Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-06-30
lIeneraI Items.

A MAN in st. Johnsbury, VT, has in his
barn some hay that was placed there 60
years ago by his grandfather.
Two WEALTHY and fashionable ladies
of Louisville. KY, have gone mad
through the vagaries of spiritualism.
Fisk had two decanters made at the
Corning glass works, for the use of the
Erie railroad, the engravings on. the
jugs costing $3.50.
A PIECE of land, valued at 100000,
has been offered in the city of Hartford
for the establishment of an Astronomi-
cal Observatory, by one of the wealthy
citizens there. sos
The remarkable statement is made
that the daily consumption of alcoholic
spirits in America exceeds the amount
distilled by 1856 gallons. The addi-
ton is probably adulteration.
THE price of Bible in the time of
Edward /. was G37, while the price of
days labor was three half-pence; at
which rates it would have taken %
laborer over Is years to earn Bible.
The tea growers in the South and
Southwest are extending their acreage
so much that they claim that in q few
years enough tea will be grown in this
country to supply the home demand.
New York is happy in the posses.
sion of her Crystal cabs. They cost
81 900 each, and accommodate four
persons. The top, except the roof and
corners, is of glass, the interior is fres-
coed and neatly upholstered, the driver
is uniformed and attentive, and the fare
is ST. an hour.
THOMAS Fl. BENTON was laughed at, q
quarter of a century ago, when he said
that men then mature, and standing
before him, would see the commerce of
the Indies climbing the Rocky Noun
tains and passing down over our widely
extended Union; but he was neverthe-
less prophet in that particular.
A MAN out in Indiana who heard that
the safest way to commit suicide was to
shut yourself up and burn charcoal, was
| found in ten-acre lot with q charcoal
fire near him. Though he had taken
the precaution to put up the bars and
stop the crack in the fence with a news
! paper, the charcoal did not act fairly by
him, and he lived. H.s
A RESIDENT of Taunton, Mass, has
obtained his ice for summer use for sew
eral winters in the following manner:
Procuring about so empty flour barrels
at cost of 20 cents each, he gradually
pours in water until each contains a
solid mass of ice. The barrels are then
put away in his cellar, and entirely COW
cred with sawdust. AS ice water is re-
quired, a barrel is tapped.
The recent decision giving Connec-
ticut jurisdiction of the small islands
off her coast does not apply to Mystic
Island which, although within dozen
rods of the shore, is still New York
soil. This is in consequence of an
agreement between the two colonies of
Connecticut and New York, 200 years
ago, whereby all the islands between
which and the mainland ship could
pass were given to New York.
PROBABLY the most curious ant in the
world is the parasol ant of the West In
dies. DR.. Forbes Winslow, in his work
on "Light," says these ants walk in
long procession, each one carrying cut
leaf over its head as q parasol in the
sun and they deposit these in holes
ten or twelve feet under ground, appar-
emily with no other object than to form
a comfortable nest for species of white
snake, which is invariably found coiled
up among them.