The Portland daily press., 1880-12-08
The Lieut.. General Pays One of His Bets.
The Ganeral is a well known and nrnminant,

The General is a well known and prominent
citizen of this city and is withal an intense
Democrat. He is in the habit of betting on
elections. especially when he feels sure of
winning. After the State election in Septem-
Der the General, who had won several bets of
small amounts, feeling considerably elated at
the result, SO far forgot his usual prudence as
to risk quite an amount in different bets on
the Presidential election. For instance,
barrel of sugar. a barrel Of apples another
barrel of apples, a bushel of apples, a hat, a
pint, and last but not least, made bet with
Tom which was as follows: The General bets
the oysters for Tom, Joshua and Sam, and the
oysters and rum for himself. (he GeneraD
that Hancock will be elected by the people.
The bet was booked by Sam. After the result
became known, and the General found that
he had lost, his enthusiasm in the matter be-
gan to ooze out. Not coming to time he was
reminded (very gently that he owed the oys-
ters. He did not take, and he has been fol-
lowed up SO persistently, not only by Tom but
by members of society in which he has the
honor to hold an important Office, "a lucrative
one besides) that he finally decided to pay up,
being fearful that the society would want oys-
ters for compelling him to "pay up" He Sc
cretly notified the parties interested to appear
at Saunders at a certain hour December 9th,
and openly gave out that the supper would be
given next Monday evening SAM" he
said, you will see all the members going to
Saunders as they think at my expense. Won't
they be sold, by hokey!' Arriving at Saun-
ders' and taking an upper back room the Gen.
eral told him that if any members of the soci-
ETY. should come there to tell them that the
supper would be next Monday evening They
had hardly sat down to the table when Joshua
Heavens said the General jumping up,
keep them out, keep them out!" Next Tom
says, There they are, General" GOOD
Heavens, stop them,'' sang out the General
tiers and scalding his lap. "Confound it," says
he, gingerly wiping his lap with his napkin,
81 wish had invited the whole society and
saved all this cussed bother" The supper fin
ally came to an end. as all things, do but there
is the sugar, the apples, apples, apples, hat
and pint yet to come. DIKER
The ''Order of Aryan Americans"
A dispatch to yesterdays New York
Times from Baltimore says an article purport-
ing to be an exposure of the secret order of
Aryan Americans, for the purpose of establish
ing nobility in this country, published Mon
day in Philadelphia paper, has created
great merriment among those whose names
are mentioned in connection with it. The
organizer, Frederick Gregory Forsyth, came
to Baltimore the last week in October
and requested the use of the Maryland Histor
cal Rooms to held meeting of the American
| College of Genealogical Research John H.
B. Latrobe, the President of the society,
granted him the use Of the room, and meet
ing was hold, with just six persons present
The Hon. J. j. Stewart and Edward Hewes,
| who are named as Provosts of Maryland, state
that they never heard of the society before
| and are not members Of it, Mr.. Latrobe looks
| on Forsyth as monomaniac ON the subject Of
geneaogy and heraldry, and does not think
that he and his five colleagues dangerously
threaten the life of this free and enlightened
Republic.