Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-09
Odds and Ends.

Odds and Ends.
BAD landslide Indian Territory.
HUSH MoNEY-The price of family
cradle.
Tom COLLINS has just struck the Pc
cifc slope.
MIaRATIoUs The emigrant fares
have gone up again. -,-,...
BIRRsTADT threatens another large
painting of California scenery.
They are still talking of new illus
trated daily paper in New York.
LARGE numbers of Indians are en-
ployed in the Oregon harvest fields.
SAN Francisco has a Chinese theatre
capable of seating 1000 persons. -
Z, CHINESE laborers on Georgia planta-
tions give satisfaction to the owners of
the land.
The American base ball club in Eng
land are playing Cricket on the
Earth. 7" #f 5a
The future seaport and emporium of
the Mississippi valley, is what they
call New Orleans now.
IT may be interesting to know that
the autumn bonnet will have high box
plated crown and rim turning up
directly in front, held IMPOSITION by a
huge bow. a b.
The Commercial Advertiser says
cricket is base and wicket game"
Yes, and it is a game in which the
wicket will never cease from troub-
ling. "a,.a s# ef
A GENTLEMAN, on presenting a lace
collar to his adored one, said carefully,
" Do not let any one else rumple it, -
4" No, DEAR she replied, "I'll take it
off. s.'' 1873
ALL that was mortal of the late
Marshal Concha, now lies in one of the
crypts of the Atocha Church, not far
from the crypt where lies the body of
General Prim. al"
ONE of the late greatest pipe-fanciers
in the world, Major General Raffal-
ovich, of the Russian army, is now IN
the country. He has collection Of
more than 600 pipes.
A SURE cure for setting hen-put
her on live CLAIMS instead of eggs. AS
the CLANS begin to get warm they open
their shells, and the hen don't go on
that nest a secone time. ~
LAURA inquiries how to plant canary
seed in order to be sure of bird of the
singing variety. She has applied at
the right source of knowledge. We
answer, 'tPlant them sing-ly.'
A CUBAN lady at Saratoga, famous for
her wealth and very elaborate touettes,
wears necklace of American twenty
dollar gold pieces, valued at $500.
Whenever she wears this peculiar or
nament the fellows nudge" one an
other and whisper, "She has money"
THREE girafes just from Abyssinia have
reached the Garden of Plants in Paris
This animal threatens to become ex-
tinct. He is taken now only in very
small district, and has resisted all efforts
to domesticate him as made in Africa,
though these efforts are partly success
full In European menageries.
A HUNTER street young lady says
there is no woman living who could In
terest her with lecture on kisses.
She says that she can get more salts
faction from the lips of a young man,
on a moonlight night, than woman
could tell in thousand of years. That
young lady is posted.-Ationta Meas.
SMYTHE was telling some friends
about a wonderful parrot, hanging in
the door of store on State street.
"Wly," said he, that parrot cries
stop thief so naturally that every time
I hear it I always stor. Now, hang it,
what are you all laughing about?"
A SUNDAY school teacher was giving
a lesson on Ruth. She wanted to bring
out the kindness of Boaz in command
ing the reapers to drop larger hand
fuls of wheat. "Now, children" said
she "Boaz did another nice thing for
Ruth can you tell what it was "''Mar-
ried her :" said one of the boys.
Two young men out riding were pass
ING farm house, where farmer was
irving to harness an obstinate mule.
"Won't he draw?" said one of the men.
ssOf course" said the farmer, ''he'n
draw the attention of every fool that
passes this way" The young men
drove on.
P1NcHBAoK, the swarthy, is sinking
back rapidly into his old obscurity.
Some time since POLITICAL meeting
was held at New Orleans, when Pinch
back, essaying to speak, was 'hustled
out, hooted and yelled at, and finally
compelled to retire amidst yells and
cat-calls of the worst order.
GEORGE W. CHASE, the agent to
whom the affairs of the Chase family
were entrusted, has recently returned
from London, England, and states 1nat
a valuable lot of real estate, togetheI
with 900, 900 sterling, have been 1Ouna
to belong to the heirs thus tar, ali Oh
which is now held in trust tor them.