Classical Boston

General Horace Porter iu the course of a recent speech said, "Boston is not a city; it is a state of mind. " This declaration was greeted with laughter by unthinking New Yorkers, who failed to see General Porter's point. He meant that as inuch mind is found in Boston as in an average state. We thank General Porter. - Boston Transcript. Paljsisfcry has been practicad in the cast from timo inmemorial. The palmisters claim that several allnsions in the book of Job indicate a knowledge of this art. Some kinds of wasp honey are extremely poisonous, a few grains causing a kind of delirium.