Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-12-11

MARX TWAIN Samuel M. Clemens) is
described as man of about 80 years of
age, sparsely built, of medium height, and
wears on his face dark brown moustache.
His features are as fair as boys, and in
his two eyes there wrinkles boundless
humor. He dresses in scrupulous black
pants, vest, and swallow-tailed coat, and a
small diamond glistens in his shirt bosom.
In lecturipg, he seldom casts glance on
the manuscript ON the tripod, but walks
listlessly to and fro before bis audience.
A LOUISVILLE correspondent of the
Cincinnati Gazette says: George D..
Prentice is nominally employed on the
Oourier-Jowrnal at $40 per week, but he
does no work, and nothing, / believe, is
expected Of him. Thirty years ago Wal
ter N. Haldeman, then boy, entered the
Office of the Journal as clerk. Prentice
was then at the head of the journal, and
was power in Louisville as he was in the
nation. Now this once great, influential
and really brilliant man is an employe of
Mr.. Haldeman, and is incapable of work,
being mere wreck. It is sad to look upon
George D. Prentice. Let young men take
| warning. Outside of the paths of tenn
perance and virtue there is no safety,
while these vices lead surely to destruc-
| ton"
| THE other afternoon, as little son OF
Thomas p. Cheney, Esq, of Ashland, N.
H., aged four years, was playing IN the
| door yard with his younger sister and pet
bantam chicken, large Arctic hawk sud
| denly swooped down and attempted to
| carry off the chicken. He succeeded in
getting it in his talons, when the little
boy grasped Ratchet lying near by and
smartly pounded the hawk until he re-
| leased his prey and flew away wounded
/ and with the loss of some of his plumage.
The lads mother saw the occurrence, but
was unable 10 reach the spot before the
predatory bird had taken its fight. 1t
| was fortunate that the hawk did not attack
either of the children, as he could easily
have inflicted great injury upon them.
TIE editor of the Gainesville ella. Era
has witnessed toad undress himself. He
commenced by pressing his elbows hard
| against his sides, and rubbing downward.
| After few smart rubs his hide began to
| burst along his back. He kept on rubbing
| until he worked off all his skin into folds
on his sides and hips; then grasping one
hind leg with his hands, he hauled off one
| leg Of his pants, the same as anybody
would, then stripped off the other hind
| leg in the same way. He then took his
| cast-of skin forward between his forelegs
into his mouth, and swallowed it; then, by
raising and lowering his head, swallowing
| as his head came down, he stripped off his
| skin underneath, until he came to his fore
legs, then grasping one of these with the
opposite hand, by single motion of the
head, and while swallowing, he drew 1t
from the neck and swallowed the whole.
A GENTLEMAN of Charleston, s. c., in
the early part of last spring, purchased
for his wife full grown mocking bird,
which had been captured in a trap, and
which he forthwith confined in cage.
Some weeks ago the gentleman discovered
that his bird was suffering under an attack
of that scoprge of the feathery tribe, the
pip, and not knowing any means of re-
lieving his little captive, suggested to his
wife to let it free, saying that it would
probably cure ITSELF This was done, and
nothing more thought of the bird until
recently, when, greatly to the surprise of
the entire family, the identical bird made
its appearance, entered the house through
the window, alighted on his old cage, and
suffered himself to be again placed there
in. The most singular feature of the case,
however, was the fact that the pip had
entirely disappeared. The gentleman
says there can be no possible doubt as to
the identity of the bird, he having been
able to recognize it at once by several pc
culiarities.