Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-03-07
Odds and Ends.


Percy Bs sshe Shelley Pinchback is
the full name of Louisiana's smoked
entcnant-governor. rs he signs il to
soul-harrowing poetry.
The contest for the Republican nom
iuaiion Tor Governor in Indiana is said
to be narrowed down 10 three aspirants
Generals Harrison and Brown and Hon.
G. ;. Orth-with the chances in favor
of the first mentioned.
The knees of the Missouri boilers
show earlv signs Of trembling 1t j. nl-
ready announced that the Cincinnati
gathering, which Vas to have been call
Ell nearly a month before the Rcpubli-
can Convention, has been postponed
until June
The y. Y, Herald compares Mavor
HaI' To Mr.. PickwIck at the Saracen's
Head Inn. when the rival Euanswill
editors were fighting and Mr.. 2. rushed
between them lin time to receive The
Garnet bag on one side of his body and
the fire shovel on tn" other" The edit
ors 1t pcrsonities by the Times and
IribHnr
The New York Commercial Adrer-
tiser hopes the proposed theological
amendment To- the Constitution will not
prevail, for at present nobody disputes
lhe au horltN oI JenOyAu. Uut Iusl ~
sure a its recognition is embodied in
another amendment Of the Constitution,
the Democratic party will all 20 over to
the Devil
Too kfND.-Two men employed 4,
one of our hardware stores were engag-
ed. this noon, in putting up stove for
West street lady. During = heavy
lit one ot them told the other TO spit
on his hands, when both were nom
pln,scd by the lady hastily exclaming.
30. don't do that; he re . a spittoon."
DanburY News.
THE FIRST RAELRoAD.-The lrst railroad
10 this country was that which connected
the Quincy, Mass, granite guarries with
tidc-water. II was built IN Is26; and II.
decided success soon prompted the con
stfuctirn OF other roads. This pioneer
thoroughfarc has been idle for some years,
but Is now undergoing repairs, and viii
soon be in operation again for the convey
ance OF freight and passengers.-[N N1nu-
flcturer and builder.
There is such thin. AS being ''too
smart A Detroit thief went TO the
door OF Il house, rang the bell and asked
the servant to call her mistress, as he
had particular business with her. The
lady came. when the stranger informed
her that Mr. - naming the name
on the door plate, had sent him to the
house to get ,wenty dollars which was
due him. But lor one thing he might
have got the money. The lady's hus-
band had been dead seven wears.
One OF the most reliable fashion i'm
porters OF thi, city says that mdies'
| dresses for spring wear are made up
with an Alexis Poanaise, the waist OF
which contains II steel trap concealed
bv masqued panier. When Young
gentleman calls (who is contidered
| cntch) and accidentally, or otherwise,
places his arm around the wcaters
waist, he hears II click and finds his
arm caught. y big brother and lamp
cn'crs, aud il is neck or nothing with
the yictim.-Cieceiaad Leader.
A lady correspondent in Washing
| ton writes: Roscoe Conkling, OF New
| York, is tall and well built. His sunny
hair eurls i'll ringl around his lair
face. \ sandy mustache aud beard COM
| pete the picture. lie has iauntv way
| with him dear to the feminine heart
| When he speaks he trowns bewitching-
Is, as Dora Copperfeld might have
| frowned on David. He turns, with 4
| graceful wave Of the hand, from side to
| side. and dozens of opera glasses from
the ladies gallery are fixed upon him. -
Sunset Cox gives this definition of
| the origin of Syndicate" a satisiacto-
ry account of his remarkable monde
script is given by Sir John Vaudeville.
in his taiuous Travels in Cathay.
while passing many contrees, both bv
land and sea, ! found on the Chinese
wall "A strange animal of the lizard kind.
| He was known in ancient books rs a
| chameleon. When the sun did shine he
took various colors sometimes it wore a
| golden hue, and sometimes had a green
back. Laughter.l | caught bin bv
| means OF a steele mirror, which so be-
| dozzled his eyne that he was easily
| caught. | bring him home as a strange
beaste. 1t Is called bv the natives a
| scindicat."
The editor OF LACROSSE paper had
some prairie chickens sent him the other
day, and thankfully acknowledged the
receipt OF the same. forgetting that the
chickens had been shot in violation OF
the game law. Next day he says they
'were fish, and blames the eou.positor
for the mistake. lie adds:
| The error was more moriifyiiix to Us
because the law preventing the having
in our possession Of prairie chickens
| was vet in force. and it might lead iy-
norant parties to suppose we had vio-
lated the law, aud set at defiance the
State Of Wisconsin, and all the law abid.
| ing people thereof We knew they were
fish all the time, and told the girl when
she was picking off the feathers they
were fish. The wish bone was regular
| catfish wish Sne. aud the feet-buf why
| multiply werdsi anybsay wuaA know