Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-05-22

the suburbs OF The city, mad succeeded in,
quite collection of ancient
coins. About year ago he moved into
town, and placing his treasure in box,
deposited them in a closet. Not long since
he had occasion to go to his coin box, and
very much to his surprise found it empty
Upon applying to his wife for an explana-
ton, he learned that she (not knowing
their value) had been cultivating her taste
for music by bestowing them literally
upon organ grinders" 81
RAPDITY of printing has just been car
ried out in France to a degree far exceed
ing anything which has been accomplished
in machine work, and outstripping the
famous American machines, which were
supposed to have realized everything at
tainable in the way of speed. M. Marioni
has put up in the printing office of the
Petit Journal Ga one cent daily paper) a
marvellous machine of his invention, which
prints 600 copies minute. -Four of these
powerful machines turn out 144, 900 copies
an hour the whole impression being
10000 daily
LITTLE Tommy. B. lived in Chicago.
Tommy went with his mother to visit an
uncle in Madison, a minister. At the
ministers house, twice day, all bowed in
family devotion, while at every meal grace
was asked. Tommy liked all this, and
prayed as deyoutly as the best, One day
his mother found him alone upon his
knees Why, Tommy" said she, "what
are You doing 2" 80, mammal" said
the little boy, ave must all pray all we
tan while we are in Madison, 'taus, you
know, dere's no Daud (GodD in Chicago"
THE Duke of Luxembourg on his death
bed declared, "That he would then much
rather have had it to reflect upon, that he
had administered a cup of cold water to
worthy poor creature in distress, than that
he had won SO many battles as he had
triumphed for. y All the sentiments of
worldly grandeur vanish at that unayoid-
able moment which decides the eternal
state of men. s. IS ssls s,f 80 Ia aga ivaoE
!. A oocKNEY being out one day, amusing
himself with shooting, happened to fire
through a hedge, ON the other side of
which was man standing. The shot
passed through the mans hat, but missed
the bird. did you fire at me, sir?" he
hastily asked !" Oh no, SIR" said the
shrewd sportsman; II never hit what l
fire at. m h,s.fg7
MOST emmy man will concede that it
look very foolish tn see boy drag heavy
Stay, up a steep hill fur the feetin pleasur
ov ridin' down again, but it appears to me
that that boy liz a sage bi the side ov the
young man hoo works hard all the week
and drink hiz stamps up Satterda mite
Josh Billings eaor
THOMAS" said sponging friend of the
family to the footman, who had been lin
gering about the room for half an hour to
show him to the door; Thomas, my good
fellow, it's getting late, isn't it? How
soon will the dinner come up, Thomas"
"The very moment you be gone, sir, was
the unequivocal reply.
A GREENHoRN in Meriden, Ct, invested
one cent in "square" of kindling,
composed of sawdust, resin, tar, &c, UNI
der the impression that it was corn-candy.
1t wasn't good, and he threw it away and
bolted out of the shop, exclaiming, as he
disappeared, Wa'all, that's the gol darnd-
est sell ever did see!"
THE man who stands around bar-rooms
and taverns, indulging in long speeches
against religious doctrines and trying to
persuade himself at the rate of dollar an
hour that he is right, will never do the
cause of religion much harm. He won't
live long.
ONE of the old writers says: There is
but this difference in the death of the old
and young; that the old GO to death, and
death comes to the young"
A WRETCH was heard to say, the other
evening, at social party, that a young
lady playing at the pianoforte was like an
ape because her fingers were 'mong keys.
THE hog may not be thoroughly post
ed in arithmetic; but when you come to
square root, he is there-the hog is"
IRoNY.-A Missouri paper states that
the Iron county Jail is empty. Is this nontcat!
WHEN is a cat like teapot? When
your teasin' it.
A BAD sign-to sign another mans
name to a note.