Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-03-28
miscellaneous I1ems.

Miscellaneous Items.
Rev. Thomas X. Beeeher of Elmira, N. Y,
with the inevitable Beecher eccentricity, is in
favor of the Cincinnati movement, and also
favors the denomination of Grant.
DIR. Hays says the most beautiful wild flowers
he has ever seen he found in the valleys of the
Arctic regions, where the summer is so short as
to be counted by hours. These simple but love
ly blossoms were but short hours walk from
a field Of eternal snow
Its recorded of Sydney Smith that he was
once asked by LandseeT, the celebrated animal
painter, to sit for his portrait. Is thy servant
dog that he should do this thing? was the reply
of the witty divine
A woman applied to a magistrate the other
day for a warrant against a neighbor, saying
She called me thief, your honor. Can't make
her prove it? Perhaps you can, quietly replied
the magistrate; but if | were you I wouldn't
do it.
Dr. Frederick Kapp, the well known Berlin
correspondent and former citizen of this coun-
try, is a candidate for election to the imperial
reichStag. He has been stamping in the
American fashion, and in one week delivered
fifteen speeches. Though on many points in
sympathy with the progressists, he will prob
ably act with the more deliberate national liberal
party
John E. Porter & Co., of Philadelphia, have
ST. 900 for the author of ''White Rocks" the
manuscript of which was left with them five
years ago by boy who has never been seen since
the book was published. The author was to re-
ceive royalty of ten cents per copy and 170, 900
copies have been sold.
Ii is said that the Japanese ambassadors are
keeping a scrap book containing every statement
with regard to themselves that they can find in
any paper. They would be glad to have persons
seeing any notices of them in papers they would
not be likely to see themselves, forward the same
to their secretary.
The bishop of Oxford having sent round to
the church wardens in his diocese circular of
inquiries, among which was, '1Does your offici-
ating clergyman preach the gospel, and are his
con Versation and carriage consistent Herewith ?"
One church warden replied, Gle breaches the
gospel, converses beautiful, but don't keep any
carriage"
The deliberate manner in which Chicago is
being rebuilt is thus illustrated in an exchange;
LET me see" said a Chicago boss-mason re-
flectively TO a burnt-out merchant, 81 have got
to put up a block for Brown, this morning, and
a dwelling house this afternoon, for Smith.
Yes, guess we can jerk up your store this noon
by taking only half an hours noonin."
At a dinner at Eugene City, Oregon, where
Joaquin Miller was chief lion, well known cit
izen, Mr.. Jesse Appegate, was one of the guests
Not paying his genius much attention, the host
introduced Mr.. Miller to him as the poet of the
Sierras, who, after winning laurelS in Europe
had returned to Oregon TO grace it with his
presence, etc. Mr.. Apologize bowed, saying:
81 have known Mr.. Miller before. He edited
secesh paper during the war, which was sup
pressed by the government for its rebel prin-
ciples."
An eXconsul, after describing the vexations
and losses such officers are exposed to from
swindlin9 adventures, says: zone day made
up my mind that | wouldn't be swinded any
more. No sooner had done it, than in came
genteel lady in black; said she was the wife of
certain officer of a legation not thousand
miles from here, and wanted 800 francs to get
home with; and she had spent more money than
she intended. stuck to my principles, and re-
fused. 1t nearly cost me my place. She was as
she represented. The American citizens in town
gave her their pocket-books; and her husband
wrote me freezing letter afterward. Yet it was
only week before that a lady adventures told
me similar story, and vanished never more to
be seen by me. That's the worst of it!"
Prince lwakura and suite, consisting of eight
other Japs, riding up the Central road reached
Rochester Friday morning in palace car. They
did rot leave the car at the station. The mayor
and city officers, not being aware of the coming
of this distinguished party, were not at hand to
receive them. A number of citizens who hap
pened to be at the station, thinking it would be
no more than civil to call upon the prince went
into the car and paid their respects, One per-
sonated the mayor and made handsome speech,
rendering the hospitality of the city to the
strangers, and free pass over the State Line,
Lake Ontario shore, Rochester, Nunda and
Pennsylvania, and New York, West Side and
Chicago air line railroads. The Japs returned
thanks, declined to stop, and went their way to-
ward the Pacific. 1t may be proper to remind
the reader that the railroads placed at the dis
poSal of the japanese by the liberal Rochester
ianS, exist only in the engineers plans as yet.
singular trotting race took place at Smiths
Fails, Ontario, few days since, between horse
and dog-a square trnt on both sides, quarter
mile heats, best two in three, the dog TO be al
lowed two rods at the winning post. The first
heat was won by the horse by about half rod
the dog not having been got into action at the
word Go" The second heat was won by the dog
by about rod and a-half The third was also won
by the!dog by about half rod. The dog is a large
Newfoundland one and is owned by a man
who, being cripple, makes use of him to drive
around the village. The sleigh in which the dog
was driven weighs nearly seventy pounds,
and was occupied by the owner during the
race.
Count 0rloff, the newly appointed Russian
minister in Paris, wears spectacles. A few days
ago, so says the Paris Journal he called on the
president of the republic, and in the haste of his
departure forgot the aforesaid article, which he
had laid down in the course of his conversation
with him. Nj. Theirs ordered them to be imme-
diately sent to him. The spectacles are enclosed
in an official enyevope, sealed with the seal
OF the republic, and mounted gendarme, in
gallop, conveys it to its mission, thinking moth
ing less but that he is carrying a state dispatch
Great was the surprise of several members of the
Russian legation as, in the absence of the count,
the envelope was opened. An attache gave the
opinion that it must mean something extra.
ordinary" As this same opinion was also en-
tertained by others, it was decided to telegraph
the following to St, Petersburg Immediately
mysterious spectacles received of President
Theirs Minister absent. What shall we dor"
The answer received stated, "Send spectacles
here" Fortunately at this time Count Orloff
returned to the hotel, and the mysterious spec
tacles, which were on the eve Of departure for
St. Petersburg, took the shortest route to his
nose.