The Portland daily press., 1872-09-25
THE PR ESS.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPT. .25, '7e.
Gossip and Gleanings.

Gossip and Gleanings.
Catching now, between showers and rain
storms, glorious autumn days, and with bits
OF summer embroidery on them. New Eng
land is having its own unrivalled season.
TO make celebrated sauce, the French
cooks cut up live Holsters. The Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has peti-
toned the Minister of Justice to interfere.
Oysters next. -.
The following notice of death, in the col
umns of contemporary, is quite capable of
two meanings: 'Maria b., wife of Henry b.,
Esq, aged 80 years. She lived with her hus-
band fifty years, and died in the confident
hope of better life." -
"Egotists cannot converse; they talk to
themselves" Thus saith Alcott, the master
of conversation. s-
Notwithstanding the cold weather, the gen.
tie mosquito holds on as though determined to
dervie nourishment enough to last him
through the winter. Mosquito bars are still in
general use, and bid fair to be for some time
to come.
A story is told of father in church, who,
when the marriage services came to the point
where the clergyman asks, ''Who giveth this
woman to be married to this man ?'' replied,
'.Well, sir, am called to do it, although it
| aUip 10 0rair T tod ha,. 20.
Bill Blowser, who is worth twice the money
o that 'ere man."
The woman who never watched her neigh
bors is said to be a cousin to the woman who
did not know how many dresses her sister-in-
law had.
The Gospel Aid Society" of Atlanta, Ga,
got into so bad row that the police arrested
the whole organization.
Why shouldn't America be friendly to
France, when so many of her families are
sheltered by French roofs? .r.
Perhaps the pen is mightier than the
sword; perhaps not. But Prince Bismarck,
who knows something of the power of the
sword, has no contemplate estimate of the
terrors of the pen. Witness his vigorous, il
not barbarous, treatment of Edmund About
a writer who speaks with freedom and can
not be intimidated.
A Martha's Vineyard justice, few months
ago, sent a'prisoner to the House of Correc.
tion for the term of nineteen days, despite
the usual practice of sentencing in round
numbers. The key to this proceeding was in
the fact that just that time remained before
the culprit expected to go whaling.
A Western young lady rejoicing in the
pretty name of Elizabeth Martha Selma
Georgiana Augusta Caham Burrows. They
| ''for short'' .
The Courier-Journdl says that we shall
never know the age of Niagara Falls, because
Susan B. Anthony is the only person nov
living who was alive when the Falls were
built, and she has forgotten the date.
Up in Berks County there had been a very
| exciting election for the Office of sheriff
The successful candidate, of course, was very
much elated, and at night was for long tim,
talking it over with his wife, las they sat befor,
the fire, previous to retiring Meanwhile
the youngsters in the trundle bed were al
ears; and at length one tow-head popped VI
under the inspirations of the query: 'sMothe
are we all sheriffs, or only you and pop?'
"Lie down, you little scampp' cried tn,
| mother; 'sonly and your daddyp'
IA housekeeper of kn knowledgs-seeking mint
recently sent twenty-five cents in answer tC
an advertisement, which offered for that tri
| fling amount to to tell how to ornament pas
try, frosted cakes, etc. She was told to takt
her set of false teeth and use them as a pi,
/ crimper. She tainted at reading the false in
| sinuation. -tg a.a5.f sl4u.s
| A cruel man beetle caught
| And to the wall him pinned, OH
| Then said the beetle to the crowd;
although stuck up, am not proud;''
| And his soul went out at the window.