The Portland daily press., 1872-07-06

YOUTH AND AGE.
o day so gray You could uot chill me-
In that sweet time, far off and fair
IhouSh loud winds shIiekcd and echoed shrily,
:, And wild rain washed the woodlands barei
Though sodden fields stretched cold, UNMARRIED,
And birds flew south on weary wing;
For in my happy heart L carried
The hope and promise of the spring
day so gay, you cannot thrill me!
iour light and perfume shower and song
Your bloom and brightness, only fill me
With Old-time memories sweet and strong.
would not bid your swift hours tarry,
do not hasten at your call
For in my.thankful heart carry
The joy and fruitage of the fall.
The announcement of the death ofMr. John
Derringer OF Indiana, at the age of one
hundred and seven years, is headed by local
paper, San ancient pistol who went off at
last''
An English lady attempted to bring her
husband to terms by making off with his
wooden leg leaving him practically help
less. The case came before the Police Court
and was argued in all gravity, fortnight ago.
A Western quack tells how the food passes
through the phalanx.
All the show and fatmondde of the
French army is gone. Their clothes are
plain and serviceable. Their military bands
have been abolished. 1t is said that France
can now bring into the field 900 men.
The troops are savagely drilled, and the SOL
diers would any day rather go into action
than endure rigidity of discipline like that
inaugurated by Frederick the Great
A ride, which may fairly be said to resem-
Bile the famous little trot of Sheridan, was
that of Kansas man who was bitten by
rattlesnake, sand whiskey twelve miles away
Like Sheridan he arrived just in time and
still lives.
A gray-haired old man tried to get a room
on Kearney street, San Francisco, the other
day. He asked the woman who answered
the bell, ''Have you a room to let?' eyes"
she replied; ''but-', ''But what ?'' "You
cannot haveit." 'Why not?" asked the old
gentleman. "You are more than 60 years
old, are you not?" Il am IS. What of
that?" ''The landlady won't allow any fu-
lCrdlS ITOLl neF mousse.
The very respected Treasurer of Yates
county, N. Y, lately went on vacation, and
people supposed it was all right until a suypi-
cion arose that he had vacated permanently,
$1,000 and young lady being missed from
the town.
The prize poem at Cambridge University,
England, was on "The Destruction of Chica-
go by Fire"
The St. Louis Democrat now employs in
its editorial departmental distinguished divine
and celebrated athlete.
IF any person has doubts whether adver-
tisements are read or not, let him put some
thing he doesn't wish seen in an obscure part
of the paper.
A Massachusetts citizen who was recently
appointed Justice of the Peace
took the first step in his new
caree by providing himself with law
library, consisting Of a copy of the revis-
ed statutes and volume of Shakespeare.
He read both works diligently, but the
Shakesperian book seemed to strike him
most favorably. The other day he gave his
opinion confdentially to friend that he
didn't suppose there were twenty men in
Massachusetts, who could have written such
volume.
Papa-Fm sorry to hear though, my dear
boy, you have failed again in obtaining a
prize this quarter. Youmust be very wood
en- headed. Dear boy-Yes, pa, Pm afraid
Pm chip of the old block.-Judy.
A clergyman in a Lawrence church, on
recent occasion, discovered after commencing
the service, that he had forgotten his notes.
As it was too late to send for them, he said
to his audience, by way of apology, that this
morning he should have to depend upon the
Lord for what he might say, but that in the
afternoon he would come better prepared.
Anna Perkins, beautiful blonde, has been
appointed liquor agent of Dalton, N. III.
This years exhibition of paintings in Paris
contains only about three thousand numbers.
The German painters formerly sent about
two thousand paintings to the exhibition, but
they are now entirely unrepresented.
The German cantatrice at the Boston Jubi-
lee is not Pessky Lootner, as the country
members mangle it, nor Peska Lutnay, as the
profound French scholars enunciate it; neith-
er is it Pesky Nuisance, as a worn-out musi-
cal critic styles it, but Peschka Leutner,
(Loytner.)
The effect of alcohol on fowls has been the
subject of some curious experiments by
French doctor. The birds took to dram
drinking with evident delight, and many an
old cock consumed his bottle of wine day,
SO that it became necessary to limit the al
lowance. They all lost flesh rapidly, more
those who drank absinthe. Two
m )nths of absinthe drinking was found
su ficient to kill the strongest cock Or hen.
The fowls which INDUCED in brandy alone,
asst Il, however, four months and q half;
III