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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-10-18
A REMARKABLE DUN.

How Hard-Up Indiana Man Collects His
A business man in New Carlisle, In
diana, has issued a circular letter to
his creditors couched in the following
terms:
MY DEAR SIR:-I want to ask you q
plain question in all kindness and sin
cerity, and would like to have you an
swer it honestly and candidly; not in
two or three years Or months, but now,
this week. Supposing you were as
poor as Jobs turkey, and had invested
$4,000 or So 900 in an enterprise which
you designed to make an exclusively
cash business; supposing as a matter
of accommodation and good nature,
you had trusted it out all over the
country, from HI to Jericho; suppos-
ing you had kept adding to your means
and still putting it on the books, for
few days, until your funds were played
out like old Foot's prayer meeting;
supposing you had claims against you
in the hands of business men who had
accomm odated you in good faith and
needed their money; Supporting you
had some pride in you, and meant to
be square-toed and punctual, and mated
to see the man you owed when you
didn't have the legal tender in your
trowsers to pay his just and lawful de-
mands, worse than you would to see
an Indian or the devil, and suppose
those whom you had accommodated
felt perfectly easy and contented,
SHE'D the track when you went to see
them, and told the wife of their bosom
to answer "not at home" or, came
into town, and left without even play
ing part; supposing they held your
money and waited patiently for wheat
to come up to ninety cents or dollar,
or pork to bring five or six hundred,
what would you do? Would You let
your debtors go and smile and be q
william, or would you sue every moth
er's son of them, that did not pay, it it
was the last thing you did in town? If
you were an honest man you would do
the latter, and that's just what I shall
be compelled to do if the Lord is God
or there is king in Israel [ don't
want money to look at; [ can earn
enough for that; don't want any to salt
down { I never could make it keep;
but out Of several thousands trusted
out [ humbly want few hundreds,
and I'll be id if I won't have it or
an execution returned aaasUu bona. I
love you myself as a mother loves her
frst-born, but love to pay my debts
better than love any man, woman or
child on the face of God Almighty's
green earth, and by the Great Jehovah
and the Centennial Congress propose
to do it, if / have to make costs for
every man in Olive township or in St.
Joseph's county owing me. Now let
us have the "spondulix' and see how
sweet and pretty l can smile upon you.
Yours, courteously
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-10-18
Boys, Don't Leave Home.

Boys, do you remember a story in
the Bible about young man who went
to his father and said, Il want my share
Of the property now; [ am tired of wait
ing for the time to come when it will
be mine; give it to me and I am off ?"
The father divided the farm, the boy
took his portion and "went into far
country" His money did not last long:
he could find no work; he got hungry
and returned home.
Its short story, but the history of
whole life. He left home ''where
there was bread and to spare" and went
to the city. You get tired of the pillow
or the harvest field, and see beautiful
visions of life in the large towns; you
are never told Of the dark hours and
days that will come when your stomach
gnaws and becomes so empty that the
few clothes you have left fit you too
much. You would give your last shirt
for good meal, and your only pants
for place to sleep; and as you pass the
homes of luxury and plenty you would
barter the heart of 'the girl you left be-
hind" for chance at their table of fat
things. Want, dire, dreadful want,
takes you in hand and mocks your cray
ing for bread, saying: how grand to live
in the city !! Time hangs on your
hands; and from sheer want of occupa-
ton you leave the fibre of your neither
vesture on the barrels and boxes of the
house of sin until your movements are
characterized by a flag Of truce, or from
lack of shift you faunt the black flag;
the soil Of sin gathers on your charac-
ter, while the CRIME of the earth clings
to your person; the looking out of your
knees, indicating frequency at devo-
ton, is only another evidence of your
folly in coming to the city.
Don't leave home because you are
tired of it and long for change; for
while we admire pluck, we can only
denounce it as a cowardly act to defy
fate.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-10-18
ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.
An Ambitious Mechanics sacrifice--For-
" Years in Prison to Gain Secret
Released at Last.

An Ambitious Mechanics sacrifice--For-
~ Years in Prison to Gain Secret
Released at Last.
From the Providence Press.
Forty years ago there lived in Provi-
dence, within stones throw from
where the Grace Church now stands,
young man of great intelligence and
wonderful mechanical ability, who
spent little fortune in the valid at
tempt at making a perfect representa-
ton Of. Russia iron, and after as many
failures as attempts in this undertak-
ing be became utterly ruined, fnanci-
ally. His ambition for the secret in
creased as his fortune grew smaller
and smaller, and when absolute want
stared him in the face he became DOS
sessed with the determination to accept
of the only means of obtaining one of
the greatest secrets in mechanical art,
and to gain this he must suffer penal
servitude in the dungeons of Russia.
The rulers of Russia are the only DOS
SCISSORS of the art of making what is
known as glazed Russian iron, used ex-
tensively for all kinds of stoves and
stove-pipe work, and which has for
a century been made within the walls
of Russia's underground prisons. None
but life convicts were allowed to be in
itiated into the secrets of manufacture
OF one of the princi pal means of in
come to the Russian government, and
when once within it's walls no one need
ever hope for pardon, for none has
ever been granted, while but one
has ever been known to have
escaped, and when the door is once
shut to the outside world it is
never known what has been the fate of
the unfortunate. This, then, was the
Providence mans last resort for gain
ing possession of the secret which has
become his only ambition. He left his
home for Europe, and the simple ru-
NOR Of the attempted assassination of
the Gar by an American, supposed to
be insane, was all that was ever known
to his friends of Whist became Of the
ambitious mechanic, and as nearly
half a century has ratified on since be
set out upon his perilous undertaking,
hardly person living will remember
the circumstance which is here record
ed. There is one person, however, in
Providence, who remembers well the
day the hero of our sketch babe her
fearful farewell, promising that be-
fore she reached her twentieth birth
dsy he would return to her and fulfil
his promise. All through those long
years she had never forgotten her
promise to wait for her lover, nor
ceased to believe he would yet come
for her. She now lives within mo-
ment's walk of the chimes of Grace
Church, and is still well preserved, and
her grace and beauty make her far
more attractive than many whose
years are the same as were hers when
her lover separated from her so long
ago. Lately she received the glad
tidings from far away over the water
that he who had SO long kept her pa
tiently waiting was On his way to fulfil
his promise Of forty years ago, and let
us hope he may bring the secret he
paid for SO dearly, and that he may
live to see some reward for his great
sacrifice
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-10-18

nothing risked, nothing gained
decision" "force," and such clap
trap, intended, to dazzle the visionary,
and he decided to put his fortune to
the test, by establishing q newspaper Of
his own, in a small town not far from
the city. The attempt was an ignomin-
Gus failure, and his little capital was
entirely swamped.
wager now thought himself lucky in
getting situation as foreman in Job
printing office. Here he worked on a
few years more, outstanding his gains
thrifty. His far-gazing eye was still
fixed upon the pictured star of journal
ism, which had so enchanted his youth,
and he exulted in having well high at
tanned that charmed height, on which
he had SO long gazed with wistful eye,
when an opportunity was offered him
to buy an interest in a long established
journal.
The bargain was struck, and Gustave
wager was at last seated in an editors
easy chair. But it TRANSFERRED that it
was only the dying condition of the
concern that enabled him to take it so
easily, and in his haste to become pro-
prietor, he neglected to investigate.
In less than a year he was again q
beggar
Out Of sheer necessity, Gustave went
back to the case, and brought himself
down to the employment of, sticking
types. The wings of his ambition now
sorrowfully trailed in the dust. When
ever hope struggled up through the
gloom of disappointment and disgust
to flicker for q moment like an ignis
fatuus on the surface of morass, it
was only to reveal in more vivid aspect
the desolation of his prospects.
"And it has come to this at last---a
mere machine +" he muttered with
desperate resignation. GA mere ma
chine
In the meantime the business of the
old man wager had grown immensely,
swelling out on the right hand and on
the left, blooming into numerous cor
ner groceries, and ripening at last into
an extensive wholesale establishment.
Finding, now, the aspiration of his
son somewhat humbled, and his ideas
more congenial with the homely affairs
of life, he invited Gustave to become q
partner in the business, which, after
the humiiations of all these years, was
hailed by him as a streak of good for
tune surpassed only in fairy tales.
Yes, Gustave Wager was rich, but a
grocer still, and destined such to re-
main.
AS for Gretchen, the heyday of youth
and love declined, and her fair was over
without purchaser. The shadows of
old maidhood were deepening in her
eye, and bringing the lines of her face
into bolder relief.
She had received offers enough, to be
sure, in her day, but she had vowed
vow never to marry except to one who
was rich. Some of these young men
discarded by her on account of their
impecuniousness had since grown
wealthy, and Miss Friedland, spinster,
spent much of her time in unavailing
regrets.
At last Gustave renewed his early Of
fer. Gretchen accepted him this time
without hesitation, and became the wife
of rich man, but he was neverthess
the son Of a grocer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-10-18
A Good Hit.

Professor Ellicott Evans, of Hamil-
ton College, tells this story concerning
his grand uncle, Joseph Ellicott and
the Chief Red Jacket: The two having
met at Tonawanda Swamp, they sat
down on log which happened to be
convenient, both being near the mid
die. Presently Red Jacket said, in his
almost Ineligible English: g Move
along, Jo." Ellicott did so, and the
sachem moved W to HIM In a few
minutes came another request: Move
along, Jo," and again the agent COM
piled and the chief followed. Scarcely
had this been done when Red Jacket
again said: "Move along Jo." Much
annoyed, but willing to humor him,
and not seeing what he meant, Ellicott
complied, this time reaching the end
of the log. But that was not sufficient,
and presently the request was repeated
for the fourth time: "Move along,
Jo." Why, man." angrily replied the
agent, I can't move any further with
out getting off from the log into the
mud" ugh Just SO white man.
Want Indian move along move along.
Can't go no farther, but he say move
along"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-10-18
A Windfall.

The officers of the Amazon came to
their captain and said: Sir, could you
not take us into Lisbon; it is so long
since we have been on shore? There
isfsn opera there, and it would be such
a treat !" "No," said the captain, we
must not be idle, shall stand off and
see what I can pick up" The next
day the first lieutenant spoke to the
captain on behalf of the officers: "Sir,
you know what hard work they have
all had-no change, and they have not
been on shore for nearly year. Do
you think you could let them have
week at Lisbon?-get their stock and
little relaxation?" No." was the re-
ply, this is the first opportunity the
ship has had of making prizes, and l
will not neglect it for pleasure" No
strange sail came in sight that day, and
it was melancholy for the officers who
had hoped for run on shore; but the
morning after, a fine vessel was seen at
daybreak, and the excitement of
chase commenced. Many of our best
sailors have. in their secret hearts lit
tie superstition. That morning Cap
tain Parker's dog, a remarkably we'll
OOA1o'N OA csliAIIAe1A, WIZ SoNO liz tIouUAC
to any of the sweepers-for the first
and last time in his, life-forfeited his
good character in the captains cabin.
Instead of beating the animal for this,
an old and somewhat conBe proverb
flashed across the captains mind. The
proverb, now quite obsolete, but, pre-
sumo, common in Stafordshire CEN
fury ago, was to this effect" Dirty
luck is good luck" And Captain
Parker hailed the omen! The chase
showed Spanish colors. She was over
taken and boarded. The. officer re-
turned, hardly able to articulate from
excitement: -" She is the Grovino, sir,
of six guns" Well, what is her
cargo?" ooh, sir, she has hides and
indigo" THAT is capital;" but seeing
the lieutenant still much excited,
" anything else" GO Yes, sir, cochineal p
"Still better. What is the matter
any more?' Sir, she has three hum
dred and thirty thousand dollars in
hard coin besides w The joy through
out the ship over the dreary blockading
at Toulon, where the prize money did
not abound, may easily be conceived.
All the officers instantly came up to
thank their captain for his frmness in
not yielding to their entreaties, and ex-
pressed their gratitude with genuine
fervor.-Lteof SIR W. Parker.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-10-18
A YOUNG man fresh from college un-

A YOUNG man fresh from college un-
dertook to address political meeting,
and pointing to fellow with no collar
on, and beard of three days. growth,
said, "Look at yon son of toll" The
person apostrophized replied, with ami
nation, that he wasn't going to stand
there and hear his mothers fair name
aspersed. "Take that back |" he
shouted and before the astonished
orator had time to take it back, he was
assaulted with beer mug.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-10-18
THE ANGEL OF PATIENCE.
q Free Paraphrase of the German.


4 Free Praphrase of the German.
BY JOHN q. WHITTIER.
To weary hee1ts, to mourning homes,
Gods meekest angel gently comes
No power has he to Danish pain,
Or give US back our lost again;
And yet in tenderest love, our dear
And Heavenly Father sends him here
There's quiet in that angels glance,
There's rest in his still countenance
He Knocks no grief with idle cheer,
Nor wounds with words the mourner's ear
But ills and woes he may not cure
He kindly trains us to endure.
Angel of Patience sent to calm
Our feverish brows with cooling palm;
To lay the storms of hope and fear,
And reconcile ife's smile and tear;
The throbs of wounded pride to still,
And make our own our Fathers will,
Oh, thou who mournest on thy way,
With longings for the close of day:
He walks with thee, that angel kind,
And gently whispers, 6 Be resigned,
Bear up, bear on, the end shall tell
The dear Lord ordereth all things we'll"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-10-18
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.
Nothing to Do.


have shot my arrows and spun my top,
And handled my last new ball.
I trundled my hoop till 1 had to stop,
And swung till got fall;
tumbled my books all out of the shelves
And hunted the pictures through:
I've flung them where they may sort themselves
And now-I have nothing to do.
The tower of Babel I built of blocks -
Came down with crash to the floor:
Ny train of cars ran over the rocks
I'll warrant they'll run no more;
have raced with Grip till Pm out of breath;
Il Ny slate is broken in two, ~ :,
So can't draw monkeys-Im tired to DEATH
Because have nothing to do.
The boys have gone to the pond to fish
They bothered me, too, to go,
But for fun like that hadn't wish,
For think its mighty slow
To sit all day at the end of a rod
For the sake of a minnow or two,
Or to land, at the farthest an eel on the sod
I'd rather have nothing to do.
Maria has gone to the woods for flowers,
And Lucy and Rose are away
After berries-Pm sure they We been out for hours,
wonder what makes them stay!
Ned wanted to saddle Brunette for me-
But riding is nothing new; ~
"I was thinking you'd relish canter," said he,
Because you have nothing to do"
wish was poor Jim Fosters son,
For he seems so happy and gay
When his wood is chopped and his work all done,
With his little half hour of play;
He neither has books, nor top, nor ball,
Yet he's singing the whole day through
But then-he is never tired at all
Because he has nothing to do.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-10-18
How a Spider Makes It's Web.

When we watch how the web is
made, we shall see much that is anus
ing, and you may afterwards observe
the spider for yourselves. You know
how even the web is when it is perfect
every thread is arranged in order,
and it looks like fairy wheel Of the
thinnest gossamer. When the spider
makes it he begins with the thread that
would be the spokes of the wheel, run
ming out from the centre to the edges.
There are generally between twenty
and thirty of these, and he goes over
them again and again to make them
strong, and fastens them all well to-
gether n the centre. Then, going to
the outer edge, be begins walking
round it, leaving his thread after him
where he goes, and makes it fast to
every spoke before he proceeds to the
next. Thus gradually he works round
and round, the circles narrowing, until
he and his thread are in the centre,
and then the web is finished There
are some spiders that construct sort
of ladder of silk, going back among the
leaves close by, and at the end of it
they lay hidden till their prey is
caught; but usually the spider sits in
the middle of his web, giving it now
and then a shake to make sure that it
is all strong, Or rubbing his long legs
to brush off the dust. The web is all
sticky, every thread Of it being damp
with a gummy substance, SO the mo-
ment q fly touches it he is stuck fast.
Meanwhile the spider waits in the
centre, resting his claws on the almost
invisible spokes of his airy wheel. The
fly struggles-foolish, fatal movement
The spider feels which thread is
shaking the first instant it trembles,
and following it, he reaches the fly. If
it is a large one, he clasps it with his
long legs, and strikes its sharp nippers
into his body. Instantly the fly ceases
to struggle; it is dead. The spider has
poisoned it by fluid which lies hidden
in his front claws. Now he cuts away
the threads close to his victim, and
then twirling the dead fly round and
round, swaths him in new threads.
Having thus made up g, compact
bundle, he attaches it to himself, and
at his leisure carries it to some hiding
place, and enjoys his meal.-Ldtsle
Folks.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-10-18

DENMARK farmers now rush around
AMI get in their hay, with American
moving machines.
, 1876-01-07

tue tFurposo ot securing indictments asalns.
eovsfal Of tho parties 10 ths one or
t'.o two Of ~, whom hare held quito p cs,ent poat
certain officer OF tho United Biz Memphis,
haspg Government funds il possession,
loan'1 se0,oo0 10 this 1rm to- ) tho purchase
81 a., cotton. Subsequently,; = oedtng. ssro
,naatiscd against tho tjr e. tic purpose
IL l.! .bs: bnsooTfs1nS ~. tlls mor md sue sh.ree
ar5; sI; ,hstng In eotlnaon gS looks, VII, IL also
r;,,, mn'L *no.n *na o. t,e De ent 10 connection
will lido aea'-lock oisirS = .aco3cded Ia
nntplx0c ar CASE
aRaines this firm until It was abla to press
through Tho Treasury Department = ola,ta
aEssnst tl;n dovarnmcnt fof alot,: Al equal
amount Ihis Il ono Of se1iss at cnsrs that
tho Secretary has causeI to 10 fully iuyc.t1natsi
VIII . vsem -, Of exposing aud puuisa,ng iii con.
eeFneas l ho ktxnshctIons connected viii, cnk,
ton oporatloos telona 10 = Glars wh,c, ,he
nemocfata 10 axpeeted % make mitch capita! ont ont
o. By investigating, but gu The very threshold
OF thett m1yenenta in that ttlloctlon thav
tlod HAT tho sec7essry himaelr has beou loaSlny
Tor them to do.
, 1876-01-07
ONLY DIRECT LINE 70 FRANCE.

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H., ssssss Mss Ys.k .aa a,,o sad
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f..AaLEs lall41le. Estu.ds. 1sn
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urnIoE Or rAasso III GULD iineladias stps,s
rot Ks eapah, w ~ &so acec51tuE Y
ts tnaax 4. e. s,ta ;,ppsfor
marked tnni ~ M nasry .eeralo passengers.
, 1876-01-07
NOTES AND NEWS.
DISTINCT PfNASf.Ep.

8pkrd1t D7siuteh n Ihs Chicago 7r,hxn<.
WASHINGTON, D. G.. Jan. 6-Tbo Dlst,4A
commissioners ta7o prepared bill IN tho direc-
lion OF retrcnohneut and .oform III tho District
Government, WHICH the2 aze trsing to psrgnado
the Democlattc House Committee to .udor.o and
oct upon. 1t pros[dcs for abolition of lin
board OF sinking-Fund Commissioning, aud
turning over al1 Of their business IT, tho Trcasur,
department. It n1fo abolishes ths Do,ri al
audtt. W.tb ltb optra force o{ c.etls, elI vents
tts business In the First uud Ss;ond C.tnr.
tiot'ees, otlicers Of tls Treasury. Thcso Iwo
changes Will effect large saving. and a; tho
ha1no tir9a add to tho efficiency OF lbs pj..r1ut
OlsiheAs. 1u!H IL another instance In wb,cli TIM
Republicans have been ia advance OF tho De 10.
ctats IN proposing moasuru4 OF rotrsnchmeut
THE CONSULAR sEhv1cE.
DIT. KandiEfs First estimate IN rossrd to thu ro.
anc;ion Of expe1dtutea included Tbs cutting
uoHo ol tho Consular and Diplo nasjc bill ss5Oo,-
900. THO Sub. Committee, Ioxoyor. to wi,om M
faFe tho bill. after lAbnrio9 t. cut do wn 10 ali
dlEectione In this SERVICE las finally rouortad tn
tbs TAU Committee, snd has ouly auc:oedod In
e!fecttng aroduction Of &97, o.. fepubtica IL io
the last Coog,caa ovsrhaued thf. mater 40
thoroughly Al to lcavs very Httla to roluco In
this service.
uak 10 ILLS scat in tho seukte today for tho firs
kln0. ~
WHsON's Eu1o1Isrn.
Tue following Senators will dellYe, euIoees
npon Henry Hisou boutwell,. Dawes, Cameron
OF Ponnay!vaus, CraRin, Gordon, HamlEn. In
Kelly. ~
, 1876-01-07
BRtSTOW AS AN INVESTIGATOR.
4 HIGH Cpr1QH Gaze.

cp<e4aI b5&pateA n TIA CAHaaa 7Ffbh"t.
WAsu1aaras, D. c.. Jau. 6.-1hs Treasury
Department has been tor rome time loyestfgss-
log certain Irregularities In cotton 1aussctons.
Ons Of sh&ss es&ss, that Of Parkmau, Brooks d
Co., u about 10 b. Slrsn 10 ths Grand jury for
, 1876-01-07

NEW Yulsk 10 QUEknHrOwH AND 1,tyEupoo1.
MEhvhTtA s't ,oas Saturday. JAa. l. 1t "a o. u,
t45l tom ,jan a. 81 II nsoa. H.
.r.r. y0H LoHiA1M DIRECT,
GnEROE. A.oo ton.; eduatds1. Jan. H. At n, NJ
cabin pAss&Ss. aN and 90 currency, nsfurn tiak.
ets A. reduced tstes. Hsalayu tiotnts III cutTsuSS
Drafts f.r 81 and upNAsds On iireat Britain.
Aupbtt L, Il. LANEnN
NorhtAst sorusr C.srk Randolph fopno:,ts
, 1876-01-07
MERCHANT TAILORING,
OCEAN NAVIGATION.
STAR Rail-, TINE.

STAR BALL LINE.
UNITED BTAlE3 l. uHAXiL MAIL STEAMSHIPS,
Sailing regularly escry mouth fruu. Wslsons Wharf,
Brooklyn, NIX.
For pst" Peranaaueo Bahia, and Flo 1ancro, calling
At IT. Jolna portn llicu.
NELLIE MAItTIk, J.Ux1 tona, jan. ~, at n. m,
JOHN DtAMALi4, I, ,hni tpls. Ee1. ~, 1t l +. III,
J. y. WALKElE, 1.70u tana. March q. 1t ! p. III,
Then Tho .t Ut tho 'noltb falls GU 6undAy, stsam.
en sail Tue day prnvtons These steamers perfect
ly nav. with bu latest uf roy eiusus having rst-
c4tss InkscnRer accommodations.
For frulsht Grd patsasc, at reduced rates. srrly to
j. i. TUCKER h Gu, Agents.
81 l1neht., Now York.
, 1876-01-07
COLLECTION AGENCY
R Z c 1T

TX i &F Il
On, - In punt ytsrs collecting overdue ealms 1T
s.sEY description. 10 our in!ensioa. spsciaes, how
sueh II old ab&ndoned, apparently worthless
aud Of large smounta so becoming Tho sule Every
clai seut Will 10 adjusted without charge unIets
II0A AGENCY, Hate AUD Mouzo~.sb,, Uaica2o.