The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-04-12

Eet used to II. !" For the defeuse itwas pleaded
tnst the wedding guest only took the recog.
ni1eu hDertieS with bridesmaid: but the mag
. .ia commended that not being the best man
su;n us;renoant was not privileged The counsel
maostra.a disposition to be disputatious, the
thi ,as dismissed the case abruptly with
'iig remark, Go away out of that
travellers In the East find Roman Catholic
missionaries in all parts of Asia, in India,
onina, Japan and the Maylayan Archipelago
LEV. Or. Field, in recent letter to the Evan
gelist describing his ascent of the first range
OF the Himalyas, says, "On the ridge of Mus
soorie, on its highest point which commands
view of the snowy range for more than hun
dred miles, stands a convent, which educates
hundreds of the daughters of Protestant Eng
lishmen, as we'll as those of its own faith
Thus the Catholic Church plants its outposts on
the very crests of the mountains. At Landour
an adjoining hill station is anot her Catholic
institution (for boys) called st. Georges Col
iege, perhaps as delicate fattery to English
men In taking the name of their guardian
saint. 1t has chime of bells, which at that
neignt and that hour strikes the ear with sing
ular and touching effect 1t may well stir up
our Protestant friends both to admire and to
initiate, as it furnishes a new proof of the ON
Impotence OF Rome, when the traveller finds its
converts, and hears the chime of its vesper
Deils, on the heights and amid the valleys of the
Himalayas."
humorist of some.note, known to the pub
licas Bill Arp-a.sort of Southern Josh Billings
recently met his death after having, il is
said, vivid pressentiment of the time and
manner OF its occurrence. He left his home
near Decatur-he was small planter in Texas
Ito get load of corn, taking his wagon for
shat purpose. Previous to starting he had told
his family that he felt confident he should new
er return alive; but they laughed at his state
ment, not knowing whether he was testing or
suffering from an attack of melancholy to
which he seems to have been periodically SUBJ
5sct. he had got his load of corn, and had re-
turnea, when within few yards from his
house he fell from the wagon into
the road and the wheels passed over
his neck, killing him instantly. His wife had
seen him coming and had remarked to her
children. There's your father, who looks tole.-
ably wei! for dead man." few moments be-
fore the fatal accident happened. Bill Arp was
native OF Georgia, where he had lived most
OF his life, and contributed to the newspapers
ofAtlanta and other cities of the State num-
Der OF humorous squibs and paragraphs, which
the name of Sayings of Bill Arp" He was
wholly without education, but had quaint
and original way of putting things that indi
Gated native talent of no mean order, and gave
curious that an illiterate and eccentric humor-
list should have forebodlng of his fate, and
realize it like the heroes of Sophocles and
Escbylus, of whom in all probability he had
never heard.
The drudgery of the school room may drive
the schoolmistressess OF England andIWisconsin
10 insanity and suicide, but the Canadian
teachers thrive and grow fat on it. One of the
big boys of the Dominion asked his teacher one
night if he could escort her home from singing
school, but she politely declined the offer. He
neglected his studies, ran away from school
and put pins into his schoolmates. She finally
lost patience and gave him fogging. The
boy told his father that the fair one whom he
had courted had turned and whipped him. The
indignant parent sued the teacher and obtained
Judgment for $3.50, which she paid. The
next morning she remarked to her scholars: 81
have whipped BOBBY soundly. which pleasu re
cost only three dollars and a half Now, if any
others OF my scholars are inclined to initiate
him, they will have the kindness to step for
ward, to receive the money and the fogging,
and then we will go on with our studies. 1 am
mere to instruct you, not to be courted." Ner-
yoasDess will never kill off so plucky school
mistress