Kicked in the Bowels

The Portland Press has what purports to be a faithful copy of a drawing made by an eminent civil engineer, of a late monument erected at Williamsport, Penn. The drawing is that of a colt in the act of kicking the unfortunate Henry Harris in the bowels. The inscription runs thus - which we give verbatim et literatim:

Another Reason To Subscribe to the Gazette
A correspondent of the Chicago Times says that one of the ordinary fine wire gauze masks, such as are frequently worn at masquerades, put over the face, is a sure protection against cold. The writer says he tested one in a ride of three miles against the wind, with the thermometer sixteen degrees below the zero, and therefore he knows whereof he affirms. We add something cheaper: -- having saved a face from freezing by covering it with a newspaper, put over the head, and kept on by the hat. The paper hung down over the face, and with holes to see through, made a cheap mask, as comfortable as need be for a cold night.

Clever New Sign
A new sign for a tavern has recently been invented - Dewdrop Inn (do drop in).

Defending The Shipyard
The Portsmouth Chronicle says that unless something soon turns up to employ the men in the Navy Yard, there will be a general suspension of mechanical and other descriptions of labor there.

Would it not be well to have some of the work now ordered at the Charleston Navy Yard, sent down east. The workmen at Charlestown were not satisfied with large pay and few hours work, but struck and left the Government in the lurch.

Bath Times
If Navy Yard mechanics should be thrown out of employ, there will be less sympathy with them than if they had not taken advantage of the necessities of the Government, and combined to extort unreasonable terms - to the serious delay and injury of our naval operations. Salem Gazette. The workmen at Portsmouth Navy Yard have not done this - and some folks would like to see every many who did, elsewhere, shoved into the ranks of the army at once, where they would get less pay and more work, but could hardly growl louder.

Family Frozen, Thaws, Then Dies
In Indiana, about thirty miles south of the Michigan State line, a German family consisting of seven persons, were frozen to death during the recent severe storm at the West. Their house was burned to the ground, and the inmates, thus turned out into the deep snow, wandered a short distance, and finally perished.

It's Her Preference
Fanny Kemble says in her recently published journal: "I have always thought that the death I would prefer to all others, would be to break my neck off the back of a horse at a full gallop on a fine day."

New Hampshire To Launch
The ship New Hampshire, at the Navy Yard, will be launched at half-past 11 o'clock A.M., on Saturday, should nothing occur to prevent. A large crowd will doubtless be present to witness the launching of this homely, ancient old craft.

The Next Big Thing
The Hot Soda Water introduced in Boston has suggested to several confectioners the propriety of furnishing hot ice creams.

Short And Sweet
The Lewiston (Me.) Journal is accountable for the following happy incident, furnished by a correspondent: "A gentlemen of that city on Christmas day came from Augusta to Lewiston in a sleigh, in company with an officer of the 29th Maine from that city. On the way the gentleman in a sportive mood said he would stop and introduce him to a farmer's buxom daughter of his acquaintance, saying that she would make a fine match. The gentleman accordingly stopped, introduced the officer, and then went out into the kitchen with the old folks, leaving the officer and the young lady in the parlor - it being the first time they had ever met. In a short time both of the gentlemen left the house and drove to Lewiston. The next day the officer concluded he would go to one of the towns between Augusta and Lewiston to recruit. He went, but took a clergyman with him, drove to the house visited the day before, was married to his newfound love, and went on his way rejoicing.

A Sobering Statistic
America produces one hundred millions of gallons of whiskey per annum, and drinks most of it herself.

The Mayor's Ice Sofa
Somebody in Bangor has made an ice sofa and presented it to the Mayor. The Whig says it is formed of solid clear blue ice, and is embellished with numerous fine pictures frozen in upon the back.

THomas Laighton Ill
Thousands of readers, far and near, will be interested to learn that Hon. Thos. B. Laighton, of Appledore House, Isles of Shoals, has recently been stricken with palsy, so that one side of his body is numb, and he is seriously ill.

To Fetch A Pail Of Water
Mrs. McMahan, of Portland, was accidentally drowned a few days since. She took a pail, and went to the cistern to get water. The water being low, she was obliged to use a chair to reach the top of it, and then to bend down to get to the water. -- It is supposed that in leaning over she became dizzy, lost her balance, and was precipitated into the water.

Tough Old Gal
Mrs. Mary Brockway of East Washington, who has reached the advanced age of ninety-four years, is still able to perform her "stent" of spinning five skeins of a yarn a day. She frequently walks to her neighbor's, a mile and back, and last fall rode fifty miles in one day to visit her children.

'Twas Ever Thus
A leading maxim with almost every politician is always to keep his countenance and never to keep his word.

Why They Hung Her
The English papers contain an account of the execution of Alice Hewitt at Chester, for the murder of her mother. She induced a neighbor to personate her mother, and by this means obtained an insurance upon her life. She then killed her mother by the administration of poison. Some three or four thousand persons were present at the execution. She fell upon her knees and prayed that her infant child might be spared a similar fate, and that her death might be a warning to others. xecutions of females in this country are of rare occurrence. Last year one was executed in Canada, with her husband, for murder. In Boston during the last century, a woman was hung for theft.

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