Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-08-20
GLEANINGS.

IMMENSE loads of rich copper ore
have been discovered in Ashe county,
North Carolina.
The grave of the mother of Abraham
Lincoln, at Lincoln City, Ind, it is said,
is unmarked by stone or tablet.
A GENTLEMAN of Auburn, N. Y, has
had a cupboard made out of the pew
which VIM. H. Seward used to occupy.
The other day gold watch was seen
in Lake Ontario just east of Port Hope
harbor, and was fshed out with rake.
In New York court the other day a
man testified that he had drank 105
glasses of beer without becoming intoxi-
Gated.
A CONNECTICUT cooper figures that he
has made enough barrels to contain the
vinegar necessary to pickle 4, 900 acres of
cucumbers. He has led bung-up life.
OWING the drouth in Florida many Of
the ponds are almost dried up and are
filed with dead fish. A drove of cattle
drank at one Of these ponds few days
ago, and Is of the animals died.
A FARMER in Elizabeth, O., who had
q little piece cut out of his boot to make
it fit easier, was bitten on that spot by a
copperhead snake that he stepped upon
in his barn, and died after terrible suf-
fering.
A CONVICT at Auburn was 10Y nights
digging trench from his cell to liberty.
when he got there two guards were
ready TO escort him back and tell him
that one trial shouldn't make his knees
wobble so.
THERE is a cave On the bluff overlook
ing Fox river, between Snyder's and
McCarty's mills, Missouri, that is full of
quaint shells, bones and animals unknown
at the present day, and skeletons Of men
and women not more than half as large
as those who live here at the present
time.
SOME of the Connecticut papers are
again speaking Indignantly of the neg
lected and untidy condition of Gen.
Israel Putnam's grave at Brooklyn. The
latest reported violation Of it is the
breaking off Of large piece of the slab
and part of the inscription by some
wretched relic hunter.
AN old farmer, intent on making his
will, was asked by the lawyer the name
of his wife, when he gravely replied:
"Well, indeed, I really don't recollect
what it is; we've been married for up
wards Of forty years, and l always
called her my old woman" The lawyer
left blank, to be filled up when his old
woman's name was ascertained.
Two women were caught in mems
clothes stealing rare plants from con-
servatory at Pittsfeld, Mass, and visit
by officers to their home, few miles
from the town, revealed the fact that it
was filled with stolen flowers. Unable
to honestly crafty their love Of the
beautiful, they had to put on trousers
and become thieves to do so.
A NEW mineral spring was discovered
at Freeville, New York. Six bottles Of,
the waters were taken to Cazenoyia and
put on ice and tasting arranged for.
! Meanwhile jokers changed the water,
substituting the cistern's supply, and
when the came together the new spring
was pronounced great success, and the
various mineral ingredients were easily
perceived by the learned.
AN exchange recommends the follow
ing to those who desire to wax fat:
After each meal take a tumbler full Of
good milk, with tablespoonful Of lime
water added. This must in no way
make part of the meal-must be over
and above regular amount of food quick,
cold or tepid sponge bath every morning,
and freedom from anxiety Of mind are
necessary conditions.
A PRISONER who was locked up in
the Andover, Mass, almshouse recently,
says that the rats were so numerous and
large that they would actually jump into
his dish and eat his food in spite of all
he could do. He gave an alarm, and
the keeper brought lamp, which the
prisoner kept burning all night, fearing
they would eat him up. His story is
corroborated by the keeper.
To amateur sailors: Never make
your sheets fast, as you can hold them
easily by taking a half turn around the
elects. When the wind is puffy, luff in
season, and never jibe when it is blowing
fresh. If you want to come about,
bring your boats head to the wind. But
if you are afraid of the water, "stick
". Y. Commercial.
A WIZEN-FACED man, with a hand
organ and sore-eyed monkey attachment,
stood tor i've minutes on street corner
yesterday and warbled few notes from
the "Dead March" A symcathizing
public contributed n cents to help pay
his house rent, while five able-bodied
men worked for sixteen hours not a
dozen yards away and received rs cents
for their labors. It isn't quantity, it's
quality the people care for.-Nee0 York
Egpress.
AUDIENCES are thus cleverly described
by Miss Anna Dickinson: "Some audi
ences are stone. You strike against
them and acknowledgement by their
hardness. Some are sponge-absorb,
and absorb, and absorb. and give moth
ing back, till you feel as though you had
enjoyed six hours of the Turkish bath
and then been put under an exhaused
receiver-and some are like champagne,
or vigorous tea, or clear cognac, or
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