The Republican journal., 1871-01-26
CAL ITEM sac.
News Of the County and City.

ietter, enclosing fifty cents i'll good merchant
able scrip, comes 10 u, from Portland, with the fol-
lowing c0nundrum-
PORTLAND, Jan. %, 1870
MIR EDITOR. Seeing article in the columns
oi the Transcript, copied from you paper in re-
laton to the Lobster, beg leave TO ask you to le
quest that gentleman to state the time consumed in
counting those eggs of which he speaks.
Yours Respectfully T. I..w.
l.. ). Please insert i'll the columns of the Tran
script
The contributor OF the fish articles is a Young
man of remarkable devotion to science, as well as
perseverance and truthfulness. Being quick at
figures and familiar with the eggs-act sciences he
counted four eggs second. That would be 30 n
minute, or l4,40) an hour. For fear Of strainng
his intellect he wouldn't work more than ten hours
day, and being pous, he went regularly to meet
ing. 80 he only got through with ISL 900 eggs in a
week-and he couldn't have done that except bv
getting boy to hold the shell tish-the lobster
objectng to inquiry into her private affairs. Ten
weeks, nearly, were consumed in the inqury-the
most remarkable feat in the interest of science that
is recorded. He doesn't brag of it-hut waits for
the world to recognize his greatness. p. s. We
can't insert this in the Transcript. You must see
EiWel about that Try him with a fifty cent scrip
RUNAWAY WITH A BOAT A young man, named
Iianley, about lG years old, who has been STAYING
for few days at the Sanborn House, in this city,
disappeared on Saturday night and sunlry articles
about the house left at the same time. On Sunday
morning, small schooner that had been anchored
IN the harbor, WAS found to be foulcd under the
bows OF large vessel. From the fact that some
of the articles from the Sanborn House were found
on boafd The schooner, it is inferred that Hanley
attempted to get away in her at night, bu. getting
IN collision with the other vessels, left her in the
small boat. The schooner Boomer, of nine tons.
that was ut anchor of Condons shore, has dsap-
peared and it is thought that the missing young
man went in her, perhaps with associates. Whether
Inns course was taken simply rs IA means of getting
out OF town, or is the commencement of freeboot-
Ing expedition is unknown If the latter, the
weather has been untavorable for Il cruise of the
kind. Hanley is an understood young man. with
freckled face, dark curly hair, and dressed in gray
clothes
SHORT CAKE. The weather has had a down.
ward tendencY"...The harbor near the wharyes.
scum over one or two nights but the ice will pro-
baby go out with the tide....The stockholders in
9th of Fob, Ball had meeting at Chases Saturday
night and elected business committee and Trea
sHfef..A well spring of pleasure" was discover
A'"'e AZ Jul City recently, ana was shown
10 little four year Old sister, with the remark that
WAS a doll "Oh, no, it isn't doll its real live
,''A' paoy The young lady who gave us that
.''.,l s ''s MSS the other night, will please accept
thanks r. > 1t twas sugar kiss and of ranner.
mint persuasion. Two lectures this week Soxo
and Dingley, Thursday and Friday niohts pno,
pie who left their house plants ont door snn,,au
night, complain that they We're nipped NV ,ho f.ast
.....Snow Tuesday night......The poct who ao:',
when in the sultry summers glebc sit ,1n,t
have any reference to this weather
If the petitions for a law to prevent the throwi,o
OF slabs into the river, shall prevail, many poo,
families in this city will be deprived of their fire
wood. After the spring freshets the shores Of oul
habor are strewn with refuse wood from the mills
oimonton, Bros. & Co. advertise to-day SOM
spehdia lines of goods, in which customers can max
Inc most satisfactory bargains. Their stock is b,
lar the newest and most desirable in this city. anJ
VIII well repay visit to see the attractive taste
with which 1t is displayed.
Lucky is he who has good wood pile and fin,
coal bin about this time