The Portland daily press., 1873-12-09
THE PRESS,
TUESDAY MORNING, DEC. Q, 1873,
GOssip and Gleanings.

6Ossip and Gleanings.
'ohn Wassergraubuentinger is one of the
names In the Philadelphia Directory.
Inc ieaves OF the camphor tree yield the
finest honey.
Inc important query of the next ten days:
What shall l give as Christmas present IN
my wife's mother?
uratltude Is better than riches. A gentle
man who plucked young lady from the
"nlth and the mire of the horrible street.n
yesterday, is the recipient this morning of a
pound OF mixed candies.
Mr. Jones carries his money in his hat:
and the other day, when he saw the entire
supply going off on the winds of heaven. he
bitterly remarked, That's what YOU get
with your internal infation.''
II MIR. Tweed's trial was farce, it Is Mr.,
Tweeds belief that the funny part of it has
yet to come, and moreover that some people
have very poor idea of the humor of such
things anyhow.
Really, Mrs. Clem, the Indiana lady,
thinks she never aciU hear the last of that
little murder she committed, several years
ago. ohe Is now about to have her fourth
trial.
One OF the illusions is, that the present hour
is not the critical, decisive hour. Write it on
your heart that every day is the best day in
the year. No man has learned anything right
" until he knows that every day is dooms-
The following appeared among the ''per-
sonaP' advertisements of the New York Her.
aid last week:
William j. Sharkey.-Anxious to hear from
you. Please send your address to Warden
johnson at the Tombs. ANXIETY.
The advertisement of Pennsylvania rail-
way in December, 1882, reads: 'sThe engine
with train of cars, will be run daily, com
mencing this day, when the weather is fair.
When the weather is not fair horses will
draw the cars. Passengers are requested to
be pmctual at the hours of starting"
A Nice Question of Taste.-Jeweler-
What kind of chain would you likep Young
MAXWELL, I don't know, hardly. What
kind Of "a chain would you think ought to
have; that is what style would you think
would he the most becoming for a young
man what carries groceries to some of the
best families in town?
The wedding ring is put upon the fourth
finger of the woman's lett hand, because in
the original formula of marriage it was
placed first on the top of the thumb, with the
words, 'Tn the name of the Father" then on
the next finger, with "And of the Son !" then
on the middle finger, with Sand of the Holy
Ghost" and finally on the fourth, with the
"Amen."
Perhaps it is not absolutely necessary that
the Intelligent jurynan should know how to
spell, correct spelling being an accomplish
ment not vouchsafed to everybody in this
world. In Haddam, Conn.,, the other day,
an inquisitive person picked up from the
sweepings of the jury room ten ballots. On
five of them was written ''not gity;' on three
"plaintive," and on two, ''plantif."
| Scene: Car bound to the shades of classic
Harvard on the metals of the Union Road,
filled with Sour best people," He asks
"And Miss Parkins, how do you like Sal
vini9' (rising infection.) She replies: ''Why
my dear M. Augustus, do you know, mamma
never would let us girls eat those made-up
dishes. Isn't she horrid? Don't you think
Professor Proctol's lectures on astronomy
are perfectly splendid?''