Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1867-10-23
FROM MILWAUKEE,.

Indian summer is here, IN all It's love-
illness. For week past, we have been
blessed with the most delightful weather
of the year Indian summer seems to be
altering the language of poet to suit the
occasion, Summer lingering in the lap
of Autumn" The days are comfortably
warm, and the evenings cool and pleasant,
with full round moon looking benign
antly down on this world Of ours, tempt
ing young men and maidens to wander
about the streets gazing Wistfully upon
the stars, which "tWinkle all the night"
In fact this is the season for the disease
which shows itself in young folks from
sixteen to twenty years, commonly known
as "moon stroke" Conld we but listen
unobscured to some Of the conversations
carried on under the auspices of the har-
vest moon, you, Mr.. Editor, being mar
ried man, would undoubtedly laugh till
your sides were sore, while /, being a
bachelor, would perhaps sigh for departed
joys, departed never to return. Lest
your readers should think I, too, am I'M
der the influence of the moon, will sag
no more on subject SO dangerous, and
proceed to give such items Of news as
have lately come under my notice.
Inregard to sensational items we are
far behind Chicago, which daily boasts
of one or more horrible murders, or
crimes Of an even blacker hue, all wrought
out in bold relief by the skillful hand of
enterprising police reporters. We oc-
casionally have runaway or drunkard
in the streets, but these can by no means
be worked up into "sensationals." The
nearest we have lately come to having a
sensation, was in the case Of an elopement
which occurred last week The parties
in the case were a former merchant, now
in the employ'of business firm here, and
his former book-keeper, who eloped with
the merchants wife. Whom S. was do
ing business on his own account, D. was
not only his book-keeper, but his conf
Dental friend, SO much 50 that, when S.
left the city to attend to business affairs
away from home, he left D. to take care
Of his wife. ID. seems to have improved
his opportunities so well that in short
time the wife apparently cared more for
him than for sher lawful husband The
latter, not being of suspicious nature,
suspected no evil, and still sanctioned the
presence Of D. in his house, even reques-
ting u. to accompany Mrs S. to concerts
AIl this had an end the early part Of last
week, when Dir. S., returning home after
a short absence, found her who had uni
ted herself to him for better or for worse
who had promised before God and man
to love, honor and obey him, fed for par
unknown with a man who had proved
himself alike villainous and ungrateful
This may be warning to those men who
place such implicit confidence in the hon,
or of the rest of mankind and womankind
Some of the readers Of the REpUBLI.
CAN may have seen an item which has
! gone the rounds, in which it is set forth
that the young lady members Of Good
TempIar lodges are pledging themselves
not to hold any intercourse or enter into
any marriage contract with gentlemen not
members OF the Order. This piece Of
''cheek" is equalled by a number of young
men resident IN this city, who have form.
ed an anti-Go cod Templar league, one Of
their articles of association prohibiting
members, under pain Of expulsion ano
fine, from keeping company with or en-
/ gaging themselves to marry any lady {
member Of the l. 0. G. Z. Your cor
respondent opines that, the gentlemen
hold the best trumps in this game, anc
that the ladies would do we'll to throw W
their hands.
Milwaukee is threatened with an at
tack of Black Crook, to the extent Of
three we ks Properly put upon the
stage, it is fine spectacler presentation
The plot of the play is commonplace
enough, and were it not for the ballet and
scenery, the play would have been eff C.
tually condemned On its first appearance
before rational audience AS it is, il
appeals more to the animal than intellec
tual nature Of the amusement going pub
lie. The lovers of the Legitimate drama
are IN the minority apparently, and such
plays as the Slack Crook will draw large,
houses and for a longer season than such
stars in the theatrical armament as Edwin
Booth in the most classical plays in the
language.
Last Monday evening, Hon. Charles
Sumner, one of the boldest opponents of
tue slave power in past times, and one Of
our most reliable statesmen, lectured be
fore the Yonog Mems Library Associa,
ton, on the question, care we a nation %
Did space permit, l would be pleased to
give the readers a synoDsis of the lecture