Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-03-07


ton it was found to have only one eye
with both ears natural, its mouth whereit'
nostrils ought to have been, and no nos
rils, its under jaw crooked up in the shape
of sled runner, with projection of the
lower jaw Of two and a half inches beyono
the upper.
The Machias (Maine) Republican says
a man by the name of Bryant, becoming
dissatisfied with his wife, last week, calico
upon an auctioneer and the wife and the
furniture of the house were sold at public
auction. The wife was sold for ten dollars
Some time before. next morning the hus
band and wife made up their troubles, and
Bryant refused to deliver to the purchaser
the wife and furniture.
"A acknowledgement operator says
he has always noticed that nine out of ten
changes in the weather begin in the west
A storm in Cincinnati is felt eighteen hours
after at Baltimore At the time of his
writing he stated that the telegraph gave
information of a storm in st. Louis, which
he predicted would reach Cincinnati in
twelve hours. The storm came an hour
or two sooner than he predicted, but he
proved himselfHuite weather-wise.
IT is truly surprising what asgreat
change a small scrap OF paper, called a
ballot, can work. Little more than half a
century ago, one vote cast in the State OF
Rhode Island decided, to all appearances,
the question of declaring war with Eng
land. So That one ballot determined the
electiomof the Congressman who came to
hold the balance of power. Had an anti
war man been elected in his place, the war
would have been Indefinitely postponed,
and perhaps have been entirely Prevented
The NewCYoflsS Senate, on the fifth,
passed the bill for q suspension bridge be-
tween New York city and Brooklyn, to
commence at or near the juctioh of Main
and Fulton streets, in Brooklyn, and cross
the river as directly as possible, to some
point at or below Chatham square, not
lsouthlof the junctiorpf Nassauand Chat
hanfAstreets.' Thea bridge will lhave a span
of 400 feet, and q total length of about
$500 feet, with width of SO feet, and two
floors, with twenty feet space between. The
bridge above high water will be 100 feet .
! Joseph Bake, Esq, 6fAugusta, Maine,
found a juvenile skunk in an empty barrel
in his woodshed, r and wishing to avoid
-scenting the premises with its odor, he
quietly covered the barrel up and awaited
the RESULT No food or drink was furnished
the animal, although an occasional examin7
alton was, made to see if it was alive. The
little creatufe survivefP four long and
dreary months in his circular prison, where.
on the 10th inst, from cold or hunger, lit
is not khown'Which), he gaVeupthe ghost.
-Gossips are gleeful over the case of a
gentleman well knownpin rtcircles and
general society in New York. A few
months ago be, lost his, wife; the bereave-
nent seemed TO overwhelnrhim; she was
always in his conversation, if not in his
thoughts; no friend encountered him and
escaped the recitation Of the catalogues of
her virtues, and casual acquaintance re-
lceived tendersEof her Photographic like
ness as precious contribution to their art
collections. Within:half year he married
again. Was his, stock of photographs ex-
hausted?
The Citizen records that woman at
Beaver Dam, Wis, was severely injured,
recently, by drinking lye which was offered
her by some one who playfully represent
ed that it was beer. The whole inside of
her mouth and stomach were SO badly
burned that it was first feared she would
not live through the night. A physician
was called after some laundering treat
ment, who gave her simply grease, the ma
tural antidOte for alkali, and the patient
soon grew easier Hopes are entertained
of her recovery, though the injury will
doubtless be lifelong, ..ae.-.v<r =, r., 2
"A day or two since, a tardy school boy
in Boston, whose mother had refused him
a note of excuse to the teacher, applied to
a document as should ward off the dreaded
punishment. The young man complied
with the, request, but as-the boy could not
read writing, worded thenote in such way
as to desire the teacher to administer to the
boy a sound fogging The teacher was
some what suspicious on receipt the note,
but, as the boy stoutly averred that his
mother wrote it, the, teacher administered
the correction in such vigorous manner
as to astonish the recipient.
AS an old lady was getting into the
cars at Salem, Mass, her pockets were
picked by som adroit scamp, of two wal
let's each containing twenty-five dollars.
The cars were full and polite member of
the General Assembly gave her his seat.
Just then she discovered her loss, and seiz-
ing this gentleman, accused him of rob
bling her Completely astonished he could
only say: 81 got up and gave you my seat,
madam, but assure you did not steal
your money" Other gentlemen came for
ward and at, length succeeded in convinc-
ing the aggrieyed lady that Mr., q was
not responsible for the disappearance Of
her wallet.
MIR. Edward G. Delevan, one of the
strongest friends of the temperance move
ment in New York, writes, as follows to
General J.AS. Smith, President of the State
Temperance Society ~ No man should be
entitled to drink unless he first get a
license; and any barkeeper who should
sell to an unlicensed party should be sub
ject to fine and Imprisonment. The license
should be ANIMALS. and the sum charged
should be from $50 to 500. No young
man should be allowed license until he
was sixteen, and then and until twenty
P one years Of age, only beer license at 6
moderate charge After twenty one he
could vote, drink, and chew tobacco supor
payment of license 1 and the same priv
legeI should extended to STRONG minded
women. Some men whose constitution
utterly unfit them for potations should b.
'refusedsa license altogether
"A Foreign Gossip. @W
CUBA imported $4,000 Coolies las
year, and no negroes
Platinum has been discovered in larg,
quantities in New Zealand. 4
Spanish advices report no fewer thai
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