Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-12-04

at college, was greatly straightened for
want of money, and that, while walking
to Boston, he suddenly perceived some.
thlng had become attached to the end of
ms ms cane. 1t proved to be a gold ring, with
the motto, God speed thee, friend"
CATTLE over a year old, which have
nog oeen marked or branded, are every-
oody's property in Texas. The San An.
tonlo hsrpress says that in that city the
market is stocked with hides from the
brand 'A0'' q
"A MAN in New Orleans cut off the head
OF swapping turtle and threw it into the
yard. Fully one hour and a half after, a
pig plcked up, or attempted to pick up,
the turtles head. Instead of doing this
the pig was caught by the snout, and
the hold of the turtle was not released
until a portion of the pigs snout came off
with it,
A MIscHEvoUs monkey in bird store
at Boston got loose, on recent Sunday,
| and amused himself by opening the cages
OF all the birds and all the-otller animals
| IN the store. Those that he couldn't open
ne threw violently on the floor and things
were IN a sad plight when the proprietor
discovered what was going on, and stopped
tie fun
"a PONY owned. by prominent citizen
OF chicago, partakes regularly, after his
| noon meal, OF q gallon of lager beer. The
liquor was given to the animal at first bv
accident, but from the relish he manifested
| for 1t, 1t has since been regularly repeated.
The horse is always uneasy if this part of
his diet is omitted but after "his beer" is
good-natured and ready for work.
AsHLUsTRATIvE of Rossini's laziness and
genius, il is related that he used to COM
| pose IN bed, and that once, when fine
duet that he was writing, and had almost
finished, slipped off the bed, and beyond
his reach, rather than get up for it, he
took up another sheet and composed an
other duet entirely different from the first.
THE Bangor Whig tells remarkable
story OF man down at Tenants Harbor,
VINO, being out in his dory. fell overheard,
and, not being able to swim, conceived the
idea of striking bottom and "footing it"
ashore. Accordingly, shutting his eyes
and teeth firmly together, he struck out
for the shore, until, believing he must be
near land, he opened his eyes and found
himself In the middle of o corn-field.
A NEW and dangerous counterfeit two
dollar note on the Sixth National Bank,
of Philadelphia, has made its appearance.
1t is not very well executed. A little eau
ton will at once discover it's falsity. The
clouds above the female on the left end
have scratchy appearance; the shad-
ing OF the words National Union
Bank is coarse and irregular. The pa
per is of a blueish tint. The engraving on
the back is coarse.
II has been ascertained that Wilson, the
Hartford silk robber, once robbed store
IN Rochester, n. Y, and escaped, but was
caught in Michigan and sentenced to the
Stale Prison, whence he escaped in the
dead of winter, freezing his feet. He has
been an inmate of the Ohio and New Jer-
sey State Prisons, as well as the Michigan
State Prison, and has escaped from all
three.
The. other day, in the jail at Newcastle,
Delaware, seven persons, convicted of
petty ofenses, were tied to a post and
whipped One was man of seventy
years, who received twenty lashes on the
back. He cried bitterly during the or
deal Two boys of about twelve years re-
eeived twenty lashes each. One man was
placed in the pillory until totally help
less from cold, and then whipped with
twenty lashes.
TIE Ohio Far1aer gives some directions
about Lifting rails which are very good.
SOme'use beetle with rings, but a maui
is much more readily handled and more
effective in execution while it last 1t is
good plan to make several of these at a
time, out of iron wood or hickory, and let
them season several months before being
used. Whena large tree is cut into logs
the top one may be rolled out and split
up when the others can be managed with
out moving, except as the rails are piled
away.
ALWAYS send your child to bed happy.
Whatever cares may trouble your mind,
give the child q good night kiss as it goes
to its pillow. The memory of this, in the
stormy years which may be in store for
the little one, will be like Bethlehem's star
to the bewildered shepherds and yelling
up in the heart will rise the thought, {" my
father, my mother loved me! Lips
parched with fever will become dewy
again at this thrill of useful memories
Kiss your little child before it goes to
sleep.
WE think it safe to say that majority
| of people pay too little attention to their
! teeth and the result is that dentists find
| plenty of employ ment, and numerous are
| the diseases Of the teeth and gums. The
teeth should be cleansed at least twice
day with soft tooth powder (precipitated
| chalk is the best) and q little soap. Unless
THIS care IS laK6n tartar is llaDIe 10 IOTm
upon them and if suffered to accumulate
| it causes inflammation and absorption of
| the gums and gradual loosenjng of the
| teeth, which can only be prevented by
observing the above simple practice.
When tartar, which is q deposit of salts of
| lime and organic matter from the saliva, is
allowed to accumulate it becomes hard
and can only be removed by the scaling
instruments Of the dentist. Scientific
| american.
| THE RIVERSIDE FOR DECEMBER Con
tents: Frontisptece--The Wise Men out of the
| East" For we have seen his star in the east;"
| The Vision Of John, the Watchman; Two Livesin
] One-coptinued-with illustration How Mouse
| kept Christmas; Ny Debut Sporteman--two
| illustrations A Year among the 1ndians--con-
| cluded; The First Snow with illustration;
| Doings of the Bodley Family; Hunter and Tom
| concluded-with illustration; The New Stove
three Illustrations; Midnight Visit to Clio;
Fax--two Illustrations The Little Brown Seed
Bessie's Walk--with illustration; One Chimney;
The House on the Rock Patchwork. The frat
number of the newvslume will commence with
fresh story by Andersen, 1.-The Court Cards."
with an illustration and also an account Of the
author, with personal sketch and a portrait.
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