The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-11-09

sqypsT Isc,prsTs. Sometimes In bassin.
alon, the streets the pedestrian catcbe
| plimpses of what, if properly worked I'D, worlt
constitute first class items, but not being a re
porter who makes it his business to thorough,
| investigate causes and effects, he simply mar
rates what he has seen in an off hand manner
Two or three of these incidents were brough
10 our attention on Saturday, and we give
them as they were told to u.s.
On Saturday last o gentleman of African
descent, who had lately come into possession
OF surplus amount of funds, invested bis cur.
rency in an immoderate amount Of liquor, the
effect of which upon his physical system was
such as to leave him lying in the gutter on
Portland, near the foot OF Gresn street, with
his faculties in state OF complete obiuscation
| Now it happens that largo heaps of dirt had
been thrown up near the spot where he was
| reposing, by the excavations for laying the wa
| ter pipes, and a number OF ragged urchins con-
| cluded to have some sport. They accordingly
| conveyed the sand by the bucke.-full to where
Caesar Augustus was wrapped in mud and
| slumber, and proceeded to completely bury up
the unfortunate darkey, with the exception OF
his head and hands, which they left exposed
In his mouth they inserted the stump of a
pipe, in one hand they placed large branch
of tree, and in the other dirty rag, tipped
his hat knowingly over the left eyebrow, and
then left him to the tender mercies of the Do
lice or whoever might rescue him from his dis
agreeable predicament.
On the same afternoon woman was trying
to make her way along Kennebec street, who
also had evidently imbibcd more benzine
than she could well carry, and as she steered
wild in her onward progress, she was followed
at safe distance by a crowd of children boot
Ing and yelling. Incensed at the cries of the
rabble, she would stop every few moments to
pick up stone to hurl at her tormentors, and
in the effort would invariably topple over,
when all the modest spectators, who took no
pleasure in the study Of the female form d.
vine, turned away their heads. The worst fea-
ture OF the affair was several women who said
they wanted to see a drunken woman.
An exciting dog fight between halfbred
Newfoundland and mongrel cur, about half
the size of the Newfoundland, took place on
Saturday down on the dump, performance
which drew quite an interested audience. The
Newfoundland, although one would think full
ly able to make meal OF hisinsignifcant look
ing antagonist, soon found that he had got
more to do than he could well manage, and in
the end the mongrel proved the victor.
The sports of the "Gem of the Antilles
have been transplanted to our colder cline
On the same afternoon, two individuals resid-
ing on Fore street concluded they would try
and get up little excitement by means of a
ceck-fght. One of them possessed little red
cock, whose game prope nsities had been often
Wanted by its owner, while the other was pre-
pared to ego his pile" that the white cock he
owned was the champion of the street. A
motley crowd soon gathered, a large proportion
OF which were ganains, whose dividing line be-
tween their ragged pants and quasi jackets did
not necessitate very close inspection. Upon
being set upon each other, the birds, who were
without spurs, pitched in in good style; they
bit, and struck, and jumped first to one side
and then to the other, and it was pretty evil
dent that the red one would be the winner,
when the police were seen approaching and
the birds and crowd decamped as quickly as if
an earthquake had swallowed them up.
Owing to the high tide, on Saturday, down
at the Back Bay the bridges in that vicinity
were filled with the Smelling Brigade" who
turned out in full force. But not much luck
was experienced, some four or five dozen smells
being all that were secured.