Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-03
All Sorts of Items.
The cheese is mitier than the pen.


mon seed to use as a substitute.
Two TAUNTON Nimrods fred at
squirrel III the fork of tree till their
powder was gone; and then climbed
tollsomely to the fork to find that the
game had been killed several DAYS be-
fore, and was unfit for fncasee or stew.
MANY married men will be interested
to learn that the California courts hold
that incompatibility of temper on the
part of wife's relatives is sufficient
ground for divorce If said relatives visit
her husbands house too often.
A MILLION DOLLARS worth of ostrich
feathers is imported into England everv
year from the Cape of Good Hone.
Every pound of these feather is said to
be worth fifty guineas in the London
market
SOME one suggests, with most excel
lent good sense, that the immense
door plates worn by ladies on their
belts might be utilized by engraving
thereon the wearer's name, age, resi-
dence, fortune, or expectations, and
stating whether heart free or engaged.
''PAY me that twenty five cents you
owe me, roared newsboy to boot
black. ''Havn't got the currency,
Jamesey;" responded the burnisher,
" but [ can give you certified check"
A COMPANY has been formed in Eng
land with capital of 100000, to be
raised in 10000 shares at Is each, for
the purpose Of having historical pic
ture of the Ticbborne trial painted.
POTTER Planners new hotel in Chi
cago, just thrown open to the public,
is said to be the finest caravansary in
the world. The building will cost
about $4,000 600; the site upon which
it stands is valued at 81, 900, 900; the
furniture will cost nearly $780,, 900.
SCENE, sophomore den Sophomore
deeply engaged in scanning Latin.
Some one knocks at the door. Sopho-
more pretends not to hear, and, as the
door opens continues with his scanning
in loud tone, "Quod 81 conl-nain-u-as
-Madisonensis.
WILD fowls are very abundant in the
Susquehanna, below Havre de Grace,
Nd, and the luxurant wild celery
makes them very fat The gunners
have begun on them, much to the de-
light of New York and Philadelphia cpl
cures.
THE effects, wagons, paraphernalia,
and accOutrements of the great circus
of P. T. Barnum were sold the other
day, at the tobacco warehouse in Al
giers, opposite New Orleans. Special
attention was called to the fine wagons,
suitable for express, coach, and coun-
try use also to the fine velvet horse
robes and mems uniforms.
"STEP in, step in" said Chatham
street dealer to a countryman /; &C the
cheapest goods in the market" Have
you any fine shirts % said the country
man. GA splendid assortment, sir'
c. Are they CLEANUP "Of course, sir
clean, to be sure.'' 'eThen," said the
countryman gravely, "you had better
put one Oh, for you need it J"
AMONG the presents received by
Philadelphia bride, few days ago,
was complete toilet set, ten pieces in
all, of solid ivory. The hair brushes
have musical apparatus in the back,
and the hand glass can be enlarged
and diminished at will All the articles
are embellished with monogram in
colors, and are arranged, according to
size, in large case or box of Russia
leather, lined with blue satin and
edged with fine lace.
The genial old poet, Whittier, was
recently visiting in Boston, when a
young lady requested the favor of
reading him one of his own poems,
which she had the vanity to think she
could do acceptably. Mr.. Whittier sat
with his hand to his ear, listening at
tentively, and, when the reading end
ed, said very quietly, "Why, really, !
did not know it was SO good" On a
former occasion, after listening to one
of his own efusions, he said: "That's
good I wonder who wrote it2" can
American named John G.. Whittier.
was the answer.
A FRIEND of Landseer, who knew him
we'll, and had watched his mode of
work, says: cit has been said that
he was very rapid painter, and in
sense this is true. The actual laying
on Of the color upon the canvas was
done with marvellous rapidity and
then he had spent considerable
amount of time, previously, in putting
/ together his ideas of what he meant to
do, and he would scrape the paint off
his canvas and begin again half dozen
times over, till he got it to please him.
His studio was like a GLACIERS shop on
this account. He kept d great heap of
pieces of glass beside his easel, in
order to efface work he did not like.
Thus, the final painting was swift; but
the preparation for it was often slow
and laborious.
The false shame which fears to be-
detected in honest manual EMPLOYMENT:
which skrinks from exposing to the
world necessary and honorable econ
omy which bushes more deeply for a
shabby attire than for mean action,
and which breads the sneer of the
world more than the upbraiding of
conscience-thisf false shame will prove