Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-12-20
Eorengm GossaE.

Smooth bore muskets ere still supplied
! to Sepoy troops in India, ii being against
their religious views to use animal grease
which is required to lubrioate rifle cart
ridges.
The Advertiser, published in Honolulu,
ct the Sandwich Islands, states that the
census which will be taken this. autumn
viii unquestionably show serious decline
in the population of those islands, especial
| ly among the natives.
The sugar crop on the st. Paul's river,
Liberia, on 682 acres, yielding two and q
half to three hogsheads each, viii gige
| 4,2l1, 200 pounds, as the crop Of 1866.
| One-third allowed for home consumption,
will leave for export over 9, 100000 lbs.
The following notice was posted up in
the county of Kent, England: t'Notice is
hereby given that the Marquis Of Camden
ION account Of the backwardness Of the
harvest) will not shoot himself nor any Of
his tenants till the 18th of September.
There is story of famous French
preacher, who delivering sermon On the
duty Of wives, said: 81 see a. woman
present who has been disobedient to her
husband, and in order to point her out to
universal condemnation, will fling this
breviary at her head" Ell lifted the book,
and every female present ducked and dived.
CALAIS p said the preacher, fthe multitude
Of offenders necessitates general am
nesty"
Ia consequence of trades strikes in
England, oargoes of carpenter and joiners'
are coming to that country from Nor,
way; large contracts of iron work are sent
to France, Belgium, Germany and Switzer-
land and locomotives are made in the lat
ter country for India, instead of being man
ufactured in England. Coal and iron are so
high, on account of the strikes, that the
manufacturers Of other countries can work
much cheaper than those Of England.
There was report in England the
other day that the Prince of Wales had
been thrown from his horse and killed. 1t
is stated that the origin of the rumor was
the misunderstanding Of telegraph dis
patch. The dispatch stated, in the usual
snobbish fashion, that g The Princes skill
in riding during the hunt. was much ad
mired" Those who heard the dispatch
read out understood it to mean, "The
Prince is killed in riding during the hunt"
During the Quebec fire resident of the
parish of St. Sayeuf found his house in
danger and began to move his furniture to
a yard at some distance, where he left it in
charge Of his dog. capricious change in
the course of the fire suddenly cut him off
from the yard, and the faithful animal, who
would not leave his post, was burned TO
death. Some of the neighbors tried to save
the dog and the goods, but he did net I'M
derstand their well meant eQisavors, and
iercely drove them away.
in an Episcopal Church, in the north
CT Scotland, porter employed during the
week at the railway station does duty on
Sunday by blowing the bellows OF the or
gan. The other Sunday be fell sound asleep
during the service, and SO remained when
the pealipg Of the organ was required. he
was suddenly awakened BY another official,
when, apparently dreaming of an approach
ing train, he started to his feet anu roared
out with al the force and sbrillness Of stem
torian lungs and habit, ssCaange here for
Elgin. Logsiemouth and Burghead." The
effect upon the congregation, sitting in ez-
pectation Of concord Of sweet sounds,
may be imagined.
They have story in Paris that the
Emperor keeps dummy, between whom
and the Emperor 'sthe resemblance is per
feet" when the dummy is dressed up in the
Emperor's clothes. The use of the dummy
seems to be to deceive the people as to the
state of the imperial health. When the
Emperor is sick, and the rumor gets abroad
that he is about to die, he dresses up the
dummy, and causes him to be trotted out on
horseback or in the imperial carriage, for
public admiration The deception can only
be detected, it IS said, when the dummy
violates the strict orders that have been
given him not to open his mouth on any
account.
-Bertie-Papa, when l grow up, may
be what ike? Papa-Yes. my boy. you