Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-08-13
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

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Ii you visit young woman, and you
are won, and she is won, you will both be
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HENRY WARD BEECHER says that five
want to manage men we must do as bee
keepers do when they want to manage
bees, wash our hands in sugar and water.
THE Knoxville Wing says it is es-
tfmated that the blackberry crop of Ten
nessee, if properly harvested, would make
100000 barrels Of wine, worth about 49,
100000. 5"@' ."a' '''D3 f'
AsBoY who heard the quotation, g A
little learning is dangerous thing"
wished to stop going to school because he
was afraid he should not live long enough
to get past the dangerous point.
BURTON, while travelling on steam
boat, seated himself at table, and called
for beefsteak The waiter furnished him
with small strip of that article. Taking
it upon his fork, and turning it over, and
examining it, with one of his peculiar
looks, he very coolly remarked: " Yes,
that is it.; bring me some" ..f...f e
JOHN NEAL once said z" | used to drink
but one day took glass of brandy and
| found liked the taste of it. | said to my
SELF John Neal, when you have grown
to like the taste of liquor, it is time to
stop and stop 1 did" Not another drop
of liquor passed his lips, and it is believed
nothing could have induced him to drink
after that, even to the slipping of a glass OF
wine, 7e= ,sffs4 ;,,.s.-i{F I @gs!
JONATHAN and his friend Paddy were
enjoying delightful ride, when they came
in sight of an old gallows or gibbet This
suggested to the American the idea of be-
ing witty at the expense of his Irish com
| panion. !" You see that, calculate said
| he nasally, pointing to the object just men
toned; land now where would you be il
the gallows had it's due?" Riding alone, .
| ooolly replied Paddy. a9ret]a4 .48'v7 "
An exchange well says that there are
many persons who either take no paper
at all, or else take one from distant city
and when they wish to see what is trans
i piring in their own neighborhood, they
beg or steal the local paper from some citi
zen more liberal than themselves. Many
men of this kind are engaged in business
and frequently grumble because people dc
not patronize home industry" when
they practice the very thing of which
they complain. 'a II s'4' As 8s" ''t'.
A STREET bully in San Francisco, who
thought it safe sport to knock John China
man down, tried it the other day on a Ce
lestial marketman without the customary
effect. John, instead of fleeing, knocked
the r1ffian down and beat him till he crieC
Justify for quarter. When the fellow re
1 gained his feet and was about to sneak
away, "John" said 80 You speakee China
man lie too muchee. You wantee knock
Chinaman down; you Gomez see me; me
likee fight; you sabe?"
| IA JERSEY genius has invented device
for watering horses when travelling or a
work, by which their thirst may be as
suaged without stopping. 1t appears to
be more particularly designed for the bene
| fit of the draught animal of city stree
cars The bit of the bride or head-stal
7 is made hollow, and has attached to it 3
| flexible tube connected with tank carried
in or on the vehicle. BY pulling string
and thence through suitable orifice in the
1 horses mouth. .a.,.s.4 .ft. ...s, s..f s.
| Two New York ladies stopped their car
rage on crossing. One went into store
and the other remained in the carriage
| Two gentlemen wishing to cross the street
ordered the coachman to move on The
lady in the carriage told him not to stir
On this one.of the gentlemen opened the
l dhu WlOIl OOOOo ullU SDuIi
| stepped through the carriage He was
followed by his companion, to the extreme
diseonposure of the lady within as well a,
the lady without. To complete the Jest &
party of sailors coming up, and relishing
!. the joke, scrambled through the carriage
h. Two lrishmeI. stopping at the IslanC
House, Toledo, lit their gas, and, will
windows open, sat down to enjoy a chat
. | no him ioct of TnIaIn ma
| f1ocked in and drove them desperate, The
clerk, who was summoned to devise som,
defense against them, told them to Close
the windows and put out the gas They
acted on the suggestion and placed them
selves between the sheets. Just as the,
began to doze,a lightning bug which hat
strayed into the room, caught the eye of on,
of the travellers He reused his compan
ion with punch, and exclaimed: Jamie
Jamie, it's no use! Here's one of tn,
craturs sarchin' for us wild lantern !'''
+ A GOOD story is told of an amateur agri
culturist, in Berkshire County, Mass
who was advised by one of his neighbor
to plant sunflowers with his beans i'm orde
, to obviate the task of polling. He follow
ed the advice; in due course of time bean
and sunf1owers came up and WaXed strong
Y the beans coiling around the sllnfowe
stalks beautifully; and he congratulated
himself upon: the facttthat he had discov
cred an effectual method of raising bean
, without being driven to the disagreeabl
, necessity of toting, bean-poles, from tn
forest. But alas for human expectations
his beans were raised out of the SOIL root
. and all, in few weeks, by the rapi
growth of his new-fashioned bean poles
4 and there they hung whitening betweel
heaven and earth
WHILE Thad Stevens was a young law
yer, he once had "a case before bad-ten
| pered Judge of an obscure Pennsylvani
Court Under what he considered YER
i erroneous ruling, it was decided agains
: him Whereupon he threw down his hook
, and picked up his hat in a high state c
indignation, and was about to leave tn
courtroom, scattering !jmprecations al
| around him. The Judge straigltene,
himself to his full height, assumed an al
t of offended majesty, and asked Thad. j
} this Court" Thad. turned to him yer,
! Edeferentially, made respectful bow ant
replied, in feigned amazement: g Erpres
my contempt for this Court! No, sir! 4
am trying to conceal it, your Honor ;.
adding as he turned to leave, "but fine
it id hard to do it," $50 ~
i sMARBLEIzING slate is said to be carried
on extensively at the quarries in Vermont
Tie process is described as follows: TIL,
slate is sent to the mill in rough blocks
and islthere planned down, to the thickness
OF an inch; patterns are then drawn upo1
4 the slabs, which are cut into the prope
shapes and polished. The mechanical par