The Portland daily press., 1869-02-17
Varieties.

When birds wing is broken by fowler
can it be said to have defective few?
"A case Of wife-trading that occurred at
Bingham, ILL.,, short time since, reminds the
Quincy Journal of an affair which took place
"a few years ago, back of Marion, ten miles be-
low Quincy, Ill. Two men became tired of
their wives; one proposed to the other to
change. This was agreed to, provided one Of
them would give gun, which he had, as one
partner was younger than the other. This
was agreed to. The women were consulted,
gave their consent, changed domiciles, and, it
is said, all lived more happily than before.
"A pioneer settler in Wisconsin writes that
many newly arrived emigrants in that region
are suffering under chagrin and disappoint-
ment-but for very good reason. He says;
"Some people think they can come here and
find improved farms, with spreading meadows
and blooming orchards and good houses, and
corner groceries to lounge in, and trout brooks
to fish in, and all the thousand comforts of
the East, with land at government price. 1t
takes work, and hard work, to carve a farm
out of the wild woods-work and hardship,
and strong nerve, and good grit. 1t takes a
man to do it; no childs play, or milk -and-water
soft-sbell subject can succeed. Don't tryl If
you expect to get good house and farm you
must pay for it. If you would eat, you must
pay, or work, or steal. Take your choiceP
"A few days since blast of nytro-glycerine
in the rocky gorge through "Satan's King
dom," ON the line of the Colinsville (Ct.) rail-
road extension, threw masses of rock three
hundred feet high, and one of the fragments
went over high bill, striking a school-houss
on the other side and crushing through the
| wall much to the alarm of teachers and schol-
| ars.
-'Tis a very ancient saying,
Time till now has proved it true:
"Do unto all your neighbors
As you would have them do 10 you
But another saying now prevails,
OF an entirely different hue;
"Be sure and do your neighbors,
Or they'll certainly do you.
"A mysterious disappearance has lately
created sensation in court circles in Paris.
A nephew OF abe late Marquis de Mouster left
his fathers house, on Sunday, January IL,
taking with him sixty francs to distribute
among the poor, and nothing more was seen
or heard of him, until the following Friday,
when he was found on the sea coast, near the
Hague, in state of complete exhaustion, gag
ged and wounded. Two days of medical treat
ment were required to restore the power of
speech, and the young count could give no en-
PLANTATION of the strange affair.
"A ship has just sailed from Portland, Ore
gon, with a cargo of wheat for Liverpool-the
first voyage Of the kind
: Charles Reade is writing play for Miss
Kate Reynolds.
"A Minnesota butcher has got into trouble
| by peddliug the flesh of dogs as mutton
A yelocipedist in Detroit got on LIS ma
| chine and thrashed an impertinent PEDESTRIAN
who stopped his way; then, remounting, was
| ont of aiObt before the nearest policeman could
| interfere. .,,,.,. :. , :,
the late London papers is enough to make
one,s blood run cold. "Thebed upon which the
deceased woman and child had died was COM
posed of rags; there were no bed. clothes; and
small box, placed upon broken choir, had
served as table. Upon it lay tract, entitled
The Goodness of Godp The only article OF
food in the room was piece of salt, of which
the deceased woman had eaten part. before she
| died." And a Juror ON the inquest, "A we'll
| known employer OF labor" objected to return
ing verdict of "death from starvation" be-
| cause it would only cause the distress to DO
talked about in the newspapers. what use
were people when they were deadf ne
thought they might be buried in an esS,oo1'
or perhaps it would be still better ~ ou,9
them without coffin at all" Thsres CIVIL
cation and Christianity for you
1T has been a very common tnins ior Sher-
;s, 70 Give criminals condemned to execution
,a~ro dranobts of whiskey before ascending
.ha oaIlows; but we know of only one case in
-h;cb the sensibilities of the culprit were
deade,,ed by chloroform before execution. In
the case of Carswell, recently executed in
oneida county, N. Y, for numbering a girl,
the hangman put his victim under the infu-
ence of an@sthetics, and SO projected him into
eternity. The subject has been brought to
the attention Of Gov. Hoffman by the present.
alton of charges against the Sheriff for DIS
conduct. 1t is believed the Governor VIII
bring the matter before the Legislature 70,
the purpose of securing legislation ID fss"'u
to such practices 80. .or,narorca mss.-
1t was resolved at a late temperanes meet
;no in wisconsin that temperance is a natur-
al virtue and indispensable to raise men to
the level Of other animals"