The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-05-21
THE PRESS.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY s1, 1873.
Gossip and Gleanings.

WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 21, 1873.
Gossip and Gleanings.
The back-pay conundrum-Give it up.
|
New York sawdust in boxes continues to
'''hs fabulous prices in the rural districts
nc iuhny things of the Dapbury News are
by ]. NJ. Bailey" -''''''
uyou cannot inspire woman with love 80
you, NIL her above the brim with love Of H.
self; all that runs over will be yonrs 81
ton.
An Altoona (Pa.,) girl knows something
about ''wor,ls that burn" She fell on a red
hot stoye, and the makers name wa. brand
| ed on her shoulder
The music which should be used, just now.
| to soothe the savage breast, Is .he whiz 6f
minnie ball. and the bali should make hole
so that the music can ct in.-Sprinafeld
Republican.
Mrs. Brown, of Burlington, sings her "Hush
My Babe to her infant son William, who
measures twelve mo this one way and one
hundred pounds the other. She spanks him
with pile driver.
! There are two -.hinas ;r. lie .t,at a. ss1.
must preserve at every sacrifice, the coats of
his stomach and the enamel of bis teeth.
| Some evils admit of consultations; there are
no comforters ior dyspepsia and toothac he.-
Butoer.
Acting on the pulpit axiom that man is a
worm, despondent resi- ent of Hoosick
Falls last week tried Intellectually to commit
suicide by swallowing several dozen yermi-
fuge lozenges.
The Prince of Wales is growing economi-
cal. He is said to have saved $500 out of his .
last yearly allowance; though it is whispered
that he found the sum in pair of cast off
trousers he had forgotten all about.
The largest hailstone which the public has
been requested to put confidence in is one
measuring thirteen inches in circumferepcs
and four and half in diameter" which
Georgia paper reports picked up in Marshall
vile a fcrtnight ago.
There is good deal in the remark OF the
Buffalo Express SIT is all very well to talk
about the dignity of .he United States; but
the truth is, Indians are a good deal like
humble bees, and the man that stands on his
dignity with nest of humble bees is
fool"
The Norfolk Journal suggests that Secre-
tary Robson shall engage Sergeant Bates to
carry the American fe-lag through the Mo-
doc country, and promises as reward that
the people will ris up an call the Secretary
blessed especially if Captain Jack kills
and scalps Bates"
We regret to see that there is tendency to
say ''damnly" when ''dainably'' is intended
How frequently we hear people who are edu-
Gated say ''You are damnly mistal en-" These
errors in spec h are growing more numerous
all the while, and our language is consequent
ly losing that purity and tone which are char
acteristic of it in the original
A cold, pale ghost is in the habit of visit
ing the kitchen of Detroit house each
night at midnight, and there cooking himself
square meal. He tries to bamboozle the
tenants of the property with the story that
when he was man, he was murdered in
that very kitchen
"Do you like chickens ?' asked q remarka-
bly, modest Nashville youth of his sweetness,
as he was walking about two feet from her
on his way to church, Sunday night. Seer
tainly do" she replied; ''Why do you ask
such question as ihat?' "BecauseI thought
Tyou liked chickens, you wouldn't object to
takin' wing and he crooked his arm in an
irresistible manner. Sweetness took wing.
A posthumous volume of essays from the
pen OF the once famous William Goodwin has
appeared in London. They were written in
best years of his long and laborious life. and
contain the matured thoughts of the author
OF Political Justice and score of other
volumes. They deal largely with religious
and social questions, and are interesting as
the trankly-exiressed lotions of a remarkable
man and contribution to the history of
scepticism.
Mans finest Workmanship the closer YOU
observe it, the more impertections it shows;
as in piece of polished steel a microscope
will discover a rough surface. Whereas.
what may look coarse and rough in Natures
Workmanship will show an infinitely minute
perfection the closer you look into it. The
reason OF the minute superiority Of Natures
work over mans is, that the form works
from the innermost germ, while the latter
works merely specifically.
An Eastern fireman arrived in Detroit the
other day with his bride and a big dog. An
alarm of fire struck while the loving trio
were out for walk. The man stood it pref
ty well while the City Hall bell changed away,
out when the others struck in be began to
get out OF his boots. He yelled sire at the
Top OF his voice, and passing the cord over to
the woman he shouted: ''Here, Susan, hold
the dag and follow on slow. I've got to run
with the masheenp'
Here is a saying of Leigh Hunts, which
we commend TO th1se who have not become
| demorazed by ''fase fronts and chgnons:
''Hair is at once the most delicate and last
ing of our materials, and survives us like
love. 1t is so light, so gentle. so escaping
from the idea c. death.that with lock of hair
belonging to child or friend we may aim st
look up to heaven, and compare noles with
the angelic nature-may almost say, 4 have
a piece If thee here not unworthy of thy be-
ing now.'''
MISCELLANEOUs NOTICES.
| OLD DR. GooDHUE's BITTERs, have shown