The Portland daily press., 1872-08-21
THE PR SS.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUG s1, '7e.
Gossip and Gleanings.

Gossip and Gleanings.
Hats lined with cork are a novelty in the
stores. But they must not be confounded
with the corked hats worn by certain military
ofhcers, nor yet with that kind into which
pugnacious persons sometimes threaten to
knock their antagonists. A social buffoon
suggests that the object of the cork is to stop
the hat in case it should be blown away.
when John Adams was ninety wears of
age, he was asked how he kept the vigor of
MS faculties up to that age. He replied: By
constantly employing them. The mind of an
old man is like AN old horse; if you would
get any work out of it you must work it all
the time''
The Atlanta Weekly, not having capital
sufficient to start buzz-saw in its room
where it keeps its exchanges, prints the fol-
lowing information in large type: "Every
man residing in this city who wants to see a
paper published elsewhere, should subscribe
1or 1t and get it from the postmaster who is
paid for delivering it to him. Every travel
ing man, who desires to see his home paper
while he is absent, should have it sent to him
at the point where he expects to CALL"
Out IN Indiana they have been driven to
form vigilance committees for the extermina-
stion of lightning-rod men. ..-as .H
An exuberant youth of Portland. thus
to a supposed friend: '.Hello, Zene! Oh ! ex-
cuse me; thought you were another man r'
Laconic stranger: Il amp
I A new dish is grape leaves fried in an egg
batter. 1t is called French dish, and is i'm
ported from Lake Mahopac. We can't think
of anything that would be more delicious
than fried grape leaves, unless it is circus
| poster on toast. -- r..
1t was Henry Clapp, Jr., who said that
Horace Greeley was selfmade man, and
worshipped his creator"
The Golden Age says: s.The air is hot
poultce. The breezes blow from an oven
Icebergs are myths, and, "Greenland's icy
mountains the vision of lunatic. 3.
The bewildering multiplication of colonies
has called out some playtully sarcastic com
ments from the Philadelphia Post. 1t is a
plethora that has1ong be en- subject of re-
Election. n.s Ia lra re
A GAINESVILLE Alderman was asked to esti-
mate the damage cow had done in a yard.
He did so libera4y. He was then introduced
to his own COW as the autffef of the mischief.
Tableau, interspersed with profanity.
It seems that that the chivalrous ruffians of
Kentucky have no more regard for the sane
tuary than for a beer saloon. Two men at
Lovelacevlle recently had quarrel, and one
of them was called out of church by the other
when hard words passed in the vestibule, and
he that had been called out from the very act
of worship shot his antagonist dead. Even
the heather will not pollute with murder the
temples of their worship.
When Mr.. Beecher was asked how he man
aged to keep his congregation always wide
awake, he replied ''by sleeping SO much my
self'' H -- f..l v-l1-
Mr.. Mustard is appointed a school teacher
in Kansas to draw out little boys ideas and
make 'em smart. fer-a
Theodore Tilton makes the confession that
''work wearies, but worry wears" Can he
be tired of the campaign already?
An old lady may be just as charming as
k,,% IL, H..
out of the powder or paint box.
There are two reasons why some people
don't mind their own business. One is that
they haven't any business, and the second
that they have no mind to bring to it if they
had. ta#E
A son of Col Waring of Newport went out
to gather mushrooms, the other morning, at
three o'clock. One of the servants saw him,
thought he must be walking in his sleep, and
in short time the whole family were chasing
that young man; they found him at last, and
although he appreciated their benevolent
| solictude, he was not quite so grateful to the
reporter who tried to interview him in the
| afternoon.
| Macaulay's New Zealander will have hard
puzzle if, when he comes, he chances to get
hold of some current political terms. How
can he be expected to guess, for instance,
that the following is the announcement of a
political speech; The Tall Sycamores of the
Wabash will give specimen of how crows
are eaten this evening at the stand in the
courthouse yard.
| "A Missouri agriculturist tells story of his
having corn thirty-three feet high, and ex-
poets the public to give ear to it.
The Cincinnati Commercial does not be-
lieve in letters from summering people. 1t
thinks that when man goes into the country
to enjoy nature, he should ''invite his soul to
loaf" not burden it with newspaper cores
pondence, and therefore declines-from the
most generous motives-an offered series OF
letters penned by a friend while sitting be-