Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-09-13
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been sold for ole iron in Trenton. N. J.
HE Empress of Germany saws tn
world would be better governed
women had more to do with politics.
EMPRESS VICTORIA throws a stone
round handed, and sharpens a lead
pencil with a pair of scissors.
THE St. Lawrence is the onlv river in
the world which enjoys the symmetry
of having head larger than it's mouth
THE young man who gets up early
these cool, delicious mornings to prac-
tlce on the organ has large circle of
acquaintance but no friends.
A MAN in Oswego recentlv had one
hundred and twenty-four pounds of
Warts taken off his hands. A man
named Wright married her.
A CHICAGO Chinaman saws that he
looks around "alle time" and never
puts his money into a bank that has
marble desks or dashing officers with
diamond pins.
A SWEDE who went to Salt Lake.
several years ago to live, has become
insane because his four daughters. one
after the other, married the same Nor
mon. .uH
The monument of Christopher Co.
lumbus, to be erected by the Italian
residents Of Philadelphia, on the Cen
tenn1al grounds, has arrived from Car
rara, Italy.
THERE is a Philadelphia Judge who
sentences batch of thieves in such a.
Jolly way that the prisoners can't help
but take 1t all Ia good part, and file off
TO prison with grins wrapped clear
around their heads.
PENIKESE ISLAND, in Buzzard's BAY.
which John Anderson gave to to Prof.
Agass1z for a summer school in natura
history, now reverts to Mr.. Anderson,
who proposes to make it his summer
residence.
New YORK Commercial: Rumor
states that movement is on foot
among the hotel keepers of the United
States to secure another visit from Dom
Pedro. They took, in all, about s4O,-
OOO out of him during the last one.
A FEMALE lawyer in Wyoming was
recently obliged to suspend her argu-
ment before Justice in order to ad-
minister to the wants of her baby, who
was arguing for its dinner in an adioin-
ing room.
J A YANKEE counsel, who was defend
ing q man On trial for wife murder,
sought for some euphonious and inno-
cent phrase with which to describe his
clients crime, and finally said: "He
winnowed her into paradise with fence
rail-"
EVEN Madame "Fashion" has heard
Of the hard times, and gracefully
yields. The rage for variety of fabrics
and colors IN one dress enables the
ladies to use up the closet hidden ma
terials of the past. It is now fashion
able for young ladies to make their
own hats.
THE Dutch have built a splendid
lron-clad, and can't get it into the sea
because they have not got canal big
enough to float it there. Let our
Dutch friends keep their big ship
where 1t is; they will be able to see it
occasionally (which is more than we,
not being nation of divers, can say
about some of ours.-Punch.
The Swedes have an ingenious way
of teaching geography in their schools.
1t consists of an outline map of Swe-
den, drawn upon large blackboard.
At the location of each city and town
is a hole in the board, and little blocks
with pins attached, each containing the
name Of city, are stuck in rows on
the side of the board. The pupil re-
constructs the map by putting each
block IN It's appropriate place.
Mr.. CRUM, of the Rochester Express,
in describing how it feels to lay
hands. on a materialized spirit, says:
The spirit was found as expected to
be, Of solid flesh and blood, and of true
womanly proportions. 1t instantly
twisted around the left, and made for
the cabinet door, fairly slipping through
the grasp of the reporter, before he
was aware of its exceeding great
strength, and disappeared into the
cabinet, rapidly closing the door after
her and holding it firmly
A YOUNG man, says the Norristown
Herald, disappeared from his home last
spring and his parents heard nothing
from him until yesterday, when he
came home with broken nose, four
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ear partially gone, one eye missing and
a crutoh under his right arm. At first
his mother thought he was the victim
of a nitro-glycerine exploiion, but
when he sank down into chair and
feelingly remarked, Home base at
last" she knew right away that he had
been travelling with a professional base
ball club, and charitably forbore ques-
tioning him.
SADIE r., little three year-old child,
attended church for the first time on
an Easter occasion in a Protestant
Episcopal Church. She sat very still
and saw the procession of children
march into the church with
flowers in their hands, all singing.
Onward, Christian Soldier" A few
weeks later this little Miss made her
second visit to church, and this time to
the Presbyterian, where she entered at
the head of the family and marched
down the aisle, loudly singing Coward.