The Portland daily press., 1870-12-19

The lady occupant Of brown stone
mansion in Brooklyn went up on the roof of
her house, the other day, and, using mortar
and trowel expertly, took down and relaid q
detective chimney. Progression was thereby
proclaimed from the housetop, and up to this
hour nobody has proclaimed himself hurt.
Henry Wald Beecher's congregation does
not believe it the correct thing to give the
devil all the best tunes. Here is an account
OF the cost OF music at Beecher's church, as
reported last Sunday; Mr.. Camp, musical d-
rector, $4,000; Mr.. lockwood, tenor, $1,000;
Miss Thursby, soprano, 5000; Miss Morgan,
alto, 5000; Mr.. Zundel, organisl, $500. To-
tai, $4,000.
Annie Russell, keeper of bagnio in Wa
ter street, was claimed to be the wickedest
woman in New York. Owing TO the efforts
OF missionaries Annie had been induced to
break up her bagnio and send away the abau.
doned girls who vi dated the peace. Annie
sent for one of the missionaries herself, and
when he visited her she said to him, "My
God! 1 can't stand this life any longer" The
reformed woman has been kindly cared for at
the "Home for Women" aud great confidence
is expires sed in her reformation.
A Dutch matron living in Lansingbure
was insuted by an Irish gentleman the other
day. She went home and deliberately plan-
ned and fixed plaster composed of equal
parts Of barnyald, capsicum, mustard and
Scotch snuff, and then she visited Patrick
with smile on her lip and winkins devil in
her eye. Soon the atmosphere about Patrick
was blue with curses, ard his face, eyes and
head still look as if he had been struck with
lightning two or three times. His coat OF
arms now bears the motto. "Nain for Sho-
seph" and the Dutch matron wears the most
compiacent smile of the season.
"A peculiarity of Washington is profanity,
speaking as to the volume and delivery. or
that citv. one who knows it has written
All the streams of varied profanity meet
and mngle at Washington; from the army,
the navy, from the interior department., per-
haps from the Committee of Ways and Means.
from the Currency Bureau may be; ; and from
each State the representatives bring the oaths
INDIGENOUS and peculiar to their sections
The members have the advantage of hearing.
and, il they choose, practicing all these vari.
GUS styles, aud they form a sort OF exchange
profanity. Thus oaths are more easily dis-
tributed over the country at large. II used
to be true that you could tell southern man
from northern man, merely by the nature
OF his oa'hs and bis manner of utterips them.
This reproach is partially disappearing under
the distributing efforts of the Senators and
representatives. You have but to step into
the passages, or bar rooms, and conversations
rooms Of a Washington ho;el, to be convinc-
ed OF the strength and variety oil the national
swearing
mo man dares TO call me his own" ex-
claimed Miss Anthony at recent suffrage
There was another woman who
said the same thing one day, though she put
it in very different language. Il know what
you came here for" she said with g,eat Sc
verify to a little man who had darkened her
door TO get out OF the rain. "You came here
to hug me, sir But sou shall not do it, sir,
unless you are stronger than land Pm
afraid you are" And 10, he was abashed,
precisely as the convention was, and laid not
The weight Of his hand upon her.