Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-01-24

MORE than fifteen hundred build
lngs were erected in Chicago during the
year 1875.
You can buy q pair of prairie chickens
for dime now-but you must go to
Fort Worth, Texas, to get them.
EMPEROR WILLIAM celebrated the
SEVENTEEN anniversary of his entry
into the army on Monday
IT is proposed to put new roof
composed Of glass and iron, over the
whole Of the ruined town of Pompeii.
ALTHOUGH the Sultan is miserably
poor for sultan, he is spending six or
seven thousand francs upon the we'd
ding festivities of two of his sisters.
LORD SALISBURY went to CONSTANT
nople attended by few small trifes-
only four secretaries, eight servants
and two couriers, with 81 pieces Of
baggage.
a New HAVEN firm has received an
order for 1000 suits Of uniforms for
the Haytian soldiery. A Panama hat,
epaulets, and g pair of red flannel
drawers comprise the outfit
DEATH builds an undying monument
to every man who leaves the material
for its construction. The "Songs of
Bliss" will be the monument to the
song-hcro and the wife who laid down
| their lives at Ashtabula.
"MY SON." said Mr.. -. kindly, to
his youthful heir, "accustom yourself
to be polite to the porter, the servant
girl, the coachman, to all the servants;
thus you will come in time to be
courteous to all people, even to your
parents"
A FRIEND Of Grattan proposed to cut
down fine old tree, "because it stood
in the way Of the house" "You mis-
take" said Grattsn, sit is the house
that stands in the way of the tree, and
if either must come down, let it be the
house."
QUAILs can now go walking around,
talking and laughing among themselves
on the streets, if the they want to,
without quailing, so to speak, for the
law prohibits shooting, netting or trap
ping from Janury 1 till some time next
August.
A MARYLAND lyceum has debated the
question, "Shall we marry?" and de-
cided in the negative. Perhaps the
members felt piqued because the girls
of the village had sighted their leap
year opportunities. We'd like to hear
a sewing society discuss this question.
A GENTLEMAN having given goose to
his servant, Patrick, as Christmas
present, meeting him a short time after,
asked him how he liked the goose.
"Och, y'r honor, sure it was fine bird.
l never see a goose or a ganther l don't
think of y'r honor"
"LooK," said she, as they both stood
in the greenhouse together, "look at
this half unfolded rose. It's petals swell
with the unfinished promise of full
development. 1t is an epitome of life."
He was a practical person, and replied
that it smelt like the most delicious
hair oil.-Norwich Bulletin.
A MEXICAN, having wooed young
woman in Santa Monica, alifornia, at
tempted such an exploit as is not often
successful outside of printed romance.
He swooped down on her on horseback
as she was walking alone, lifted her to
his side and rode away. This young
woman was more muscular than most
heroines in novels, and she scratched
and kicked IN a vigorously roman
tic way. The Mexican was glad
to drop her at the end of half mile.
A SAN FRANCISCO young lady received
an invitation to attend the theatre the
other evening just as the Chinaman
came for her wash. She hurriedly
made out list of her washing, and
answered the invitation. Then she
sent the list to the young man and
kept the answer to his note. There
was soon very much confused young
man, a very much mortified young
woman, but no theatre-going for either
Of them that evening.
THE Middletown Press tells the follow
ing story: "a family in this village
had laid away a bag Of dried corn for
winters consumption. The bag con-
tanning it was hung by stout string
from q nail driven in the beam of an
clubhouse, SO as as to be out of the reach
of rats. The sly rodents, however,
managed to secure it. The bag was
drawn up by the string, and laid snugly
away on the beam, and the very last
grain Of corn distracted through a hole
In the bottom of the bag.
A WOMAN named Marie Celvet has
just been sentenced to twenty years at
hard labor for the murder of her sister
Jule in Paris. While the trial was
going on she constantly wore long
Grape veil. Why do you wear this
veil ~ asked one OF the officials. To
which the sweet girl gently replied, 1T
ann in mourning for nay poor sister!"
This fairly matches the French para
eide, who, on being asked what he had
to say after his condemnation for kill
ing his father and mother, entreated
the Court to "have mercy on poor
orphan!'
The Cornish pilchard fishery has
yielded excellent results. At St. Ives,
$3.50 hogsheads were inclosed at one
cast of the nets by the seine boats; at
St. Mawes, 600 hogsheads, and smaller
takes at other places. The drift boats
have also had heavy takes-from co.
600 fish downwards per night. In the
local markets the fish have been bought
up readily at 2s. Cd. to 3s. per six score,
but they have been largely bulked for