Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-12-08
Odds and Ends.

free OF power at ast.-Cicero.
They have very high toned butchers
IN Bloomington, Ill. They carpettheir
meat shops.
THE more man is inclined to make
out good round bill the more difficnlt
it's to get it squared.
0 THE folly of expecting lasting fell
lefty In vale OF tears, or a paradise in
a ruined world i Gotthold.
AN editor named Hens is running for
county Office in Nevada. He Ought
to be an on-nest Worcester
Press. qr~o
| CARLYLE says there may be courage
which is the total absence of fear. That
is when the fence is between you and
the dog. ea a.A
g LATIN and Greek are all right"
said a Delaware farmer as he halted his
team, "but gimme man who can pIow
around an apple tree 'thout touching
the roots"
In Virginia City, CAL, q srun" was
recently made on the Bank of California
by two horses. which galloped in at one
door and out at another, to the great
alarm OF clerks and depositors.
THESE are the days when the
grasping farmer is stufing 1913
worth of fodder into an old
turkey preparing him for sale to the
complaining city aristocrat for ninty-
five cents.
! "WHAT can do to make you love
me more?' asked youth of his girl
the other evening. ssBuy me ring,
stop eating onions, and throw your
shoulders back when you walk, ," was
the immediate reply.
EMILY FAITHFUL declares that sit is
not true that women cannot-as broad
generality-stand heavy strain on the
nervous energy. That their physical
powers are inferior to those of men, it
were folly to deny; but they are able to
work long hours and do fatiguing work
without disastrous results"
M. G1RARD has discovered that
methyl-nitrate has as great explosive
power as nitro-glycerine. A single drop
detonates with violence when struck
with hammer. For blasting purposes
it may be mixed with infusorial earth
or other porous substances. When
combined with acetone or smylic alco-
ho] it entirely loses its explosive prop
critics.
a KINGS jester was once asked.
"What kind of place do you think
Heaven TO be?" "a place." said he,
where naught but good is spoken Of
the neighbor." "And in what" it was
again urged, "does it's supreme happi-
ness consist ?" s.In the feeling that
no one will SANDER me there, and that
if have any faults, it will be so unfash-
ionable to speak of them that and all
will soon forget them.
YES he said dreamily, "we are
always striving for subjective goal.
Unconsciously it may be, but still we
strive. We lean over the verge of the
infinite, longing to grasp its mysteries,
and lost In the profundities of It's i'm
mensity. y s. Yes" she replied, thought
fully, but, John, would you mind me
putting brown patch on the seat of
those old black pants of yours - Nor
aUich Bulletin.
A SCRANTON physician has remover
half OF a patients tongue successfully.
|-AltentoaOn Chronicle, That's good.
We have just eight cents that says if
that physician will come to Easton and
remove half the tongue that gets after
lis about two o'clock every morning he
shall ride in coach with six horses, if
he has any aspirations that way
Easton Free Press,
The other day Vicksburg wife went
into the country on visit, without say
ing anything to or leaving word for her
husband. He was uneasy on returning
home and made inquiries among the
| nelghbo1s. Gone-m1ssing! ex-
claimed one women; "Why, I should
think you'd be uneasy about her" 81
am" he replied wearing a sorrowful
look, "for some one has got to split the
wood to get breakfast with. - Picks
burg Herald. E
The other evening traveller endeav-
ored to walk into the Washington Ho-
tel, temporarily closed for repairs, but
was unable to effect an entrance.
"That house is closed, mister" said
pedestrian, as he passed along. The
traveller banged away on the Goor, and
the pedestrian called out: "You there
that house is closed! /" The traveller
twisted away at the knob. and once
more the pedestrian called out: st say
that house is closedl" "Don't
you suppose I know it, you darned
fool - roared the traveller. What
I'm trying to do is to open it +"
APRoPos of the quartet of singing
dogs in Paris, history relates that dogs
have been orators as well. Leibnltz
stated in IT'S that he saw at Zeitz
dog which pronounced thirty words. In
1920 dog was exhibited in Berlin
which pronounced sixty words; its mas
ter, however, held the animal between
his legs, and worked the dogs jaws to
assert the emission of the sounds. The
dog pronounced best the words Eliz-
abeth, coffee, chocolate and salad.
s'Bone" did not enter into it's vocabu-
larry.
Ar c Kentucky dinner, and between
the sherry and champagne, to which
time the !" enfant terrible" Of the FAM
ly had unfortunately been permitted to
Euger, the host had gone to praising