The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-09-29
Varieties.

"A court in New York State has decided
that elairvoyant doctor cannot recover pay
ment for services, as all such doctoring was
fraudulent He 9-e
"A San Francisco bootmaker has invented
the latest agony in the way of ladies' CATERS.
The heels, about two inches in length, taper
down from the foot until they are no thicker
than a mans thumb, and then widen out again
until silver twenty-five cent piece, which is
screwed on the bottom of each, Just covers it.
French ladies are taking to the velocipede
The Empress is an adept. The velocipede has
evidently a part to play in the future. 1t will
yet prove to be the poor mans carriage, The
ingenious Yankee who shall first adaptit to
the use of ladies and invalids is destined to
make fortune,
1t has been said that a Frsnchman 10 born
for three things: to Dress dance and drown
himself
The latest Savannah nuisance is an ep
demic of slings, with which small boys smash ?
the street lamps. e.it ..f s,- -uo
The elder Dumas is writing a romance
from the incidents of Adah Menkens melan-
choly lite. t. .H.. tf
Twenty eight ladies have seeded from .
church in Elmwood, Conn.,, because they were
not allowed to vote in church meeting. l 30.
"A sailor in New York, Water street con-
vert, thus delivered himself at a recent prayer
meeting in that locality: "Fellow-citizensi
Give me the Presbyterians for discipline, the
Baptists for water, and the Methodists tor firel
I'm a Presby byterian when on duty, Hari-
Shell Baptist in hot weather, and a Methodist
in the winteri" 81. ..
An English hriO recantlv into he 2uI-
tan's yacht, and after the latter was repaired
the captain of the brig received bill of costs,
receipted, with his Majesty's compliments.
"A oUngIess vi SvhvoI-.v.sts--- - aouy bel an
held in Florence. The object OF the gather
ing, which is composed OF delegates from all
parts of Italy, is to ascertain the defects iu the
present system of elementary and secondary
education, and the best manner iii which they
may be remedied. The congress meets at the
suggestion of the Minister of Public Instruc-
ton,
Mr.. Longfellow, at the last accounts, was
sojourning in Vevay, on the borders of Lake
Geneva. Next month he win probably spend
in Paris. His new book, "The New England
Tragedies" will be published on the same day,
namely the 10th of October, in London, Leip-
sic, Paris and Boston ..,1 ....r...
General Fremont, in his speech, on Tues
day night, referred to the charge that the
! West were in favor of the Pendletonian poli-
cy, and said, ave know that to carry on the
war the West gave good blood, and 1 believe
that they willing to give good money"
--Gen. Swift is too hard on Secretary Welles
when he says Belzoni's mummy of the thir-
teenth Pharaoh would be q dancing master by
the side of the Secretary. te.f .a....r
The enterprise of the "Pictorals" is smaz-
ing. They publish already illustrations Of the
| South American earthquakes. OF course
they were taken on the spot. There was no
necessity for the artists to keep their footing
or steady their hands, as the more they shook
the truer the drawing.
"A jury on a recent civil trial at Mont
peer, having been kept out without agree
ment from Saturday morning till Monday
morning, sent in the following special ver-
dict:" Washington County Court, Septem-
Der term, 1868, VS.. -. In this case the
jury say that their united ages are 6S9 years,
averaging 40 IL years; that their aggregate
weight is 1868 pounds, averaging l62 81 tnA'
politcalIy there are eleven for Grant ana one
for Seymour, and that on this line tn ey in'enu
to fight until the November eiecton' koN'
foreman." 1t is needless to say 'nAs sne
LAWYERS enioyed the joke, and the oour' dia-
charged the jury.