Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-06-09
LITERARY NOTICES.


/ MR STEPHEssoE opens the June siR.iver-
side" with another Of his droll Mother Goose
! pictures, Illustrating the ditty ''The Fox
and his Wife, they had great strife" AS
! if in peaceful contrast the opening article
of the number is First School-days of a
Quaker which promises to be bright
story fer girls. History is provided in
| sketch Of "Joan of Arc,p by George N.
Towle Mr. Jacob Abbott explains "Joule's
Equivalent" Paul H. Hayne, the Poet, tells
a lively story in prose of 'Robby Singietons
| Mishap;" the "RambIes in Constantinopleo
are continued as also the Hunting Sketches
in South Africa; while there is another
New Testiment story, this time of the "Nar-
rage Feast at Cana" and Hans Anderson
tells fresh story of ''The Comet, which
has very graceful picture by NJ. L. Stone.
To know the rest gee the Magazine itself.
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the first chapter of Miss Louisa VI. Alcotts
new story, "An Old-tashioned Girl, will ap-
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THE AMERICAN ODD FELLOW. New York !:
John W. Orr, So Nassau street. 81 per year.
We are in receipt of the May number Of the
above named Magazine. 1t is the only au-
thorized official organ Of the Order, and is
in high repute as literary monthly, both
among the fraternity everywhere and the
reading public at large. This popular fam
lily magazine has a corps Of able contributors
on both sides of the Atlantic, as vel as live
correspondents in nearly every part of the
world No Odd Fellow can be well posted
without it. The May number gives accounts
of the conemoration of the great Semi
centennial Anniversary Jubilee throughout
the country, together with large amount
Of other valuable and entertaining matter.
A costly and elegant steel engraved portrait
of GraLd Sire Farnsworth is presented to
each subseriberer of the American Odd Fol-
low for 1862 This is an opportunity to OBJ
tain splendid likeness of the present dis
tinguished Grand Sire Ia beautiful soatuenig
of the Grand National &c ebration at Phil
adelphia) which no member Of the fraterni-
ty should neglect.
| SEMI MoNTHLT.-We are aga greeted by
the bright and ever welcome face of the
Northern Farmer, which now comes to US as
a semi monthly instead of monthly, as
heretofore 1t is the cheapest paper out.
Send for it one year, $I.25 per year, and /
pound "EarlJ Rose potatoes. F. D. Carson,
Publisher Il Proprietor, Fond du Lac, Wis.