The Portland daily press., 1872-06-19
THE PRESS.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 10, ,7s.
News, Gossip and Editorial Notes.

WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 10, '72.
News, Gossip and Editorial Notes.
The father of Thomas Mast, the great carl
caturist, was professional musician, calling
which he intended his son should follow, to
which end he used to thrash him with a
leather strap most enthusiastically and faith
fully, in order to make him learn the scales
on the violin. Thomas, however, had gen.
ius for drawing, and he knew it. He is
happily married to the daughter of an
English lady, and has three children, all liv-
ing.
Pittsburg is to have colored Jubilee Any
other would be impossible in that smoky
burg.
A waggish journalist who is often merry
over his personal plainness, tells this story of
himself: 81 went once to drug store for a
dose of morphine for sick friend. The
night-clerk objected to give it to me without
prescription, fearing was going to kill my
self. Pshaw,' said I, do look like man
who would destroy himself?' Gazing steadi-
ly at me, he replied: i don't know. Seems
to me if looked like you / should be greatly
tempted to kill myself'" esrai a
Richard Bedingfeld, cousin of Thackeray,
wants to make money by lecturing on his
klnSman. .s-..ss...g-4... -g... X. ..4.awr a..
When you observe man Fastening along
with clock under one arm, a looking-glass
under the other, and a couple of flatirons in
his pocket, it is best not to ask him if he is
moving
A boy named Kelly blew off part of a fin
ger with pistol. one day last week. A re-
markable coincidenceis is the fact that the pis-
tol and the finger went off together, although,
not previously acquainted with each other.
This is in accordance with the fitness of
things. A man named Bacchus sells beer,
and Mr.. Plugg is tobacconist on Pennsyl-
vania avenue, in Washington. Mr.. Stamp,
also, is a clerk in the City Post Office.
A Detroit paper says that Mr.. George Bar
rell committed suicide because disappointed
in love affair. He couldn't bear the thought
ofremaining a single Barrel.
The father of a boy whose veracity is not as
marked as his back, asked the teacher why it
was his son didn't have better acquaintance
with figures, and was considerably electrified
ly don't know, unless it is because Figures
won't lie." -
The South Carolina Legislature has passed
law requiring every one to take out a Ii
cense before he or she will be allowed to
preach or pray in public. Swearing is gratis
as before.
The Danbury NeUs says: SIN discourse
on duty to aneighboring school, last Sunday,
the pastor asked what it was in every little
boy and girl that must approve their actions
if they would do right, and was macadamized
with astonishment when youth with sor-
rel summit vehemently shouted: The Balti-
more Convention.
The late conventions in the city met for
the purpose of fusion, but accomplished moth
ing but confusion.-N. o. Times.
Charley, what is it makes you so sweet? ?'
said loving mother to her little boy as she
pressed him to her bosom. II dess when
bod made me out of dust he put little
thugar in" said Charley.
A. Lincoln, of Menasha, Wis, has gone in
to the lottery business.
A family in Goshen were recently panied
by the intelligence of the death of
a son-in-law in Ohio. The first neigh
Dor to respond to the instincts of
sympathy, feelingy said: II hear that a
daughter of yours has been bereaved by the
loss of her husband. What was his name ?'
Smith, was the information. Her face
lighted up at once. '.Oh, well, it is not as
bad as it might be, then; there are so many
Smiths, you know The observation crea-
ted no enthusiasm.
''Scooped again cleaned out wiped out ex-
tinguished and laid upon the shelfp' is the in
tensity of grief with which the Chicago Times
bewails the defeat of our Atalantas.
A Cincinnati family have repeatedly found
their milk can empty in the morning. The
other night they put in few drops of croton
oil in it before setting it out to be filed. Next
dreadfully sick and have been transferred to
another station.