Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-07-02
BREVITIES.

collins, the other day.
TRUTH is as impossible to be soiled by
any outward touch as the sunbeam
Milton. M &
THE ruin of some men dates from some
idle hour Occupation is an armor to the
soul. s. <
GREAT men and great institutions may
be beyond the most of US, but great actions
are fort all. ~ YTr +
LADIES in Eastern cities are discardine
false hair, which is the most sensible
move of the day.
No MAN ever did a designed injury to
another without doing a greater to him
self-Henry Home. f.t.-s. :.
Low SHOES, and stockings of gorgeous
colors and patterns, are the fashion for
gentlemen this summer
/ By taking revenge, a man is but even
with his enemy; but in passing it over he
is superior Bacon.
THIS season, for the first time, lumber
from the Lake Michigan districts reaches
the Atlantic 05a Detroit River.
The City Council of Kokomo, Ind, or
dams that any officer whom it elects who
gets drunk, thereby vacates his office.
The good wear their years as a crown
of glory upon their heads; the bad, as a
heavy burden upon their back.
I A LOUISVILLE woman bought feather
bed the other day, and found shot-bag in
it containing $470 in bank notes.
A YOUNG woman at Fall River, Mass,
attempted to cowhide young man the
other day, and came out second best.
, A New JERSEY man who recovered
$4,000 for having his ear pinched, is
looking for some one to pinch the other.
SOMEBODY says the tariff at the extreme
ly fashionable watering place hotels is
five dollars day meals and lodging ex-
tra'' Ee 88
AT a coroner's inquest, a witness was
asked, "What was the last thing seen by
the deceased?' Kerosene" was the
reply. -
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Rail-
| way is to be extended from its terminus at
the west line Of Kansas to Grenada, in Col
orado
New YORK brewers have gone to max
inc Cincinnati and Milwaukee lager beer.
It saves transportation and is just as trans
porting aes
BUFFALO has a police dog which has
saved several persons from drowning.
The coroners have vainly tried to kill the
canine.
IT is curious fact that, while beaux
are permitted to 60 on the way they are
bent, bellies are expected to 60 in the way
they are told.
PRETTY country girls are employed as
walters at some Of the Narrag hotels,
but they are terribly high-toned and
aristocratic.
THE black flint found near Fort
Bridger, Wyoming Territory, is identical,
according to DIR. Leidy, with that of the
English chalk.
THE wild man in the woods is in Geor-
gia now. He has got to be eight feet
high, and tears out horses tail with one
turn of the wrist.
Miss NELLIE THURsToN is engaged to
make balloon ascension next fall at the
Antwerp On. W Union Agricultural
Society's grounds.
LADIES waterproof cloaks, so light that
they can easily be folded into a parcel
small enough to be carried in the dress
pocket, are now sold.
AN industrious somnambulist in Haver-
hill, Mass, is said to get up in the night
and do the family washing, without know
ing anything about it.
A MOBILE beggar died recently, leaving
fortune of half million dollars. Though
formerly an outcast, his funeral was large
ly attended by his relatives.
THAT farmer understood human nature
who said: eff you want your boy to stay
at home don't bear too hard on the grind
stone when he turns the crank"
THE real wants OF nature are the meas
use of enjoyments, as the foot is the meas
ure Of the shoe. We can call only the
want of what is necessary, poverty.
The work of stocking the lakes and
rivers of Wisconsin with salmon trout is
being carried on in earnest. Over 10000
have already been put in this season.
MAYOR SToCKLEY, of Philadelphia, has
given orders that the law prohibiting the
sale of oysters in that city in the months
of June, July and August be strictly en-
forced. aGc
THE most beautiful birth was the birth
in the manger; the loveliest life was the
life of sorrows; and the most beautiful,
sublimest death was the death upon blood
stained Calvary. 5a @
A GOOD man, who has seen much of the
world, and is not tired of it, says, 1.-The
grand essentials to happiness are some
thing to do, something to love, and some
thing to hope for"
A BIRD upon the wing may carry a seed
that shall add new species to the vegetable
family of continent; and just so, aword,
a thought, from flying soul, may have
results unreasonable, eternal.
T NEW JERSEY papers are telling some
fearful stories about the mosquitoes of
that State The insects have grand roosts,
like pigeons, and when they settle down
on cow she is gone up.
!. A CHICAGO horse doctor nearly lost his
life last week by the falling Of his dia-
mond pin on one of his feet. The entire
ankle was badly crushed, and the doctors
think amputation will be necessary.
A MAN who had his new hat exchanged
for an old one in a barber shop advertises
that unless it is returned he will forward
to the wife Of the person who took it the
letter found concealed in the lining Of the
old one.
GENERAL JAcKsoN's Bible, which was
given to him during his Presidency by a
Washington lady, and after his death was
presented to the Hermitage Church in
Tennessee. was stolen from the place re-