Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-06-25
BREVITIES.


A CHESTER COUNTY Pa) judge recently
admitted to probate a last will and tesla
ment written on slate.
THE California farmers have called a
State Convention to consider the propriety
of general political movement.
a-z ONE thousand fourhu salmon were
caught in one haul at Hume's Fishery,
Oregon, recently. = a4fnI fzsEE~e
IT is reported that over 900 hotels in
Pennsylvania have closed since the cleo
tons on the license question. 81 t = Fts
SWELL youths Of Gotham have their
cigars manufactured expressly for them,
and ornamented with their monograms in
gold. .at .4#E .sst
IT has been proved that, after kindling
his fire. miser stuck a cork in the end Of
! his bellows to save the little wind that
was left in them.
A MEDICAL writer says the halethiest
position to lay in is with the head to the
north People who own hens should bear
this fact in mind.
THE man who mails postal card con-
tanning obscene language is subject to a
fine Of not less than 800 nor more than
$4,000 for each and every offense.
A LOUISVILLE man drank Sedlitz
powder, one glass at a time, and the boil
ing operation took place inside OF him.
His contortions are described as beautiful.
THREE New Hampshire brothers re-
Gently married a mother, a daughter, and
a grand daughter, and it was the Oldest of
the brothers that married the grand
daughter. s.t..
GOLD in paying quantities is reported
to have been found in Morgan County, Ind.
A company has been formed and mining
operations will be commenced in a few
weeks. HES
NEAR Nebraska City lives sixteen
year old boy who can neither hear, see,
feel, nor speak. He is in constant motion
like Gagged hyena, but harmless. AS he
is SO was he born
The Little Sisters of the Poor' have
erected and dedicated to charitable pur-
poses at Indianapolis two-story and a
half frame building, capable of accommo-
dating fifty inmates.
CORN STARCH CAKE-One cup Of but
ter, two cups of sugar, one cup of sweet
milk, two of flour, one of corn starch, one
teaspoonful Of soda, two Of cream tartar,
whites of six eggs.
! A REPORTER last week, in recounting
death, said, '"The deceased lady died sud-
denly, without medical assistance, which
came too late.' To die without medical
assistance is hardly complimentary.
| A MAN in Baltimore, who was on trial
for passing a counterfeit BILL was dis
discharged because some one stole the bill
from the Justice in the courtroom. Then
they said there was no evidence to hold
him.
THERE was rush on savings bank in
Waltham, Mass, the other day, and one
man was so elated to find his $3.50 all
right that he called in his friends and
went on big spree. When he woke up
next morning he hadn't cent.
The Pennsylvania Railway Company
are just now engaged in furnishing all
their conductors with new time, pieces.
They are of silver, quite large, weighing
about five ounces each, and are furnished
with all the modern improvements
IT is stated that the grave of General
Greene, famous in the Revolution, is un-
| known. His body was buried in an old
cemetery on South Broad street, Savan-
nah, on June 90, 1856, but no record being
made, the remains could never be found.
One Of the most eventful epochs in a
boys history is when he first addresses his
father as the "old man." 1t is patriarchal
term, and if the boy is rightly treated af-
| terward by the family physician, he lives
a great many years to enjoy it.
HERE is the latest Yankee trick: Prop
rty-holders at Niagara and others inter
| ested are making spacious park on the
American side of the Falls so that nobody
| can get view Of them until he has paid
a certain fee for admission to the inclo-
sure.
| AN amusing instance of modern indus
try appears in the following announce
ment contained in Berlin journal: Gamma
Agrikol, sick nurse, watches dead bodies,
repairs straw chairs, applies leeches,
and makes pastry, dessert and delica-
| cies" af ghi1u4a
THE Waterbury american says a parent
IN that city thinks he will have his new
born daughter christened Glycerine He
says it will be easy to prefix Nitro to it
| when she grows up, if she takes after her
| mother, who is always blowing up every
body. $50 lrc9s4 a
MOUNT PLEASANT, Titus County, Texas,
boasts of wild man. He was caught in
the woods near that place, has beard
nearly two feet long, hair all over his
body from one to two inches in length,
lives on raw meat and barks like a dog.
His captors propose to start out exhibiting
him s.g ..0
THE murderer Lusignani, lately hung
| in New Jersey, had some native wit, if he
did part his hair in the middle. Just be-
fore he was led out to execution, one of
the priests said: II would willingly be in
your place; you will be in heaven soon''
well, take my place." said the prisoner,
II will get under the bed'
/ A GENTLEMAN unaccustomed to the new
method of paying fare in the horse-cars
in Lawrence, Mass, was so fustered that
he threw fifty-cent scrip IN the box.
Finding that he could get no change from
the driver, he began to take up fares; he
had to ride considerable distance past
his destination before he succeeded in
getting his change.
JOHNNY CAKEs.-Rub two tablespoons
full of lard or butter into one quart of vel
low corn meal; add to it three tablespoons
full of molasses and one teaspoonful of
ginger, and pour in enough boiling milk
or water to make it thin batter. Add,
when nearly cold one or two arrs and