Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-09-02
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WHY is an enraged snake like the letter
FL? Because it is an asp-irate.
IT is estimated that kerosene causes
twelve fatal accidents-daily in the United
States.
A KENTUCKY priest, IS years old, is cut
ting jaw tooth that replaces one he lost
ten years ago.
THE Washington is as good 8 company
as there is in existence for the policy hold
er.--P. 3. McGRAw, Senator.
GENERAL SPINNER is called "the man
that writes the name on the greenbacks
that looks like string of eels."
A CORRESPONDENT says that the people
who spend the most money at the water.
ing places are the old men with young
wives.
ALL men need insurance that are oil
value to anybody. Insure in the Wash
ington Life Insurance Company, of New
York.
ILLINOIS has two hundred and seven
money offices, being twenty-seven
more than any other State in the Union
has.
THE "vacuum cure" is doubtless good
for many, but that's what's the matter with
SOMej you hnOW Vacuum, NV 0AAS
cure.
CHARITY is never lost. 1t may be of
no service to those it is bestowed upon,
yet it ever is work of beauty and grace
upon the heart of the giver.
In the life of every woman there are
two grand epochs at which she is willing
to tell her age-when she is sixteen and
when she is one hundred. -Lou6s0Slte
Courier Journal.
ADETRoIT German named Prosser, go
years of age, became crazy over the Eu-
ropean war, armed himself with q scythe,
and began doing sentinel duty on the
streets.
VERY few young ladies reflect that
when they exclaim "dear me !" they are
guilty of profanity. Yet such is the fact |;
for the phrase, as we have it, is but the
corruption of the italian words Dio Mol
My God
A CORRESPONDENT of the Albany Argus
says man lives in Brooklyn, rich and
generally respected, whose profession it
was to plan burglaries, although he HIM
self never took an active part in "crack-
ing crib"
AN observer says that children are not
80 well behaved since the mothers have
taken to wearing high buttoned boots
This is supposed to be jest on the disuse
OF slippers for spanking purposes.
AN enthusiastic publisher of a New
York German paper, in his joy over the
recent Prussian victories, gave each O.
! his eleven editorial employees fifty dollar,
to celebrate with.
In Belgium there are 1850 miles o
railroad, making an average of two and
half miles to every 10000 of the popula
ton, or 10 miles to every 100 square mile
of territory. These railroads were con
structed at an average cost of $91 800
mile.
A YOUNG female has been swindling tn
ladies living on York street, New Haven
by representing herself as the servan
girl from the next door," and requesting
the loan of a quarter for her mistress. II
this way she had collected quite sum o
money.
LEE, N. H, has q remarkable old maj
in the person of Ebenezer l.. Bennett
who, although SO years old, appears like 8
man of about so, with all his faculties un
impaired. He has never in his life con
suited physician or taken prescription
nor has he ever lost meal on account o.
sickness, while he has regularly used to-
bacco for the last sixty-two years.
A CORRESPONDENT of the american AZ
gicuJtwrist picks and stores his squashes
in September, and has them sound till the
following June. He says: "Gather the
squashes for late keeping between Sep
TENDER 1st and 10th; taking only those
that grow near the root; put them on the
shelves where they are kept, and keep
them dry and cool"
EtTHE Quartermaster Generals office is
making arrangements to secure an ample
supply OF ornamental trees and shrubs for
all military cemeteries under it's care.
These are to be delivered under contract,
and planted and cared for until well start
ed; the selections to be carefully made
from such varieties IS flourish best in the
respective locations where the grounds
are situated.
A CORRESPONDENT Of the Country Gen.
Hea7Gn who has been abroad says that the
cause OF the superiority of English and
continental mutton over that in America,
is In the simple sentence, ''they feed tur-
nlps." The Practical Farmer Endorses
TINS opinion, and insists that our sheep
breeders, to raise the best mutton, must
raise ruta-bagas and turnips
A CHICAGO paper is responsible for the
story that few days since some boys in
that city dropped an anvil weighing two
hundred pounds out of fourth story
window on the head of an African who
was passing, and he had them arrested.
lie said he was willing to let the boys
nave fun, but when they jammed 'gem-
man nat down over his eyes and spoil
ed 1t In that way, the law must take its
course.
SOME time since Mr.. A. Vesper was
driving through Horizon. Wis. with a
horse and sulky, when couple of dogs
ran out from the German Hotel and fright
ened the horse so that it ran away, break
ing the sulky and harness, and somewhat
MJurlng the horse. Vesper sued the pro-
pIletor of the hotel, and obtained YER
olcs OF $lS2 damages and $40 costs.
The following is a letter from a Yankee
TO MS grocer: Mr.. futile This here
tnlng has too much hemp in it for molas.
Ses, ano not quite enough for clothes line;
SO I've strained off the molasses, and send
you the jug to make up the measure, and
nave turned over the hemp to the Vigi-
rance COMMITTEE to be spun up for future
use. 80 be sure to send me the real thing
ths Tune, as the hemp goes to the V. O.,
and the rope is a-growing."
PEACH BASKET BUSINESS. out
side of the fruit districts of the country
have nothing like true idea of the mag
nitude of the trade in fruit baskets .anC
boxes. According to the Benton Harbol
lMlch.,) Palladium, one firm in That place
Is turning out from 5000 to 1900 peacl
baskets per day. Last year one firm in