Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-10-11


pAN RIOS Ia serious about bis eand.aacg
for Congress In the 18th pennsylgania dis
trict-indeed, Dan. never was more serious
in his life. He lives at Girard, and erected
there last year conspicuous monument to
the memory OF our fallen brave He has
been the soldiers friend, and the friend Of
the soldiers widow and orphan. He has
been public spirited citizen; has got rich
enough; is tired Of being clown, and
wants to be Congressman.
THE report that Miss Spurgin, who tray-,
eled in company of Queen Emma of the
Sandwich Islands, is a daughter of the
famous London preacher, is not correct.
The Rev. Mr.. Sturgeon has not been mar
ried sufficiently long to have daughter Of
the age Of the lady in question. Poor
Queen Emma came to this country to collect
funds for the Hawaiian Episco palian
churches. She was the recipient of many
kind attentions, but of little cash,
A CORRESPONDENT says of Kit Carson, the
famous frontiersman: CT was presented
to Kit Carson a few days since He isa
very mild, quiet-talking old soldier. not Of
the bushwhacking style that had expected,
He is great pet here, and, indeed, through
out the territory, for he has done more val.
liable service in killing and capturing
bodies Of Indians than any other man in it.
He is colonel Of regiment at Fort Gar
land, brigadier by brevet. heard one of
his modest remarks day or two ago that
was characteristic. A friend of mine asked
him his knowledge of the popular notion
that Indians lash themselves to their horses
when going into fight. sWeli have seen
good many Indians killed-he had never
Killed any, oh, no! i'm their saddles, ana
have always seen them fall from their
horses. I think when an Indian is shot
properly, he will fall as quickly as any
man. Properly is good.
AUGUSTUS N. DICKENS, a gentleman who
has been well known for several years in
Chicago as connected with the land depart
ment Of the Illinois Central Railroad. died
in that city on the 4th, inst. He was the
younger brother of Charles Dickens. the
illustrious authorize "pet child'' whom
the latter more than once alludes to with
peculiar tenderness in his prefaces as the
one from whom he derived the so6riquet Of
"Boz," name famous in literature. In
his preface to the s'Sketches," Charles re-
lates how he came to adopt the name Of
"Boz," which was a familiar nickname
given in childhood to this younger brother;
and aga II, in recent edition of the Pick
aoick Papers, he reours TO the subject.
''Boz, my signature in the Morning Chronicle,
appended to he monthly cover of this boob,
and retained long afterwards, was the nick
name of % pet child, younger brother,
whom I had dubbed Noses in honor #
the Vicar of Wakefield, which being face
tiously pronounced through the nose, be-
came Bosses, and being shortened became
Boz. "Boz" was very familiar household
word to me long before was an author, so,
l came to adopt it,
JOHN RUsKIN, in the Grown of Wild Olives,
characterizes in his trenchsnt style those
who live to make money as imitators of
Judas: We do great injustice to Iscariot,
in thinking him wicked above all common
wickedness He was only a common money
lover, and like all money lovers, didn't I'M
derstand Christ; couldn't make out the
worth of Him, or meaning of Him. He
didn't want Him to be killed. He was
horror struck when he found that Christ
would be killed; THEW his money away
instantly, and hanged himself. How many
of our present money seekers, think you,
would have the grace to hang themselves,
whoever was killed But Judas was a
common, selfish, middle headed, pilfering
FELLOW; his hand always in the bag OF the
poor, not caring for them. He didn't I'M
derstand Christ, yet believed in Fin, much
more than most of us do; had seen Him do.
miracles, thought he was quite strong
enough to shift for Himself, aud he, Judas.
might as well make his own little hyper
quisites out of the affair. Christ would
come out of it well enough, and he have the,
thirty pieces. Now, that is the money SEEK
er's idea, all over the world.