Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-06-18
MULTUM In PARVO.

1T is plalns thaGs CarruJIl, the flneidnu
| editor, is a bullet-headed man.
A BosToN street-car conductor hanged
himself rather thar use bell-punch.
elm strawberry shortcake it isn't the
cake that's short; it's the Strawberries. T"
~. y Commercial Adoertsser.
GIVE man light heart, white hat,
and new suit of linen, and for day ne
is above the cares and depressions of this
world.
4 PARTY of Georgians have lately been
exploring the great Okeefenokee Swamp.
1t does not appear that they hit upon
any scheme of bringing it into use.
Or a thousand dead horses taken to
the New York offal dock during the past
winter, $50 had died from rot and other
diseases of the hoof caused by travelling
in salted slush.
A GOOD many of those Eastern fellows
seem to be preparing just now to spend
the summer abroad, by borrowing all the
money they can get, and becoming sud
denly embarrassed"
IT isn't often that any ordinary person
accumulates board bill of SAC, 900, but
San Francisco man has brought a suit
for this amount for boarding the wife Of
relative from March, 1S49, to July,
1862
ON Monday evening his wife asked
him where he was going, as she observed.
him putting on his overcoat. am go
ing to sally FORTH" he replied; and she
warmly rejoined: Let me catch you
going with any Sally Forth"
SAID saucy Rochester beauty to
foppish fellow who bored her with his
compliments: "Your presence and con-
versation are vastly agreeable, and what
is remarkable, your attractiveness does
not seem to depend upon brains at ALL"
In the first Masonic lodge Of Jerusa-
lem, it is said that the Master is an
American, the Past Master an English
man, the Senior Warden a German, tho
Juniofs Warden native, the Treasurer
Turk, the Secretary Frenchman, the
Senior Deacon Persian, and the Junior
Deacon Turk. There are Christians,
Mohammedans and Jews in the lodge.
A LEGACY was left the town of Marble
head, Mass. by former citizen named
Abbott. 1t has been decided to expend
the money in erecting brick building,
with stone trimmings, of sufficient size
to contain hall seating 1900 upersons,'
and library of 10000 volumes, together
with ample accommodations for all the
town officers b9sqsY7 gan eaH
THIS is the season when the young
miss who has been at boarding. school a
year" finishes her education;" when it
does no good for her old country lover to
come hanging around; when she hates
to have her plain old father come up
from the farm to see his "darter grad
ate," and when she writes to her friend
that she's glad her "hawid Studies is
done. ."--Erc1tdnge.
THE silver mines at Newburyport,
Mass, are pronounced by competent au-
thority to be but foat'' ore, and not
true veins. 1t is asserted that the mines
are in the hands of spectators, who re-
vive the tagging interest of the commu-
nifty by burying ore in new places and dig
ging it up again and proclaiming new
find; and that the recent demonstration
was all show, and the ore shipped osten-
sibly for smelling was worthless trash.
In removing the spire of the Pine
Street Church, Portland, Me-, the hernet-i
ically-sealed copper ball on its apex was
opened and found to contain variety of
odds and ends not altogether of a. relig- >
ious character. Before the ball was
sealed the workmen had evidently
it's contents were old newspapers, play
bills, pamphlets, political posters, by
laws of fire company, wine card and
a variety of other matter hastily depos-
tied. s9t
LITTLE do women care for wit, or
beauty, or true merit; they acknowledge
them, but only with their lips. 8"I like
him"-~-that is the WordWhich says every
thing and carries all before it. Very
much like the choice of a hat or ribbon:
!" like it," This phrase means she finds
some secret harmony, some keen delight,
the satisfaction of some strange personal
desire, extreme, eccentric. even So an
easy carriage, fresh gloves, a gay, witty
phrase, penetrating tone OF voice have
each their influence; in short, the style
Of cookery best suited to her palate te9in
a word: 81 like cherries, take cher
ries "--Iainea ~
For years and years the people Of
Hartford, Conn, clamored for bathing
house-a genuine free-as-water swim
ming establishment. At last the happy
day arrived--it was some time last year
and a brand-neW structure was e
launched for the use of the rich and
poor. 1t was used a few weeks. just
long enough for the bathers toTub off {
the fresh paint, when winter came ON.
This spring the freshets left the human
duck house high and dry on land, and as
it would cost considerable to get it ahoat
again the city Common Council are in
favor of selling it for relic or kindling-
wood. 1t cost $1,000. m ~ ~