Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-03-14
PICKINGS AND STEALINGS.

This honey is the product of wild bees,
but is palatable and cheap.
A SPRINGFIELD, (MAss.) minister
prayed for the Lord to bless the Bos-
ton and Albany road if it stopped
running Sunday trains, and not other
wise.
A MINIATURE gilt bird cage serves for
combination inkstand and letter rack.
On either side of the cage are ink cups,
while the letters are to be slipped be-
tween the wires.
CLEVELAND people are all talking
about 8 young sport from Hartford,
Conn, who came there the other day
with only $40 in his pocket and broke
three faro banks, leaving town with
$4,000
UNDER the plausible pretext of Wo-
mems Rights" a New York lady is
training number of her sex for the
life insurance business. This horrible
announcement is made by female
correspondent with diabolical delight.
If Michigan man is Michigan
der, then Wisconsin man is Wis
consumer, is he not? and Rhode
Island man Rhode Islandiron? and
the Vermont man q Vermonstrosity
and Connecticut man Connect
cutler? and SO on, odd lib.
A STARVING Chinaman, who was
taken into the Cincinnati Hospital, q
few days ago for resuscitation, attrib-
uted his woeful plight to the fact that
he started laundry in Louisville. He
sums up his experience in a single line:
'Kentuckee-twow eeks-one shirtee."
EX-SENATOR FOSTER, of Connecticut,
passed the legal limit of age-7O years
"A few months ago, and retired from
the bench of the supreme court of the
state, but although q little older, he is
still as vigorous as when ten years ago
he was acting vice-president under
President Johnson. 4
ABOUT the sickest typographical error
we have seen for some time is the an
nouncement that a certain gentleman
would deliver lecture on the small
pox, for the benefit of the poor" The
editor wrote On the sixth prox, and
the intelligent compositor will accom-
pany colony to Texas next month
N. Y. Herald.
THEUs, the Albany butcher who re-
Gently killed boy by throwing a knife
at him, pleaded guilty to manslaughter
on Wednesday, and was sentenced to
the penitentiary for three years. He
said he threw the knife in anger, with
out intending to kill him and that
the white face of the boy is constantly
before him, turn which way he may
both day and night.
THERE has been great slaughter of
cattle in Nevada by railroad trains this
winter. The snow has been 80 deep
that the animals have sought the track
for comfortable standing places, and
upon the appearance of q train, after
making frantic efforts to scale the
banks Of snow lining the track, have
been crushed in large numbers.
The Grand Duke Alexis has been
struck by the simplicity of American
manners. He went to the theatre the
other evening, previously engaging a
negro hackman to take himself and
suite to the wharf. On reaching the
street at the conclusion of the enter
tainment he was approached by the
darkey, who said, els you de duke ?"
On being answered in the affirmative,
the sable Jehu remarked, "Well, sir, the
carriage is waitin'."
THE gardener of the University of
Berlin has found that hyacinths may
be propagated by their leaves, thus re-
vealing new way to raise large
number of specimens of rare varieties.
The leaves require to be clt off close
to the bulb as possible, put In sau-
Ger and covered with thin layer of
sandy leaf-mould. The saucer having
been placed in greenhouse close to
the inner surface of the glass, in eight
or nine weeks the leaves will develop
bulbs.
WHILE sitting in the cloak-room of
the Senate recently, Senator Hamln
was taken with what at first appeared
to be fainting fit, and had it not been
for Senator Mcmillan, who sat by him,
would have fallen into the fire. He
soon recovered, but his friends thought
it best that he be taken home. After
arriving there he soon recovered, and
in the evening was in his usual good
health.
DURING the past six years several
German colonies have settled In Pales-
tine, and are successfully carrying on
various branches of business. Near
Jaffa the vine and mulbury are extern
sively cultivated; the slopes of Mount
Carmel are planted with vineyards and
olive groves; an oil and silk factory
are in successful operation; an active
trade is carried on in building timber;
and the general success of the enter
prising settlers is attracting many I'M
migrants thither.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Sun, de
scribing the Albany Penitentiary, draws
a pitiable picture of the wreck, men
tally and physically, of ex-senator
Graham, who is serving out q sentence
there for misappropriating the funds OF
the Waikiki bank, of which ne was
President. He has served five years,
half of his sentence, and is rapidly de-
clining. In the short time this man has
been IN prison he has suffered more
than a professional law-broaker would
in twenty , sars.