The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-03-11
Varieties.

"A letter from Lyons says the coachmen of
that city have this year reproduced an ancient
jest, which consists in parading through the
city ON donkey any husband who has allow
ed himself to be beaten by his wife. Three of
these domestic victims have thus far ridden on
ass-back. Each man in his turn is put on a
donkey, his face to the tail, which he takes in
bis hands. He wears a nightcap and pla-
card saying he has been real bad one Then
hobble -de-hoy, dressed like woman, beats
him with broom. Then comes another jest
er, who powders man and donkey with flour
till they are sent blinded away.
"A Brooklyn congregation has had great
escape. A New York thief stole bag of man
uscript sermons from its pastor the other day.
The experiment of opening schools for ma
tive women in India is successful. A Native
Girls school examination has recently taken
place in Madras, Lady Napier, wife of the
Governor, presiding, and distributing prizes
The native girls attending the schools are
three hundred in number, and the high caste
girls being arrayed in their best clothes and
adorned with jewels, gave the assembly gay
| appearance. One of the schools under exami-
nation has been carried on for twenty years,
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many wslleducated girls, now wives and
mothers, and several who are now employed
as teachers. ettf
Miss Abbott, the new protegee of the Kel-
logg, is under the charge of first class teach
er in New York. The papers noted her at
tendance on the opera of "Faust' the other
evening. s..f -..f
The new regulation of the Lord Chamber
lain with reference to Court costume for gem
tlemen has set the whole English press to
discussing the Philosophy OF Clothes, and the
articles which have been written upon the
matter, if collected into a volume, would make
another, "Sartor Resartus" The color pre-
seribed is black, and velvet may take the place
OF broaasloth, at the wearer's option. The
waistcoat is white, the collar of the coat must
be straight and embroidered with gold, stripe
of gold lace must adorn the leg of the trow-
ssrs, and the sword and cooked hat must be
worn as of old,
Mr.. 7. Buchanan Reade has just com
meneed life-size painting of "Sheridan's
Ride" He occupies Rossettis studio in
l Rome 1llsst -l
| The English Post Office police had busy
time on St. Valentines Day in taking objec-
| tionable articles, such as red hsrrings, black
1 puddings and rats, from valentine envelopes.
The Southern people are getting into easy
circumstances again. The present year il
probably the last in which the North will be
called upon to furnish them with food and
clothing.
The Frauco-American Messenger, of New
York, says: IF there is a country in the
world in which people drink bad coffee it is
the United States" and gives as reason that
Americans do not "know how to make it,
All Of which is true.
"A model criminal was tried in Paris lately.
Being asked if he had anything to say, he re-
piled, "Yes, good deal In the first place,
obiest to the judges" "To the judges? You
mean the jury" "Nothing OF the kind;
mean the judges-all the judges of France"
'Tmpossblel" at is not impossible, but
fact" sand, sir, ON what groundsY Be
cause they are prejudiced against me- judge
(severely): Prisoner, you must not say such
things. No Judge in France Is prejudiced
against any one" "well, don't know about
that" replied the prisoner; "but you must
know as well as do that they have already
condemned me five times"
Two children in st. Louis "played butch
or" the other day. The one who personated
the OK doesn't go to school any more.
One blow of hatehet in the
hands OF sturdy five-year-old had nearly
laid his skull open, but he beloved so Justify
as to bring somebody to the rescue Just as the
weapon was raised for second stroke.
The New Bedford Mercury has authentic
information in regard to the organization oi
Grants kitchen cabinet. Mrs Maria kenne-
dy, of that city, has received an appointment
to the White House for the term OF four years
as assistant secretary in the cooking depart
ment.