Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-05-11

A Coop YARN-Once upon a time there
lived among the hills Of an adjoining coun-
ty an old gentleman, whose entire personal
and real estate consisted of a wife, we'll
ventilated log cabin, half an acre of not
very productive land, and a violent fond
ness for what is sometimes called ''tangle-
leg" whisky. One spring morning the
owner of all this property was struck with
the conviction that his land must be
plowed. But he had no horse, and found
it impossible to borrow one. Never
theless, the ground must "be broke up"
horse or no horse, and it was finally de-
termined that the ''old woman" should
hitch up the old man, and hold the ham
dies and drive, while he drew the plow.
This was accordingly DONE and the plow
went bravely on, until the p' owshare ran
under root, and the team was brought to
dead halt. But the 'scritter" had become
warmed up by this time, and as the old u
dy gave him a rap with the reins and cried
'tgit up there !" he threw his weight upon
the harness with heavy jerk, which snap
ped the traces short off, and he shot for
ward against the fence, his head striking
the end of rail with the force of a maui.
''ThUnderation, old woman p he exclaim-
ed, as he wiped the blood and dirt from
his eyes, ''why didn't you say whoa? ?"
A ROYAL FOREST IN ENGLAND.-There is
considerable agitation going on in England
just now in reference to the famous
New Forest, covering 1000 acres in the
South Hampshire. Since the days in which
it formed a hdnting ground for William
Rufus, nearly the whole of this property
has belonged to the crown, which, how
ever, has long ceased to derive profit from
it, as the maintenance has exhausted the
proceed. The forest was 'sdisdeered" in
1851, and it is rather a notable circum-
stance that, according to the evidence
of competent authorities, the pastur-
age has become less valuable, inasmuch as
the deer were accustomed to eat off the
high coarse grass, leaving the underground
readily accessible for other animals who
are reluctant to feed on ground where high
coarse grasses are found. It is proposed
that the Grown should by degrees sell this
property, which is alleged in the present
condition to breed an idle and predatory
population. It is situated in country in
ferior to none in England. The scenery is
charming, the climate excellent. The
southern side is wat red by the Solent, and
would prove, no doubt, peculiarly accept
able residence to yacht owners. The prop
erty would, it is estimated bring over five
million dollars.
EXPULSION OF ENGLISH LADIES Fr 1M
ROME. Three English ladies have been
| expelled from Rome under circumstances
which are said to have excited q good deal
of indignation against the Papal govern
ment On the 24th ult the ladies in ques-
ton received visit from three gendarmes
and police agent in private clothes, who
made thorough search of their lodgings.
| Two days afterwards they received orders
| to quit Rome in twenty-four hours. Mr..
| Odo Russell and the British consul, Mr..
| Severn, exerted themselves in the matter,
| and Cardinal Antonelli VS. communica! ID
with. The Pope himself was appealed y,
but all in vain. At the expiration Of forty
eight hours, a respite Of twenty four hours
| having been obtained, two of the ladies
left Rome and went to Naples. The 9TH
er has resolved not to leave until actually
compelled runor that the ladies had
been engaged in distributing unauthorized
Italian Bibles is contradicted and no rea-
son whatever for the expulsion appears to
have been given. It is thought that the
order proceeded from the Pope himself
A BAR OF TIN, which, according to the
| Alta California, is the first that has ever
been made in the United States from native
ore, was recently presented to the Society
of California Pioneers. From the inscrip-
ton and the voluminous correspondence
now connected with it, we learn that it was
mined in San Bernardino county, Califor-
MIA, and that it is remarkably pure. In the
somewhat grandiloquent words Of the See.
retary Of the Pioneers accepting it and
promising it place in the Pioneers cabi'
net, this gift is 'lntrinsically valuable
AS indicating a new industrial enterprise.
it derives an added value from being the
first bar of this mental-so useful and nee
essary in the domestic arts-ever made