porting petition against the medical school,
petition gotten up in asnarrow spirit and
based on inaccurate or exaggerated statements
and reports-declared that the professors were
all positivists, materialists, or atheists. In
vain Mr.. Dupuy, Minister of Public Instruc-
ton, protested, and cleared the ground by ex-
PLANTATION and proofs clear as demonstration
the Cardinal, beaten over and over, persisted in
iteration. The clerical party desired to bring
the matter before the government, but luckily
good sense prevailed, and the order of the day
was voted; for men over twenty-tbree will read
what books they please, and consult diction-
aries which have not the crossed keys on the
title-page and will hold that their opinions
right or wrong are their just possessions, and
learned bodies will hardly return to monastic
rule
The legislative halls of little Malta are ech.
DING with angry remonstrance-Malta like Ire
land wishes to secede from the English yoke
: While the medical gentlemen and pro-
fessors of the medical college of France
are receiving such rough treatment the
curate has been stirred into generous emotion
by souvenirs of Father Babe. Babe was a
sort of man of Ross, who like many other
country physicians, went out in all weather,
day and night, to attend to his patients. OF
these he had three sorts; first, those who paid
him literally; others who paid him not at all;
and lastly those at whose house he left lit
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of his rich patients, and of those who did not
pay him he was in the habit of saying it was
probably because they could, not and as to the
others he never spoke of them. Before he
died and while suffering acutely he had his
papers brought to him, and drawing out a
register of bills put them into the fire. On
being asked what he was destroying he re-
piled; Mon Dieu, these are little bills
against my poor invalids, and do not wish to
leave my heirs the trouble of calling for them.
My heirs will have nothing to complain Of
they will be as rich as l." Last Sunday all
the inhabitante in the neighborhood of Meu-
den assembled to do observance to a fste in
honor of Father Babie and to inaugurate his
bust, which was placed in the park attached
to the mayors house. .rl
Speaking of the bust reminds me that Miss
Cushman and Miss Stebbins are in Paris
They have their passages engaged for the next
trip of the Scotia, June 2Oth. Miss Stebbins
has with her some Photographic copies of ex-
quisite models. 1 was particularly struck
with the Gold Digger of California, Millions Lu-
cifer calling up his fallen hosts, a grand like
ness of Miss Cushman placed on bracket of
great beauty the centre representing the fig
ure of Art, supported on either side by Come
dy and Tragedy; then besides her "Angel of
HEALTH" designed for Central Park, New
York, she had some beautiful designs for
smaller water fountains. While looking at
these conceptions charged with beauty, and full
of vigorous AxAontinn I could not help wisi.isss
that these water-fountains were placed in all
our large cities. They give such CHEEKY at
mosphere to places they adorn, and are such
noble monuments to Gods beautiful gift of
pure life-sustaining water. r
The warm weather makes people think of
summer retreats, and many Americans now
in Paris are looking towards Germany, land
of meerschaums and beer and metaphysics.
Heidelberg think is the favorite resort of all
Yankeedom. By the by, a Yankee girl, Miss
Sole Of Connecticut has this month married
Sous-Lieutenant Minkurtz, son of General
Minkurtz, Saxon Baron. Miss B. of Boston
is about to be married to a French officer.
Since it is seen that Prince Achille Mu-
rat, ranks next to the Emperor, it is expected
that Yankee girls whose craving for rank and
title is like the desire of the moth for the can
Gle, will be very ambitious for European
matches. The moths who are burnt and
crawling about in pain and shame make no
impression on sister moths who fly head first
into tn" "deceitful shine" 1t is not the only "go
ahead" which merits severe reproof.
Speaking of marriages l must not forget to
mention that an American char acter has just
gone out in Paris. He was a native of Maine,
sometimes provincially called "vessling," his
affinities and mode of life gave him an in
sight into the lumber-trade. Agile of feet,
quick of eye, Jerry climbed the trees and threw
down beechnuts with an independence of
character that had never known the trammel
of game laws. Jerry knew what he was in his
native woods better than metaphysic wit could
tell, but he knew not what he was to be-a Pa
risian. In Paris he lived quietly, raising no
scandal and avoiding the conduct of his fellow
citizen, Horace Greeley, who came to this city
to get into what New Workers call a"muss;"
no secret police dogged his
he ever enjoyed the freedom of
the city and was exempted from taxes, and
when at last vitality went from him and he
ceased to be anything but memory and
souvenir, by Partisan hands he was embalmed.
Now, inquiring friends can see all that re-
mains of Jerry at the Paris apartment of the
Misses c. of Portland. Despise not Jerry
because he was a squirrel, for he was piqnant
in his ways and affectionate in his nature.
You see that the huge lottery of United
Stores magazines has ended in confusion.
This was, wild plan of having every manner
of grocery and household article sold at one
warehouse and note was given to the buyer
which promised to secure to him his invested
capital after some fifty odd years date. The
wished to run the machine little
longer, but the matter being sent to litigation
the court ruled that the debris was to be par
celled out to the cormorants as John Van Bu-
rem called the butchers, the bakers and candle
stick makers who preferred claims on his
purse. t...
mir. S. S. Haven of Philadelphia, who has
resided in Paris over fourteen years is about
to have book of poetry brought out by Long
man and Brothers of London He dedicates
ihe volume to his country. WANDERER.