Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-11
FRESHEST GLEANINGS.

materially injured both corn and sugar
cane.
UNIFORMS worn by Long Branch po-
hcemen are a cross between a bathing
suit and western farmers costume.
A QUART of peaches for every man,
woman and child in the country is the
estimated crop from Delaware alone this
season.
Some of the results of New York's late
melancholy carnival are just coming to
light. The King of that occasion has
been sued for unpaid advertising bills.
THE diamonds, jewelry, parasols neck
laces, and other valuables of the late
Sultan Abdul Azziz have been sold at
auction on the Paris Bourse.
A SET of thieves in Mexico have dogs
trained to steal handkerchiefs in the
cathedral and other churches from the
kneeling worshipers.
Gov. DREW, Of Florida, is a portly
gentleman, nearly sixty years Of age,
with snow-white hair and face clean
shaver, with the exception of a grizzled
moustache.
IT has been discovered in Paris that
the little yellow marks upon certain
brands of Havana cigars, which cause
them to be greatly priced by smokers,
are created by the sprinkling of acids.
LOVERS Of strawberries should emf
CRATE to Santa Clara, Cal, which has has
been entitled Strawberry Valley, as they
have strawberries every month in the
year.
WHEN Banti, the famous old opera
singer, died, in 1906, she left her larynx,
which was of extraordinary size, to the
town Of Bologna. 1t is preserved there,
IN bottle, in museum.
The model town in the state of New
York is Alfred. It has 1000 in habit
ants, has not had single glass Of liquor
sold within its limits, and never pau
per to support.
ITis estimated that the school fund Of
the state of Texas will be $30,0O0,O00
when the school lands and all are sold,
and the annual income will be $780,
900.
AN Ottawa tailor advertises that last
week he had eight out of seventeen suits
left on his hands through the inability
Of the customers to pay, and he invites
the merchant tailors of the city to call
and see the names Of the delinquents.
LUCY HOohER, who looks at things
with the eye of an artist, says Alphonse
Daudet, the novelist, is beautiful as a
girl, with white-and-rose complexion, a
name of thick dark hair, and dark,
Southern, almond-shaped eyes.
WHEN the Queen of Holland was
dying, she desired to have all of her
family come to her and bid her good-by.
The wish was Immediately gratifed, and
she died surrounded by the entire royal
family.
A NOVEL mode of advertising for a
wife has been adopted by an inhabitant
of a provincial town. A photograph Of
the gentleman is placed in the window
Of shop-keeper, and underneath is the
follow notice: Wanted-a female COM
panion to the above. Apply at the
Office"
NEW HAMPSHIRE was sounder than
she dreamed of in CHASING cider among
the intoxicants to be prohibited. Pay
son, the man who attempted to kill his
wife recently, at Mortified, n. H., at
tributes his act to the influence of cider,
(which set his head on fire and made
him almost crazy"
A NEGRO preacher, who was conduct
ing a revival meeting in Calhoun
county, KY, thought that one of the
sisters was too loud and continuous in
her shouting He told her to be quiet,
but she only shouted louder, and then he
boxed her ears with Bible Then she
assailed him with astonishing vigor,
striking, scratching, kicking, and biting,
until he fed from the church.
The Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer tells
remarkable story of goose: MIR.
John McCubbins had wild goose which
received some injuries from goat step
ping on it, which caused its death. Just
before dying it gave vent to some OF the
most beautiful strains ever sung by bird
of any kind. It must have been dis
tant relative to the swan. Anyhow, the
story is vouched for"
A YOUNG lady in San Antonio, Tex,
thinks she is haunted by Poe's spirit.
She was reading his Raven" recently
when she was disturbed by trapping
as Of some one gently tapping" on the
headboard of her bed. All efforts to
discover the cause were futile, and the
rapping continued whenever she touched
her bed, though no one else could pro-
duce the same effect.
EVERYTHING isn't rotten. A woman
trading at Louisville dry goods store
paid out SIS bill and went away, for
getting all about her change. Next day
when the goods reached her, the change,
wrapped up with her purchases, dropped
with rich metallic chink to the floor
big, honest half-dollars. 1t is hardly
necessary to say that the store which
returned this money advertises regularly.
Mr.. BosTWIcK dropped in on US yes
terday afternoon. He slid carefully
around the "Middlerib welcome" and
dropped on the lounge. "Dag gone my
funny buttons" he said, shaking with
merriment, but Pve got good one for
you. You know there's trouble in Greece
about Tarkey and all that kind of thing.
Well, now, says to myself a little while
ago-Duffee was there, he can tell you
how it came up-anyhow, says |, II this
Turkey is" (The soap fat man
has lust refused to give us, more than 80