Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-02-13
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A PHOTOGRAPHER requested that his
signs-"Taken from life"-should be his
epitaph.
THE Augusta Constttutionalist pro-
poses lottery to pension Confederate
soldiers.
FLowERINa plants have been discovered
in eightv-two degrees North latitude, the
region of eternal winter.
A PoTTsTowNER (Pa) settled a hearty
supper and settled himself by topping o
with one hundred and eighty-two oysters
on the shell.
ONE of the curiosities of this remarka-
BILE winter is that the ice men are getting
in their crop without complaint as to
quality or quantity.
TYPES continue to cut up antics, even
in well-regulated offices, it is inferred,
from seeing John Brown announced as
'linseed preacher"
AN exchange paper says girls should be
taught that God made them in His own
image, and that no amount of tight-lacing
will improve the model.
ELI LOVE, of Wayne County, Ohio,
climbed tree to shake out coon. The
dogs heard something drop and went for
it, but it was not the coon. 1t was Eli.
CHESTER PIKE broke his leg in Con-
cord, N. H., and was carried home. His
wife was frightened, and on running to
meet him fell over a dog, breaking her
arm.
ONE of the curious facts succeeding the
severe panic is, that money is now cheaper
in the United States than for year past,
and quite as cheap in England as at any
time in 1878.
A PAIR of twins has been born in Kala-
mazoo, Mich, the net weight OF which
is one pound and ten ounces each.
They are perfectly formed, lively, and
great curiosities.
A GAs-wELL being drilled couple of
miles west of Erie, Pa, struck vein of
such strength that the chips OF rocks
broken by the drill were shot out as ii
from tie mouth OF a cannon.
A SACRAMENTO dealer in hair oil, who
sold on the principle of "no cure, no
pay" has sued one of his bald-headed
customers, and the latter demands bald
headed jury, in order that he may be
tried by his peers.
A MAINE Benedick was recently tied
to tree by some of his wife's obliging
friends while she administered cowhid-
ing to him. Which may to some extent
account for the reluctance of male New
Englanders to enter into the holy estate
of matrimony.
THE Savannah Neaos says a negro was
buried alive in we'll at Butler recently.
His friends dug down to him in about
four hours, and found him alive and well.
He said he never wanted to sneeze so bad
in his life, but was afraid he would jar
down some more dirt
@. S. WAIT, of Westfeld, Mass, had
been bald for years. Two months ago he
was burned almost to death, his head
being shockingly crisped. A new crop
has grown, and from it hair grows luxu-
riantly. Bald men who read this will
know what to do now.
AN EPIcURE in Vermont writes to his
local newspaper that, having indulged
freely in the eating of frogs, his hands are
now covered with what his doctor calls
humorous enlargements of the vascular
papill8 and indurations of the surround
ing epidermis''-tha is, warts.
A RELIEF society has been organized
in Olneyville, r. l., which furnishes
free dinner of hot soup to the hungry.
Previous to the banquet, however, each
applicant is requested to sign the pledge,
state what church he attends, where his
children go to Sunday school, etc.
Miss CAss, Boston dressmaker, took
home the pieces of silk and velvet left
over from an employers work. She was
arrested, and upon her trial she pleaded
so earnestly the invariable custom OF
dress-makers as to Prerequisites" that the
Justice let her go with a warning.
Two prominent men in New York re-
Gently played a game of marbles for
stake of $500, the man who pumped out
600 out of 1000 marbles first to take the
money. The contestants were John Nc
Kewen, weighing $50 pounds, and Fritz,
barber, weighing 180 pounds. The for
mer won, being 131 marbles ahead.
1T is bitter satire on the "modern
conveniences" of fine residences in these
DAYS that, while 100000 had recently
been spent in furnishing the Stiner man.
sion in New York, the common contin-
gency of a fire was so utterly unprovided
for that three members of the family lost
their lives while vainly trying to escape,
in the daytime, from the burning house.
A BEDFORD (Pa.) newspaper tells of
girl who stands on a half bushel measure
and gracefully shoulders three bushels OF
wheat To doubling editor in an adj
joining county the newspaper mentions
the fact that she is brunette, five feet
three inches longitude; that her gravity
is two hundred and twenty-five pounds,
and that she can whip any editor in Cam
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