New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-06-12
GENERAL NOTES.

The English Spring has been dismal fail.
ure this season. Vegetation of all kinds was from three
weeks TO month behind it's average condition at tho
end OF May. Even the hardest trees were chilled Dy
the elsterly winds.
A burial service in an Episcopal Church in
Portland on Monday afternoon interrupted BY ous
OF The mourners Why don't you make the sign OF the
cross =, ne demanded fercely. II am the corpse's
brother and object" The remork caused great excite
ment the rector paid no heed TO the critic and pro-
ceeded with the service as II nothing had happened
Two young Americans named Clark and
Bacon are making voyage which has plenty OF the
spice of adventure in without being at all foohardy
They bought large sail boat in London last WINTER
Crossed in it Holland pushed their way up the khne
TO Magene, and there finding the canal leading to the
Danube frozen put their craft on railway track ana
mad II carried to Regensburg. In March they resumed
their voyage. descending the Danube TO the BACK sea-
and sailing varna TO CoDstantinople. Their ne1'
course will be to Greece and the Archipelago THESE
young will gain In their peculiar way or tIaVeInS
much knowledge Of phases OF European ne iot seen ~
the ord nary tourist from ear windows ana hote "hes
they Spike tile English"
Brakeman Sile Green, of the Erie Railway,
is brave fellow who will do anything to obge lady
on Friday morning lady entered car at Corning to
bid her daughter good bye. The train started before sue
realized that it was motion In her excitement she
rushed out and jumped of while the train was trund-
ling along quite rapidly She was thrown to the ground
and her daughter, VINO had followed her to tho plat
form. also jumped off, and would have been crushed
under the wheels if Brakeman Green had not caught
her IN his arms and saved her lfe When she ascer-
tanned that her mother was nninjured she was very
anxious return TO nor seat Brakeman Green was ihe
man Cor the moment ne seized her under Ipe ARA anu
the platform OF tho last car and deposited MS precious
burden III cushl0ned seat lime Oh tram at the "-
ment ten miles an hour.
Captain Calvin Hall, who recently died in
somers Mass at the age OF nnetyour, one Of tho
most eccentric farmers iu Western Massachusetts, lie
would never begin piece Of work on Friday would cut
hs fin ger-uas at stated times would never XIII hog
for his own unless the moon was growing larger 50
that the meat would swen while cooking would tan"
to burns to the pain. and had many supersous
notions as heatheu To look up and see an odd num-
Der OF crows to him an omen Of bad luck ana 10
SEQ over his right shoulder Indicated 'ha'
good fortune lay in his pathway. such man was
good subject for spirtualism. aud when the table Up
pings attracted attention thirty years ago Uncle CalWn
was ready to fall into line He sold his farm distributed
his property amorg his helrs keeping ony what he sup
posed might need and that he put into the hano' %
built a church in his town the worshppers Of the
age he was leader OF tho CT claiming the power 70
heal the sok ana perform miracles
General w. Il. Sherman's latest letter is one
TO q young man in New Orleans. IN which he Says
1.-THE great sin Of the South, the great cause OF all her
woes has been the locaism OF her brilliant minus
To love ones country ones place OF BIRTH uniYersh
and natural. and actually seems intensified IN the ~
verse ratio OF the advantages OF the location nom
common sense view. The natives OF Scotland ana
switzerland arc famous for tner love Of birthplace
although In either country it calls for ifestrnSg'e W
exc ont OF earth food enough keep body and 'o
together So In south Carolina and Vermont the natives
are boastfui OF their birthplace Whereas 10 ies
they the poorest 10 Union; whereas tne
natives OF Pennsylvania Ohio and kentucky-rcn -
SOIL beautiful In landscape and prolific In food-mgra'e
Ike the beos from an oyercrowded hive. Instead oh
boastmg OF the spot where is born By an aeedeu
over which ne has no control, should suppose ever
American would be proud Of bis whole country faiAe'
than OF part Therefore nope and pray that the new
men OF the SOUTH with whom class you. will onIsad
a pride In the whole United states OF America ustcs
of the and locality OF birlb. How muen
sublime tho thought that you i've at the root %
whose branches reach beautiful holds OF Wcstes
New-York aud the majestic cahons of the YELLOWSTONE,
and that with every dr,ught Of water you take e
aow of The pure lakes OF Minnesota drippnss VI w
dews of the Allegbany and Rocky Mountains"