The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-09-11
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THURSDAY MORNING. SEPT. IL. 1873
Gossip and GleaningS.

THURSDAY MORNING. SEPT. IL. 1873
Gossip and Gleanings.
Some one compares translated poem to
boiled strawberry.
While coppositor on the Montreal Wit
ness was setting up an advertisement for a
lost canary the bird flew ih at the Office win
dow, (which shows the value of advel tising."
A Chicago fool took laudanum and wrote
in his farewell letter: Reporters, please not
publish any details" OF course he recov-
cred; such man as that is not fit to die.
Sawdust as substitute for stockings is rec
ommended by a writer in the Oneida Circu-
lar, who says that a table spoonful OF the sub
stance, placed in each boot will keep the feet
dry and warm.
A Brooklyn man has been obliged to curtail
his wife's allowance of pin money in conse-
quence of the enormous Rng-stealings and
the continued high price of good whis key.
He says economy is the road to wealth.
The Brattleboro spiritual continuation of
Edwin Drood'' [ qhich is said to be . verv
dilute solution of the mystery has drewed
to an end. and is announced for publication
this month.
Twenty-eight years ago Buffalo man said
to his wife: miranda, I'm going down to
Tins after bedcord.'' That was the last
seen of him until the other day, when he en-
tered the house with a BEDFORD, and said
he fix that bed now.
The inscription 'B. T." 1793,'' on the
back OF a turtle recently discovered near the
old Trumbull residence in North Haven,
Conn.,, is accepted by the local journals as
sufficient evidence that the marking was made
by Benjamin Trumbull in the year 1893.
Boston young lady (who takes no interest
in politics)-"Papa, is Butler going to die
soon?''
Papa-''No, my dear; hope not"
Boston young lady-'Well, then, you
needn't save me the papers any more"
The Tootsonian style has taken hold of
postal cards, and young gentlemen wishing to
gain certain kind of notorie'y write cards to
themselves. making appointments with dis
tinguished individuals Of both genders The
cards being directed to the place of business
of the young men, or TO the clubs which they
frequent, accomplish the object intended.
G. N. Carr, of Providence, r. l., owns a
horse and wagon. The team was standing
by the sidewalk when an old lady sho'd at
some guinea hens and frightened the animal.
G. N. Carr sprang to its head but was knocked
down and seriously injured. This clear
case of the unfortunate results of putting he
Carr before the horse.
Among many things it was said that the
Shah Of Persia, having been induced to taste
the German porter-beer during his visit to
Berlin. at once ordered dozen bottles to be
forwarded to an uncle in Teheran, whom he
suspected of growing too popular during his
absence, adding. as he pocketed the receipt
given him at the parcel delivery Office. IF he
can stand that, have nothing more to say,
and must bow to the viii of Allahr'
A true story-A lady was stopping will
harl; n h.,
fretful at the dinner table, until she became
exaspe. ated and said to him in an undertoi e.
''crme with me up stairs and will attend tc
your case" Pulling back he blubbered out
in voice loud enough to be heard over most
of the well-filled dining room, "Say, mother,
are you going to-take your hand or your slip
per?'
eff busy professional man," says the
Saturday Reuiec, ''gets halfholiday, he
has only two notions as to how he shall
spend it. One is to work off arrears of pri-
with physical exertion. And he is quite
right. He has lost the art of doing nothing,
and he could not do it, however much he
tried. Give him the prettiest corner of the
drawing room, couple Of his friends, Sc
carity from casual callers, add all the other
most favorable conditions of an artistic five
O'Clock tea, AMI you will still find him quite
incompetent to take it like a woman.
A correspondent of the Country Gentlemen
has discovered that, as a law OF nature, every
sp.tted dog has the end of his tail white, and
every spotted cat the end of the tail black.
He says he has examined macy dogs and cats
in France, England and America, and always
noticed the same result. Our former minis
ter to Japan, Nj. Harris, first mentioned the
fact concerning the dog in letter published
some years since. He has looked at many
paintings of dogs in the galleries of Paris and
elsewhere iu regard to this and tonnd even
there the dogs spotted, always in order, prov.
ing to him that the artist had invariably cop
led after nature.