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

E.od~ edI Freshest Gleanings. Fa aajia
The new silver coin isn't such ragged.
edge stuff as the old currency, anyway.
IT costs as much for 40 pound child
to ride in a New York street car as for
a $50 pound man. ea7i 80
A THREAD-LACE collar was lately dis
covered dexterously woven into an orr
ole's nes,, at Princeton, Mass 5' a5fa
The Sioux Indians number about 25.-
600 In the United States, and as many
more in British America.
An old Sevres vase, given by Louis
XVI. to Tippoo Sahib, was sold in Lon
don recently for So 800. o. -- . t:...
IT is reported that 10000 miners
have left Utah for the San Juan coun-
try. lst .ta +
COLORADO daily produces $4,000
worth of gold, silver, and other miner
ais. -its142} ?
IT may make certain fine people
start to learn that 100000 gallons of
California wine are annually paid for
and consumed in this country under
foreign labels. s3l
A NUMBER of married women of
Cambridgeport, Mass, have formed a
club for perfecting themselves in cook
cry. Miss Anthony may object to this,
but 1t is a movement in the right direc--
ton. ab s1n ri; tr a'@ -
In 1907, while Lewis and Clark were
crossing the Rocky Mountains, a num-
Der of Indians followed them some DAYS
In order to restore some articles that
they had lost. ~ "5itit ......s.f
THE useless waste Of money GA we'd
dings and funerals calls for reform.
Extravaganza makes young men dread
marriage and death. ,,o.-. r..
QUEEN VICTORIA has sent the custom
airy gratuity of e3 to Mrs. John Will
iams of Acadia Iron Mines, n. S., who
recently gave birth to triplets. r,l...3
A CITY ordinance in San Francisco
prohibits sleeping in room having
less than 500 cubic feet of air to each
occupant. Twelve Cinnamon were ar
rested some time ago for violating it, Z
Mr.. LEONARD CASE, of Cleveland, O.,
has supplemented his recent gift of a
building to the Library Association of
that city, by giving lot of land valued
at $25, 900 to the Orphan Asylum. 319ai
q. A MAN who had been wounded in a
railroad accident was denied admission
to hotel at Oakland, CAL, because he
might keep the boarders awake, and III
the morning the boaaders all left be-
cause he had not been cared for.
y INthis matter of preserving health
by eating at regular hours, it is inter
esting to note that a vigorous old Iowa
tramp, OF ninety years, has lived : for
the past thirty-fve years Of his life en-
tlrely on catch meals a7ah .,eo- -
IT is an interesting fact that our, word
daughter, when traced back, though
the Greek ttoatgater to its source in the
Sanscrit daltatri, is found to be equivva-
lent to milkmaid, showing that it b was
the duty of the Indian maidens to milk
the COWS. da85a aaT & - /"
,at GUNNINGER has one of the queerest
fish, says the Jacksonville, Florida,
!, Union, which. probably, ever came to
light. 1t can be ikened to nothing,
unless, perhaps, it might be cross be,
tween and a Colorado potato bug
Shaped like a horses head, it looks a
little like fish, but has claws like an
alligator, and its eyes are covered with
a membranous veil, which must have
kept it IN perpetual blindness It was
caught by q coloreG man near the bar
and sold to dunninger as a curiosity
which it certainly is.
e3 A FOREIGNER in Vermont arrived at .
country hotel after a long coach jour
ney was told, supper? oh, certainly
you can have supper" and presently
found himself in a long dining Ii
| by a single,malodo rous petroleum lamp
at the table ,bespotted with the debris q
a coarse meal. Presently the hungry
wretch was supplied with ghastl!
burlesque of supper in the form O
under-baked apple-pie and doughnuts
tobe washed down by horrid decoc
ton OF straw and hot water, which
passed by the name of tea. In French
rural town under such circumstances
he would have had soup, deliciou
outlet, fried potatoes, light claret ant
Office. In England he would have ha(
q good beefsteak, bread and cheese ant
undeniable beer. "a
+ A BRIGHT little woman was expatiat
ing on the merits of her patent corset
to Jury No. s of the Centennial Exposi
ton. Madame" exclaimed Dietz
'naannae, a smart French juryman
what is the especial. merit you CLAIM
for this corset?" d ''The fit, Monsieur 7
aBut we cannot tell how it fits. VIVA
proof have We for that?" The littl
woman fared right up. "Why," sh
retorted, you don't mean to say yol
want me to try them on?" Madame,
said the juryman, without smile
| Justice is blind. ni,so U4e