The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-11-22
Gleanings.

! A successful portrait of General
Thomas, the lamented "Old Pap" has
grown under the brush of Miss Ransom,
of Cleveland.
Hannah Matilda Dodd, deceased,
gives 81, 900 TO be expended in medals for
the best girl graduates Of the Boston
! High School.
Mr.. Greeley has recently been inter
viewed by the dairymen, and in re-
spOnse to an inquiry said: "Fhe best
butter is undoubtedly an old ram.'
4 writer says: at is not the drink
ing, but getting sober, that is so
terrible in 4 drunkard's life" Why
get sober at all, then, says old Smig-
giles.
RectOrs daughter Ito Sunday schol-
ar)-"Oh, you have an elder brother;
well, how old is he?" SchOOl-bOy-
'Dunno, miss, but he just started O
swearin."
A drover who sells his cattle by live
weight always gives them as much
water as they can drink before driving
them on the scales. That is his way of
watering stock.
An old maid suggests that when men
break their hearts it is the same rs when
a lobster breaks one of his claws-an-
other sprouts out Immediately, and
grows in its place.
The Norwegian clergy are fond of
their grog. The preacher takes his spir-
its in the vestry, after his labOrs, and at
clerical gatherings wine, beer and punch
are literally provided.
4 little girl went into a drug store.
the other day, and said to the proprietor
in half whisper, "If a little girl hain't
got no money how much chewing gum
10 you give her for nothing?n
''Six feet in his boots ~ exclaimed
Mrs. BeeswaX; "what will the impu-
dence of this world come to, wonder?
Why, they might as well tell me that
the man had six heads in his hat"
Advices from Paris say that two
thirds of the priests in Paris are ready
to follow Hyacinth's example - as
soon as they can find the essential
American widows with $4,000 apiece.
What is the fashion, Annie? Fash
ion is something that causes Betsy,
who goes Oareheaded all week VIXEN the
sun is shining, to wear gloves and carry
parasol on Sunday when it is cloudy.
"No, sir" said a woman, pleading for
her husband, who was before the police
judge for beating her with poker, ''he
wasn't always that way. There was
happy time when he only struck me
with his fist"
Lord Bacon says, "But little do men
perceive what solitude is, and how far it
extendeth; for n crowd is not company,
and faces are but gallery of pictures,
and talk but tinkling cymbal, where
there is no love"
\ lady, who says that her opinion is
based uDOn n close observance, SAYS that
men, rs n rule, regard their wives as
angels for just two mOnths-namely,
month before marrying her and month
after burying her.
Devotion to public opinion was
evinced by lady, aged so, who recently
married man of cOrrespOndingly ap-
prOpriate age, because che comes about
my house so much, if l don't marry
/ him people will talk"
They are boasting of hen in Virginia
which has just Matched n fOur-legged
chicken. For eating purposes, the more
I legs to n 4 chicken the better; but when
/ it comes to scratching in n garden, give
us chickens with the minimum num-
/ Der.
/ 4 high-tOned young gentleman at
Brentville, Virginia, has been indulging
/ in the safe amusement of shooting an
/ intimate friend of his sister through the
| bars of Jail. We doubt if this would be
considered good form even among the
Fijis.
a situatiOn-seeking young lady no.
ticed an advertisement for one to do
light housekeeping. She wrote imme-
diately to the advertiser, asking where
the lighthouse was, and if there was
any way of getting to the shore on Sun
days
There is but one temple in the world,
and that is the body of man. Nothing
is holier than this high form. Bending
before men is reverence done to this
revelation in the flesh. We touch
heaven when we lay our hand on hu-
man body.
| The New York Tribune speaks of the
WOmdn'S Journal as being conducted
by several very estimable ladies OF both
D sexes" 1t has, therefore, the advant-
e age of n large number of other Journals,
that are conducted by ancient grannies
e of the masculine sex.
! Dickens SAYS: 81 have known vast
i, quantities of nonsense talked about Da,i
, men not looking YOU in the face. Don {
trust to that conventional idea. us
4 honesty will stare you ont oi counter =
4 ance any day in the week. Il 'iiei0 80
: anything to be got by IT,"
c The seal can be readily tanned, anu
V becomes very afiectionate. III may DC
5 ton0bt MANY things, such as shahlllS
q SoTjs bowinp and kissing. Inc cry Oh
q IL sdoI is soft and flute-llke, ana fe-
Il .iio Snr,,i,Ios certain sounds which are COM
Q mon TO ali languages, such rs papa OF
Il mama.
e Srinks saws he knows just the Kind
of 4 dwelling that his wife wants, be
d oause She has described it to him. She
!, Sronfs "a house large enough to accom-
u mediate eight persons, with parlOri
y Jininr-room, five bedrooms, nursery,
; bathroom, closets in every room, base
ment kitchen, cemented cellar, high
. attics. all on the first floor
DIR. Franklin recommends young
man, in the choice of wife, to select
n from a bunch, giving as reason ,,,. Illt.
e when there are many daughters tiiey
t improve each other, and from EN- lui''tioJ ,I'i
e acquire more accomplishments an an
}. know more, and do more than 5i,lsl 1r,1ssl
n child spoiled by pareniai u.itb large
: This is a comfort to people
e families.
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documentary triuilp III N r,I- ranIorsa;