Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-12-06
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ARTEMUs WARD is called by a London pa
per "the clown Of literature"
HENRY WARD BEEcHER is writing d story
! for Bonner's Ledger, which will begin to
appear in January.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL is writing aseries
4 ofarticles, in prose and verse, for the At
lqatic of next year.. The statement that he
is engaged on noyelis incorrect. 81
Mas. COBB, the pardon brokeress, shows
herself conspicuously at the theatre, in rich
and magnificent dress, with her long black
hair hanging loosely over her shoulders.
A CORRESPONDENT Of the Round Table
calls attention to the fact that the new
edition of Webgter,s Unabridged rDiction-
airy does not contain the second word of its
ktitle.@et $-as- az "a -
MR.. AND Mrs. BRooKLY JENKINS, of Old
vile, Kentucky, are the parents of q
children, ,25, OF. wAem are living There
are four pair Of twin Jenkinses among
! hem.
/ r .WHregret.to announce the death of Qnev
Daddy, King of Aquapim, West Africa.
He was man and brother, lunched off
cold missionary, when in season, with great
regularity.
WASHINGTON correspondent says that
Mr.. Morrissey visited the Capitol a few
/ days Since, and, on noticing theySpeaker's
desk, inquired whether that was "where
the refegee sat-" IL mr.
y EbNeFE11owF is still engaged on Dante
lie has not only translated the 71ole poem,
but has nearly all the notes doneand stereo-
typed; SO that the work will certainly ap
pear during 1867, VI
PROF. AGAssIz is lecturing Attic Lowell
Institute, and is also busily at work writing
his travels in Brazil. This book will be Of
popular character-a volume of adven-
lures or travels proper,
;JoHNrGs WHITTIER is engaged In prepar-
ingfor publication new volume of poems,
to be called "The Tent on the Beach" 1t
has not left his hands yet, but it will prob
fably be issued in the, spring. -.TE.9 ~ IS
A TELEEG RAPH oPE&AToR named H. 4.
Bogardus, nowIin TORONTO, has fallen Heir
to- So, 800, 1000; through the death Of rela,
tiyss who hold an interest invthe Trinity
church property inNew York.
: Mr.. CHoY Cum CHUNG, an intelligent Chi
naman, has been engaged to teach in the
school in San Francisco designed exclusive
ly for his coiintrymen. Heis probably the
fret gentleman of his name ever thus en-
pioyed by Americangln this 3couatry! =
/ LEONARD, the Boston hook .anctioneer,
was selling lot of secondhand school
books lately, when hecame across his own
primary grammar, thrown aside and lost in
England twenty-five years before. 1t had
crossed The Atlantic by, some means and
wandered back to his very hands So ~
PETROLEUM V..NAsBY is. of middle age,
rather portly, brigandish in appearance,
and constitutionalIy opposed to physical
exertion. He tells q story with infinite
gust and humor, and has the happy faculty
Of keeping . table in roar. In common
parlance, he is pronounced good fellow.
THE Troy Times says that Mrs. John
Morrissey attended a fashionable wedding
recently, in that city, on which occasion
sheiwas theobserved' Of all Observers / Her
person was loaded with gold and precious
stones, the aggregate value Of which was
estimated above the cost of all the dresses
in-the assembly, added to that Of the
church edifce in which they were assem-
bled
!! KING P&BPEI, Of Bombay, Africa, is
dead This sable potentate once paid a
visit to Europe and great attempts were
made to civiHza him. -5@On returning to his
dominions, however, he resumed his bar
barogs life. His, faYorite dIsn was stewed
dogs meat He was the veal hest mon
arch on the west coast of Africa, having an
incomeof $4,000 q year sas si5a9 t.st 81
Mrs. ELIZABETH CADY STANTON being
piqued by some remark of the Albany
Journal made during the recent Woman
.suLt- 49,,
of Mrs. Winslow's Soothieg Syrup. The
the donor by remarking that his wife
doesn't drug his babies, as oratorical and
strong minded women frequently find it ne
cessary to do. xF oAEN {
r THnl latest capers of King ludwig, of
Bavaria, is to go regularly to well known
brewery in Munich and drink schoppen
Of beer incognito with artisans and other
rough customers, who little Suspect how
near their gracious sovereign is to them.
On one occasion, lately, the King found
himself in a1fg! Hedhad forgotten his
purse. Luckily waiter knew him by sight,
otherwise the monarch of Bavaria would
have been, detained in pawn for a. pint of
beer. But his majesty was LEI of, and sent
the money next day from the palace.
DAN RICE, the well known, RENTED, in
settlement of an count, to the publisher
of paper in the West, a three dollar bill,
which was returned with the brief remark,
s This note is counterfeit please send
another" II was two months before he
heard from Dan again, when he apologized
for the delay, saying, thathe had been una
bic till no w9r3 daotHer cou2stsrtet THREE dollar
bill, but he hoped the one he now enclosed
would suit, protesting atgthe sanne time his
inability toidiseover what the. obi etion wss
to the other, which he Thought as good a
counterfeit as, he ever say. It must be
admitted that Dan swept tae board.
COEalEeSgEes
4 +"Dm yo1 say that my brother Jim
didn't know as much as Smiths yellow
dnn.2n z xsNa II said Smifl,sE pellaw ilna.