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

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NEVER complain of your birth, your
employment, your hardships; never fancy
that you could be something, if you only
had adifferent lot and sphereassigned you.
God understands his own plan, and he
knows what you want great deal better
| than you do. sThesvery thing you most
deprecatc as fatal limitations or obstruc-
| tions, are probably what you most want.
What you call hindrances obstacles, dis
| couragements, are probably Gods oppor-
tunities; and it's nothing new that the
patient should dislike his medicines, or
| any proof that they are poisons. No! a
| truce to all such impatience. Choke that
envy which gnaws at your heart because
you are not in the same lot with others;
bring down your soul, or bring 1T up to.
| Gods will, and do his work, in your lot,
| in your, sphere, under your cloak. of OBJ
security, against your temptations, and
then you shall find thatyour condition is
never opposed toyour good, but consistent
with it. ----.---s- --------
| aiWHIcH will you do, smile and make
others happy, or be Grabbed and make
everybody around you miserable? You
| can live among beautiful flowers and sing
ing birds, or in the mire, surrounded by
fogs and frogs The amount. of happiness
| which you can produce is incalculable, if
you will only show smiling face, a kind
heart, and speak pleasant words. On the
other hand, by sour looks, cross words.
and fretful disposition, you san make
hundreds unhappy almost beyond endur
ance. Which willy do? Wear pleas
ant countenance let joy beam in your
eve, and love glow on your forehead
| There is no joy so great as that which
springs from a kind act OF pleasant deed,
and you may feel it at night when you
rest, and at morning when you rise, and
throughout the day when about your daily
business. " 43}5a@ sss .ag9gii 81 Aaa 81. 20
SCIENCE IN A ToY.-A very amusing
application of frictional electricity has
been recently patented in the shape of
small. ornamental, shallow box, having for
its bottom plate of looking glass. Anoth-
er sheet of common glass forms the cover,
and there is a space of perhaps an inch
and half between the two glasses. A
variety of figures cut out of paper, or 9th
er light substances, are laid upon the look
ing glass, and on gently rubbing the sur
| face of the upper glass with a handker
chief or piece of paper, the several
| figures become electrified, assume the erect
position, and dance about at a great rate,
much to the amusement of lockers on
| When not in use the box may be hung up
! to serve as mirror The makers furnish
| a great variety of these toys, and the prices
run from fifty cents upward.
| AN amusing contretemps is told us in
| connection with the Oxford and Cam
! bridge, boat race. Resolved to be indie
pendent of the electric telegraph, which in
| England plays eccentric pranks on such
/ occasions, one of the London papers sent
| down to the scene two of the best carrier
! pigeons On the leg of one was tied slip
| of paper bearing the words Oxford has
| won,' on the other similar slip announc-
| ing Cambridge as the victors. Unfortu-
nately, in the hustle of the moment after
the race, as the Oxford pigeon was being
| taken out of the basket, the Cambridge
| pigeon struggled so hard that it managed
| to get free-the two birds flying home
! with incredible speed, but driving their
| owners frantic with the contradictory in
telligence they brought. #. p
| THAT was very shrewd way that was
adopted in the olden time, in Zurich, to
| test the truth in divorce cases. When a
couple asked to be divorced on account of
| incompatibility Of temper, they were first
| ordered to be shut up for a fortnight in a
single room, and condemned to endure
each others society continually. They had
| but one room, but one bed, but one chair,
one plate, one knife, and one fork. In
every act each was dependent upon the
courtesy of the other At the end of the
| time, if they still desired to be divorced, the
request was granted, but it usually hap
pened that before the time came sympathy
| insmisfortune had reconcilcd them to each
other. 5 @ H& -
CANINE SAGACTY-The late dreadful
explosion furnished an illustration of
canine sagacity which deserves to be
placed on record A favorite little rat
| terrier, belonging to the foreman of the
elevator which was injured by the explol
sion, was kept in the building, to exercise
| its rat-catching propensities in the night
season. The night Of the accident, when
the windows of the elevator were blown
| in, the dog went to the house Of its owner,
and made such noise as to arouse the in
mates 1t indicated by unlnistakable signs
| that it wanted its master to go with it, and
would not be satisfied until he dressed
himself and followed The dog led the
way to the elevator, and then the foreman
discovered the cause of the animals I'M
wonted distress.-Butalo Commercial Ad-
reytisor. @ @
In years gone by there was a Baptist
clergyman, commonly called Elder Stone,
who preached at Bellcodia, Monroe county,
n Y. One day the reverend old elder
sawed off a block of wood to make a
beetle, and commenced to bore hole
through it to put in handle; but owing
to the shortness of the block, 1T would not
Law still. but would turn with the auger.
A half-witted fellow, commonly called
Albripht's fool-Bill Albright by name
came along, and said in lisping manner:
Elder Stone, i can tell you how to bore
your beetle; put it in hog-trough, and
then YOU can bore it, ~ The old parson
turned around and looked at Bill and
said: "Bill, there is something to be
learned from almost any fool" Yes" re-
piled Bill, 81 thought SO, Elder Stone, or
there would not so many people go to hear
you preach"
GRANDMA's DREAM
wonder what grandma is thinking about,
As she sits in the corner there
With the freight shining into her eyes,
And over her silver hair? ~
She has laid her knitting across her Knee
And folded her hands so thin, a.
And know that her thoughts are lar away
In spite of the children's din
I'm sure ii is something strange and sweet
That brighte us her eyes so DIM
Perhaps she is seeing the golden gatesf ra
And hearing the angels, hymn "a, 80
And she smiles to think that ehe sooH WibFross
Where the wonderful river rolls,
And gather the rose OF her yontn fgain,
In the beautiful garden OF sous. t-. qsr
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