Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-02
General Items.

Of cheap materials as of dear ones.
DOCTOR, is tight lacing injurious I?
Of corset is, madam
A LONG winded orator is said to have
! sleeping car attached to his train of
thought.
If you are in doubt as to where to
spend your vacation, try Manhauseta,
chusawommock.
HANGING dogs is the custom in New
Jersey. AS many as twenty are some,
times hung in row.
The witty John Brougham once gave
as the author of a quotation, DR.. Watts
or cdr. What's-his-name."
SAN FRANCISCO capitalists are pro-
jecting a salmon fishery and canning
establishment at the mouth of Smith
River
Miss LYDIA BOWER has been voted
the handsomest woman in Watnens,
Mo-, and now some "joker" aught to
take her.
THERE has been great advance in
toothaches since the burning of thirty
thousand gallons Of creosote in England
last week.
The price current for girls for wives
in Armenian villages is quoted at
$1,000, according to the age and quail
ity.
The ST Joseph Herald says the light
of the Chicago fire'was distinctly visible
at st, Joseph, though 50 miles dis
tant.
PROFESSOR PORTER, Of Belfast, Ire
land, has returned from the land Of
Moab, where he penetrated to districts
hitherto unvislted by any European.
Foolish fathers who send boys into
the country with fowling pieces and
pistols are the best friends the under
takers have during vacation season.
A Troy woman whose husband de-
serted her thirteen years ago, has just
heard that he died recently III Phila
delphia leaving her $4,000.
A LETTER was put in an Indiana post
Office with the followin gaddress "To
the Misses Sally or Jute Tulip ov Terra
hut, vigo ko Indyany.
A YOUTHFUL Pennsylvania Granger,
about to be chastised by his father the
other day, called for his grandfather to
protect him from the middleman.
Rev. HENRY RoEHM, the patriarch of
American Methodism, was one hundred
years old June 9Th. He has been
preacher seventy-six years.
A SON of General Sherman will enter
Yale this fall.-Eachaage. And a
daughter of the General will enter
matrimony at the same time.
Mrs. Nc FARLAND RICHARDSON is to
be married in September, and Laura
Fair is going to Japan, and it is hoped
we never will hear their pretty stories
more.
A MAN in Cedar county, Iowa, being
i'll, dismissed his regular physician and
employed 'sfaith DOCTOR" The first
dose of the "faith medicine" caused
him to die in great agony.
ENGAGING cANDoR: Papa-"And
pray, sir, what do you intend to settle
on my daughter? and how do you mean
to live?" Intended-"I intend, sir, to
settle myself on your daughter, and to
live on you Punch.
SUCH was the force of wind during
the recent sale near Newburyport that
clouds Of sand from Plum Island were
carried a mile and a half seward in
such volume as to cover the inside of
boats passing by to the depth of two
inches.
A TEXAS dog wagged his tail at the
coming Of his master into the house, his
salutary tail struck lighted lamp on
the table, knocking it of, the lamp
SCATTERING on the floor, an explosion
took place, and the house was de-
stroyed.
SOME boys had olam-bake near
Strong's Point, L. l., on Monday; but
their fire got beyond their control and
spread into the woods, destroying the
fine timber on about hundred acres of
land.
A STREET beggar in New York says
the panic has ruined him. His col
lections, he says, have dropped to
So day, but he wouldt care so much
about that, but rents had fallen 80 per
cent. and he had two houses and three
stores empty, even at this reduction
A coNv1vIA1 club called "The Win
ming Cards" has been established at
Dubuque. It is limited to ffty-two
members, known as 'the pack" each
bearing the name of card. The pre-
siding officer is the ''Jack of clubs
and the tray, of course, carries around
the liquid refreshment.
A YOUNG fellow in western town
was fined so for kissing girl against
her will, and the following day the
damsel sent him the amount of the fine
with note saying that the next time
he kissed her he must be less rough
about it, and be careful to do it when
her father was not about.
''THE young man who swallowed
fork, says the Rappez, ''has just
expired. He was the son of farmer
IN Burgundy, to whose house he had,
gone on leaving Paris. The post NOR
tenn examination showed that he had
been poisoned by the oxidation of the
metal.