Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-02-02
Odds and Ends.

Odds and Ends.
A sCHooLMAsTER of Blair county,
Pennsylvania, has issued challenge to
any pedagogue in Cambria to spell 2, 900
for the championship of the two coln-
ties.
The Princes of Abyssinia, through
American missionaries, have asked the
assistance of the United States against
the Mohammedan invaders. An appeal
for help has also been made to the
British Government.
Rev. E. P. POWELL, of Chicago,
(Unitarian) opposes the revival system
because it is rapid and unsatisfactory,
hurries persons into church as sheep
into fold upsets faith in regular work,
and is underlaid by brutal theology.
SpMKMs has been telling us of Hin
doc native missionary who called on him
for subscription the other day. "Did
he give you big salaam as he went
out?" We inquired. mo, but he gave
the door one," replied the incorrigible
/ Leander.
Mr.. RUSSELL SwAN1cK, of the Ciren
cester Eng.) Agricultural College, re-
ising SOW of his celebrated Berkshire
breed, the former at 70 guineas and the
latter at 30 guineas, both exported to the
United States.
chow are you getting on at your new
place ?" asked lady OF girl whom she
had recommended for situation,
Every well, thank you," answered the
girl. "I'm glad to hear it, said the
lady, "your employer is very nice
person, and you cannot do to much for
her." 81 don't mean to-" was the iu-
nocent reply.
AN actor fell through loose trap as
he was leaving the stage. Emerging
instantly afterwards he was met with q
hearty laugh, and to the remark of
wag, 81 was sorry to see you descend
to such clap trap man@uvres as that"
Eyes, was the quick reply; "butyouu
admit that never undertake anything
without going through"
ONE night, at the Duke of Devon
shire's, the beautiful Mrs. - was en-
treating Lord Melbourne to grant her
some favor for friend. In her eager
ness, she grasped hold of his hand,
saying: CHOW do" Lord Melbourne
looked round merrily and said, s'Now
do, my dear Mrs. -, do let go of my
hand. I want to scratch my nose.
AsYsTEM for furnishing meals and
lodgings on tickets, to be paid for in
labor, has been introduced into Boston,
and it is said to work admirably. The
tickets are sold in packages to the rich
and benevolent, who are SO often ap-
piled to for assistance, and. instead of
giving money, they can offer those
freely, as none but the actual needy will
accept them.
The British Museum has lately be-
come possessed of an autograph letter
of Sir John Fastolfe, the original of
Shakespeare's cowardly hero. Fastolfe,
however, was not a coward, but a
brave knight and true gentleman,
though he was degraded for retreating
before Joan of Arc. His name was in
serted in the poem after the friends of
Sir John Oldcastle threatened the poet
with personal violence unless the latters
name was taken out.
1T must be apparent that the pro-
portion of butter will vary, not only
with the breed, but with the season Of
the year. The milk of the Ayrshire
COW is generally richer in butter than
that of the short thorn, but not so rich
as the Jersey or Brittany. The best re-
turns of butter are got late In summer
or early in the fall, September or Oc-
tober.-Olave Logan.
THE curious and interesting project
has just been started in Philadelphia of
reproducing complete file of the Penn
sylvania Journal of a hundred years
ago. The first number, that of January
3, 1776, was accordingly issued on Jan
uary I, 1876, under the process of pho
tolithography. which century ago our
fathers knew nothing of. The first,
second, seventh and eighth pages form
the fac sin1ile of TIE ancient paper,
while the others in modern style of ty-
.pogrophy, constitute the Pennsylvania
Journal for 1776.
A FARMER escorted his girl into a
Vicksburg shoe store, the other day,
to have her provided with new under
standings, and as he left her, in order
to call at a store in another street, he
said: "Now, Hannah, don't go and
make fool of yourself trying to crowd
your big No. 7feei in No. 5 shoes!"
She blushsd fiery red and gave him a
terrible lock, but he went on: ''You
know you did it last spring, and be-
ieve that's the reason you had them
biles on your legs r
FoR the centennial exhibition 318 ar
fists have applied to the German com.
mission for spaces, against 518 appi-
cants of all other classes. OF collective
exhibitions in the German department
there will be 18, having 500 partici
pants. The architect Bartels, who was
sent to Philadelphia by the German
commission, reports very favorably on
the progress of the buildings, and pro-
nounces Paramount Park one of the
handsomest public places in the world.
MISS LOUISA M. ALcorr may be
credited with inventing new substi-
tute for speech. She visited the
Sorosis the other day and was formally
presented to the club by the president
as the s'most successful woman author
in America, and being on her feet. told
a little story. She said at Vassar Col
lege the girls, as usual, asked for q
speech, and when she also, as usual,