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Qfomre S0affera,

meteorological Record
For the week ending Jan. %, as taken By
J, Fl. Schulz, Pharmacist at his drug store
on Main ST
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WatcrtOWm Market.

Corrected Weekly by TIL. Rack
Commission Merchant, Main Street
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PLANTERS and Dealers in Wall Paper,
Window Shades, Paints, Oils, Varnish,
Glass, Putty, Brushes, &c. One door west
ST Wisconsin National Bank, Watertown.
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PLY SICIANS.
W. G. SPALDING,

nHYsICIAN AND SURGEON, and Ex-
aiming Surgeon for Pensions. on,Ie
Johnsons Block, corner of Main ana iS'
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uary 2sth.
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Hill Oscar Smith Catherine
Hughes John P. Shrop H.
Kervin Patrick Scion Martin
Warner John
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sers will please say advertised"
T. J. MOAK, P. NJ.
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The CONGREGATIONAL FESTIVAL
AND ExHlBrTIoN.-The Indictment state of the
veathe. interfered materially with the COM
plete success of the FESTIVAL and exhibition
given by the Congregational Church Society
last Thursday Evening. Notwithstanding
the fierce storm that ragged, however, a
fair sized audience assembled at the hall
to witness the enactment of the beautiful
pantomime Of the Mistletoe Bough, VIII ich
was rendered in fine style by the younger
members of the Congregational Society, I'M
der the able supervision of NJ ISIS Sue E. Mich
os, who came forward before the perform
ance and lead the touching story of the
MistIetoe Bough in clear and distinct tone s,
and with much feeling and expression.
The sparseness of the attendance did not
render The occasion any the less interesting
and pleasant, if it did somewh at effect the
pecuniary success of the ent ertainment.
Everything went off quite me try, and we
believe an evening of enjoyment was real
lied by all present. No inconsiderate part
OF The affair was the superb supper, gotten up
by the ladies of the Congregational Church,
the quality of which fully attested to their
SIX ill and taste in this line. The tables were
we'll patronized, and we believe no one got
up from them without being fully satisfied
that it was good to have been there. The
proceeds of the entertainment realized to the
which would have been largely increased
had the weather been more favorable.
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WOODLAND. ]. G. HUI
WOODARD 4 HULL,

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And dealers in Grain, Flour. Butter,
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81 to Filling Orders.
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E. r. EVANS.
-v LIVERY AND 8 0ARDlNG STABLE,

SSI lst ST., Watertown, Wis,
Horses and Carriages always on hand for
kAe Accommodation of the Public.
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The Republican.
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DIR. M. N. BARBER,
ELECTIC Physician and Surgeon. ohce
II over A. Peterson's store.
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.
A COLLISION Saturd ay last,
the half-past eleven o'clock forenoon freight
train on the Northwestern Railway, going
south, collided with the westward bound
freight train on the Milwaukee & st. Paul
Railway at the Junction in this city, throw
ing three cars of the Milwaukee St. Paul
track, and tearing up several rails at the
crossing. The cars, which belonged to the
Chicago Northwestern Company, loaded
with freight from Chicago for towns along
the route Of the Milwaukee d St. Paul road,
were badly demolished, although the goods
they contained were scarcely at all damaged
by the accident. The Northwestern engine
Jared but little better than the cars, and was
considerably stove up by the force of the
collision. Fortunately no person on either
train was injured. The work of clearing
and repairing the track so as to s.llow trains
to pass occupied over three hours. The
passenger train on the Northwestern road
from the North, which leaves the junction at
little after one o'clock, was unable to pro-
coed until after the arrival of the four o clock
train from Chicago. Altogether, ut made
very lively afternoon of it around the juno
ton. We have found it impossible to as
certain W here the blame attaches for this ac-
cident. The engineer of the Northwestern
cunpoEaH tho trai tho other road had
passed, as he was unable 10 disceitn the rear
cars, and as soon as be discover ed his mis-
take he reversed his engine, whistled for
brakes, and made every effort to stop the
| train, but too late 20 escape the collision
Had there been hagman plac ed at the
crossing, as there should have been, ;his ac-
performing this duty for dozen or fifteen
years, would certainly have BEEN avoided.
| This is the second accident of this charac-
ter that has occurred in the same place with
N year, and which the precaution of
having the locality properly tagged would
have prevented. 1t would seem, then, very
short-sighted policy on the part of both the
Milwaukee & ST. Paul and Chicago & North
western companies to be without hAgmt n
at this point on their roads muc's longer
If the past is any criterion to go by, it
would certainly be great saving to- the pc elk
cts of these corporations to EN- ploy this
simple means of precaution agains1 the pos
| sihility OF future accidents.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-07-24
Theresa Trutt'S Dream.

EI EtiENE ). HALL.
Theresa Trntt is forty live.
Still unmarried, and yet alive,
| And plain as the Years can m!A' h"r
| She long has waited. and h""'i ana prayed
| And now is tntcu to f. afraid
That no man ever will take her.
Once, o'c, !:tr shoulder whit" and far,
| Had fallen her trusSes Of dark brown i,air-
The pride OF her former lovers !;
Its hue has fade Il, and now instead
IL many and many Il silver thread
In the little tutt on the back Ut her head,
Her White cap cunn'nSIy covers
With her slipporrl feet on the fender. there,
And her elbows resting, upon her char,
She Saz.s into the fire:
With fingers open and wrists tuftNtt in,
Forming Il prop tor her tuu'hlrSS Ct in,
S*c thinks Of pleasures that might have bcc
As she watches the sparks expire.
Fair are the faces that come aud 50
In the rosy cmbcrs that CLEAN and glow,
And memories sweet and tender
Flare III the flames, and leap and play,
Flicker aud fade, as they die ,w'ts,
Leaving .DOthing bnt ashes gray
u On shc~coid Garth fy tho faiider.
And, gazing into the cheerful blaze,
Theresa thinks OF her by-Sone days,
Aud memories without number
Rise in her head then her c. ciiils close,
And, soon beginning to nod and doze,
Her sOMnolcnt senses court rcposc,
And she sinks into y slumber.
In q beautiful dream, again she soes
The slender figure OF Solomon pcasc,
Her happy and thoughtful lover.
il"nc from the conference mcrtii. they go
The moonlight CLEANS upon the crisp SNOW
Aid the stars look down with il tender glow
That beam in the skies above hsu.
She sees a home, ws:ara tho tirri,h falls
With a che crf,ll glow OH the kitchen walls,
And her very heart rrjoiccs
AS her eye: behold, in Il corner there,
A maiIy torn III his easy chair:
Aud she hears the sound of Il noisy pair
OF laughing cl'l,,rtn's voices.
Then ali OF her tlrctinS fancics seem
Fading away from her Joyous dream,
And her dreaming fabrics falling.
Solomon Pe;sc is oltl and gray;
The dream Of her Sirlhool has passed away,
And, think MS she vii, aud hope us she may
The past is beyond recalling.
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A Wonderful French InV ntiOn in Tele.
graphing.

am sorry we are not represented in
telegraplllc apparatus, as we have sew
eral things in America that would be
worth seeing. The French telegrapbic
department is the best in the Exhibi-
ton, and some of the inventions are
exceedingly interesting. There is a
machine that prints an photographic
dispatch, not chemically, like the other
autographs instruments, but on white
paper with printers ink. It cannot be
described III writing, and so I will not
attempt to say how it is made, except
that there is synchronous action OF two
rollers; one may be in New York and
the other in San Francisco, or in any
other two places connected by a
telegraph wire. A written mes.
sage, q sheet Of music, the portrait
Of a burglar, anything that can
be drawn WITH pcp,-not with a pen
Gil may be tclegraphcl from one end
of the world to the. other, and repro
duccd with printers ink on white
paper like that wherein the patron of
the Mail reads this letter. Then they
have a machine by which four opera
tors cail work, over IL single wire at
once in ono direction, just as one op.
orator does with us, and by putting on
four operators the other way, you can
make the capacity of one wire equal te
that of eight by the old system. We
are now using in America system by
which Il wire may be operated both
ways simultaneously. The French
machine is exactly four times ahead
of us. They have, also, an
electro-magnet that works over
a hundred miles Of wire, and they
have a machine that will tell within
half u yard or SO exactly where u pneu-
matte tube has become obstructed.
Suppose you have IL tube between New
York and Harlem, and wad of paper,
a rat. or something Of that sort, gets
into it, you don't know exactly where
to look for the obstruction, aud it is u
serious matter to go and dig up from
one end until you find it, possibly not
Il hundred yards from the other. This
machine tells you just where I" go,
though it will not tell You whether it
is II rat or wad of pnper that stops
the tubc.-NCtU York Muit.
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A Bathing Boys Peril.

The New Orleans Times tells q sin.
gular story of the danger incurred by &
boy who was attacked by huge gar
fish while bathing with some compan
ions i'll the Old Basin Canal near that
city. 1t is as follows:
"They had been in the water but a
few minutes when one of the boys, a
lad about eleven years old, was attack ell
by very large gar-tish and came very
near losing his life, first from drown
ing, and then from the effnsion OF
blood, resulting from the wound in
Hictcd by the teeth of the gar.
The fish is described by tho lad as
having been large indeed, and, Judging
from the boldness Of the att:,ck and
the power manifested in the struggle,
there Can be: no doubt but that it must
have been ill the boy described it to
be. The first lntimation he had of the
presence Of the fish was seeing it dash
ut him. In in instant it caught hin,
by the arm, and twice he was dragged
underneath the water. Each time a.
he came to the surface he called to his
companions to save him. The laceratetl
arm blcd freely, and the water for {:
considerable distance around the
scene Of the struggle was crimsoned.
Mortified at the sight, and alarmed
almost to stnpefaction, it was some
moments before any of the boys could
make mp their minds to go to his
rescue. At last ali elder brother
of tho lad went to his relief,
and VIC are informed that it was
with n" little difficulty that Ii.
succeeded in wrestling him from the
Jaws Of the fish. The fish had bitten
him "n the lett arm near the wrist, and
the blood continued to flow with such
force and rapidity that it was fcare.
he would bleed to death before assist
ance could be had. An old lady, how.
ever, happened to bc passing 1T that
instant, and to stanch the flow of hlon
she tore strips from her dress, and witt
them bonmI up the bleeding arm. III,
question has been raised whether or moi
it was III alligator, aud not IL gar-tisl
that attacked the boy. The lad asserts il
was IL gar, but recently alligators o
considerable size have been seen in til,
Old Canal, near the place where thcs.
boys were fishing"
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4 Serpent in the Clouds.

A paper published ut Bonham, Tex,
says that Il few days ago, and il short
distance from that place, n man "s,.w
something resembling All enormous
serpent floating in Il clond that was
passing over his farm. Several parties
Of men and boys. ut work in the fields,
observed the same thing, and were
seriously frightened. 1t seemed to be
as large and long as u telegraph pole.
was of yellow striped color, and
seemed to float along without any effort.
They could sec it coil itself up, turn
over, and thrust forward it's huge head
rs if striking ut something's It is IL
pity that lager beer or some other mild
liquid could not be substituted for the
beverage now in use ut that place.
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THE SHAH or PERSIA.
Some Hard Stories about Ills lll-N M u ~
ncrs u nd Filthy llnI,its.

Some Hard Stories about His Ill-Man.
nrr." and Filthy Habits.
A London letter to the New York
Tribune, concerning the Shal's visit
to that metropolis, contains the fol.
lowing:
never was SO ashamed of myself
as was to-day" confessed i'm agree
able NJ. =. "For two hours I stood
OH a ginger beer barrel in order to sec
the Shah. Sec him I did. He looks
like a crafty Parsee merchant. and
fine fools we are making of ourselves. >
"Bothcr the Shah," exclaimed one dig.
nified looker-on, "why thought he
was gilded all over and the brute has
no manners" "No manners, and
very bad TASTE" remarked another.
But he is improving. At St. Peters.
burg his sportivc attendants amused
themselves by cutting the flowers out
OF the palace carpets, and tho heads
out Of portraits hanging on the walls.
Their master patronizcl the Gar, ap.7
told him to go on ia his present course.
He, the King of Kings, approved"
An, but the banquet at Berlin must
have been screaming fun" chimed in
the Baronet. "The Shah eats with his
fingers, and whenever he disliked any
dish he took the food out of his mouth
and threw it under the table. Picture
the d,smay Of those about him. Here,
too, he first drank champagne, and be-
came screwed, whemupon Lord Russell
turned to the French ambassador, say
ng: It appears that the Shah is fond
OF French wine.' 'Tcst Lcicn nat.
urct, instantly replied the ambassador,
'ttttus TT unit tous les chuts xo<t
gris.'" (Thls is the neatcst double
pun I ever heard, and undoubtedly
originated with Lord Russell, who is
one of the witticst of Englishm en-. J
"The Shah approved of Kaiser Will
liam, but disliked the Empress, and, on
taking leave of her husband, expressed
great surprise that she should be
allowed to exist. Il advise you to get
rid of that old Augusta were the
Shah's last words ut Berlin" "Our
King" interposed noted Belgian.
twas excessively nervous about enter.
tanning the Persian horde. Obliged to
put beds in some Of the palace draw
ing rooms. he feared the destruction
Of valuable paintings and furniture,
but beyond dirt did not realize his ex-
pectations. The King of Kings spat
on the audience at the opera, but
otherwise behaved we'll enough. His
followers had a mania for driving. In
Persia they always ride. Once in IL
carriage they would refuse to get out,
insisting upon being driven from morn
ing until night, in consequence OF
which the royal horses are almost
dead.
These charming stories gave me
quite an appetite for the Shah. I had
already been drawn to him by his
cleverness in disposing of mourning.
When the news reached him at Berlin
of the death of his mother, he, King
of Kings, sent home the three Shah
esses and decreel that the royal grief
should be postponed until his return
to Persia, which fact reminds me of
the Yankee woman who, upon being
told at dinner of Ter husbands death,
"just wait until I've done
eating, and I'll show you some tall
crying" They say that the three
are to have their heads
chopped off because of unwilling their
faces in public.
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Emerson and the l.OWcIl'S.
A Boston letter to the New York
Evening Post SAYS:

A Boston letter to the New York
Evening Post says:
Some time ago 4 writer in one Of the
foremost OF our critical !:lals said
that the American novel has not yet
been written, and that three writer's
only have appeared who have shown
the slightest ability to produce it !:
Mrs. Harriet BeechGr Stowe, Oliver
Wendell Holmes and Robert A. Il. $.
Lowell, the author Of ''Thc New Priest
of Conception Bay" The last of the
three, Mr.. Lowell, has now abandoned
all else to enter upon the work OF
literature, and it is not unlikely that
he may before long give us what the
writer mentioned asserts he can give,
though he is man who sllrinks from
publicity and does not believe SC
thoroughly in himself as others do. He
is II brother of James Russell Lowell,
is II clergyman, and has long been al
academy teacher. He now undertakes
literary work only ut the earnest
and persistent solicitations OF
his friends who know his genius. His
first work will be Il book for boys on
school day life, Il sort of Tom Brown at
Rugby book; but his publishers ex-
pcct novel from him that they may
issue in the tall, or long before the
winter is out. The first book will he
ont early in the autumn. James Rus
sell Lowell is expected to return from
Europe with full notebooks, and some
thing fresh and profitable from his pen
may come to his thousands Of readers
not many months hence. 1t rrfrShcs
our writer's wonderfully to go abroad.
Ralph Waldo Emerson has come back
n new mar in appearance. His face is
fuller aud rud.licr than it has appeared
for many day, and lis wonderfully
bright, almost roguish smile lights il
up NOR" frequently than before. He,
too. Is promising II new literary work
by which the readers of the best liter:,
turc will profit.
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Scl.tariuu SicadiaHtncSS.

One OF the most beautiful specimens
Of scctarian stelllfastLcss Of which We
have read for !. long time, is reported
from the little town OF Hyannis, Mass.
There is in that town u Uniycrsalist
and il Baptist Church. The former
was lately struck 10y lightning and set
on fire, and the only bell on which an
alarm could J." r1lng was that of the
l''ptist sanctuary near by. but the
sturdy old sexton of that faith refused
t." give up the key Of the church, de-
cIarnS that he was ''n"l going to in
tcrfere with the will of God."