Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-06-04


good faith our fortunes, whether they be
good or evil" -Hsrndon (Mss.) Press.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
COUNCIL BLUFFS objects strongly to
being spoken of by papers east of it as in
i" the Far West" The NonpareiI says
that is only the point at which travellers
gather for the purpose of starting West
A sCHooLMIsTREss once asked pupil
to tell what word double E spelt The
child was but dull, and so mistress cries !:
"What is IL, you Ounce, do with my
eyes?" "Oh yes 1" said the child, quick
ly taking the hint. 81 know the word
now, ma am-S double E, squint!"
A SOAP and stationery vender in Phila-
delphia rings the door bell, and sends up
his card to the lady of the house, waits IN
the parlor till she appears, when he greets
her warmly, like an old acquaintance,
passes the compliments OF the season, and
asks her to buy cake OF. soap or box OF
stationery.
Chow much money have your" said a
rich old curmudgeon to gay young tel-
low counting his pretty daughter, ION
| haven't much of anything now, but l
have rich prospect ahead" The wed
ding occurred, and the old chap learned
from his fine son in law that the rich pros
pect was the prospect of marrying his
daughter
A VINE disease of new character is
reported to have attacked the wine-grow-
ing districts of South France. The dis
ease is attributed to minute insects found
ON the leaves of the plants, and appears
RI ha nf Rhnna
ing extended distance of ninety miles
from the mouth of that river.
NEAR Todomorten, Lancashire, Eng
land, recently, a man was observed de-
scending declivity at a terrific pace, ON a
velocipede, which had become utterly un-
controHable.e He was altering the most
heartrending shriekssof " Police" =" ire"
Stop me-" until, fortunately, both he and
the vehicle rolled in the mud, whence he
was picked up in damp and miry con-
dltion, but unbroken as to his bones.
DIR. OPPoLzER, of Vienna, says that
ct is certain that every over-exertion of
the muscles, especially such as is necessary
in the management of velocipede, which
requires so great an over-exertion of all
the muscles, causes not only hypertrophy of
the muscles and of the heart, but can Ill
timately induce the most various diseases
of the heart. Even aneurisms are no
longer rare phenomena"
In Paris, recently, the young daughter
of peasant was tried for infanticide.
Her father, who is quite rich, but miser,
was urged to 60 to lawyer and ask him
to defend his daughter; but knowing that,
if he left his child without an advocate the
court would appoint one for her, he re-
fused to do so. So the court chose law
yer to defend her, and the lawyer pleaded
so eloquently that the jury acquitted her.
His eloquence and ability made so deep
an impression upon the heart of her
father that he went to the lawyer and pre-
sented him with dozen of eggs.
iBY-AND-BY- tl.fr !.
There's little misunderstanding ta
Elm, who is ever nigh, F :: e.
Thwarting every undertaking,
And his name is By-and-by. % .ia
What we ought to do this minute, 20 "
! Twill be better done, - he'll cry,
If tomorrow we'll begin it; "
Put it off, says By-and-by.
Those who heed his treacherous wooing
VIII his faithless guidance rue;
What we always put off doing,
+ Clearly we shall never do.
We shall reach what we endeavor,
( If on Now we do rely:
But unto the realms of Never
Leads the pilot By-and-by.
A YOUNG MAMMA on the important &C.
casion of making her little boy his first
pair of trousers, conceived the idea that it
would be more economical to make them
of the same dimensions behind and before,
80 that they might be changed about and
wear evenly. Their effect, when donned
by the little fellow, was very ridiculous,
Papa, at first sight of the baggy garment,
burst into roar of laughter, and exclaim-
ed, "Oh, my dear, how could you have
the heart to do it? Why, the poor little
fellow won't know whether he's going to
school or coming home!" -.
A Mr. WAGsTAFF, of Philadelphia, re-
Gently brought suit against his doctor,
and alleged that the said Esculapius had
persisted in calling on faaim personally
after he was cured, which fees he refused
to pay. DIR. F. denied the fact, and call
ed in nurse who attended the invalid to
prove it. "Is it true" asked the court,
that DR.. F. continued his visits when
Mr.. w. had no necessity for them ?"
Upon my word, sir" answered the wit
ness, as long as l saw the doctor with
Mr.. w. thought he was in considerable
danger; which naive opinion caused the
court to burst into fit of laughter
"REvENeE," says the proverb, "is
sweet" Different men have different
ways of showing it. My friend Browns
way is harmless and humorous. Two
j oneses live next door to each other, and
having to call on one of them, Brown, of
course, went to the wrong house. A
Grabbed servant answered the bell, and or
Browns asking, els this Mr.. John
J Jones' ?" she replied snappishly, as if she
had been bothered with many such in
quiries, "No, it ant" and slammed the
door in his face. Brown walked on a hun
dred yards or so, when a bright thought
struck him. He returned at once and rang
the same bell again. Again the Grabbed SER
want appeared, "Who said it was ?" asked
Brown triumphantly, and instantly walked
away.
THE London Star says that great ex-
element was created in the Edgware Road
the other evening by the appearance, of a
horse and jockey in full racing costume,
galloping madly towards the Marble Arch
A hue and cry was at once raised at such
a novel sight, but all attempts to stop the
horse were unavailing until the park was
reached, when, the horse getting exhaust
ed, the Jockey managed to pull him up
On inquiry it seems that the Jockey and
horse were to have taken part in Mr.
Boucicault's drama of Flying Scud,
then being performed at the Alfred Thea
tire, but just before going on the stage the
horse trod on q bag of torpedoes, used to
initiate the cracking of whips, and the
loud bang of these torpedoes so alarmed