Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1860-08-24
A Roadside Colloquy.

"And SO Squire, you don't take the
County paper p
''No, Professor I get the city papers on
much better terms, so | take two of them :"
.'But Squire, the county papers often
prove of great service to us. And the
more we encourage, the better the editor
can make them %
''Why, I don't know what service they
are to me"
''The farm you sold last fall was adver-
tised in one of them, and thereby you OBJ
tanned customer. Did you not?''
Every true, Professor; but I paid three
dollars for it,
'But you made more than three dollars
by it. Now if your neighbors hadn' t
maintained that press and kept it ready
for your use, you would have been without
means to advertise your property. But I
think | saw your daughters marriage in
those papers; did that cost you anything 2"
s'No but"
'And your brothers death was noticed
with long obituary, And the obstruction
of your neighbor Briggs house by fire
You know these things are exaggerated till
the authentic account of the newspapers set
them right.
go, true, but
"And when your cousin was up for the
Legislature, you appeared much gratifed
at his nephew's defence which cost him
nothing"
Eyes, yes, but these things are news to
the readers. They cause the people to
take the papers" .
'tNo, no, Squire Grudge, not if they
were all like you. Now I tell you the
day will come when some one will write a
very long eulogy on your life and character,
and the printer will put it in type with a
heavy black line over; and with all your
riches, this will be done for you as grave
for the pauper. Your wealth, liberality,
all this will be spoken of and the printer S
boy as he spells the words in arranging the
types to these sayings, will remark of you ::
Poor, mean devil, he is sponging an obitu-
ary!' Good morning, Squire
TOUCHING INCIDENT. - We recently
heard remarkable and touching story of a
little boy, the son Of gentleman in an ad-
joining county. His age was twelve or
thirteen. He was an interesting, promis-
ing lad. One day during the past winter
he failed to rise in the morning as early
as usual. At length his father went into
the room where he lay, and asked him why
he did not get up? He said it seemed
dark yet, and he was waiting for daylight
His father retired but the boy did not
make his appearance for some time
"My son, why don't you get up?" He
replied, Father, is it daylight?' eyes
long ago. Then, father" the little fell
low said, 81 am blind" AND so it was
His sight was gone.
In short time his father took him to
Nashville to get the benefit of medical pro-
fession there. but none of the physicians
could do anything for him, and happily
made no experiments on his eyes. Some
ladies in the family of his fathers acquain-
tance sought to cheer him in his aff1iction,
and one night proposed to take him to the
opera that he might hear the music and
singing. He went and was delighted. In
theIcourse of the performance, all at once
he leaped up, and threw his arms around
his father neck and screamed with ecstacy,
''Oh father, can see, can see - His
sight had instantly returned, and since then
he has retained it in full vigor except that
under excitment there is sometimes a tran
sient dimness of vision. The case is one
of remarkable and singular character
Presbyterian.