The Portland daily press., 1875-11-15
Brief J0ffluus.

There will be dramatic entertainment at
the Universalist church, Stevens Plains, next
Friday evening, beginning at o'clock.
The Samaritan Association will have pleas
ant party at their levee at City Hall, tomor-
row evening. There will be good supply of
refreshments and Chandler is to furnish the
music
The lecture of Mr.. Earle before the Sover.
-elgns OF Industry tomorrow evening, will be
OF great interest to those who belong to the
ordor or about to join.
Look out for surprise at the Museum this
evening.
Assembly at Army & Navy Hall this even
ing. Music by Chandler.
MIR. Z. Z. Kimball Of Boston, is talking of
establishing warehouse in this city for the
sale of printers material
Mrs. Augusta ford Hull is to give O read
ing at India street church this evening.
'Sappho" is filling an engagement with Tony
Pastor in New York.
The case of NJ V. B. Stimson was called
in the Municipal Court at Boston, Saturday
morning, but the defendant not appearing the
case went by default.
The brig Wenonah of this port. was spoken
Oct 81, leaking badly, and throwing deck load
overheard, but declined assistance.
The American Literary Bureau has engaged
City Hall for Jan, 18th.
Mr.. Smith, with D. B. Kicker & Co., is to
build two story dwelling house on Smith
street.
The third annual exhibition of the Maine
Poultry Association will be held January 10th
and 10 civ Tha tr;o mil al t..
18th.
There will be a mass gospel temperance
meeting this evening at the Allen Mission. The
public are invited
A man who was released from the police sta
ton about ten o'clock last night, remarked that
If he had known how cold it was he would
have been contsnted where he was.
Officer York arrested a boy yesterday who
was throwing stones at horses.
Yesterday was dark, gloomy day.
The barber shops were open yesterday as u.s.
ual.
Two sailors, who came ashore in dory yes
terday, were left by their shipmates and were
obliged to 60 to the station for 10 lying.
A STREET SCENE. The other day we paused
to admire a queer descendant of Adam who
was selling shocks of an electrical machine
down on the street, and at the same time sell
ing little toy. He was an example of per-
petual slack-jaw. He was of the bean pole
variety His slender legs were encased in a
tight pair of pants, his body was long and
thin, and his head and shoulders were kept a
foot apart by neck so red that it might be
mistaken for that of a turkey-eobbler But
he could talk, and the diseases he could cure
were numerous and the rapidity marvellous.
A fellow evidently from the farthest back town
that ever was, was standing Eear with ears
erect and mouth extended. ''Mister," said he,
skin yer masheen cure chillblains?' sKeuer
chillbains? should say SO; had case where
man had been bed-rdden seven years with
chillblains and cured him with this most GEL
ebrated machine with a few mild applica
tons. My friend, step right up and try an ap-
plication 1t will only cost you paper dime,
and ir case you ara not satisfied With the med
icine bring it back and I'll refund the money
The sensation is very pleasant. Pass in your
ten cents. Take those handles in yours; don't
drop them on no account. Now, already" The
apparatus buzzed until it had accumulated
all its force All at once Jonathan uttered a
howl and jumped as though forty great gross
of cambria needles had been plunged into him,
doubled up SO that his face nearly touched the
toes of his No. II cow-hides, Strengthened back
with cannon-ball velocity which made every
bone in his body snap. ''Stop yer tarnal thing,
stop tell yer or I'll hurl these pesky lead han
dies through yer dod rotted pctur." The ma
chine stopped, and the amazed jonathan as he
gasped for breath exclaimed, "Pd a darned
sight rather wear chilblains all over my feet
all my life than take any more of that tarnal
stuff
THE BANK OF PORTLAND MUDDLE.-We
understand that Mr.. Clement did not ask for
time to explain list of checks which were
made by him upon the late Bank of Portland
presented by the assignee's counsel and fur
nished by the party in bankruptcy, but on the
other hand, he denied ever making such checks.
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