The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-11-15

ou', aS "eh as couid, the merits OF the pic
t9re; and concluded by saving, If, in a second
view, 1t gains your estimation, it will assuredly
gam more and more every time you look at it,
Mr.. Lennox in reply sad You have exactly
mire the picture greatly, and have brought
one or two of my friends to see it as do; but
10 will never be favorite with the multi tude
| Can now write to Mr.. Turner aud tell him
eonscientiously how much am delighted with
it
Cap and Bells.
Talmsgs is the toney pastor of Brooklyn
Webster's dictionary has very brief de
scriptiou of ship, hardly any notice of brig.
and not one single word about a schooner of
beer. The old man didnt go round with the
boys it seems.
Tweed never used tobacco 'It's my opin.
ion. said the thonghtful stage driver to Henry
Ward Beecher, "thst the man who never uses
tobacco will do something a deuced sight
worse"
A Sense of Property.-Botancal old gent lin
the Brighton garden): "Can you tell me, my
coed man, If this plant belongs to the Arbutus
family?, Gardener (curtly) mo sir, ID
doant. 1t belongs to the corporation. Punch.
When Jones reads Of the doings of an entry
thief, he smiles ssrenely as he exclaims.
Another overcoat gone," and hugs himself in
his new "Plevna." "No danger of that being
taken this winter" he says
The Wellesley girls kiss every new conner,
Another argument in favor of co-educatiou.
Old Mr.. Meriden had been married forty
three years when his wife died last week. Hs
didn't appear to miss her very much until bed
time, when he sat down and stack out his foot
for somebody to come and pull off his boot.
And then when his son-n- law coldly handsd
him the boot jack, the full weight Of the
Ireparable loss he had sustained broke upon
the old man and he gave way to food Of
tears.-HdaCkeye
/ They say the Indian name for an editor is
Observation-Disclosures haw." 1t means
goldman who-wears-out-t the Basement Of his
Pantaloons."
When 1t was announced in Colorado, tbe
morning after the recent election, that female
suffrage had been defeated, every married man
in the state stood up before his wife and swors
an oath, as round and a. strong as Limarbger
cheese that he had voted for the amendment:
but as their protestations and the votes in the
affirmative don't agree, their wives are as yet
undecided whether to keep them under the bed
few days longer, OF briug 'em out and con-
test the election.
Dramatic author to female friend-"Here.
Fifine is box for the first night of my new
play, She-"Ts-ta. But what sort of q
place is it? Is it something girl can safely
take her mother to see?"
Swell son: 'tNo, don't like her at all-hor.
ribly vulgar woman-calls her husband En-
eryP Self-made father, vaguely: "Ahp
(Pause.) "Well, but amt is name 'Euery?y
A California reporter says: C., young
man, etc, has at last succumbed to the importu.
mites of the angel Of death and has passed
away"
Young man, if you wond be the toniest of
the tony you must wear so large that they will
hide your dirty cuffs.
On Saturday, Partisan paidter who had all
the week been study ying an old model bearded
like Neptune, says: "Well, good night. See
you tomorrow" eff it will be equally conve-
nieut let US say Monday. My wife and myself
make custom of taking the little ones on
Sunday to see their grandfather" "Ahi
Where is their grandfather" "He is q skele-
ton in the museum of the Jardin des Plantes.'
News and Other Items.
There is robust Christian element in San
Antonio, Texas. 1t whipped an infideI who de
lvered lecture against Christianity and sent
him out of town with a warning that hanging
would be the penalty of second attack on his
part upon the Christian religion.