Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-08-09
Miscellaneous Items.

a..a H. aa;.,rad London Spectator.
Miscellaneous Items.
The motto of the watering place
girls is Let no single man escape"
CHICAGO has a public benefactor-a
notion peddler, who goes through the
country In a fancy wagon and makes it
his religion to shoot every dog that
runs out and barks at his team.
A WOMAN at Minneapolis, Mimi, re-
Gently found secreted in desk, which
had once been the property of her
great-grandmother, a little package
containing seventeen diamonds.
h A VEGETARIAN who was lodging an
Infatuated bull behind a tree, exclaim-
ed: "You ungrateful beast, you toss
vegetarian who never ate beef in his
life Is that the return you make? ?"
Mr.. WILLIAM E. BAKER has given a
farm of fifty acres and $4,000 to found
a college of cookery. He holds that
fried pork and doughnuts have de-
populated New England. He "beans"
well. w15
THOSE three Cinnamon who took a
watermelon home and cooked it say
that they feel able to worry along on
rice short time longer without fooling
with any more new-fangled arrange
ments in the vegetable line.
The Prince of Wales is field mar
shall, colonel of the Eighteenth Hus-
sars, Rife Brigade, and Fourteenth In
fantry, and captain-general of the Ar
t1llery Company, SO that he draws five
salaries. b. Geu aI.g ssA
QUEEN VICTORIA has assumed the ex-
pense of constructing one of the gate
ways with which the old Notifications
of Quebec are to be pierced in the re-
modelling Of the city. The gateway
will be named after the Duke Of Kent.
iN The completed "Doomsday Book"
gives the United Kingdom 72119,8S2
acres of Of land, and 5 ,212932 inhabited
houses. There are 316, 1856 persons who
own more than one acre of land, and
852,438 who own less than one. The
rest of the folks rent.
"E,WHAT a traveller you have be-
come = exclaimed a Bostonian on
meeting an acquaintance at CONSTANT
nople. TO tell you the TRUTH" was
thesfrank reply, Il am obliged to run
about the world to keep ahead of my
character, for the moment it overtakes
me / lam ruined.' esa Is
IS In Pawtucket, while, a clerk in the
furniture store of Mr. William B. Read
was breaking up an old desk which had
been purchased three years before, he
touched a spring and drawer opened,
from which dropped tire gold twenty
dollar pieces. IsA & ta49aa
SINCE the Centennial Fourth has
passed away the demand for old men
has yisibly declined, and revolution
airy party aged one hundred and four
teen years, who was quoted at twenty
five cents a peep three weeks ago, has
now resumed his occupation as wood
sawyer IN Burlington, and attracts no
more attention than the alien who
only foated over day before yesterday.
-HoqUkeue. aSisraz
EtnONE of the chief amuseme nts at pres
emit for Partisan high life is the mail
| coach picnic. Several owners of four
inlhands start for a fixed point inside
the suburbs, and if a. passable inn can
be found, the parties enjoy their ease
tor lunch are extracted from the boot,
q tent run up, and a dance improvised
on the grass. The Baroness Rothschild
| dives her own mail coach, and is a
splendid whip, and races with these We
hlcles are on the cards.
MRS. A. BENNETT, who was bitten by
a hoopsnake" while attending pic
mic on Game Fork some weeks ago has
about recovered. She. was bitten on
the hand, and in few minutes her en-
tire arm was fearfully swollen. Over
three quarts of whisky were given be-
fore it took any effect. She was taken
to Blue Rapids and placed under the
care of a physician. The snake was
pronounced to be what is called the
hoopsnake," and had horn on the
end of it's tail somewhat resem bling the
spur of a rooster. l. is the first one of
the kind we have heard of in this sec.
ton. = Watervile Telegraph.
! The French Duke deMorny received
an application for employment from a
young man who came well recon-.
.mended. But / do not know how to
1 find you place; my household is full
Your Grace" said the young man.
nervously lingering his hat, az sadly
need work" Wen, sul suppose I make
you my hair dresser ?". The applicant
colored and replied, 81 do not seek a
slnecure." The Duke was entirely
bald, and for the fellows wit hired him
az jester. ~. sas