The Portland daily press., 1870-11-22

1t is estimated that one thousand bushels of
oysters are taken daily from the waters at
Norwalk, ct.
The Chicago Academy of Sciences has
been presented with fossil tree trunk from
Colorado, bored by ship worms.
The winner of the $4,000 prize in the
San Francisco lottery was III. w. Thomas, a
Nevada county miner, who can neither read
nor write.
A reverend gentleman was addressing
Sabbath School concert at the Highlands
Sunday night and was trying to enforce the
doctrine that the hearts of the little ones
were sinful and needed to be given to Christ.
Taking out his watch and holding it up, he
said snow here Is my watch; suppose it
don't keep good time; now goes too last, and
and now too slow; what shall do with itr
"Sell it," shouted out faxen-headed
youngster.
The writer and copyists of a newspaper
paragraph saying that clergymen "are, as
rule, the best paid men for the smallest
amount of work in the world" are strangely
ignorant of clergyman's labor, which they
put at "two essays week" 1t IS Just posi-
bic that one who has no stomach for his bust
ness may get off with SO little, but the case
is, we fancy, somewhat rare.
An indianapolis editor recently discovered
ment land in one of the counties bordering
on the Ohio river. He paid So IS 3 A, and
that land was his. Going down to see what
he had purchased, the county surveyor show
ed him an elegant sand bar on the Ohio river,
just below low-water mark.
The Dominion government is about to take
the usual decernial census. The Canadian
papers are already discussing the probable re-
suit, and think that population iof about
100000 will be shown. The census of 1851
returned 3,G91 5S1 inhabitants. The next
census will apply only to the provinces, Onta-
rio, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
They rather imposed upon Mr.. Greeley out
West. At Lawrence he was taken in a car
riaee to see the city and its improvements.
Keeping him engaged in conversation, the ir-
reverent scamps of his escort drove five Or
six times around square, at each circuit
passing very fine building in course of cree
ton. At about the fifth round Horace broke
forth: "Well, well, Lawrence is growing rap
idly. Why, there is very large number of
nice buildings growing up. Don't you fancy
there is little monotony in the architecture,
thought"
There is man in Nottingham. N. e.,
namei Nathan Parker, but better known as
"Pigeon Parker" who has made business of
ensBaring wild pigeons for large portion OF
his life. During the fight of these birds, in
the early part OF this fall, he caught in net
as many as ITO dozeu. He says that these
birds breed three times during the year. They
go south for the winter, and hatch their
first young In the middle States, in May or
June. In July they hatch in New York
State, and in August and September they go
into Maine and lay more eggs; but il two
birds are brought forth, only one is reared, the
other being killed. The male bird is guilty of
this infantcide, and it is he, also, that feeds
and takes charge of the remaining younging.
"A good story is told of Anna Dickinson,
which illustrates that a woman, however emf
nent, is woman still. When she opened the
"Boston Lyceum," she came promptly to the
front OF the platform at haltpast seven, and
quietly surveyed the audience without open
ing her mouth, for several minutes. She did
not sit down, although chair had been pro-
vided for her. "Why didn't you sit DOWN."
asked one of the managers "What answer
gave the eloquent little woman? "Do you
suppose acas going to sit do,on in my neav
dress ?"