The Portland daily press., 1869-08-27
Gossip and GIeanings.

-"Cleanlness is next to godliness," and that
is the reason, my little dears, why you are put
in the tub on Saturday night, before being tax
en- to church on Sunday morning.
Pretty Mamie H, who has Just cele-
brated her sixth birthday, was recently study
ing her Sabbath School lesson, when in reply
to question, her doting mamma assured her
that the devil was black. "Wen, replied the
child, II s'pose if he was good devil he'd be
white.
In Gloucester, N s., there is a pear tree
more than one hundred and fifty years old.
In 1716 it was brought to this country in
flower pot by Captain Samuel Harrison. 1t
has fine crop of fruit this year.
Grinding a cats tail is an amusement of
Cincinnati youth; and when a humane old
gentleman interfered with it, the other day,
the playful child knocked him down with
brickbat, and con tinued to grind.
Little Frank was taught he was made of
dust. As he stood by the window watching
ing this element as the the wind was whirling
it in eddies, he exclaimed seriously: ana, 1
thought the dust looked as though there was
going to be another little boy made
-"Peter, what are you doing to that boy?"
you take ten from seventeen how many will
remain; so I took ten of his apples to show
him, and now he wants that 1 should give
them back" "Well, why don't you do it.
then9" "Cos, sir, he would then forget how
many is left.''
Acting Commissioner Douglass decides that
bowling alleys kept at Summer resorts, for
which no charge is made for using, are subject
to the United States tax, whether open to the
public, or to all who wish to play, with or with
cut price, under part 40, section 70, act June
80, 1864.
Late London papers record very unusual
occurrence in the preceding Sunday afternoon,
in connection with the burning of a cottage in
a certain section of that city. After ths fire
had been subdued an investigation was order
ed, resulting in clearly showing the ignition
cause to have been the suns rays setting FIRE
to swallows nest under the caves.
Prince Pierre Bonaparte "a son of Prince
Lucien, and nephew of the first Napoleon)
was married two years ago in Belgium to the
daughter of workman in the Faubourg st.
Antoine. The marriage has just been publicly
acknowledged, thus rendering justice to the
two children whe are the issue Of the mar
| riage.
"A young lady in Princeton, ILL.,, received
a prescription "to be taken before going to
bed" The physician left, and, when night
came, q companion of the slightly indisposed
lassie, socitous for the recovery of her friend,
urged her, about the hour preparations were
ready for retiring to take her medicine. The
invalid who has a taste too sweet for bitter
physic, replied: "The doctor directed me to
take that medicine before going to bed, and
am not going to bed to nightp And she did
not, but rested on couch and avoided the
dose and is now entirely recovered, notwith-
standing her disobedience.
A Rochester locksmith has informed the
Treasury Department that he can open the
lock used by the government and by the banks
which keep its funds. As the Rochester man
has proved his assertion by opening lock in
twelve minutes in the presence of Treasurer
Spinner and says that he alone does not pos
sess the secret much CONSERVATION is felt IN
the Treasury Department
The Concord People says that large body
of black ants were seen few days ago in the
highway between Loudon and Concord, FORM
ed in two lines extending entirely across the
road to the bank opposite. Persons who saw
them estimated their number by the million
A severe battle was fought, which lasted near
lv an hour, after which both sides were occu-
pied In burying their dead. Their weapons
were their teeth, and they destroyed each oth-
er by biting their bodies open in the middle.
Tennessee has produced another frst-class
desperado. An employer disputed an item IN
his bill, whereupon he pounded the indiscreet
man head until the eyes dropped out When
the sheriff and deputy came for him the next
dav. he was found quietly at work. Asking
and recsiying permission to go for his coat, he
a. the same time procured pistol, and after
shooting the sheriff and stabbing the assistant,
| killing both, he walked of unmolested through
a crowd of fifty or more that had collected.
On Thursday evening man fell in a nj on
| the railroad track near Orange, N D., lust "s
a train was approaching. He was saVeu n0 e
instant death by a courageous young iauy %
| New York. who rolled him of the rai'S AZ .ns
imminent risk of her own life as 'he eus ..,t
wa, so near that portion OF her dress ""n cars
"g Tho train was stopped, and the pa'SepSso. Dsos.
on' 1 The heroic action. The m'uos0
roung lady persistently refused mt. ~ mem
so ,vhen some New York meron@I . ,o,.
n" .,""5 ,hcir desire of presenting ne' WIN
1 timonial..