Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-10-13
The Place VendOme.

-..a The Place VendOme.
1t will excite no less surprise than
qualification with those who have
mourned over the devastations of Paris
to know that after all the column of the
Place Vendome suffered but little injury
in its overthrow by the Commune. NJ.
Charles GARNER, the architect of the
new Opera House, estimates the cost of
its restoration exactly as it stood not
more than 100000 francs, or $4,000. 1t
seems that ten only of the two hundred
and seventy-four bronze plates that
made up the. exterior of the column
have been injured and these require but
slight repairs. A few bars of the balus-
trade and some pieces of the capital
have disappeared, but can be readily re-
placed. M. GARNER warmly advises
that the statue of Napoleon should be
regretted on the top of the column,
otherwise the whole monument is an
historical and architectural absurdity.
1t is to be hoped that ii will be the first
and not the third Napoleon, the little
corporal in the overcoat and cooked hat,
that was taken down and removed to
Neuilly in 1868, and not the Brumnla-
gem Bonaparte, the Roman snob. with
an image Of Victory III his hand, which
subsequently surmounted it. If the late
Emperor is to be set up on the column
again with Victory in his hand, he
should be represented as sitting statue
in Sedan chair.
ROUGH ON THE LAwYER.-An eminent
judge used to say that, in his opinion,
the very best thing ever said by a wit
ness to counsel was the reply given TO
Missing, the barrlster, at the time leader
OF his circuit. He was defending a
prisoner charged with stealing donkey.
The prosecutor had left the animal tied
up to a gate, and when he returned it
was gone. Missing was very severe in
his examination of the witness. "Do
you mean to say, witness, the donkey
was stolen from that gate ?' 81 mean
to say, SIR giving the judge and then
the jury sly look, the ass was
Missing" ts's E.u' '.
AN apple tree is standing on the farm
of Mr.. Shelby, of Vermillion county,
Ind, which has been bearing fruit for
fifty years, or ever since the country has
been inhabited by white people. -Four
trees were standing when the first set
tiers moved there, but three have since
died. The tree bore this year just one
apple. ..... g.. ....
A BELLE at Saratoga boasts of having
had twelve offers this season. Hel
friends think half of them must have
been done. by letter, as there mas not
been that number Of unmarried men in
the house all summer.
| For Observation-Disclosures, depres.
sion OF spirits, and general debility in
their various FORMS also, as a preventive
against fever and ague, and other inter.
mittent fevers, the "Ferro-Phosphora
ted Elixir of Calisaya," made by Caswell
Hazard d Co., New York, and sold by
| all druggists, is the best tonic, and as a
tonic for patients recovering from fever
or other sickness, it has no equal &"
A PICTURE of life in Mexico: Two
gentlemen of the highest rank in society
| meet In the evening in a street of the
capital. What o'clock is it, senior p
politely asked the first. The other stops,
draws his revolver, and covers. his inter
locutor, then takes out his watch and
gives the desired information. Number
one thanks number two, without the
least surprise or remonstrance at the
measure of precaution.
Two OR THREE doses of ,Meridan's Car
airy Condition POWDERS will cure horse of
any common cough or cold, and the very
worst cases may be cured in few weeks.
We know this from experience.
The San Francisco Aha says "Tbe
great progress that has been made in
Iabor-saving machinery is we'll illus
trated by the fact that no less than
seventy farmers have been cut to pieces
by moving machines this season in. ILL
nols. 1t would have taken the most
expert wood-chopper long time to do
this with the old-fashioned axe"
H. W. AND J. M. WETHERELL would
invite the attention of the trade generally
to their complete assortment of Millinery
Goods. Their facilities are unsurpassed for
producing at all times the latest novelties in
Paris and New York hats for ladias and