The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-03-14
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FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH y 7o..
Gossip and Gleanings.

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FRIDAY MORNING. MARCH IA, 1s7a.
Gossip and Gleanings.
Black silk stockings, with low shoes. are
the latest chaussure for young New York in
full dress.
A man in Wisconsin advertises ga COW for
sale that gives milk five years DID," Such
milk must be mellow with age.
With fowles of baser sort how can you brooke te
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What earst your nature did to hawkes. of stately
| -Tuberville-to his Friend
Many of the demi-sais0n costumes are
made entirely without trimming, their only
ornament being handsome set of buttons OF
tortoise shell or oxydized silver.
George Foginschal has been arrested in
New Orleans for forgery. He was tired of
writing his own name, and amused himself
by scribbling that of Others. t.=s.-
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A Portuguese dictionary will be complete
eight centuries hence, if the same company
has the matter in charge as that which has
superintendent it for the past ninety-eight
years.
You cannot converse on anything nova
days that you do hot run into some reform,
| y y = We are all trying to associate ourselves
to make everybody else behave as we do.
| "Back log studies by Warner.
| He who laments that man on earth must die
| Ere he may live in Heaven hath little known
/ The calm refreshment of the shower ON high.
| Dante (Cary's trarstation)
A rapid increase of the Ieputed French
fashion among certain ladies of parting the
hair ON the side is notable, and is, we think,
to be deplored.
An exchange ayers that "some people will
insist upon putting confidence in the ways of
alocomotive." We have often heard of such,
but they were mostly stray cattle.
A negro was put upon the stand as wit
ness, and the Judge inquired if he understood
the nature of an oath. ''For corting, boss"
said the citizen;" ''If S wear to lie must
stick TO himp'
A proposal to substitute French and Ger
man in place of Greek in Cambridge Univer-
sity, England, was discussed lately by the au-
thorities, and rejected by the close vote of 81
to 90. ..
Patiently suffer that from others which
thou canst not mend in them until God
please to do it for thee, and remember that
thou mend thyself, since thou art so willing
that others should not offend in anything
Isaac Taylor.
In conversation with Professor Jewett, the
learned translator of Plato, Bulwer, few
days before his death, announced his inten-
ton of applying himselfto the study of Plato
during the coming summer.
A ghost is reported as having made its ap-
pearance in Muncy pa. in the shape of a
very beautiful young lady, who goes from
house to house, never speaking to any one,
and only murmuring, Il cannot find til
cannot find it."
sitv Of beinn yirtnops PUG A. II cau onlv he nre.
served among estimable persons, it forces us
to resemble them. We find in friendship the
surety oi goou counset, lne ein9iation ;s ol goou
orr distress M Maao,ne de Ldmbert ~
Boston is reported to be engaged To an Ipaiiuu
nobleman, and, it is further stated that the
marriage is only deferred until the bridegroom
him to buy new pair of boots.
.sWere ALWAYS grave, one half of nv read
ers would fall off from me; were always
merry snoulo lose the otner. MAKE IL
n,ents sor ny ho,h Ina. anJ ~ hr tho, % ,eaams ner
haps consult the good of both. more than I
should do, did 1always write to the parlic-
uiar taste OF either."-Spectator.
The London Examiner is Of opinion that
phllology and comparative mythology nave
driven orthodoxy out OF the assumption OF
special revelation to the Jews, and that no
resort now remains TO 1t but Mr. Giadstone's
convenient doctrine OF a prlmeva' tradition
common to all people"
Newfoundland exported last year over 100
five million dollars Of this large ouantitv
roro hon fourth 10 cont 70 snain There
The fish Is called s.baccalao - and II was ON
tl,is f;sh ,b., non ouixote reo.led himself a.
Tho inn wh.re we are told be stonned On his
frs. odvont,,rons sollv
Tho ch;o.no po.t hoo this Interesting an
no,,ncement: ..oneen victoria will appear in
nubNc NEXT season. more than she has dur
ing any year since tne oeath u liiDce a.