Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-09-30

old lady who kept the store made grab
at the spook, the other night, sheet re-
mained in her hands, and young girl
from over the way was'soon making tracks
for home.
THE average age of the thirteen men
constituting the present government of
France is 5S. The Oldest of them is
| Cremieux, a Jew in religion, and moderate
republican. He is ~. The youngest is
Gambetta, Minister of the Interior. He
| is 80.
ONE editor accused another of having
stolen his report of a meeting, which was
recognized by certain ear-marks. The
retort courteous was that the first editor
"should tie his ears over his head while
writing, to keep them out of the ink
bottle"
THE German artists resident in London
are preparing to hold an exhibition OF
gratuitous oil paintings, sculptures,
sketches, &C., the proceeds to be applied,
after paying expenses, to the relief of the
widows and orphans of Germans killed in
the war.
CHALoNs is the great seat of the Cham
payne wine trade. There is one mer-
chant there who holds 100000 bottles
as his ordinary stock. His cellars, ex-
cavated in the chalk rocks, are six miles
long, and are traversed with tramways
through which loaded wagons are driven.
A BooTBLAcK having taken situation
IN store to sweep out and run errands,
was questioned by some former associates
whether he felt as good as when in bust
ness for himself? sFWell, It is hard to be
bossed round" was the reply" but pay
it off ON the ashman."
A soMNALBULIsT1c farmer residing in
jackson county, Kansas, got up in his
sleep few nights since, harnessed his
team to pIow, and plowed two acres of
ground, all without waking. The burrows
it is said, were laid with the utmost pre-
cision.
A PROPOSED National Fat Mems con-
vention st Cincinnati, it is thought, will
be huge affair. No man will be eligible
to the Office of president who does not
weigh $50 pounds. Any gentleman
weighing less than 220 pounds, who may
present himself at the door for admission,
will be marched away to the tune of the
"Rogue's March"
A SUGGESTION of how fast Americans
live may be found in the fact that when
the late Grenville T. jerks, prominent
member of the New YORK bar, died, al.
though his income for several years had
been over $4,000, he was so poor that his
club had to pay his funeral expenses.
JOHN V. FARwELL, the senior partner
of John " Farwell & Co., since the great
Chicago fire has made the munifcent oo-
quest of $4,000 towards establishing a
library for the Young Mems Christian
Association. The disastrous confagra-
ton, it appears, has not exhausted his
means, dried UP the fountains of his chari-
ties, or even left the smell of fire on his
garments. Such men deserve prosperity.
A MAN who had been dead head"
several times on the steamer Palestine,
plying on the Ohio River, was told, the
last time he came on, that he must work for
his passage. This he refused to do, and,
on being told by the clerk that ne must
either do that or get off at the next land
ing, deliberately walked off the boat. He
was drowned before assistance could reach
him.
IT was reported in Williamsport, Pa,
among the elite, that one of the upper ten
was in the habit of beating his wife, and
committee of old ladies were deputed to
wait upon her and learn the facts from
her own lips They did so, and to their
horror learned that he was in the habit
of beating her, "But," remarked the lady,
=" it is at euchre." The COMMITTEES miz-
zled.
CHILDREN must take good care OF their
German toys No importations of them
can now be made except by roundabout
and expensive way, and none can be while
the war lasts. But, even if the ports
were open, there are now no workmen
left in Germany to make toys, all being
engaged in soldering. It must be some
months after the war ends before trade
will return to it's ordinary channels. So
no new TOYS from Faderland need be ex-
pected this year to gladden. little eyes and
supply little hands.