Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-06-10
Miscellaneous Parographs.

List OF her exports.
The double barreled baritone who
sings duets all by herself, is still IN
Vienna.
JUDGE MORT Of the Court of Claims
has decided that the wife of judge
may not practice as lawyer before her
husband, doubtless from fear that she
would prjudice the case of her client
HE celebrated large rose tinted dia-
mond OF the Brunswick collection was
sold at Geneva for 10000 francs. IT
was purchased by an Englishman. and
has gone to England.
PERSIA is said to be land of roses
but recently an order was received in
England for some of the finest varieties
OF English roses, to be planted in the
Shah's gardens
A NUMBER of stolen "safety bell
punches" are reported to be in use on
the New York street-car lines. Their
employment permits theft, while the
chance OF detection is greatly reduced.
WHAT is the difference between a
boarding house keeper and a cremation
lst? The one would turn hashes into
the men, and the other would turn the
men into ashes.
!" WHAT are you doing there, you ras-
cal % " Merely taking cold, sir" at
looks to me as if you were stealing ice'
Well, yes, perhaps it will bear that
construction"
Four thousand women of Salt Lake
City have petitioned for prohibition Of
the sale OF Intoxicating liquors. The
misery caused by drunken husband in
family of fifty Or sixty women and
children must be great indeed.
HE body Of Alfonso Dyer, who died
at Rutland. Vermont, in March, 1872.
OF congestion of the lungs, was recently
dls1nterred for removal. The BODY was
found to be petrified, "a nd weighed nearly
l,2OO pounds. At death the weight was
l45 pounds.
Miss MAGGIE M1TcHEI1's new plav is
dramatization of "Wearithorne." q
novel Of Scotch life, by Miss Marian
reeves, whose " Ingemisco'' and &C Ran
dolph Honor" published under the
nom de plume of "Fadette.' some
years ago, were popular novels. It is to
be presented at an early day.
BUFFALO are moving in immense num-
bers west Of Fort Dodge, and hundreds
OF hunters are gathering for the slaugh-
ter. Now is the time, if soldiers are
any use on the frontier, to enforce the
law against the wanton destruction of
those valuable herds. None should be
killed unless the meat as well as the
skin are taken away for consumption.
HE big steam hammer at the Royal
Arsenal at Woolwich has falling power
OF forty tons, and is driven by steam
from the top: 1t has a striking fall of
fifteen feet three inches. The hammer
is forty-tive feet in height, and covers a
base OF about 100 feet square. Above
the ground it weighs 500 tons, and the
IRON used IN the foundation below weighs
665 tons. The hammer cost ALTOGETHER
about ESQ, Zoo.
HE Eastern Budget says that Gen.
Iotleben, the defender of Sebastopol,
has been sent by the Emperor of Rus
s1a on mission to the Mennonites.
with the object of lettering them from
emlgrating to America. It appears the
Emperor intended from the first grant
ing special privileges to the members
OF this sect with regard to the new mil
1tary service law, but that his inten-
tons were misunderstood by the Off
| Gals, and that the Mennopites conse-
quently determined to emigrate.
HE removal of the ice from the ST.
Lawrence River in the spring by the use
OF nitroglycerine is proposed. The
method suggested is to plant the explo
slve all over the river bottom. having
wires connected with the charges by
which all would be exploded simultane-
Dusty by a galvanic battery. The
charges would be planted before the ice
formed, In order to avoid the necessity
for making holes.
JUDGE TAPPAN, of Potsdam, had two
COWS poisoned occurring, by eating green
wall paper taken off the rooms in his
house. After the paper was taken off, it
was emptled into yard to which the
COWS had access. The paste on the pa
per gave the COWS a relish for it. and
they ate of it quite freely. They were
both very choice and valuable COWS.
One Of them died in about twenty-four
hours after eating the paper.
SULLY, when his mind was occupied
with plans of reform, displayed extra
ordinary fits of forgetfulness. One day
In winter, when on his way to church he
observed: CHOW cold it is to-day !''
Not more cold than usual" said one
OF his attendants. "Then [ must have
the ague," said Sully. els it not more
probable that you are too scantily dress
ed % was asked. On lifting his tunic
the secret was discovered he had for
gotten all his underclothes but his
breeches.
The steamship North arrived in Eng
land few days since with a large cargo
consisting OF many hundred live South
American cattle. The voyage from the
argentine Confederation was made in pa
days. After a few days rest and
food the beeves were sold to Berk-
shire farmers at an average price
OF $50 piece. It is said that these
cattle can be bought, brought over, and
landed IN England at an outside cost of
$2o, exclusive of freight, and that a pro-
tit of 100 per cent. can be realized in
every case.