Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-10
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
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ROCHESTER, boasts of two baseball
clubs, called the q Early Birds" and "]UnA
fortunate Worms" In recent match the
latter beat the former, sese s4sa f1-ARo
AN observing correspondent says that
New York city is a growing town, owned
chiefly by hotel clerks. ,.a.a 1.....,-...
A WRITER (unmarried) suggests that
Solomons wisdom was due to the fact that
he had seven hundred wives, whom he
consulted on all occasions. We j. t-..
."MAMMA's darling didn't hurt his little
cousin purposely, did he, dear? TWAS all
an accident, to be sure" eyes, mamma,
and all want is chance to crack him
again. ~ eHIN A32
In view of the, modern improvements,
it has been suggested that old Father Time
should throw away his hour, glass and
scythe and buy watch and moving
machine. r ao g3 ssaat lfe &. Tat4Y n.
r "WoN'T you take half of this poor ap-
ple?" said pretty damsel. No, thank
you. I would prefer better half" Eliza
blushed and referred him to papa 'l
THE Buffalo Commercial speaks of the
Vanderbilt Crawford wedding as the
union of December and May. 1t is more
like the union of December and April t.
Detroit Tribune ~ ad5J3
A JEALOUS expressman of Buffalo, wish
ing to convey. an idea of great celebrity in
the prosecution ofhis business, has daubed
ON the side of his wagon the intelligent
notice, "LITEN express"
THE last society spoken of in California
is the 'sPay othings!" 1T is said Ito be
alarmingly prosperous, o The pass word is
"Lend me dollar?" The response,
:" Groke! A large number of editors are
members in good Standing. 4, -.f.. -.
AS they have stopped boring the St.
Louis artesian well at a depth of 3,S43 feet,
Mark Twain, in the Buffalo Erpress, asks
why they don't go around and try the
other end, as there must be water there
somewhere. l1a IL irss p ..s,il.s
| A MAN who had been arrested as va
grant protested that he, had a regular trade
and calling, to-wit Smoking glass for a
total eclipse Of the sun; and as these oc2
cur only a few times, in century, he was
not to blame for being out of employment a
good deal. faiad .a'aa b..d'nl .a,e,sa '..4
ALAWNER in New York, who was plead
ing the cause ofanrinfant plaintiff, took the
child up in, his aims and presented it to
the jury suffused with tears. This had q
great effect, till the opposite lawyer asked
what made him cry; Z" He pinched, me-"
answered the little innocent. - 49,
I A PARTY of F'renchmen were discussing
foreign customs, and one ofthem remarked
upon the American, habit of designating
streets, not after celebrated men, noted
teenth street, Fortieth street, &c. "Ex-
actly," remarked one of the party. And
the Americans name their generals in the
same way. We have just had here General
Die" E.
AN individual, the other day, went to
one of the drug stores of Boston and
called for pint of whisky, claiming that
he wanted to put it on some roots, for med
icine. He obtained the whisky, and inn,
medlately raised the bottle to. his lips and
imbibed "a, grown PERSONS dose of the
ardent. The drug clerk demonstrated
with the customer for his duplicity, and
was informed that it was for the roots of
his tongue for-which he desired the whisky.
i A CONTEMPORARY relates the following
| instance of feminine GOODNESS, and likens
| it to pouring ice water down ones backs ~
| "a young gentleman whose bosom was be-
ing rent with the pangs of jealousy, adj
| dressed billet to a lady, inclosing her
notes to him, and requesting she would re-.
tciprocatezthe scourtesy.a.zIn her reply she
| thanked him for his consideration, and
would return hisletters as soon as a young
gentleman, to whom theyWere loaned, had
given them satisfactory pefasal."
The Buffalo Express relates a curious
piece of good luck which befel.a lady in
| that town. In the Internal Revenue Office,
in which the legacy and succession tax is
| looked after, the Assessor discovered. that
a life annuity of $500 year had been left
her some time ago. The annuitant was
accordingly notified of the tax she must
pay under the revenue law She came to
the office in great surprise, having had no
previous knowledge of the legacy. Some
body seems to have been keeping her out
of it, and possibly she might never have
discovered her good fortune but for the
agency of the revenue office.
2 CTHE first conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church was held at Philadel-
phia, in June, 1773, ten ministers only
being present, one of whom was Francis
Asbury, of precious and sainted memory.
The membership was /, 49, In 1913, forty
years later, there were several conferences,
678 ministers, with membership of 214, 600.
In 1859 there were nearly 100 conferences,
nine Venerable Bishops, about 20, 900 pre-
siding elders, circuit and local preachers,
and 1 500, 900 members. ~ The first Metho-
dist sermon was preached in New York, a
little over,a century ago, to a congregation
of FIVE persons, ~ 9 W Wilt Z
90 he ~