Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-12-02
GIeanings.

In Delaware the costs for calling
the court ''bloated rhinocerous are
$S5.
LONDON has a 'sShakspeare Sunday
Society, III connection with the Sunday
League
( A>VERMoNT singer is said to have
gold mine in her voice. Her notes
ought to be good
A FRENCH milliner conceived the
novel idea of having the ladies wear
their hats Oh their heads.
AN objection to Latin pronunciation,
new style-it may annihilate Latin
puns, old style. .a
u The soliloquy of Hamlet contains
olghty-one words, OF which al but three
are Anglo-Saxon. +..-. ........
The preparatory examination for the
tunnel between England and France
will cost 100000.
Mr.. WOODEN has begun a lecturing
tour out West. He ought to be able t.
. stick to the profession.
CREMATION naturally finds a foothold
III Dresden; all sorts of clay and porce-
lain have felt the fam es there
FRANKLIN spent twenty-eight years
OF his life abroad in diplomatic service,
All this besides being born in Boston
| IT is proposed to form a 'ESurvivors'
Association" by the Confederate SOL
diers Of Georgia.
A NOTED architect when asked "what
was the best system of ventilation?"
replied, "open freplaces in every room.
! The former residence of Maximili;
IN Mexico is III ruins, scarcely a trace
OF its departed glory being left to mark
! it.
They say that the handsomest man
sent to Congress this fall is Gov. Wal
ker, of Virginia. But he doesn't dance
! the German.
| The dethroned King of the Fiji ISL
ands has sent five turtles to Qneen Vic
toria, in token probably Of his willing
ness to act as soup to her Majesty.
| A LITTLE darkey in Baltimore amuse7
himself the other night by pouring ts
into all the street letter boxes. The
mails were late next morning.
=. ~ The fancy for wearing little bunch
/ OF natural or Artificial flowers with the
! bow at the throat is OF the increase
b with the ladies. ae .e:.. f.. -.
"WHAT is fort % asked teacher.
" A place to put men in, was the an
swer. &c What is a fortress, then ?" The
answer was ,prompt:1H' 4 place to put
women in g, .,...
IT is pretty generally recognized,
says the Saturday Review, that few ties
in life are more trying than that which
unites couple Of travelling compan-
ions. rut...-i.. H.s r..- 49,.
AN account of Georgia railroad ac-
cident speaks of Mr.. So-and- So LADY,
and Mr.. Somebody'else's madam. % Is
it possible that Georgia men have ceas-
ed to travel with their wives?
THE Sons of Ham" stand shoulder
to shoulder, and sleep cheek by jowl.
If they should not save their bacon in
this way, and make both ends meet,
they would be chopped into sausages.
ONE pier of the railroad bridge at
MERRIAM was swept away on Tuesday
last. A dam just above the bridg
gave way, taking out the pier and two
other dams, h -
SAID Mrs. A. to Mrs. B.: "Don't you
think that Mr. O.. has a remarkable
stock of common sense p He ought
to have, % replied Mrs. B.. for no one
ever saw him use any"
The bark Sadie, from Buenos Ayres,
brought into Boston the other day,
live eagle, which was captured 800
miles out at sea. It alighted upon the
royal yard, and was taken from there
by two sailors. E.s..s
A New ORLEANS gentleman writing
from San Francisco speaks Of that city
as overrun with clerks and bookkeepers
out of employment, although mechan-
les Of various sorts command fair
wages.
The Turks have calculated that with
in 200 years more they will have con-
quered the world. The statement is
made in all seriousness In all Arabic
newspaper, which is published under
Turkish surveillance.
DOUGLAS JERRoLD says, in his
Hedgehog Letters" that ''respects
bility is all very well for folks who can
have it for ready money; but to be
obliged to run in debt for it, is enough
to break the heart of an angel.
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SECRETARY robson, accompanied by
Congressman Sargent, OF California,
and Hale, of Maine, have inspected the
Stevens battery recently bought subject
to the approval of Congress, for $145,-
900.
The Spectator says that ''young love
and young lovers are at a discount in
the novels Of the period, and married
people. in whom thereader was formerly
supposed to take no interest after the
wedding day, are candidates for public
favor. ,E4...l5tl &.Il5..
SOMEBODY 5, in England, who has
learned that the lunatics OF a county
asylum were employed to alter the
gauge of portion of a certain railroad,
thinks the discovery May explain the
terrible prevalence Of railroad accidents
in that country. a4salU 4c5It4 - =
In Hartford not 1onp since vpboro