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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-09-01

Il LETTER was written from Darien Centre,
n. Y, by Alonzo F. Estabrook, dated in
1886, to Joel Amsden, of Chicago, inclosing
S12, consisting of SO note of the old
Bank of Rochester, then as good as gold,
and 50 note on the Bank of Windsor Vt,
equally good, with the request that Mr.
Amsden should hand the money to Mr.
E. S. Brooks. The letter was sent to
Alderman Mason's hotel, placed in the de-
livery box, and after remaining for some
time without being called for, got among
Mr.. Mason's private papers, and was laid
away and forgotten. Recently, upon exam-
lining the effects of Mr.. Mason, long since
deceased, the letter was found, and sent to
Mr.. Amsden, who Immediately went and
handed the money to Mr.. Brooks, as he
was requested three and thirty years gone
! by to do. The bills, SO good in their day,
| were worthless now. Mr.. Estabrook, in
this letter, congratulates his correspondent
on the election of Van Buren to the Presi-
dency. Little Van" ran his official career.
and ten other Presidents were inaugurated
before the letter reached its destined
recipient
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-09-01

A HUGE DIAMoND.-The great diamond
found in South Africa, and valued at $40.
600, has been forwarded to England to
show what South Africa can do. A Cape
of Good Hope newspaper says the diamond
is about the size of an ordinary walnut,
with an unspoiled surface. though irregu-
lar outline, but no flaw to detract from the
value. At first sight it does not appear es-
pecially brilliant-not SO bright, perhaps,
as other diamonds which have come from
the same neighborhood; still, when cut 1t
may rival the ar-famed 'tKoh-i-nor" for
beauty, though not equaling it IN size.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-09-01

THE New YORK Sun tells the story of a
deacon who lived in the good old days
when everybody on the easterly side of the
Hudson drank New England rum. This
deacon was accustomed, for the space of
fifty years, to take his II o'clock and 4
O'Clock refresher of that orthodox bever-
age. At these precise hours he was wont
to 90 to the well, and with an old oaken
bncket that hung from the antique sweep,
draw pail ofwater to cool and mollify his
morning and evening dram. In process OF
time, full of years and honors, the deacon
was gathered to his fathers But this well
sweep still lived; and such was the force OF
habit upon it, coupled with its incapacity
to forget anything it had once learned, that
for long years after the deacon was dead
the well sweep continued to go up and
down so regularly at II and o'clock that
all the fools in the neighborhood set their
watches by it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-09-01
55E 555Ens KEYES & COE, Editors and Proprietors.
A TOUGH STORY.
A Lizard In a Mans Stomach-It Dies
and Is r Eieeted.

and is Ejeeted.
from the Cairo (nl.) Bulletin.
During the war, a gentleman, now of
this city, was connected with the army in
South Carolina. He had long and ex-
hausting marches tC make, and for drink
ing water was compelled to resort to the
swamps and ponds found along the route.
1t was customarily to hurriedly dip up
cupfull as the column moved on, without
leaving the line, and to gulp it down as
they moved forward Time passed, and
the gentleman of whom we speak fell sick.
He was troubled with an irritability of the
stomach, for which physicians could find no
remedy. The war closed, and his complaint
become more and more aggravating. 1t was
with difficulty the most toothsome morsel
could be retained in the stomach. He
consulted a number of physicians, who
prescribed sundry and varied remedies, but
they all failed to effect tie desired cure Mat
ters continued thus until the gentleman
made up his mind that there was no cure
for him, and that the only thing that re-
mained for him was to continue the use of
such medicines as afforded him the most
relief, and thus smooth his way to the
grave. One morning he was walking in
the garden. and being tempted by the ap-
pttIduC6 Vi cluster Ol f6u CuffGlltS, he
yielded to inclination, and swallowed as
much as small handful of them.
He had no sooner done SO than he felt
that he had cause for regretting his
rashness. An unusual retching followed, and
in few seconds he yomited up the cur
rants, and with them the dead body of a
red lizard, fully six inches long He had,
no doubt, drank this lizard when it was
very small, in the South Carolina swamp
water. It had been nurtured for months
in his stomach, and grown to the monster
it WIS when elected. 1t had, probably,
been killed by something taken into the
stomach, and the decomposition of the
body having commenced, created nausea
{ stomach that enabled him to throw it
up. One side of its head and q portion of
its tail had decayed, but otherwise it was
whole, well formed, and undeniably a lizard.
This is the first lizard story of this nature
of which we ever heard, and, being thor
oughly satisfied of its truth, we put it on
record. .-.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-09-01

"FRFsH AS A MAIDEN's BLUSH is the pure
peachy Complexion which follows the use of
Hagan's Magnolia Balm. Tt is the True
Secret of Beauty. Fashionable Ladies in
Society understand this.
The Magnolia Balm changes the rustic
Country Girl into City Belle moro rapidly
than any other one thing.
Redness, Sunburn, Tan, Freckles, Blotches
and ali effects of the Summer Sun disappear
where it is used, and genial, cultivated,
fresh expression is obtained which rivals the
Bloom of Youth. Beauty is possible to all
who will invest IS cents at any respectable
store, and insist on getting the Magnolia
Balm
Use nothing but Lyons Katharion to Dress
the Hair
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-09-01

THE BEST AND ORIGINAL TONIC of Iron
Phosphorus, and Calisaya, known as
Ferro Phorphorated Elixir of Ca
isaya Bark. The Iron restores color to
the blood, the Phosphorus renews waste of
the nerve tissue, and the Calisaya gives
a natural healthfulness to the digestive or
gans, thereby curing dyspepsia in its various
forms, Wakefulness, General Debility and
Depression of Spirits. Manufactured only by
CASWELL, HAZARD & CO., successors to
Oaswell, Mack Co., New York. Sold by all
Druggists,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-09-01

"THE Day OF SMALL THINGS. "A tall
chimney had been completed and the scaf-
folding was being removed. One man re-
manned on the top to superintend the pro-
cess. A rope should have been left for him
to descend by His wife was at homo
washing. when her little boy burst in with
Mother ] Mother they've forgotten the
rope and he's going to throw himself
down J" She paused-her lips moved in
the agony of prayer-and she rushed forth.
A crowd was looking up to the poor man
who was moving round and round the mar
row cornice, terrified and bewildered. He
seemed as if at any moment he might fall
or throw himself down in
despair. His wife from below cried out
''Wait bit, John"-the man became calm
-"take off thy stocking unrayel the wors-
ted; and he did so. 'fNow tie the end to
a bit of mortar and lower gently" Down
some the thread and the bit of mortar,
swinging backward and forward. Lower
and lower it descended, eagerly watched by
many eyes. 1t was now within reach, and
was gently seized by one of the crowd
They fastened some twine to the thread
'fNow pull up" The man got hold of the
twine. The rope was fastened on. stPull
away, again" He at length siezed the rope
and made it secure.
There were q few moments of suspense,
and then, amid the shouts of the people,
he threw himself into the arms of his wife
sobbing: "Thou has saved me Mary
The worsted thread was not despised-it
drew after it the twine, the rope the res
cuei Ah my friend, thou mayest be sunk
very low in sin, but there is Thread of Di-
vine Love that comes from the Throne of
heaven and touches even thee. Seize that
thread. It may be small but it is golden
Improve what you have, however little, and
more shall be given you. This thread of
love, if you will not neglect it. shall lift
you up to God and glory 'fWho hath de-
spised the day of small things?"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-09-01
10 LIsPENARD ST.,
NEW YORK. Oct. 13. 1867,

DEAR SIR.-It is with much pleasure that
say to you that l consider the PLANTATION
BTTTERs Of untold value. In the fall of 1867
was taken with Chills and Fever, with the
most severe pains in my chest and head. 1t
was with great difficulty that [ could breathe.
My lungs were greatly distressed, and there
was severe pain in my right side, by spells. I
could hardly get up from my bed. called a
doctor, who attended me all winter without
the least benefit About the 1st Of August l
commenced using your PLANTATION BITTERs
"a wine glass full three times day-and
have used it most of the time since, and am
now well and strong, able to do all my own
work and the care Of large family.
Yours, &c., SUSAN NILSSON.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-09-01
Joetru.
TAKE BACK THE RING, DEAR
JAMIE.

JAMES LINEN.
Take back the ring, dear Jamie,
a##- The ring ye gae to me,
And a the VOWS ye made yestreen
Beneath the brken tree;
But gle me back my heart again,
Its a | hae to gle,
SIN yen wait tittin time
Ie Gamma marry
promised to my dadde
Afore he slipped ava,
lneeT wad leave my Minnie
Mhate'er sud her BETA.
III faithful keep my promise,
For a thatye gle;
So JAMIE gif Wilma wait
Ye neer marry
Gamma leave my Minnie,
She's been sac kind to me
Sin e'er barnie,
thing her knee.
Nae mair she II kahn my gowden hair
Nor busk snod an Draw;
She's auld and fral, her are DIM
An SINE Will close on a.,
I nlaun M my Minnie,
Her journey is ma lang;
held is bending to the moos
Where maun shortly gang
We're heiress o. a crown,
I'd a. its honors tine,
To watch her steps O. helpless
As she in youth watched mine
TAKE back the ring dear jamie
The ring ye 9ae to me,
all the ye made yestreen
Beneath the brken tree;
gae back my heart again,
It's a hae TO gle,
yen no wait ittin time,
-#44- Ea Gamma marry me.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-09-01

THROUGH TO New YORK WITHOUT CHANGE
OF CARs.-From Monday, Aug. 10Th, and eve
ry day thereafter, one of the magnificent
drawing-room cars of the Pullman Palace
line will leave Chicago at 5:15 p. m. and go
directly through to Now York city via the
Great Western, New York Central and Hud-
son River Railroads, landing passengers at
31st Street Station. The celebrated Hotel
Cars will continue to run tn Rochester as
usual.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-09-01

HAL1ET, DAVIS & Co., Piano Forte Makers
272 Washington street, Boston. Thirty-fVe
uremiums awarded. Every instrument war
ranted for five years. Price less than and
other tirst-class make in the United States.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-09-01

Thirteen years ago when Peter Noyes
oor,,od tbe mails from Patten to Fish Riv-
er, Maine, woman one day requested him
to bring her back half pound of tea.
Peter was removed before he could comply
with the request. He was recently reap
pointed, and carried the woman the tea on
his first trip,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-09-01

We WOULD call the attention of our read
ers to the advertisement of the Chicago
Window Shade Company. Messrs. Bellamy
q Haskins, Proprietors, which appears in
our advertising columns to-day. This is the
only exclusive Shade House in the North.
west. They manufacture their own goods,
therefore are enabled to offer everything in
their line at the very lowest possible prices.
Office and salesroom 90, Randolph st. Chicago,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-09-01

LOUIS NAPOLEON, finding on examination
of the facts in relation to smokers and nom
smokers oftobacco in all the public schools,
that the latter were decidedly superior in
physical health. intellectual requirements,
and moral department, forbade by law its use
in public Institutions Of education.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-09-01


WHAT is A Coon Cow "A writer in a re-
cent number of the Galaxy gives the follow
ing general hints regarding the selection
of good COW for milk producing;
First. Health, good constitution or di-
gestive apparatus, for which we require q
capacious belly.
Second. That the largest possible devel-
opment of the animal shall be behind in
the udder and parts adjacent A good COW
is likely to be wedge shaped, of which the
head is the smaller end. Big heads, Or
horns, or shoulders are noU desired, be
cause they have to be nourished by the
food. But these are Indispensable; large
bag, and hindquarters to support and minis
ter to it. What do our nlilkmen look for
in selecting milk~gi1ing cows? The first ap-
pearance, to Judge, will convey an idea
as to the health or constitution Of the COW.
He will ask, also, bony frame, one that
does not steal the fat from the milk; and he
will feel the skin, to find it flexible and COW
cred with close scottish hair; he will ask for
good lung room, a eapacious belly, o wide
rump and well developed bag, covered with
soft hair. Extending from this bag forward,
he will be desirous to see prominent the
two great veins which lose themselves in
the belly; and on the back of the udder he
will look for many well-defned branching
veins. Then comes Guenon's ''milk-mir-
ror,s which is q broad strip of hair run
ming up from the udder to the vulya, which
he considered the one thing needful; but
which has not, in this country, been found
an infallible test, though it is q good one.
If, in addition, the COW is gentle, good tenn
pered, you are almost sure OF a milk-naker.
Look for that kind.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-09-01

Judge Cardozo, of New York, celebra-
ted his glass wedding on the 18th, at Long
Branch.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-09-01
A crowded Circus Tent Frustrated by
Mmd--intense Alarm among the
Spectators.
From the Dayton (ohio) Ledger, Aug. IT.

1Aoin Tue Dayton lOhlol Ledger, Aug, II.
Yesterday afternoon, about 8 o'clock,
WhLe Bryants menagerie and circus was
ID full blast, at the corner of First and
webster streets, there came very suddenly
furious gale of wind, followed by heavy
shower of rain, which for short time
seemed as though it would scatter every
thlng before it. The performance was
ABOUT halt over, when all at once the guy
poles inside were lifted from the ground,
ana considerable creaking was heard thro'
the entire canvas, which spread great con-
stefnatlon among the vast number of peo-
pie gathered under the pavilion. 1t was
evident that the pavilion would instantly
IaIl unless great force was applied outside
to hold on to the ropes. Some fifty men
took hold of the ropes on the south side,
and attempted to hold it from blowing
over, but it was utterly impossible. In
another instant the ropes snapped, the
center pole came unfastened, and with a
terrible crash the large pavilion was dash
ed to the ground upsetting at the same
time two of the wagons containing wild
animals.
At this point several voices cried out,
"The animals are loose. This terrific
alarm, added to the intense excitement
caused by the falling of the canvas and
breaking of the seats, and screaming of
women and children, made confusion more
confounded, and the scene one Of the wild
est disorder and the greatest danger we
ever had occasion to witness. The people
were now all terrified, and fed everywhere
in the widest confusion. Amid the
screams of at least a thousand women and
children, who We're trying to extricate
themselves from beneath the broken
benches, and crawling out from under the
canvas, mothers and fathers seized their
children and frantically rushed their way
ont as best they could. Many of the
children were pressed down in the excite
ment and trampled in the dirt; some were
very much bruised. Many men and women
fled to adjacent houses and closed the doors
behind to escape from being overtaken by
the wild animals, which they imagined
were in pursuit of them. But two persons
were seriously injured-W. FL. Mitchell,
who was flung across bench while at
tempting to support guy, and little girl,
whose name we did not ascertain had her
arm broken and received q severe wound
on the head
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-09-01

Corn FODDER. The falling off in milk,
and the neglect to provide food for soiling,
induces many to turn stock into the mead
ows early, and before they have become
thickly coated with aftermath. 1t is very
bad economy, very injurious to meadows,
while the seemingly 'fair feed" is swept
away in a few days, and scanty yield of
milk is the result for the balance of the
season. There is no crop, therefore, that
pays the dairyman better, one year with
another, than the few acres devoted to
corn fodder. Corn fodder should be fed in
the stalls, as there is no waste, besides the
stock thus fed are more quiet and less dis
posed to hang about, waiting for their feed
as they do when the fodder is given them in
the open field. Each COW in the stall gets
its proper share of food, and there is no
hooking or soiling Of the fodder by master
COWS. The herd should be fed regularly at
stated hours, and they soon become accus-
toned to the time, coming of their own ac-
cord to the stables, and during other por-
tions of the day they will feed more in the
pastures.
Corn fodder for soiling should be wilted
before feeding. 1t is good plan to cut in
the morning and let it lay in the sun till
afternoon, and then feed In this way some
of the external moisture will be got rid of,
and the food will be preferred by animals
and produce better results. Corn fodder is
very succulent, and does not need to be
further diluted by feeding when the dew or
water is adhering to it. Better reduce the
water in it by wetting and partially drying.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-09-01

DR.. SAGE's Catarrh Remedy is no Patent
rant and creduIous, nor is it represented as
being composed of rare and precious sub
stances, brought from the four corners Of the
earth, carried seven times across the Great
Desert of Sahara on the backs of fourteen
camels, and brought across the Atlantic
ocean in two ships;" 1t Is simple, maid,
for Chronic Nasal Catarrh, "Cold in the
Head" and kindred diseases. The proprie-
tor, R. Y. Pierce, NJ. D., of Buffalo, N. Y,
offers reward of $500 for case of Catarrh
he cannot cure. For sale by most druggists
everywhere, Sent By mail, postpaid, for six
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-09-01
THE SOLDIERS oEMETER

There, in which $40 soldiers and sailors
are buried, has had little governmental care.
It is enclosed with a white picket fence and
is interspersed with native oaks and q, great
many tall weeds-a row Of cannons stand up-
right as sentinels through the center, and
small white head-boards, numbered from 1
to 5, 140, mark the resting place of the dead.
there, befitting the last resting place of those
who died that the nation might live. I am
under obligations to John Lpnbert, an old
friend, who keeps the Railroad House at
Cairo, for courtesies in showing me the
''hms" in that city and vicinity.
have spoken of Golden, or South Pass as
a prominent point in the fruit region OF
Southern Illinois, A better idea, perhaps,
can be given of the extent of fruit raising
there by stating that in the strawberry sea-
son sometimes as many as eight car loads of
eighty tons, are despatched from that point
in single day, and that 126, ,412 boxes of
peaches were shipped thence in one season.
They are sent not only to Chicago, but to
Detroit, Buffalo, New York and Boston. In
1867, one-half of all the berries and
third of the peaches carried by the
fruit train between Onarga and Jonesboro-a
stance Ct 243 miles-were shipped from
South Pass. But there are dozen places
that might be made to rival South Pass, as all
the region south of Centralia and for 100
miles north of it, is admirably adapted for
fruit raising. The railroad freight on peach
es alone, in q single year, from this section,
amounted to 100000. It is also remarkably
healthy all along this line, and friends and
acquaintances in Wisconsin and other states,
who have suffered severely from asthma and
neuralgia, have been completely cured by
removing to southern Illinois.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-09-01

THE FOLLOWING story is told of pretty
little Jewess in Detroit:
'fShe loved a poor young man but her
parents, year ago forced her to marry
rich old one, She bore her grief and q
child, and recently resolved on suicide,
She swallowed some morphine and reflect
ed; then she swallowed four cups gof coffee
and reflected again; after that she drank a
glass of soda water and reflected a thlrd
time. The final result Of her mental eNer-
else was the opinion that she haa pettef
i've and bear more grief, and perhaps more
children; so she tore ur the Ietter She l!s'o
and the next day was about her Homework
71CJ1ol
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-09-01
An Economical Stakeholder.

We hear good story about q gay and
festive P. S. & P. stockholder who visited
our city from 'faway down east, on the re-
cent occasion of the annual meeting and
fine dinner at the Kearsage He must
have been one of those conscientious men
who insist on gold dividends. He didn't
dine at the Kearsage because he hadn't got
his gold divy. So with all the importance
becoming his position, he took dignifed
stroll into one of our oyster saloons.
fSay, mister, what do you ask for an
oyster?"
Gone cent a piece" was the reply.
| 81 guess as how I'll have one," said the
stockholder.
The bivalve was duly opened on plate,
and he was invited to sEpitch in.
"Say, mister, is this all there is for
cent ?"
eyes
'fCan't ye afford to give usanother? How
dye take it ?'
swell, some swallow it whole and some
cut it up into hash. A good many ways
| You pays your money and you takes you
choice. ,"
ut won't hurt fellow, will it, though p"
ooh, no p
So the stockholder went for him, and in
about two minutes the good thing was out
OF sight, with four large soda crackers to
keep it company. "Nobody hurt"
''Say, mister, don't care if [ have an
other. Do you take any less when a feller
eats two?"
'tNo"
F'Well, don't mind. I'll have another. :"
Oyster No. 2. was disposed of, and with
it eight of the aforesaid crackers. Stock
holder shelled out the two cents and was
about to depart feeling greatly refreshed,
when he was advised to keep his money as
he might need it to get home with, and he
was welcome to the oysters. He took the
two cents, the most thankful creature ever
seen in these parts, and departed. We
have not heard whether he arrived safely
home, nor whether he got his gold divi-
dends, But he's one OF 'em.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-09-01

Ellen Gray, young milliner Of Fort
Edward, N. Y, has lately received a lega-
ey of some millions 19it is said) of dollars.
A few years ago she became engaged to
young Englishman, who subsequently re-
turned to England and inherited q large
property. Just as he was about coming
over to marry the milliner, he died and
willed his property to her. The will has
been contested and proved valid, and Miss
Gray has gone over for the money.
PRIVATE medical aid. .NReaa DIR. Whittier's
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-09-01

MAGNOLIA WATER. Superior to the best
imported German Cologne, and sold at bali
the price.