The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-06-07

In Duchess county, New York, the temper
ance men are buying out stocks of liquors to
get rid of them.
A witty fellow, in speaking of man of in
disputabe stupidity, said-"To become a per-
feet brute he wants only instinct"
The New York World intimates that the
INSIGNIA OF the Golden Fleece would be be-
coming to James Fiske, Jr.
A Texas beef factory boasts of condensing
a bullock into II pounds. That's nothing;
densed into one pound in the Eastern rural
districts.
In Schenectady they are developing queer
taste IN colors. One man, having just COM
peted new house, has printed it black with
white trimmings, and another is equally &C.
centric in putting scarlet blinds on white
house.
A smart old lady of seventy-two years. in
Decatur County, Indiana, recently walked
thlrty-two miles in one day, to pay her taxes
and buy spring bonnet. That woman will
vote if she lives.
People who make notes or write loye-let
tels, will be delighted with a bit of informa-
ton which the Treasury Department gives,
that violet ink fades, some records written
with it and exposed to the light being now
lneIe Dlduk paper.
lady IN New York who was invited to
meet the poet Whittier when he was in town.
learned twelve pages OF his poetry by heart, SO
as 10 be able to quote few lines when she
was introduced to him.
claimant appears at Davenport, Iowa, for
one thousand acres OF land, most of which is
valuable business property in the centre OF the
city. The man claims to have purchased if
in 1910, paying $1,000 for it.
A Swedish farmer who was BREAKING land
near Pacific City, Kansas, barred with a
plough huge log Of anteGiluvian timber
Further research shows that an immense for
est has at some former time been submerged
and now lies about fourteen inches below the
surface. The trees are all lying in one direc-
ton, their tops toward the west. They are
black as jet, and capable of receiving high
polish. There seems an inexhaustible supply.
as experiments for miles around reveal them
to the search.
The season at West Point opened with a
grand hop, which took place at the lower Coz
zens' Thursday evening. Nearly all the Off
GERS of the academy were present, and ouite n
delegation from New York. The GRADUATING
class were denied the privilege of participat7
ing in the festivities. The entertainment
ended with fine banquet.
They tell in Indiana of man who tbe
other day, got "atigued," laid down close to a
molasses barrel, accidentally turned the fau-
Get, and went to sleep with a full stream run
ming on his head. He was discovered alter
about eighteen gallons of the sweet had run
out over him. He was fined SIS for dsorderIy
conduct, and had to pay for the molasses. He
said it was case of ''linked sweetness long
drawn out"
One OF the Russian singers at Pittsburgh
the other day. thought he had got far enough
along in English to call for food at the table,
and accordingly asked the lady at his side to
pass him some kiss" She blushed, and he
repeated it, with the unfortunate appendix,
1.-THE same as you gave me this morning"
She arose from her seat with Indignation, the
boarders glared on the wre oh that would thus
Haunt his crimes, while he barely retained
strength enough to get up and reach the de-
sired Wand. 1t was cheese