Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-08-13


the quart, then varnish.
+ SUE BLAIR of Fond du Lac, Wis, play
ed her lover game of chess the other day
to decide whether the wedding day should
be fixed for this year or the next. Sue de-
sired more time, but lost the game, and
must face the parson before the coming
January.
How ON earth do you manager? asked
a gentleman of two inseparable loungers.
"You are always together, you never do
anything, and yet you always have plenty
Of moneye' I"Simplest thing in the
world, my dear fellow was the candid
reply. eve borrow of one another
A PITTSBURGH man had his head shaved
before he filled his hat with bricks, all be-
cause he promised his better-half that he
would not drink drop while he had a
hair on his head. This shows that when a
Pittsburgher makes solemn promise he
always keeps it,
THE exports from Philadelphia for the
fiscal year ust ended foot up $24,203, 1875,
an increase Of 3,320,249 over last year.
and $7,300,000 over 1870 Boston also
shows large increase, and the same is
true of New Orleans. New York, of
course, holds her own.
HENCEFORTH, every man who enters
the British army may, if he will, learn a
trade, the choice being left to him; and
thus, at the same time that he is subject
ing himself to discipline, and acquiring
habits of obedience, he may become an
artif1cer, skillful or not, according to his
capabilities.
THE woman who is annually killed by
the bite of a spider expired this season at
Knoxville, Tenn. Her gifted sister, who
works out the roadtax, had, when last
heard from, completed grading a section
of road in Maine. The remaining sisters
pillow eighty acres and plant it in corn this
year in Kansas.
THE prohibitory liquor law in Massa
chusetts sometimes gives rise to comic as
well as tragic incidents, as at Holyoke, the
other day, when a State constable, after
an exciting chase, overhauled truckman
and seized upon the beer barrel in his
wagon only to discover that it's contents
were offal instead of lager.
WHITEwAsH applied to walls, ceilings,
fences, ETC., has highly sanitary inf1u
ence at this time of year. In the country
this covering is applied with good effect
to the sides of barns and farm outhouses
1t is cheap, easily applied, freshens and
improves the appearance of things, and is
salutary in its influence upon the health.
THE Tycoon knows how to starta news
paper. He does not offer big beets, nor
prize squashes, nor oroide jewelry as pre-
miums for subscribers. Having taken an
interest in the publication of new paper
at the Japanese capital, he has issued an
order that all men of certain social and
political circles shall take it or be be
headed.
OIL FOR HARNEss--Harness, it is said,
may be made impervious to water by
thoroughly impregnatiIg it with a mix
ture made in the proportion Of twenty
one gallons of pure whale oil, and fifteen
to seventeen pounds of india-rubber
shreds Heat these ingredients together
at temperature of from 1874 degrees
to 240 degrees, in order that the rubber
may be completely dissolved.
WE trust our readers can succeed better
than we have in pronouncing the three
following Indian words which are to be
found in Church's History Of King Phil
ip's war;" printed in 1929. In this Ian
guage: "Nummatchekodtan
nonash, signifies-our lusts Noowoman-
mmoonkanunnonnash signifies our
loves. Kummogkodonattoot
guage Of our time-our question:
LATE PLowING-IN OF CLOVER FIELDS
A correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette
details several experiments which show
that when clover sod is turned in Nav,
after the clover is up some inches, corn
planted thereon is far less liable to be
troubled by the cut-worm than if the land
were plowed the fall before or early in
70 on ,o ri
stead of the corn. Besides if the lover
is in rank, growing condition when turned
under, and the roots full of sap, it will be
more rotten in August than if plowed
earlier, when the roots are not full of sap
A PARIS dentist was reported to have
hung out sign on which was inscribed
''Teeth Extracted
Without pain for 2 francs''
To his disgust, no patients made their
appearance, and after enduring the heart
sickness of hope deferred for three
months, he added line to his announce
with pain for franc.''
To his qualification, he had crowds of
patients, but they all preferred to pay two
francs.
THE robust managing editor of the
Pittsburgh Dispatch tolls with the flannel
conundrum. A year ago he bought full
suit of white flannel After the first
washing, his son, who weighs hundred
and two pounds less than the father, found
the suit just fitted him. Two more wash
ings made them just the size for his five
year old, and at the end Of the season
there was not enough Of them for good
sized dishcloth. Where has all the fan
mel gone to? He says he would willingly
take his whole family and his mother-in-
law to lecture which would explain it,
and pay double price.
A NEW style of thief practices what is
known as the umbrella dodge. The oper-
ator enters store where small articles are
kept for sale, and hangs his half-open UNI
brella on the counter; he asks, perhaps,
for gloves, and, when he has quantity
before him, inquiries for another kind,
which will cause the clerk to turn his
back, and then down goes several pairs
into the halfopen umbrella The artful
dodger then makes some slight purchase,
carefully tucks his umbrella under his
arm, and walks away. At convenient
time and place he makes transfer of the
property to his own OF some accomplice's
pocket.
A VERY small actor in a Partisan thea
l. noII