Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-01-26

The opening argument of Mr.. Coleridge, the
counsel for the defendent in the celebrated Itch
borne case, was exceedingly violent in tone and
created a great sensation in the court room. Mr.
Coleridge stigmatized the claimant as a low ruff
fan and blackguard a common Australian
horse steaer; a cunning and audacious cOnspir-
atOr; perjurer and an impOster. Mr.. Cole
ridge declared that he had abundant evidence
in his possession to prove the fraud, lies and
crimes of the plaintiff, and to warrant his as
sertions regarding the character of the latter.
a man from one Of the rural districts recent
~ went TO Washington to see the sights. A
member of the house, whose constituent he was
said: Come up tomorrow, and viii give you
a seat on the floor of the house" "No, you
don'tp replied Jonathan; 81 always manage to
have a chair to set on at home, and bet hain't
come to Washin'ton to sit on the fioorl Injuns
may do that when they come, if they like, but
l that am civilized, don't do it."
The Sacramento Union of the 4th inst. says:
ga number Of sheep on Patton's ranch, north
of the American, were not Sheared last fail, and
hence their fleece is very long, During the fall
il GOT very dirty, ard probably grass and other
seeds fell into it. At all events, since rain be-
gan to fall, grass, with blades say two inches
long, is growing lnXuriouSly out of the wool,
and the sheep travel about carrying their pas
lures upon their backs. Any grass which the
sheep cannot reach itself friend is allowed to
nibbe, and he or she reciprocates. We haven't
seen the sheep ourselves"
During the Franco-Prussian war a great deal
of fun was poked at the New Jersey editor who
read in the cable dispatches that "Bazaiue has
moved twenty Kilometres out Of Metz" He
thereupon sat down and wrote an editorial, in
which he said he was delighted to hear that all
the kilometres had been removed, and that the
innocent people of Metz were no longer endan-
gered by the presence of those deviliSh engines
of war-sleeping upon a volcano, as it were.
And then be went on to describe some expert
ments made with kilometres in the Crimea, in
which one of them exploded and blew frigate
out of the water.
curious and ancient custom was observed in
London on the 21st ult., in the form of an annual
distribution Of "livery cloth to the great officers
of state by the corporation. The cloths are
selected by the livery cloth committee Of aid
ermen," and are cut into lengths of four and a
half yards each They are then distributed by
Mr.. II. ladand, the hall keeper, to the gentle
men entitled to receive them, namely, the secre-
tary of state for the home department, the lord
chancellor, the chamberlain of the royal house
hold, the vice-chamberlain OF the household, the
lord steward the controller, the lord-chief Justice
OF the queens BENCH the lord chiefjustice of the
| common pleas, the lord chief baron of the eX-
chequer, the master of the rolls, the recorder of
London, the attorney general, the solicitor
| general, and the common-sergeant. In adj
| ditiOn to these, the town-cerk receives
six yards of black cloth and six yards
of green cloth, and the principal clerk in the
| town clerk once mas lOuf yards OIL Dlack cloth
and four yards of green cloth. 1t is estimated
| that this annual distribution of livery cloth"
involves an expenditure of about 1890.
The Louisville Ledger tells this story of the
| journalist, Daniel OCon9ell, who was buried
| the other day from the morgue, in New York.
| 1t relates to the time when he was on the
| Confessional, in Louisville: "But in an evil
hour, when sent to report speech Dan Voor-
hees was to deliver at New Albany, the name
| sake of the great Irish orator fell by the way
| side, and spent the day with some rollcking
| friends in Portland. Returning to the editorial
rooms that night, he gave Mr.. Hademan cir
cumstantial account of the difficulties he ex-
| perienced in getting near enough to hear every
word VOORHEES, said, but clai.ed that he had
| got the bones of the speech, and many of the
orators fancy flights, and could reproduce them
| verbatim. Wettng his head with ice water, he
| sat down, and in two hours sent up with fam
| ing head lines the most tremendous speech
that ever was circulated on the oratorica credit
of the Tall Sycamore of the Wabash The
fancy flights were especially tOploltical. Graf
tan and Curran were nowhere and even Phillips
was totally eclipsed. Brilliant extracts from
this report went the rounds and yet Dan.
VOORHEES, was ungrateful enough afterward to
say that he would not for a thousand dollars
have had that speech published as his"