The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-04-12

In the Municipal Court at Worcester the
other day, witness cliuched one OF hi, state
ments to the Judge with ~ n bet you ten Gsl.
lars Of it, On the Judge decllnilg the ,fe
the fellow answered, perhaps ye haven The
amount about ye.''
AT the election 10 West Roxbury (Jlmaica
PliD) last week, an est.mAble lady, Mr.. e.
ID. Cheney, nominated 10 the Office OF school
committeeman, was beaten ly a majority Of
eight votes by the Irish coachman of an arls-
tocrafic family Of the town.
The Nocitluco, the most beautiful ot the
marine iniusoria, emiis a brilliant el, ctrio
light, which makes the sea shine like reams
OF silver in the wake Of ship, of warm,
summer evening, when they cope to The sur
face in countless multiluies. 1t 10 a globu ar
animal, like minute soap-bubble, aud, being
about the thirtIeIh Of an inch IN diameter, is
giant among the infusoria. Is electric
light, supposed to be emitted By direos sxsr-
ton Of the nerve power, appears constant 10
the naked eye, but really consists Of N ,men..
ary scintillations, that increase IN rap dity q ]
Intensity by the dash Of an oar or ths motion
Of the waves
Billings says that for woman 20 "fud
the hoe Of mSn's barte, she haz got IN kuo
less than he dUz, or maik him think So"
Sir JAmes Smith, ibe late English asiron-
onier, left chrouometer each to the E iris u
SALISBURY and Rosse, 10 be sworn il their
pantaloon pockeis'
AT -ecent ball In Az la Chapele, tho
bald struck up the Lanterns March" q. SON
as Rocheiort, who was the observed Of AL OBJ
servers, made lis appearance.
"A heavy suit Is likely against 2 Jth<chiIJ's
heirs for arrearaaes Of taxes, be having ale
ways undervalued his property IN making Is-
turns.
An Englishman has been hDed 81 Tor an
noying passengers BY political controversy
in a railway car.
1t is said that card-plsying has been near
ly abaudooed by the Paris clubs, and domiu Jes
substituted.
Que OF the best newspaper ,kes lat, "
heard Of was uninleniionally perpetrated up.
on themselves by the Rev. nr. Rogers Of Msu,-
pbis, and the Daily Times VI Caic go. Mr..
Rogers preached serm1n IN advocacy of L.
mAnism as tue true religion, aud showing Tue
futiii'y OF Protestant E siscopal orgauia sl.on.,
"n@s NC supposed was tne manu-
SCRIPT OF this sermon to The Times reporter.
ne was as,ouished to read IN That pap + lie
next morning a synopsis OF a d.sco1isr d..
llvered by him ten years ago in defsace OF
Epscopacy. He evidently drew bis sermon
from the rong end Of the barrel
About fifty years aso, oas Of the mo
fashionable young New Yorkrrs was ColVD.l
M, who being rich, handsome aud wrl
connected, had fallen into the habit VI strait
ting along Broadway in a very loity and pom.
pvus manner. AS he one DAY approached old
T,iuity Church, he saw Washington Irvns
standing on The stone base, aud holdiug Ast 10
The iron railing in front OF the church. "Hal-
10, Irving, what the deuce is the matte, 2"
shouted the Colonel. and in rep heard The
words: why, supposed, from your manner
of walking, that Broadway NUT belong 10
you, and SO I'm trying to get out OF your way."
Mrs. Blackwell, in recent speech q .vo.
eating female suffrage, recited the copJ of
VIII on probate in Boston. Ii runs as LOVE:
Il b. queath to my wife Elizabeth the $50 0co
which was hers before our marriage, as losgas
she remains widow, and no longer" How
would q will sound, said Mrs. B., reading fhu'
81 bequsalh to my husband John the So0,O00
which.was his at our marriage, so long ~ hs
remains widower, and no longer2