The Portland daily press., 1870-06-29
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Harry Crisp is to be juvenile man at the Bos-
ton Museum next season." Mr. Crisp is at
present lying seriously i'll and there are grave
doubts of his recovery.
Wooden fans, fashioned in the shape of leaves
painted green, and ornamented with sprays of
lilies of the valley painted on the edges, are
quite common at the watering places. And,
bye the bye, one lady at Saratoga has eighteen
fans-one for each evening dress.
The following epitaph is inscribed upon the
gravestoue Of a lady who died from drinking a
seidltz powder on hot day:
"Here lies the body of Mary Ann Lowder,
She burst while drinking Seidliez Powder;
Called from this world to her heavenly rest
She should have waited till it efervesced."
We learn that large number of artists,
theatrical as we'll as painters and sculptors,
will pass the summer at Bethel
School books sometimes tell tales A reader
in ore of the girls grammar schools, contains a
poem in which the following lines occur:
"oh! sweet is the new violet that beneath the
But sweeter $ the young lambs voice that bids me
to arise"
By scratching out the word slanab's" and
substituting the word mans, the lines read
"Oh! sweet is the new violet that beneath the
skies,
But swester is the young mans voice that bids me
to arise"
That girl has got ahead of her class She'll
do!
One of the delegates to the Convention was
so badly affected by the heat yesterday that he
found it impossible to walk straight and was
tenderly conveyed to the station.
A novel fiction at the examination at the
Cnntpr q ma Snhoo1 f,rf mi
was noticed when the handsome young COM
mttee man placed himself at the piano and
played the accompaniment, while the girls
sang America That committee man is
worth his weight in qoold'
The Eastern Express Co. will accept our
thanks for ST. John, N. B. papers, per steamer
New England. in advance of the mail.
The flag on the British Consulate was at
half mast yesterday, from respect to the men,
ory of Earl Clarendon.
The Grand Trunk has received another To-
comotive from the Baldwin Locomotive Works.
Philadelphia. 1t has four driving wheels and
weighs about thirty tens
Mr.. Norwood residing in the western part of
the city, exhibited 20 us yesterday a strawberry
blossom which he gathered from pear tree in
his garden.
We would call attention to the p. o. notice
of the collection Of letters for 6 p m. train for
Boston.
The Committee on Fourth of July, have
made arrangements with the boat to bring the
Bangor, Belfast and Bucksport military COM
panies, on Sunday night.
On Monday, July 4th the Interna tional
Steamship Company commence running their
third steamer to st. John, N. B.
AT Curtis shp-yard vessel is being built of
$40 tons, 1877 feet long, 80 foot beam and II feet
deep. She is to be dou ble- -decked and built of
oak, bark-rigged and cost $40, ,00O She will
carry locomotives and machinery for Phila-
delphia Company and be owned by Messrs B.
j. Willard, f. G. Cummings. j. b. Curtis and
others She will be commanded by Capt.
Tucker and ready to be launched by the first
of September.
We would call attention to the Strawberry
Show of the Portland horticultural Society at
the store of Samuel Rolfe, corner of Congress,
and Chestnut Sts., to-day.
The Democratic Convention were so vigor =
Gus in their applause that they knocked down
the plastering in the ante-room underneath,
rpining the carpet and making an awful mess.
They should have remembered the hall is not
built for a stable.
j. A. Tenney has sold his house corner of
Cushman and Emery Sts., to Clinton B. Jones
late of Virginia, for $500. The house is of
wood about 80 x 40 feet in size vita French
reof.
We would call attention to the advertise
ment offering reward for the recovery of the
DIV &c Nv
exertion will be made to that end He was
young man of great promise, with many
friends who anxiOusly are waiting to hear some
tidngs.
cOuntryman who was intoxicated fell from
his wagon near the corner Bramhall and Con-
gress Sts.on Monday night and was quite badly
injured but insisted on remounting his wagon
and driving home.
Yesterday was another very hot day, the
Thermometer standing at 2 p. M on Exchange
St, in the shade at go 1-2o.
The first bell used in falmouth, now Port
land, was procured from England in 1853, more
than a century and quarter from the first set
tement of the town, weighed 800 pounds and
cost about $62O
Out of the ten claims against the Portland s.
l1F lduu uatnl1cS, WutCn
were brought before the County Commission
ers last week, seven have been settled satisfac-
torily, by the parties.
Two hearses recently had race between
this city and Wood lords Corner lately.
Nelson Purdy, Of Westbrook, in the employ
of L. 3. Bennett Esq, arose in his sleep the
other night and jumped oat of a window strik-
ing on the ground some ten OF twelve feet be-
low. He received no injury.
The late Luther Dana as an officer of the
Rifle Corps, received the first military COM
mission ever issued by the State of Maine.
The son of Mr.. Warren Brown left his faith
er's carriage standing on Middle street about
1G o'clock Monday evening, while be went into
the Falmoith. When he came out few min
utes aiterw trd the horse and carriage had van-
ished. Marshal Clark yesterday morning
found the property at Libby & Dow's stable
whithe it had bsen driven by some one who
found it on The street.
Miss Bab5, assistant teacher at Primary No
2, was the recipient on Monday last Of two ele
CANT vases from her pupils.
AT meeting of Maine Lodge No. 1, held
Monday evening, the following officers were
chosen: N. G., Israel Hicks; V. G., William
F. Todd Secretary, II. G. Barnes; Treasurer
A. d. Smith.