Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-12-15
Odds and Ends.

Odds and Ends.
PREVAILING feminine complaint
buckles in the back. - Cincinnati Times.
MEN find it more easy to fatter than
to praise.
A WIFE who has her own will may
one day find fault with her husband s.
N. o. Times.
THERE has been slight intimidation
in part Of Ireland, and in this instance
Cork would not float.
"IsN'Tit bad enough to call an instru-
ment viol, without adding that it's
/" base 2"
A MEAN Chicago man phenomenon
has nailed to his door a card bearing
the statement that Every body shuts
this door but you"
A HUMOROUS apothecary in Boston ex-
poses case of soap in his shop window
with the pertinent inscription, ''Cheap
er than Dirt
ONE of the attractive features of our
foreign trade is that American photo
graphs find large sale in London on
account of their superiority over Eng
lish photographs.
To smell fresh turf of earth is
wholesome for the body; no less are
thoughts of morality cordial to the soul.
I" Dust thou art. and unto dust thou
shalt return. "-Fu1lea.
A DULUTH girl married young man
because he lifted his hat so beautifully
as he passed her. She got divorce be-
cause he lifted the table SO beautifully
when the dinner didn't suit nim.-De-
troit Free Press.
Two THOUSAND oystermeu, working
1000 vessels of various kinds, are har
vesting the crop near New York city.
They estimate the crop at 1000, 900
bushels, which will return a profit OF
$500, 900 to 500, COG.
SAsHEs are no longer the broad, ex-
tremely long Hoped affairs that are al
ways getting wrinkled; but they are
shorter and narrower, ard Tot placed
low enough in the back to be crushed
and ruined with one wearing.
MATHAL POWELL, of Duncansville,
Pa, naval hero of the war of 1872,
and 96 years old, walks two miles twice
a week, to see his barber. He has been
an assiduous chewer of tobacco and
drinker of whiskey from his youth up.
WILD bears are reported to be ap-
preaching continually to Paris, France.
A battus was organized few weeks ago
and within forty miles Of the city they
killed fifteen of the animals IN two
hours. They weighed from 100 to $50
pounds.
A PAIR of scissors, pair of gold spec
tacles and eye glasses, gold pencil, four
Camden and Philadelphia steamboat
tiokere, $4,000 in money, gold and
ivory ehirt-studs, and pocket handker-
chief marked Anna Manning" were
found in the pocket of John March at
ter he he had gone through the crowds
surrounding Brooklyn rink Sunday.
SAM SLICK records of Abernethy that
he was once consulted by dispeptic
Yankee who had recently entered some
diplomatic position in London. AS
soon as the patient had stated this fact,
and that he was from the United States,
the physician babe him go his way and
get we'll. The Yankee angrily demand
ed an explanation. "Why," said Aber-
nethy, "your official character will
compel you to mingle in civilized go
ciety, and that will ere long cure you.
DURING the late storm in France 500
sheep were killed by one thunder-bolt
They belonged to flock Of 1,6OO, the
property of one farmer. His loss
amounts to 18. 900 francs. Nearly the
whole flock were knocked down and
piled in heaps, and large numbers
would have suffocated but for the pres
ence of mind of the shepherd and his
assistants, who dragged the live sheep
out of the piles of carcases.
A WINTER CANE" has been invented
in Paris for gentlemen only. It is q
long, hollow tube, and, before the swell
owner goes out on his promenade, it is
filed with a chemical preparation which
generates heat and keeps the hands
warm for hours. Chemical preparation,
ehl But isn't it q little singular, that,
simultaneously with it's introduction
here, s.portch1e hot Societies." t'pcTta-
BILE Tom and ferries, portable rum
punches" warranted TO keep hot for
hours, should be announced?