Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-08-11
Odds and Ends.

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The iron shirt which has been in
vented IN Pittsburg will prove an ex-
client thing for hard ware. ~ "a
Why IS an old topper like a man who
beats his wife2 Because he DELIGHTS ~
liquor. guys "
M. TH1RoN1N has been imprisoned for
one year, in France, because his doc
killed little boy.
The usefulness of grashoppers has a.
last been found. The brewers are after
their hops.
In the march of life, do not heed the
order for fright about" when YOU
know you are about right.
MEN will plead guilty to rashness,
and even hatred. but the most difikult
thing for them to admit IL blunder.
The dwelling of Luke Kelley. in
Baraboo, was entered by burglars a few
nights ago, and gold watch and 1915 in
money stolen.
| WHAT is the difference between
spermaceti and a schoolboy's hcwla
One is the wax produced by a whale,
and the other is wall produced by the
| whacks.
j AMONG those who turned out at the
burning Of vessel in Honolulu we're
King Kalakaua and the Prince ROYAL.
both of whom assisted the firernen un-
til the vessel was scuttled.
"WLL you have small piece of the
light meat or small piece Of the dark %
asked Bob's uncle, as he carved the tur-
key at dinner. 81 will take a large
piece of both, ," answered Bob.
ORUD BAUMAN recently arrived in
San Francisco afoot, and asserted that
he had walked all the way from New
York at an average speed of forty miles
G day.
A LITTLE girl reading the History of
England with her mother, and coming
to the statement that Henry I. never
laughed after the death of his son, looked
up and said, "What did he do when he
was tickled p
The fortune left by Michel Levy, the
Paris publisher, amounts to seventeen
million francs, or upwards of s7OO,OO
He has left no will, and nobody knows
who will be the heir.
A WOMAN will reach up and pull at a
window-sash for a few seconds quite
good-naturedly, but when it doesn't
come down, and she turns around and
sees her husband looking comfortably
on, she mentally asks herself, els civil
lization a failure p and wades for him.
A MOTHER and father are trying to
force their daughter to marry. Daugh-
ter (loquitur) There are many reasons
why I don't want to marry him; IN the
first place, he is too hideous and stu
pid." Mother with dignity este
phanie, did not marry your father %
KENsINeToN MUSEUM, London, thinks
it has prize in a large japanese sculp-
ture In bronze OF sea-eagle, the work
of celebrated artist of the sixteenth
century. Myochin Muncharu, OF whom
it was said that 'sunder Heaven Il ere
was never such smith" The figure is
very spirited.
Four statutes have been placed on tn
tower of the City Hall in Buffal
Liberty" keeps sharp lookout over
Niagara river, "Justice" looks across
the city, agriculture" scans the wag-
ons Of the farmers bringing their fruits
| to market. while Commerce" has an
eye to the lake.
The most diabolical pun ever invent
ed was perpetrated by very harmless
sort Of a person the other evening.
When Mr.. Soberleigh read that farmer
in the West had chopped his only son
in two, he innocently remarked that he
didn't think they ought to arrest man
for simply "parting his heir in the mid
die.
| I SANG my love. 'sCome down, come down
| And sail the crinkled river
| She sent to me skreeZv froWn
| That put me in culver.
I swirled and screeled: oh. pray, my love,
| Come sail the scroonchy water!
She fightered wildly, like dove,
And in my boat caught her:
The Queens Balmoral estate, which
covers 25,35O acres, is of the annual
value of 92, 389, while that Of the Prince
of Wales, at Balater, extending over
6,919 acres, is 9816. Lord Dudley, for
on eof his deer forests (Blackmount),
pays 93, 900 a year, while the Duke OF
Richmond's spey fshings are to the an
nual value of $4,000.
Mrs. SARAH MERR1GAN, the alleged
murderess of her convent friend. Mag
gle Hammill, immediately after ner re-
lease on bail on Thursday, fulfilled
VOW which she made at the time OF her
arrest, and went to the convent OF the
Sisters of Mercy in Classon Avenao,
Brooklyn, and spent some time in devo.
tons before the image OF the Virgin
Mary.
"THAr's right, my BROTHER" said a
good advocate of temperance to
Bunker Hill District man, from whom
he had just extracted a pledge of alb
stinence. "That's right; we'll make
YOU an honorary member of the divi-
Sion" ssHonorary member" said the
neophyte; "that means that I'll have to
ask ali hands out, I suppose 9''-Boston
Globe.
"aUMMER draws near" unused Mr..
jenkins, as he gazed on the landscape
from his cottage window the other
morning. Summer drawers, dear, IN
deed" said Mrs. J. sharply. 'sIf you
- - o,,ttino on Summer drawers