Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-09-20


fragrant. Then came pyramids of fresh
and iced fruits and confectionery OF all
kinds, washed down, according to MahOm-
etan custom, with the purest water.
L "A good story is told of Glasgow
merchant who on his death bed, sent for a
clergyman Of the Scotch Free Church.
Having some fears regarding his 1rtnre
prospects he asked the reverend gentle
| man, "Do you think, if I were to leave
| 100000 to the Free Kirk, my soul would
be saved ?" WE'LL" answered the cautious
minister, g couldn't just promise you
that; but think it an experiment worthy
Of trying.
Partisan pineapples are made by satu-
rating turnips with syrup which the con-
fectioners know very well how to manufac-
ture. The resulting fruit is said to be de-
liclous, and is, quite popular among the
Exposition visitants. In New York, few
days since, it was testified in court that the
tjellies sold as made from straw berry, pine
apple aud other fruits were all formed out
of apple jelly, colord and favored with
essences to suit the name.
The popular idea that Croesus was the
richest man in the world is altogether a
mistake. His property was only valued at
two and a half millions of pounds sterling.
The philosopher, Seneca, had an equal for
tune, while Tiberius left more than twenty
three millions at the time of dis death
which Caligula squandered within year.
Antony squandered about one hundred
millions in his life. Appius committed SUI
/ icide because he considered himself pow
erty-stric Kemp possessing only eighty thou
sand pounds-less than half million dol
lars.
1t was a clever thing of the English
army officer who visiting the London Zoo
logical Gardens the other day, and leaning
| gracefully over the chairs of his lady ac-
'quaintances, talking soft nonsense the
] while, applied his magnet headed cane to
their hair pins till he had drawn them all
out. OF course there was great tribulatlOn
when on rising from their seats their water
falls tumbled off. y Ii is said the ladies
called the Captain brute" but what else
does one 60 to the Geological Gardens for,
but to see brutes? m tg s1gm9gs 20
Incidents and Accidents.
"A Louisville lady was killed the other
day by bee-sting in her face.
The lightning melted a ring from the
finger of a young lady at Wilbraham,
Mass, the other day. es7aoa nj fgsf sI
"A three-months bride in New Jersey
tried to kill her husband with an axe for
axe-ing impairment questions. VI PAS
! "A man in New Hampshire, last week,
on learning that his wife was taken sud
denly i'll, ran home,-a distance of SIX
miles--and fell dead. @
"A little girl lost on the Blue Ridge
mountains was found three miles from
home after a fortnight's sojourn in the
{. woods, alive and well. She had lived or
| berries. s9 98a a9Ylsds 53s43H 81
"A man told Israel Bennett, of Me
johannesburg, Ind, that his horse did not
pull true, and Mr.. Bennett, considering il
an objectionable SANDER on his horse,
killed the slanderer. fa
One day recently, son of Mr.. Field
ing, of Berkely, West Virginia, took a
notion for watermelon, and ate whole
one, some apples, and candy, and the next
night was corpse. a sl 500
During the burning of Mr.. Menke's
stable at Quincy, ILL.,, a little child of his,
between two and three years of age, in
| perfect health, became so frightened that it
died in less than three hours. d'
/ The yellow fever has made sad havoc
| with LaRue's Minstrels, at New Orleans
The agent, Harry Stanly, is dead, and
/ Ainsley Scott and Frank Bowley were
not, at last accounts, expected to live.
"A large livery stable belonging to
Keeney, Blake & Hadley, at Danville, Ind,
was burned on the night of the 9th instant
/ together with twenty horses and fine lot
! of buggies. Loss estimated at $4,000
/ partially insured.
"A wretch at Hastings, Mimi, poured
| set fire to them The cries of the animals
aroused the owners, who quickly extin-
| grished the fire, but not until one horse
had been ruined and the other severely In
jured.
| "A Young man named Regain died in
Albany, recently, from having a mole or
wart on his face cut by razor while being
shaved. The wart was on the left cheek,
and, while the whole right side was para
lived, the left leg and arm became rigid,
and the face turned over the left shoulder.
"A little girl who had, on the 18th,
gone blackberrying in the Lodges near
Lackawaxen, Pa, station on the Erie
Railway, not returning that night was
sought for the next day, and found dead
| one udu SGTdycu ucdI d QCu VI idtoiOohohCo
and died from their bites, seventeen marks
being found on her body.
"A few day since, twenty seven women
of Redfeld, Iowa, decided to abate the
whisky saloons of that place, and they
did. They were arrested, and tried before
Justice of that place, and acquitted.
| Subsequently they were arrested again,
and taken twenty-five miles before another
Justice, where they were again acquitted,
after three days trial. ...
About the middle of last week, Delos
Atkefas, well-known lawyer of Sher-
burne, Chenango county, New York, was
arrested, charged with having forged GER
| tain proofs in the pension claim OF Mrs.
Jacob Weller, the widow of soldier. He
was taken to Buffalo, indicted, arraigned,
plead guilty, and sentenced to one years
imprisonment in the penitentiary at
Rochester. r.... tf..i.f, i.
RELIGIOUS and Educational.
"A praying machine is on exhibition at
Paris, warranted to say a hundred and
twenty Buddhist prayers day without
getting out of order.
The Unitarian Association are about
to publish a Liturgy for the use Of the So.
cieties under their care. DIR. Palfrey OF
Belfast, Me-, has been selected to edit the
new book of service.