The Portland daily press., 1868-03-26
Varieties.

1t will not be long-says the Montana Ga
zette-before the Prickly Pear Valley ard the
whole country lying between the Rocky
Mountain range and the Missouri river will be
surveyed into townships and sections.
The Chicago Post suggests to Barnum
that if he desires another "happy family" he
should form an engagement with the amiabls
claimants to the paternity Of "Ben Bolt" and
Rock me to Sleep, Mother" Once get these
Jolly people together, and he will mourn his
wild animals no more.
-T am astonished, my dear young lady, at
your sentiments; you make me start" "Wel,
sir, I've been wanting you to start for the last
hour"
TIE Saracen's Head, one of the most fa-
nous inns of old London, in its glory when
coaches were in theirs, is in process of destruc-
ton, being torn down to make way for . great
public improvement. It has had quite fire.
quent mention in literature, and many of our
readers will remember that it was there that
Mr.. squeers lodged when in town, that he af-
tonished the waiter by the freedom with which
he diluted the milk provided for his pupils,
and that he made his bargain with Nicholas
Nickleby. The tavern is said to be very accu-
rately described in the novel, having earned
the distinction by being actually the head
quarters of the Yorkshire schoolmaslers whose
wicked business Mr.. Dickens demolished.
Are you net alarmed at the approach Of
the King OF Terrors?" said a minister to sick
man. "Oh, no, have been living six and
thirty years with the queen of terrors-tha
king cannot be much worse.'
"A Boston teacher who In q at of yexa-
ton, called her pupils set Of young adders,
on being reproved for her language, apologize
| ed by saying that she was speaking to those
| just commencing arithmetic.
An idea of the future military policy Of
| Canada may be gathered from the few remarks
| of the Hon. Mr.. Cartier, Minister of Militia,
made at Ottawa, on st. Patrick's Day. He
said: Indeed, nation to become strong must
| have the means of resisting aggression and
maintaining her own, and England had the
means and used them. The time was now or.
rived for Canada to do likewise. She had
| now seaboard to defend and great inland
| country to fence around with Notifications,
and with the powerful aid Of England she was
about to do so. He did not, ho xever, intend to
say anything about what he intended to do"
1t is announced that we are to have the re-
| vival of the old-fashioned hoops or, as the
| French call them, plniers or baskets, which
| were first in vogue in France hun lred and
| thirty years ago, and were afterward iavorits
| article of dress with the beautiful Marie An
toinette and her ladies just before the revolu-
ton of 1889. They consist simply of circu.
| lar framework of whalebone, or other suita-
| BILE material, fastened around the person be-
meath the waist and above the hips, extending
equally in every direction, and producing an
extraordinary enlargement and rotundity Of
the figure.
| The rumors which have been in circula-
ton of the discovery of gross frauds, amount
ing to very large sum, in department con-
nected with the Grand Trunk Railway, cause
much excitement in Canada. With compa.
ny which is always calling upon the Provinces
of Canada to make up its losses, 1t is natural
for the public to feel an interest in the causes
Of those losses. An investigation Is now GO
ing on, and there is a very loui deml not
only that it should be searching, but that itoe
extended to all the departments OF That great
public company, among whose members the
signs of rapid accumulation of wealth. indi-
Gated by expenditures altogether out OF pro-
portion to salaries, are causing much uneasi-
ness. l., r,,,.o.o 49,.
Of Lord Byron, cousin and successor to the
noet: Mrs. George Combe, daughter of the
great Mrs. Siddons and widow of the author
of the "Constitution of Man." and Madame
sophie Schroeder, who, seventy years ago, was
famous actress on the German stage.
The author of "Mabels Progress" and
"Aunt Margaret's Trouble" stories which
have been greatly admired, and which were
first attributed to the daughter OF Charles
Dickens. is now said to be an American lady,
Pbiladelphian BY birth, who resides in Flor
ence. o.1, O. Dovar p.;,vu
comnany appear as claimants on the estate Of
c;r Morton Peto and his partners for the large
sum of sS3,OOO,COO An English paper thinks
a,bere never was such al account filed in any
bankruptcy OF private firm since the world
began"
The Albany Journal of Friday evening
states that Gov. Fenton has finally decided 10
refuse pardon to young Ketchum.
-NeapohtaA papers announce Inc A :.
J there of Gen. Hooker, and say he Is A"0" = ~
D home as "Fytin Joe." ,,..,,
. --Tha London Times recentiy Puoi'sneu
daolaration of Irelands ecclesiastica' grie'.
ances. signed by two thousand Irish peers and
e gentry