Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-06-07
General Items

LIE IL Il DlaSI on record was re-
Gently ade IN what is known as the
Clan stone Quarries, on the Delaware
river, in presence of large number of
spectators. There were sixty-five kegs
of powder used, and $4,000 perch of
stone were thrown out, and about 40
900 perch loosened, weighing altopeth-
er $50, 900 TONS
VIRGIL, N. Y, has three champion
egg-suckists. Making the wager that
the one who threw himself outside the
least number should pay for all, one
put down SO, one So, and the other So.
AFTER this don't say 'sPut a head on
you" Its played out The fash
ionable thing now in that line is "Fit
you with d tin ear.
F. B CAssEL, dealer in fruit trees.
from Eaton, Ohio, cut his throat in
Greensburg, Ind, recently.
THURSDAY morning, Mrs M. D. Levy,
widow of a prominent clothier, com
mitted suicide by hanging herself in an
attic room with cord.
DURING late performance of the
"Lady of Lyons,n at the Mormon
theatre In Salt Lake city, an old elder
SoU uJ tiiti htti1Uly N&IhCd ouU VI
the house with his twenty-four wives,
muttering, 81 won't stay and see play
where man makes such an awful fool
of himself about one woman -
The gathering of orchilla, a moss
which yields q beautiful purple dye, is
becoming considerable business in
Lower California. The moss is worth
1926 per ton in London, and the supply
is inexhaustible. That which is used
in commerce is gathered from the
trunks and branches of trees. A skillful
worker can pick from $50 to 3OOpounds
day.
| A CORRESPONDENT of the Scientific
American says that ca good absorb
ent )" will ease the pain of stings. "The
best absorbing substance that [ have
tried is lean fresh meat. This will re-
heve the pain of wasp sting almost
instantly, and has been recommended
for the cure of rattlesnake bites. [
have also used it with marked effect in
erysipelas."
THOMAS, [ have always placed the
greatest confidence in you. Now tell
me, Thomas, how is it that my butch
er's bills are so large, and that [ always
have such bad dinners?'' Greatly,
sir, / don't know; for I'm sure we new
er have anything nice in the kitchen
that we don't send some of it up in the
parlor."
FAsTEN a nail or key to string and
suspend it to your thumb and finger
and the nail will oscillate like pendu-
tum. Let some one place his open
| hon1 1o,.4 oil Il,
to circular motion Then let a third
person place his hand upon your shout
der and the nail becomes in a moment
stationary
A FRENCH chemist asserts that if tea
be ground like coffee before hot water
is poured upon it, it will yield double
the amount of it's celebrating qualities.
Another writer says: If you put a
piece of lump sugar, the size of wal
nut, into teapot, you will make tea IN
fuse in half the time.
A LARGE land slide took place at Sill
yer Hill, in the south part of Bradford,
n. H, on the 5th inst An immense
amount of earth, mixed with rocks, one
of which probably weighed twenty tons,
came down with great rap1dity and COW
cred several acres of land. A highway
was rendered impossible.
A POOR old negro woman, who is in
Jail in New Orleans, has lately been
afflicted with commissions, which have
greatly terrified the other inmates, who
believe she is bewitched. One of
them, speaking of her, said "Why,
she opened her mouth the other day
and dog run out of it. She's all the
time splitting pins, and she sees the
devil every night.
The noted '1King of Pain man
named Mcbride, who travelled through
the West, selling large quantities of
his quack cure-all, is dead. He led a
dissipated life, lost several fortunes by
gambling and made several by faro
and quackery. He was man of gen.
erous impulses, but lacked Judgment.
The following advertisement APP
peared IN an Irish paper: ''Whereas,
Patrick Mallory has fraudulently taken
away several articles of wearing ap-
parel without my knowledge, this is
therefore to inform him that if he does
not forthwith return the same. his
name shall be made public"
4" WHAT is your consolation in life
and death " asked Sunday school
superintendent OF young lady in the
Bible class, who b1ushed and said. "rd
rather be excused from speaking his
name"
con. grandma 2" cried a mischiev-
GUS little urchin. 'I cheated the hens
SO nicely just now. [ threw them YOUR
gold beads, and they thought they
they were corn and ate them
up as fast as they could?"
A BosToNIAN, who did Mount Wash
lngton on foot last year, has informed
the Transcript that he got as ravenous
as raven among the ravines. and sat
down in one of the gorgeous gorges
and gorged himself.
A Mrs. KINNEY, the keeper of a dis
reputable house in Troy, n. Y, has lust
died and left $4,000 of her ill-gotten
gains to the Orphan Asylum and Day
Home of that city,
A GEORGIA paper printed a mans
name III. M. Jones, and he sues for
500, 900 damages, because they didn't
give him the full benefit of his central
label, as Ell. Morgan Jones.
AT the dinner of an Irish association
not long since the following toast was
given: Here's to the president of
the society, Patrick O Raferty, an may
he live to eat the chicken that scratches
over his grave. "
Miss WINNIE REAM makes her busts
In blue veil, wrapped round. her head
Like bandanna handkerchief. purple
skirt, and long-sleeyed calico apron.
bordering on pink, girt round her waist
with a cord. On her own bust blazes a
Maltese cross, given her by the Pope,
or else an emblem of her Masonic rank
it wasn't clear which, on the face of it.
MAST is an industrious worker. and
makes good deal of money He was
paid $3.50 for one cartoon some time
since, which is the highest price ever
paid for a similar piece of work. His
illustrations of Humpty Dumpty and
OF the Comic Almanac also proved very
profitable, and he has lately been at
work cIy