The Portland daily press., 1873-02-07

fish is good brain food, appeals to the hotel
keepers to bountifully supply the members of
the Legislature Herewith.
The New York Herald dilates upon what
it calls the insecurity of English iron-built
steamers, especially those Of lean, long, lank
models.
Troy has Il philosophical drinker. Every
time he imbibes his whiskey he drinks to the
following toast: "Wel, boys, here's what
killed my father.''
People who have any taste for cigars will
rejoice to learn that Connecticut agricultur-
lists talk of giving up their tobacco crop and
raising beets instead.
Kansas City mothers beat their daughters
husbands over the head with skillets when
the festive benedicts are out later than GER
tain hour.
The Washington Star compares Oakes
Ames to Mephstopheles. He is certainly
playing the devil at the Capital.-Com.
Adr.
Nasby cannot be persuaded to go to WASH
ington. He thinks that contact with so much
''Christian" craftsmanship is more danger
Gus than Confediit X Roads whiskey.
Offenbach is well again, but he has learned
that even musical composer can't eat oys-
tors oy,d r,;a ~ ,Jy,sf ND
from them.
Mrs. Partington wants to knew why some
of the sewing-machine advertisers do not call
their machines the ''Ceres.' Her nephew,
who is learning the heatheL misogyny, tells
her that Ceres first taught sowing .
An Indiana man is naming his children
after the New England States. He now has
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massa-
chusetts, and Rhode Island, with fattering
prospect of Connecticut. r7c
A. Ward, the Snowman, was no relation to
the Geneva Award. The first was simply an
american case" and was not given as an
indemnity, but served for the full satisfaction
-of all reasonable claims.
A man in Leeds, Eng, was to play Santa
Claus" for the enjoyment of the children, but
he made a mistake in the chimney, and when
they pulled him out of the fire he concluded
it was wrong to deceive the children, and re-
fused to try 1t again.
We hear of consultation OF eminent ply
scians having Deen called, to decide what Is
best to be done for a young lady, fashionable
Of course, who has rendered her complexion
almost black by the use of poisonous cosme.-
is.
After the firm Of Phelps, Dodge & Co. had
effected a compromise with the Government
by paying $50O,000, Hon. VIM. E. Dodge,
the senior partner, caused an immediate dis
solution of the firm, expelling the junior
partners. who were the principal agents IN
.swindling the Custom-house.
1t appears that the election bets made on
the last Presidential election are not all paid
yet One young lady in Iowa agreed to kiss
the editor of paper in that State once
month for four years if Grant was elected
and we are told that as Grant was elected
she is keeping her word "manfully."
Conscientious young foreigners think ]
their duty to announce the fact that they ar
ineligible as soon as they enter into matri
monial engagements, and remark that
"Weally, you know, the ladies don't care Il
talk to one so much after that; SO you see
by Jove, we only do our duty in mentioning
it, you know. Don't like to impose on SO
ciety, you know
1t is related that New Hampshire minis
ter recently portrayed the history of Jona
after the following style: seem to see Jona
passing along the road to Nineveh; / seer
to see him, entering the ticket office, buy hi
ticket and pay for it; l seem to see him wal
upon the vessel; seem to see them lii
their anchor, and the stately ship NOV
grandly out upon the broad Atlanticl"
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terie that Mrs, Stoddard disliked a well known
and very prominent and over-powering femi
nine Liberal. T. W. Higginson hearing of it
said in his gentle, caustic way, that is sooth
ing as croton oil, II thought Mrs. Stoddart
had more originality in her likes and dislike'
than that" Could better tribute be pait
to the general disagreebleness OF woman
| The Italian Opera-house in Paris has beel
week or two closed, as the pay for the al
lists was two month in arrears. 1t th
theater can be kept open for certain mum
ber of representations, the Government Wi
restore the subvention; but even if the latte
be paid, it will be absorbed by the rent of tn
Sale Ventadour. Despite the efforts mad
to uphold the pretensions of Mile. Albani, th
young lady has failed to attract the PARISH
connoisseurs.
A good story is told of the students OF al
institute which is located in the New Eng
land states. A year or two since, just oeior'
Lent, the Principal of the school lecturea tn'
boys upon the propriety of aostaining IRON
some accustomed article of diet during Lent
and desired each one to write the name o
tbe article upon slip of paper, and hand
tron, 70 him the next morning at the open
;nr the school. The papers were handed
in, and upon every one was written the sig
niicant word Hash.
From the New York Evening MALL
Social Chit-Chat.
Silver fox is the fashionable fur for trim
nings this season.
The Dolman is the most fashionable stree
garment that we have had for many years.
Sleeveless jackets having been banished 3.
| c..., +l,a az worn In