The Portland daily press., 1885-03-06

The mall the first week consisted of three
patent medicine circulars, a package of
public documents and "horned frog"
Nothing booms a place SO much as plenty of
mail faeilities.''
At an examination of Woolwich students
the following answers were given to the
question, "Give the meanings of albeit, ex-
cessit, erupit, evssit:'' Albeit-He went
down to dine. Excessit-He took more
than was good for him. Erupit-ft violent
ly disagreed with him. Eyasit-He put 1t
down to the salmon.
The beauties of enanciaton as practiced
by church choirs were exemplihed at a
church in Concord, N. H., recently. during
the singing of voluntary. The soprano So
loist articulated something which sounded
like "Pve started the pump-Pve started the
pump" in tones SO joyful that the thought
instantly suggested itself that the pump had
been frozen solid since the first cold snap.
a gentleman and two ladies lately went to
a hotel in Rochester, N. Y, and asked the
price of dinner. They were told it would be
so cents each, and then retired to the sitting
room. subsequently, when the landlord
went to MORN his supposed patrons that the
dinner was ready, be found them all eating
crackers and cheese, which suficed them
for the meal
PIineyille, Oregon, has young lady dem
tist. Recently lovely young man came in
to her Office to have Tooth filled. She was
captured. Under pretense that the job re-
CURED il she made him come daily. During
his last visit, while under the influence of
etner, she sent for clergyman and was
married to MIN. When the young man re-
vived be said he was already married. and
now there is broken-hearted dentist.
The revised version of the Old Testament
is in print in England. and both the Old and
New Testament will be issued Immediately
after Easter. The book is to be published
in various sizes on the same day, and the
sale is certain to be enormous. A London
letter says it is clear that the revised version
OF the New Testament has made way. 1t Is
used in many schools. II is used in most
families. Seldom does one of the younger
clergy give text from the pulpit bot he tells
what is the rendering of the revised version.
Some of the more advanced clergy use the
revised version always in the pulpit.
1t is not generally known that Daniel
Webster was once member of the Legisla-
ture OF Massachusetts,. The fact is not
mentioned by many of his biographies. He
was chosen by the people of Boston and was
one of the trainers of the first city charter of
Boston. In one OF his speeches, delivered in
New York, Mr.. Webster said: sit has SO
happened that all the public services which
have rendered in the world in my day and
generation have been connected with the
General Government. l think 1 ought to
make an exception. was ten days men,
Der OF the Massachusetts Legislature, and l
turned my thoughts to the search of some
good object in which could be useful in
that position; and after much reflection, |
introduced bill, which, with the general
consent of both houses of the Massachusetts
Legislature, passed into law, and is now a
law OF the State, which enacts that no man
in the State shall catch trout in any other
manner than with the ordinary hook and
line."