Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29
Items of Interest.

killed.
1HE high price of meat in England
has brought to light the fact that there
is at present les live stock in that conn
try than In any other in Europe.
A FAMILY of five persons were dan
gerously poisoned at Louisville, by eat
ing soup that had been made the dav
previous in a copper kettle.
The first outdoor growth of straw
berries arrived in New York. They
came per steamer from Florida, and
sold at the small price of 81 to $3.50
per quart.
a LARGE feeder of pork states that if
a farmer will thoroughly cook the
meal, he may assume that from seven
to eight bushels will make 100 pounds
Of pork.
The Methodist Church has made
such Roadway in Yokohama, japan.
that commodious church building
has been erected which will seat over
ESQ Japanese.
NINE. RIsToRI, who recently reached
Rome after a successful tour of nearly
two years duration in Brazil, Mexico.
the United States and the Australian
colonies, will play in London in June.
possibly along with Signor salvini.
BARON DE LEssEPs brings up his
young ones on the Spartan system, for
bidding them to use shoes or stockings,
or to eat any but the plainest food.
lie has a small regiment of them, and
treats them like soldiers. They don't
know what sickness means.
RESIDING at Crescent, New York, are
two old men, hale and hearty. They
are twin brothers, and yet the birthday
OF one comes in the present year, and
that of the other not until next year-
one of them coming into the world on
New Years eve and the other on New
Years morning.
SENATOR CAMERoN's seventy-seventh
birthday was passed last week. He
was warmly congratulated by his
brother Senators, and was given a COM
pllmentary dinner. He is as strong
and vigorous as he has been for the
past fifteen years. Every faculty is
perfect, and he is in excellent spirits.
DEACON c., of New Jersey, furnishes
bread for communion service in his
church. He saves the dice-like bits
that remain when the sacrament is
over. The other day, while the COM
mun1on bread-plate was passing, his
little son said: "Ma, they are taking
quite good deal, and you was going
to have bread pudd en- tomorrow. Amt
they mean"
The soft lustrous Louisine silks are
imported in low priced Qualities for
overdresses for the spring. These come
in tafeta designs in small checks of
white Or ecru with black or any dark
color, and are sold for 81 yard. Good
taffeta silks in these patterns are bought
for the same price at present, and these
should be chosen when the entire dress
is made of one material. Louisine
silk is preferred for overdresses above
plain gros grain.
A NoRRIsToWN man dreamed that he
was the chief of the Pawnees, and get
ting up in his sleep he procured large
cheese knife, gave an ear-piercing
whoop, and removed his wifes hair
with as much neatness and dispatch as
if he had been prosecuted red man
from his birth. It was a fortunate
thing for his wife that her hair was
hanging on the back of a chair and not
on her head.
A NOTION Of the prices charged by
the United States army traders may be
formed by citing a few items as follows:
Two bushels of potatoes. $1,000
Five gallons of Oil. Observation-Disclosures. 1000
Two pounds OF cheese. ................. so
Six boxes of matches ...... rs
One bottle of soothing syrup.......... 1.5O
One broom. LOO
Flat irons, per pound. IS
One tin pan Observation-Disclosures. 1.5O
Halt bushel OF potatoes ............... 3.25
One paper of needles. 25
Two pounds of crackers. ................. 12O
There is little wonder that officers
and soldiers find fault at paying such
prices.
A FEMALE agent for books says to her
less experienced sisters you must
learn, first, never to seem affronted;
second, to consider every gentleman a
wit and a scholar; that he is handsome
and that you feel kindly towards him
in particular; you must smile when he
smiles and answer all sorts Of nonsense
cal questions, always, however, remem-
boring to be a business woman of the
world, respectable, and willing to go to
the very uttermost limits Of decency,
to the very borders of racy, worldly
dialogue diologue that has the smack
of the French salon, the piquancy Of
the grisette, the sparkle of Houssaye,
the differences of Sterne, and all the
elements of a talk that is not vulgar or
coarse, nor yet chaste, elegant OF strict
ly refined
A CURIOUS discovery of peculiar inter-
est to ladies has just been made at
York A Roman tomb was opened
near that ancient city the other day,
and inclosed in a stone coffin was
found the body of a young girl which
had been kept in wonderful state of
preservation by the use of gypsum.
Examination showed that the deceased
had evidently been Roman belle, and
among the evidences of her worship of
fashion was-a chignon! The article
was certainly not less than eight hun
dred years old. The girl had worn her
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