Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-11-06
VARIOUS ITEMS.


/ THE schoolboys in Russia have 255 hol-
idays in year.
A THOUGHTFUL man suddenly made gay
may be properly called &c pensive.
How, does tree feel when chopped
down? Chopfallen, probably.
PHILADELPHIA has put up $40,000,000
worth of buildings this year.
A MERMAID that eats oranges ..hass.been
found at the Sandwich Islands.
THE highest mountain in the world is
the Gaurisanker, of the Himalaya range.
THE Young Mems Christian Associa-
tions in Ohio aggregate 1000 members.
If "brevity is the soul of w.t." what
a funny thing fashionable coat is,
isn't it,? l.jlll .E,f tI& t
SOME of the jewelry of the unfortu-
nate ex Empress .Carlotta is for sale in
Washington. 5l@ il-4 il4
A .VERMoNTER recently shaved his
beard after it had attained three feet six
inches in length.
JUST as you are pleased at finding
faults, you are displeased at finding, per
fections. gs3 s--f II f2r va rr
h A TRANSCRIPT in Hebrew, written in
the year 936, is preserved in the National
Library of Florence.
THE women of Germany are to have
convention to discuss the question of man
aging babies. 4.-,.-~ r ,.o, .-s..r \
HARRY CHoATE is billiard champion
of Ohio, having recently won the cue at
Cincinnati.
THE latest cause of suicide in Paris was
the unwillingness of boy of sixteen to
run errands. .taf. a.f. ta..:t
WHY is man cleaning out dirty Gel
lar like one settling rat trap in it He
is a batting (abating) nuisance. 9a :
MERDEN, Ct, manufactures all the sew
ing birds, call-bells and tape measures
made in this country. II.
EARTHQUAKES were of frequent occur
renee in New England during the first
century after its settlement. eds ai o
THE Paris Eclipse had $4,000 carica-
lures of Isabella ready to be issued, when
the authorities interfered.
THE three shortest Spostof1ce names in
the United States are T. B. (Md,). Ali
(Ohiol and Po Qnd) .T, ....g.
QUEEN ISABELLA only carries five thou
sand piece of baggage with her in her
uneasy wanderings in Europe.
MORE than 100000 life policies are in
force in the State of New York, represent
ing upward of $1,000,000 900 in risks.
A CANDIDATE for seat in the British
Parliament proposes to abolish anonymous
writing in newspapers. ... q. .......,... t.s.
WHAT did the Eastern man say when
he first saw a Western corn field? He ex-
claimed in husky voice, " You nadSSe me"
A WOMAN in Leipsic broke the heads of
hnr n fryo' al III 1rrith hay,,
her husband had scolded her. ..........
THE copper coinage, of 1867, in Eng
land consisted of &, Asa, $40 pence, 2,508,-
800 halfpence and 5,017,600 farthings.
"TM sitting on the style, Mary" said
the envious young girl as she plunged
down on her sisters hat and feathers.
A GERMAN philosopher predicts that
Europe and America will be submerged in
500,0O0,00O years, and mo one dares con-
tradict him.
A BARBER in Duane street, New York,
charges dollar for hair cutting, and is
always one hour performing the opera
ton.
BRIGHTON, England, is to have an sim-
mense marine aquarium, twelve hundred
and fifty feet long and with proportionate
width.
A QUANTITY of laces and diamonds was
recently discovered in the chignon of
suspected French servant girl in New
York. ..r-......... ..-...........
IT is said that the Queen of Portugal is
suffering from an incurable brain dis
ease, similar to that of which her mother
died. .efua 45t
IT is estimated that Missouri has gained
35O,OO0 in population since the war
Large bodies of immigrants are settling in
the western counties.
A FELLOW has been arrested in Phila-
delphia for murder committed by him
four years ago, in Boston, the detectives
having been in quest of him ever since.
G. GOODWIN CLARK, Principal of the
Lincoln Grammar School at Boston, has
been sued for $4,000 damages for whip
ping a pupil, as is claimed, excessively. 4
THE Boston Post suspects, from her
presents of tea pots and bed quilts, that
Madagascar's Queen has matrimonial in
tentions upon our Secretary of State.
A LONDON paper recently sold huge
edition by printing the story that the
Prince of Wales had lost hand by the
bursting of his gun while out shooting.
THERE is a woman 70 years old in Had
ley, Western Massachusetts, who has
never taken ride in a stage coach, car,
steamboat or any other public convey
ance.
THE Toulouse papers mention the blow
ing up of new bridge in that city by
an escape of gas One man was killed,
and sixteen passers-by were badly
wounded.
A BOX of Boston letters, recently lost in
the mail, has turned up in New York,
nothing being lost but the interest on
100000 contained in it while lying idle.
MADAME, a great many persons were
disturbed at the concert, last night, by the
crying of your baby" "Well, I do won
der that such people will go to concerts?"
THE parents of Bayard Taylor cele-
brated their golden wedding on the 10Th
ult, at Kennett Square, Pa An address
was made by Bsyard Taylor, and poem
read by Richard HI. Stoddard.
THE REASON
''Why is a man. quoth Ned to Kate,
WHO'S brought with small pox to his bed.
Like one who's forced by common fate
To mourn dear relation, dead? -
'' Because replies the ready Kate,
. '''Tis plain he's to be pitted, Ned.
A CORRESPONDENT asked if the brow of
hill ever became wrinkled? The editor
replied: "The only information we can
give on that point is that we have often
seen it furrowed."
AN urn, containing 1860 ancient silver
coins, has been recently unearthed near
Marseilles. The inscriptions thereon sug-
gest that the coins were struck anterior to
n. H. s1<t,