Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-11-29
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HORSE doctors are beginning to wear
diamond shirt-studs.
A BAD Book TO READ--A naughty
biography ian autobiography.
q THE Maine men of New York City
have organized pine forest society, to
inject annually.
WHEN is lady like a show window
When she takes great pains with her
sash. ......s-.-
90 In what case is it absolutely impossible
to be slow and sure ? In the case of a
watch. +'t
A MONTGOMERY compositor translates
"Alpha and Omega" into "apples and
oranges"
A CORRESPONDENT says his chief obIec.
ton to all churches in Titusville is that
they are all lie. I'll
THE public highways and fields for a
dozen miles southeast Of Boston are Gov
cred with remnants OF burnt paper and
CLOTH a p &-8z a-ss-
THE gossip" man of the Detroit
Tribune assures his friends of his sanity
by telling them that "great wit to mad
ness nearly is allied. .s~-.eN
IA ST.. Louis maiden explains that
Dolly Warden" was a character in
Thackeray's play of the Terrible Tsmptcs,
hon."
THE Washington Life Insurance Com
pany is one of the strongest, safest, most
successful and best managed corpora
tions in New York.
THE military organizations in Charles
ton, S. c., are preparing to have q good,
old fashioned celebration of Washington
birthday. -1..g
A RURAL contemporary remarks "The
yellow pumpkin lies golden on the hill
sides in the country" The poetry of
that remark induces pie.ous thoughts.
MASSACHUSETTS, is in bad way. She
has got to have new Episcopal Bishop,
but can't find a man to take the place who
is not either too ''High," too s'Broad, " or
too "Low."
OLD EQUESTRIAN: "Well, but you're
notShe boy I left my horse with ?" Boy :
ono, sir; l .jist spekilated, and bought
i'm Of t'other boy for six cents p'
Mr. VIM WHEAT, of Petersburg, Mich,
whose orchard is trimmed so low that all
the fruit can be reached by the hand,
gathered 900 bushels of fine apples this
fall. AT sa..t
a Touch MExIcAN.-A copperhead
snake tried his fangs on Mexican few
days ago. The snake is dead, but the
Mexican still lives and enjoys his victu-
ais.
THEY have had a contempt" case at
Peoria, ILL.,, if we are to believe the
Springfield Register, and the Justice is
credited with rebuking witness with:
again this Court will forget it's dignity
and nJ1nch Won in the SuOnt -
HARRY, four years old, and Noonie,
two and half, were looking at pictures
the other day, when Noonie said: "Har-
piled Harry, "don't you know? It's a
bear what climbs up a POLE"
AwELL-DREssED gentleman coming in
on the cars last night, became disguised
withthe high prices of an epizootical ex-
press driver, purchased a wheelbarro,w
with which to transport his heavy trunk,
and saved $3.50 by the operation. lie
was Yankee Chicago Mall
A CALIFORNIA dog recently went on
board the Alameda boat alone, and would
not be driven off. The officers took it on
to the landing, when it rushed immedi-
ately for the cars and took position
therein, refusing to move or be moved.
al IL CGIGdil oGdtlOu III JUMP Out duu IttD
to its home two. miles away. Investiga,
ton showed the dog had taken an indie
pendent trip to San Francisco and back.
A RECENTLY married man in Franklin
County, Massachusetts, coming home
rather late the other night, took an UNI
brella from rack in the halla proceed,
ed to his room. The grieved and indig-
nant wife opened her eyes, and seeing he1
husband supporting himself by the foot
board with one hand, and holding an UNI
brella spread over his head with the other,
cried in establishment, "What are you do
ing? Are you crazy 2" mo" said he, in
an unsteady voice, "but-hic-I suppos.
cd there'd be storm-hic-and so I've
come prepared for it,"
AT the marriage of Miss Annie A. Have
meyer, of New York, niece of tho Mayor
elect, to FORTS Mundy, nephew of the
late Henry Keep, Mhiehstook place il
New York City, the browning wonder OF
the occasion was the wedding cake, which
was four to five feet in height, and weigh
ed sixty to seventy pounds. The cake
was surm0unted by miniature marriage
temple, the roof of which was supported
by mermaids, from whose mouths Jets o.
fine spun glass represented pouring water
Above was an alcove of Cupid, surround
ed by fountains, the alcove and the whole
structure being crowned with frosted
flowers. aI~a q Fa.4@ :"
AN air-gas patent is now in litigation il
London AS its name implies, gas i
manufactured from air by aprocess which
dispenses with coal altogether, and tht
new illuminator is said to be infinitely
purer and better, besides being mucI
cheaper than the ordinary coal gas This
new gas is also said to be applicable fo1
heat and power, and to threaten to super
sede our steam engines. There seems tx
be no question whatever as to the import
ance of the discovery, the law case turn
ing entirely ON the validity of. the paten
and the remuneration claimed by the riva
inventors.
THE following beautiful chemical ex
pertinent may be easily performed by {
lady, to the great establishment of a cir
Gle at her tea party Take two Or tire,
leaves of red cabbage, cut them int
small bits, put them into a basin, and pou
pint of boiling water on them; let i
stand an hour, then pour off the liqui(
into aadecanter = It will be of fine Blue
color. Then take four wine glasses; int
one put six drops of strong vinegar; int
another six drops Of solution of soda
into third the same quantity OF stron9
f2ieR St alum aRa Isl tha hay g"qBE a pre-
pared some time before, and the few drops
of colorless liquids that have been placed
in them will not be noticed. Fill up tn,
glasses from the decanter, and the liquid
poured into the glass containing the acic
viii quickly become beautiful red, tha
IN the glass containing the soda will be &
fine green; that poured into the empty
one will remain unchanged. By addinc