Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-12-12
General News.

Ex-Secretary Brlstow has begun the prac-
tice of law in New York.
President Lincoln would have made splen-
did editor, so adroit was he in disposing Of
bores. After manuscript had been read to
him on certain occasion, its author inquir-
ed "What do you think of it? How will it
take?" The President reflected little and
answered: "Well, for the people who like
that kind Of thing, think that is just about
the kind of thing they'd like. - Yonkers
Gazette.
The intelligent critic of Washington pa
per has been to see ''Virginius" acted by
John Mccullough. He was delighted, and
could not restrain himself from saying
1.-THE familiar story of the Roman father who
sacrificed his daughters life that he might
save her honor is clothed in such beauteous
language by the Bard of Avon that one never
tires to hear it told again" 1t is very pretty
and shows how familiar the average critic is
with standard works.
A frontier poet who has made his acquaint-
ance with the red man on the war path and
not from Mr.. Coopers pages sends poem to
the Omaha Republican--an address to dead
indian, of which the following is the opening
verse:
First let me see, my gentle psrd.
If you are dead;
My heart is soft, "but my heads hard"
Let's feel your head.
Quite cracked; the hole my bullet made
Let's blood and brain out; give us rest!
Lend us your hand. pard; oh the pulse
Seems to have moved on west
There are manv additional verses, but
prosody such as this, without shade of fat
terry to soothe the dull cold ear of death, has
little charm. The poet should follow the
red mans pulse.
Ex-senator Goldthwaite, of Alabama, was
noted for his extreme absent mindedness, and
he was occasionally seen running about the
Senate trying to get out and not being able
to find the door. He would have half the
page-boys in the Senate looking for his hat or
cane, which would be all the while firmly
clasped in his hand. He was much given to
walking up and down the lobby, plunged in
deep thought, often smoking q fragrant Ma
vana, and entirly oblivious Of all things about
him. Often some cheeky page of the Senate
would walk up and ask the Senator for light.
Mr.. Goldthwaite would mechanically hand
over his cigar, the boy would take light put
the choice weed in his precious mouth and
hand over his old stump to the old gentleman,
who would continue his stroll in blissful ig-
norance. 1t is related on good authority
that, in one of his fits Of abstraction, he walked
into the Senate elevator, dropped a nickel
into the hole back Of the mirror, and calmly
requested to be let out at "H" street.
Gossiping entertainingly of Trinity church,
New York, a correspondent says that "the
church has lately buried her chime-ringer,
DIR. Dix officiating. There have been two
chime-riugers only since the chime of bells
was placed, and both of the same family. The
death of the last one was very sudden on
Sunday last he was at his post, as usual.
The ringing ofthe chimes is an art, and Trinity
has met with serious loss, which il will be
difficult to make good. Very likely the cler-
ical staff might not think so, but it would be
easier to replace them all than to find one
skilful ringer of Trinity chimes, who would
always make melodiOus music and never dis
cord 1t is one of the curiosities of Trinity
that its clergy are seldom, If ever found upon
the platform or taking part in clerical gather
ings. You may attend many conference
and congress and you never meet one of them.
A parish so large, with so many interests and
ramiications, Is full Of work. That work Is
done BY method and rule. To each is as
signed his proper duty and the time for its
performance; and to leave it unperformed or
to postpone it deranges the parochial machin-
cry"