The Portland daily press., 1873-07-11
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FRIDAY MORNING, JULY II, 1878.

THE PR ESS
FRIDAY MORNING, JULY II, 1873.
Gossip and Gleanings.
That is the best part of beauty which a
picture cannot express.-Bdc0n.
Maeaulay said advertising is to business
what steam power is to commerce"
Mans fitting life finds surest stay
"here sacred Virtue beareth sway.
ne that hath satirical vein, as he maketh
osners AFRAID OF his wit, so he had need he
airaiu OF Others memory. y.--Bdcon.
A Danbury saw filer always wears waddinp
in his ears when at work, SO as not to disturb
his neighbors.
Tennessee is duly grateful for new epi-
zootic which is causing immense mortality
among domestic cats.
estate University its own, just to be in
fashion.
Measurest Gods mercy by thine own deservino. e'
which cry'st distrustfull of the power of Haven
my SHINES are greater than can be forgiven"
-Browne.
An Albany clergyman regards the use of
fans in church as savoling Of proclamation,
and has told the ladies of his congregation
so.
New York divorce lawyer adyertises.
"Hymenial incompatibilities as a specially
dellcately adjusted. 'Tis slavery to detain
the hand after the heart hath fed"
Buffalo has arrested 19-year-old bigamist.
The two unhappy wives each declared that
they didn't want him, but the other shouldn't
have him.
Brooklyn young girl thought she was dy-
ing OF love, but council of physicians pro-
nounced it dyspepsia, and signs of improve
ment are already apparent.
The Boston Transcript says that persons
who send poetry to the newspapers should
always retain copies. If most of them would
retain the originals it would be just as well.
Joaquin Miller has accepted challenge
to ride to the hounds against noted English
sportsman. He says he will break the En-
glishman's neck if he can find country rough
enough.
A little three-year old girl, who did not
want to kiss the family good night, but was
obliged to do it 'as a means of discipline
went through the performance cons centious-
ly, and as she kissed the last one she heayed
a sigh of relief, and exclaimed, "Amen."
For in verie deed although wee cannot bee
free from all SHINE collectively in such sort
that no part thereof shall be found inherent
in VS., yet distributively at the least all great
and grieuous actual offences, as they offer
themselves one by one, both may and ought
TO bee by all means auoyded.-Hooker.
| The infant prattlers of the Golden City
vary the amusement afforded by the construc-
ton of mud pies by rotten-egging newly-ar-
rived Mongolians. 1t is very diverting, and
their innocent mirth delights the citizens ex-
ceedingy
A Kentucky farmer refused to look at
simDle sewipo=uachipa- -raeeptlv as he AL
ways "sowed wheat by hand" He is re-
lated to the man who did not want a thresh-
ing machine on his farm: ''for," said he,
"give me harness-tug or a barrel-stave, and
can make my family toe the mark accord
ing to law and Scripter''
A New York paper states that several
young ladies, well known in the best society
OF that city, are preparing for the stage, and
havealready accepted engagements at some of
the leading theatres. This is obviously the
result OF ''the society Dramas the school of
plays in which the sole duty of the female
performers is to wear magnificent costumes
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