Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-08-22
Virginia New Enterprise.

John Hull Pennville, who passed
through this city day or two since from
Plumas county, California on his way
to Esmeraldo county, in this State, has
a curious relic of that strange and adj
venturous woman, Lola Montez. Mr.
Pennville is an accomplished ,violinist,
and when Lola was residing in Grass
Valley, Cal, was in the habit of playing
for her in order thai she might practice
some new dance of her own invention.
The violinist had strong passion for
making collections of human hair. He
had several times limited to Lola his
great desire to possess tress of her
hair, but she refused to take these hints,
however plainly made.
AT this time Lola had in her posses
sion at her home in Grass Valley a
young bear that she was training for
some purpose, she being at that time
but about 80 years Of age One day
when Pennville again limited about the
tress Lola said: "Mr. Pennville, if you
will go into that back yard, throw that
bear to the ground, and hold him one
minute by my watch, | will give you a
strand of my hair large enough for the
bow Of your violin"
"Donew cried Pennville. and he at
once proceeded to the yard for his tus-
sic with the bear, Lola following to time
him.
The bear was a grizzly not yet old
enough to be very dangerous, and Penn
vile, proceeding as though at play with
the animal, with very little trouble or
risk succeeded in winning the much
coveted lock of hair
and Pennville long kept it among the
other specimens in his collections; but
when he heard Of Lola's death, some
where in the State of New York, in 1860
or 1861, he remembered her words at
the time he won the memento: Il will
give you a strand large enough for the
bow Of your VIOLIN" and he then pro-
ceeded to place the hair in the hand
soonest bow he could procure, where it
remains to this day.
will you play us something with the
bow, Mr.. Pennville?" said we, anxious
to be able to say we had heard even the
smallest thing played with so strange a
relic of q now almost forgotten woman,
and trembling lest we should be refused
such qualification.
g | seldom use this bow in playing"
said Mr.. Pennville, but on this occasion
| will give you short piece that was q
favorite with Lola. In other words, you
shall hear bit of music that was loved
by Lola Montez played with her own
hair"
To our surprise he then proceeded to
play most mournful, fearful bit of
something, and as he concluded he
said: "That was not only favorite
piece with Lola, but was also of her own
composition"
Pennville is now quite an old man,
and does not appear to be overburdened
with this worlds goods, but it would take
q large sum of money to purchase that
fiddle-bow
ANECDoTE OF JUDGE WILLIAM JOHN
sTON.-A radical senator's attack upon
the incoming president, as soon as the
ball opend, reminds your correspondent,
Of an occurrence some twenty-five years
ago in Cincinnati, where firm which
had failed in delivering, according to
contract, 5000 barrels OF pork, Or some
trifie Of that sort, sued the party, whom
he thus made defendant, to his great
establishment. Judge William Johnston
being employed to defend the suit, came
one day into the Office of your CORES
pendent, and leaning back in a chair
and resting his legs on a desk, said. Ned
look over that brief Ned did so. After
the customary recitation and some mem
oranda of authorities, the reader was
surprised to notice clear across the page
a roughly drawn wrought nail, as big as
a spike, and a mighty poor one at that.
WHAT'S that for illdoa ~