The Portland daily press., 1872-09-11
THE PR ESS.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPT. IL, '72.
Gossip and Gleanings.

WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPT. IL, '72.
Gossip and Gleanings.
Mr.. William Collins married young lady
in Marion county, West Virginia, after three
months acquaintance. Everything went
well at the wedding, and so did Mr.. Collins a
few days after, leaving a note that he had
three other wives. This is what the Fair
mont paper says about it, and it calls Mr..
Collins 'profigate wretch"
The latest novelty in gents hats is called
the ice cooler, and has an apartment in the
crown to hold piece of ice This must be a
great improvement, and very gratifying to
wives of men who have adopted this style, in
stead of the old-fashioned ones which general
ly contain brick
APennsylvania A politician has been trying
to fog Carlisle editor for ridiculing one of
his speeches. The man should be at once re-
moved from the political arena. His skin is
too thin.
A letter from the White mountains says:
1T rains here three weeks at time. None
of your drizzling, misty, dewy rains, but a
genuine storm, that comes down as If it loved
to, and had plenty of water to carry on the
business"
A Rock Island (Ill belle has been decided
" HIca tod ~ a. e ~
fire upon her jewelry, which she had depos-
tied in the oven for safety. She naturally
thought an oven the best place to put paste
in.
Mr.. Greeley will be known after November
as the man who sat for the Greeley fan.
''When..was Rome built ?" asked a school
committee of the first class in ancient history
In the night" answered bright little girl
''In the night p exclaimed the astonished ex-
aminor. GLOW do you make that out ?"
'Why, thought that everybody knew that
Rome wasn't built in day''
The World, in answer to an inauisitive
IL. .-.- . -, >,
uo"no' ''"s parties as
80 '' ",....l "nelo'. ou'As us"an5 se'
ger." I
1a4a .Ga
=. iilucn 10 oe feared now thAt the OLD
white hat, the coat and tie boots will never
take their place in the Patent Office besides
the camp equlpage Of Washington and the
Mrs. Sumner is in Venice. Charles won't
90 there. even If tbav nromisod hin, ,
Titan.
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A Massachusetts hnrolar or;dont,u os .
grave turn of mind latajv broto into :. oof;n
warebou,e -"
e1..-a
An average indianapolis woman, in med-
um heath, and superlatively Jealous. can
10" .no o'nei moniah PRONE fh'o a nall
o $50 ''N 'D ~ '''' ''i'ee minutes
A clergyman in Car,;nv;l,. n, who rsoa,+
'no ''uie' Vi 'ii"' Guy hau ho
fos ?. '"pe "nn''''eu COW, hs'
- W en,1n' " 'ahe long Vacatiohi
'''e ''i'- ''o"9 oNoi'
That youth of thirteen was mite nb;los
opher, who. after having lost his rabbits bv
dogs and his pigeons bv rats reuorl,.d - h;s
little sister sstbat ,f,er oil bo .ho,,,h. ar
~ ,",, no "''' "heh he
- u ioUl ye"i9 oiu'
A forlorn husband has written the New
Orleans chief of police lamentino the cruel
fate which threw in his vay a certain hired
man who made off with his wife and 81 600.
He describes his ab.conding spou,e As a
"pIain-lookinp old countrv woman add;ot.d
PIP, eyes o'ue' SNORT rounu
ioo'. Ine"' .oo"'o' ions sum nose tna' s'ahds
nu .nSasnu ou' ,"o ionv 'ee.n in''Sihs' toes
' 'pe''"'' i'''o 'oe anu oio
'
1t is awful to wake up in the dead of night
pQl haal