Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-11-03
Odds and Ends.
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Deux Mondes, as the author of the
--latest Stuarts'
JACKSON, Michigan, raspberry patch
es are bearing second crop this year.
Jow YING has opened laundry in Ii
tusville. He says: "Washee shirtee
alice sam Ilish woman"
The New Opera House now in course
of erection in London will be the largest
in Europe except the San Carlo, of Ma
pies.
AN Illinois paper states that in fifteen
OF It's exchanges on one day it found
statement to the effect that 1.-THE delay
in issuing our paper this week is owing
to all hands being down with the chills
and fever"
Mrs. GEORGE LILLE tMulock) Craik
writes to say that her husband never
wrote book, she has not been left
widow, and has no infant daughter.
She doubts If her warmest friends would
consider her lively and original in
conversation neither is she decidedly
odd in dress and manners.
A PROFESSOR asked his class: What
is the aurora ? " A student, scratching
his head, replied: We'll, professor, I
did know, but / have forgotten"
Well, that is sad, very sad," rejoined
the professor. The only man in the
world that ever knew has forgotten it.
AT Brightwood, Mass, there is dog
which every morning goes to the rail
road, receives 3 copy of the Springfield
Republican (thrown to him by the
newsboy on the train), and takes it
home to his master.
In London birds are the fashion for
decoration both for the centre-table,
and for the wall among pictures. Stuffed
birds, monkeys, and other animals are
used rs stems to lamps, bear even
serving as dumb waiter, perched on
his hind legs, and now and then swan,
its wingsset and it's graceful neck curved
naturally, will form the exterior of a
drawing-roo1n seat, satin covered stool
being introduced between the wings and
behind the neck.
1T is predicted that the oyster crop
will be exceptionally good and heavy
this year. The best season is before us,
says the bivalvular prophets, that mas
been known for fifteen years. The
plantation owner at Newark Bay,
Amboy, and other points along Long
Island Sound are expecting a yield of
1000, 600 bushels, and profits of from
$500, 900 to $1,000 In that neighbor-
hood 1000 men and ZOO yessels of all
descriptions are engaged in supplying
the oyster business.
T HEY captured, the other day, twelve
out of eighteen bandits who had robbed
freight train on the Mexican Railway
near Cordova, and with exemplary
promptness condemned whole the dozen
to death and executed them. This pro-
duced such an effect throughout the
country that a band Of robbers who had
plundered house near Jalisco return
ed the owners watch to him with note
explaining that their intentions had
been entirely honorable, as they only
wanted weapons to begin revolution
with.
ACCORDING to the annual railroad re-
port for England, Wales, Scotland and
Ireland for 1873, the total number of
miles of track was 1902. The total
cost of all these miles of track was g.
941 COL $40, or an average cost OF $780,
9I2 per mile. The number of passen-
gers carried by rail during the year was
455, 1920, 1885, The net receipts of all the
roads amounted to $134, 945, 76O. The
total share capital is $2,162, 1884, $40. and
the. dividends declared amounted to
5.07 per cent. of the whole share CAPT
tai.
A HEATH man, who is quite hen
fancier, and who has quite large lot
Eof fowls, recently heard a peculiar noise
in his hen house. Hastily getting out
of his warm bed he grasped his gun
and sailed out into the frosty night air
to give the nocturnal disturber OF his
dreams particular fits, when again the
noise sounded dismally forth. He kill
ed long legged Bramah rooster, and
the next day remarked that the rooster
didn't crow to suit him.
A HoRsE-RAcER in Nevada, CAL, has
won great reputation for daring by
feat performed at recent trottlng
match in that place. He was driving
spirited mare in very close heat, when
one of the reins broke, and the animal
became unmanageable. Releasing his
feet from the ssrests . on the thills, he
Jumped upon the back OF the mare and
crept along until he could grasp the
snafae, when, clinging to his perilous
perch with one hand, he pulled hard
enough with the other to throw the
steed back on her launches and regain
his control over her.
CONSIDERING that the following comes
from British source, it is not very
bad. It is going the round OF the Eng
lish railway smoking carriages. For,
be it known, in these carriages SO much
envied by the ladies, social harmony
animates the travellers, and they talk
just as if they were not reserved first
class Britons. This is not a smoking
compartment, SIR said an indignant
lady, pausing on the step, and glar1ug
at the smoker. every likely, said
tee smoker. "You have no right 10
smoke here, sir; and if you, don't e de-
sist, I must call the guard said the
lady aVery likely" was the reply.
II shall be ehoked.'' Every likely"
s. Why do you smoke, sir, when | OBJ
jec?" g Why. madam, tobacco IS