The Portland daily press., 1869-07-29
Gossip and Gleanings.


AN English paper advertises for sale
pew which commands view of nearly the
/ whole congreg ation''
-Grasshoppers in Kentucky chew tobacco,
and the farmers consider it an expensive vice.
"A Pittsfeld farmer. claims kind of pota-
| to "just fifteen minutes earlier than the Early
Rose. ;,
IA. boy having complained to his father that
Bill had thrown the Bible at him, and hurt
him on the head, the latter replied: ''Well
you are the only member of my family on
whom the Bible ever made the least impress
sion.s 1aai lgit. .'i i'tsi 'a So
ib--The largest salary paid to Methodist
preacher in New England is 81, 500 aud house
4 rent--to the rector of the fremont Church,
| Boston 'iiian i7it ii+-
aa-Greeley's tutnips only cost him nine shil-
Ilings apiece last year, whereat he straightway
| set up as an Economist
3, Punch does up the course Of the French
cable in single hexameter, thus: Straight
from the Brest Of the shore IL plunged in the
! Bosom of the ocean,. ~ CREWS
y 80 Opportunity for McCoole-To "belt" An
| dy, and go down to posterity as he who "struck
nations lyre. = Chicago Post.
"A little boy, in most miserable plight,
was found the other day in street in Bir-
mingham, crying for his mother. Several per
sons in the crowd that gathered round endeav-
ored, but in vain, TO find aout where the little
| wanderer slived.h 1t was with his mother, up
sthe court; aud that was all the child could
telloiAs length a apolceman asked, where
does your mother get her fourp'ny ale from?"
ssThe Red Gow,p was the instant answer.
sCome along with me, them" said the saga
cious officer, who knew toe wen the liquor
shops of the neighborhood; and soon, through
the medium OF the Red Cow" the little fell
| low was taken to his wretched home. e
iss.-The Portsmouth Times says that lady in
tina. city recenctly declined the offer OF gen.
| tleman, on the ground that he had no taste in
arranging his neck-tie.
An old bachelor, seeing the words families
supplied" over the door of a shop, stepped in
and said he would take a wife and two chill
| dren.
"Prisoner, you nave beard the complaint for
| habitua1 drunkenness; what have you to say
In your defense?' "Your honor, I am as dry
as fish"
"A Cleveland newspaper recently adyertis-
| ed that it would send copy free to any person
| sending club of ten." A young lady in the
country sent it the ten spot of clubs
| 1t is not until the flower has fallen of that
the fruit begins to ripsn. SO in life 1t is when
the romance is past that the practical useini-
ness begins ..n-i. @
ak--Kerosene oil Is said to be an euec'''e anti
dote to the poison of bee sting.
l. -Itis stated in the Cineinnau commercial
that the Hon. III. Greeley is not only piiiar OF
the Rev. DIR. Chapin's Church, but also one OF
/ ;ts soundest sleepers. q ,isf' aa. 1is.f
| : ,-ssynn have lost some of your friends,
.ssn said traveller to negro, whom he had
| net on the road. "Yes massa" "Was 1t
dear or distant relative?' Well, purity dis
| tant, bout twenty-four miles"
"A Chicago attorney, appearing in defense
of prisoner charged with burglary, stated
that he had witnesses to prove where the pris-
oner was at the time Of the burglary but un-
fortunately he could not ascertain where the
burglary was committed.
"A weak solution Of carbolic acid is the
latest announced cure for cancer.
The commander of a Fenian organization,
while marching, gave the original order,
ssAIarch slanting, there's wagon in the road. !"
Some of the truck horses in New York
city work under tents. That is, an awning
that extends the whole length of the horse Is
affixed with iron stanchions to the harness.
| thus forming an effectual shade.
-"Sarah Ann, give the baby some paregol,0
and put it to sleep, and bring me my paras0,
I can't stop to mend Johnny's JACKET -
nromised to, because I'm going to meenns
for the amefioration OF the condition. Oh INC
| human race"