Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-02-09
miscellaneous zren,s.

An etlllOT OF OIlCd, new 1OTk, mas Deen sent
TO Jail on charge of libel, aud the last edition
of his paper is largely devoted to jail ntelli-
9ence, and contains column Of personal no.
tees of Gail birds"
The Cincinnati Commercial asks, did itsoccur
TO the aristOcratic people of Louisville that the
Grand Duke Alexis is the son of an abolition
ist? Is it not sad that people who have been
robbed so to speak, of their slaves, should treat
member of a family of abolitonists with dis
tinguished consideration?
The Sioux CITY QOwa) Journal says: ono
Curs are being offered at the trading posts. The
Indians, owing to the severe winter, have not
yentured out of their usual trapping eXpcdi-
tions, and fur, in consequence, is very scarce,
and commands high price. Trade is, accord
inglv, dull"
The Albany Journal says the state fish com.
misSionerS have made a mistake in assuming
trout to have become scarce in the waters ofthc
Northern Wilderness, and SO stocking them
with bass and pickerel, saying that they have
"by this single bit of piscatorial caunibalism
done more harm than they have done good by
ali their other useful labOrs since their organic
alton"
A clergyman recently said he was once en-
gagged TO preach to mis- Sunday school, but after
the little people were all arranged befJre him in
order, he told them that some of them might be
weary and wanted to 20 out before he had
finished, so he would rather have any who fan
cied they would like to 90 to do so now, when
Il
sat still, then one little fellow took up his hat
and went down the aisle. Another and another
followed, until not a child was left. 1t is to be
presumed the minister learned the lesson they
gave him.
An imaginative writer in the Paris Gaulois
thus describes some of the peculiar habits of the
American judiciary: "ln winter it is an every
day matter TO see the judge and the jurors re-
move their socks TO hang them to dry by the
heater of the courtroom. Some 20 SO far as TO
pare their bunions in public, and an objection
once being made by an over-fastidOus lawyer,
the judge replied sternly: 81 call the counsel to
or er and to the respect he owes to the justice;
he will mind his own business" and the Judge
TRANQUILITY finished his little operation Of orthop-
cdy"
Among the notabiltieS in Paris who have died
recently was Fornici, the oldest cane-seler in
France. He was one hundred and three years
old. He was known as ola BOnle dor" The
man was a cook under Louis XIV. messenger
at the ministry of Finance under Louis XIV,
soldier under the revolution and under Bona
parte, then dancer, then beadle in a church,
then openair dentist, and finally dealer in walk
ing sticks. This last was the only trade he
found profitable, and in that he made hanl-
some fortune. 1t is said Fornic left a GOOD
share of this to the great, ea-granddaughtcr
OF girl he was in love with IN 1890.
Robert Collyer tells a good story about Fred.
Douglass. That unfortunate gentleman was
travelling one gusty night on sound steamer,
and failed to get berth. Tucked up in as com
Portable n corner on the deck as he could secure,
he was pited by one Of the officers of the steam
er, who thought that he might perhaps do him
some little kindness, as he was not very black
after all. So he went up to him, and, with a
meaning look in his eve, touched him and in
CURED, "IndianW Douglass understood him
perfectly. Mr.. Coyer said he feared lie would
have yielded TO the temptation and said yes"
On the contrary, Fred Douglass said, "No-
nigger!" and rolling himself carefully up, made
himself as comfortable in his stormy corner as
possible
A celebrated stag, known as "The Doctor"
belonging to Queen Victoria, was shot the other
day by order OF the earl of Cork, master of the
royal buckhounds. "The Doctor" is spoken of
as the best stag that was ever followed across
country. Daring the last ten wears, however,
he became extremely artful. He saw through
the business, and shirked his duty by all man
ner of eXpedientS. He knew the whole region
thoroughly, and when the hounds were after
him he would 20 calmly into the nearest farm
house, where he always got hospitable treat
ment. Once he quartcred himself in a bakers
shop, and another time in a butchers. On two
occasions he made his way into Windsor Castle
and got into the state apartments. "The Doc
tors" last run was on boxing day. He ran for
just fifteen minutes until he saw house with
an open door, and then walked leisurely into
the drawing room, where a lady was sitting.
The animal was extremely doclle and intelli-
gent, and his death, which was rendered neces-
sary by an accident, is mourned by many old
friends,