Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-07-30

attempt to commit matrimony, propose.
to cross over the river and marry on the
other side, after the Indian fashion; but
as there was no boat to be had this propo-
sltlon was about to come to naught, when
novel idea struck the party. A large
loetunWood log was rolled down the
nahh ana INTO the water, being moored to
nc nc oank py long rope, and on this log
t 1ne r t pair took shipping and after
'lley hau drlfted, far enough out into the,
sIean 10 be considered out of Texas the
parson mounted large stump in the
cage OF the water, and said the ceremony
-B0n1am (1'erds) Enterprtse.f Z = r
A STRANGE CoRREspoNDF,Sc, =. Dc. 49, ~
Iarly every twe~weeks,~ flor the mast s;,s-
years, letter has been received - tbe
Post-otfice IN Manchester, n. H., address.
ed to Dr. -. evidently by the same
hand. The caligraphy is good, and Is
evidently that of a lady. The name is
entered on the list, time after time, and
no one has ever claimed one of them
After lying at the Office the time specified
by law, the letters are sent, one after the
other, to the DeadLetter Office, at Wash
lngton. On one occasion one of the let
tiers was returned from the Dead-Letter.
Office, because it contained some trifle of
should be returned to the writer. The
letter gave no clue as to who or what the
writer was, and was signed simply "Eme-
line" This name was entered on the list.
but no one ever claimed the letter or the
bits OF lace. Another strange feature of
this case is that the "Oldest inhabitants
has never heard of any man of the name
the letters bear. and SO the whole matter
remains mystery, year after year.
WASHING SUMNER SUFTs.-How anuOy-
ing it is to have your beautiful linen suits
or your delicate lawns and percales turned
into dark streaks and muddy spots by the
great quantity of soda used by most wash
erWomen. Soda should never be used in
the water in which colored fabrics are to
be washed. The only way to wash mus
Inns or linens is to have merely tepid
water, and make a suds, nor touch the ar
ticle washed with soap. Wash and rinse
quickly. Do not place but one garment
at time in the tub, and that must be rub
bed rapidly through the water rinsed,
turned on the wrong side, and hung in the
shade to dry. Then starch the dresses in
thin boiled, warm starch, folded in clean
cloths, and ironed upon the wrong side as
soon as possible. It improves buff linen
to wash it in water in which little hay
or quart bag Of bran has been boiled
The bran answers for starch as well, and
brightens print dresses. A handful of
salt will help set the colors of light cam
brics and dotted lawns A little beef's gail
will not only set, but deepen yellow and
purple tints, and helps green.
A New D1sEAsE.-Dr. Gait, in his
Medical Notes on the Upper Amazon
has furnished some curious information
On 20 str O<a4,1 T.
phagie," or dirt eating. This disease, &C
cording to DR.. Gait, now counts as one of
the chief endemic complaints of all
tropical America; and, at distance of
over 1000 miles from the sea, on the Ana
zon Valley, where the negro is a rarity,
being merely waif from Brazil or the
Pacific coast, it is the most important dis
ease among the children and women of the
country. On the Maranon the halfbreeds
are mostly addicted to the practice of dirt
eatlng-ne1ther the pure savage nor the
more cultivated being so often the victims.
Children commence the practice from the
time they are four years old, and frequent
ly die from the results in two or three
years. In other cases they grow to man.
hood or womanhood, and Dr. Gait speaks
of having himself seen in the case of a
Mestize soldier who was dying from
dysentery, which sooner or later super
venes on this habit the poor creature, half
an hour before his death, detected with q
lump OF clay stuffed in his sunken cheeks.
HAVING been appointed (says a Wiscon-
sin MANI to administer on the estate Of q
neighbor recently deceased | was greatly
annoyed by solicitations for an order for
the grave-stones for the departed. After
some three or four weeks, a very gentle
manly marble man. introduced himself,
told me his business, and asked for s'the
job" replied that as soon as it was
known that a person was dangerously i'll,
esa grave-stOne man" made his appearance,
demanded ''the job,' and asked for the
inscription for the headstone. He replied
that he knew it was so, and added, II
don'tdo it, and [ won't, for it isn't decent;
but often find myself in the same fix that
Deacon B--was in" GLOW was that?o
I asked why" said he, ''old Deacon /,
B. had long had his eye on Mrs. W.,
whose husband had for several weeks
fingered on the borders Of the grave. A
few days after the funeral of Brother
the Deacon made friendly call ON
the widow, and in the course Of the con-
versation remarked that after proper
time had elapsed he proposed to offer her
the consolation of his hand and heart,
which he hoped would not be unacceptable
to her. ooh, Deacon she replied, you
are too late; Elder O. spoke to NE at the