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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-11-17
Man or Monkey?

Miss Bird, and English lady, de-
scribes in book on Japan, and es-
pecially on the Amos, how she was fer
ried across river by one Aino, "com-
pletely covered with hair, which on his
shoulders was wavy like that of re-
triever, and renderer clothing quite
needless; either for covering or warmth"
and how in another place she met with
a second old man, whom she emphatic
ally describes as "the missing link.
His face was vacant and apathetic, his
arms and legs were unnaturally long
and thin, he squatted with his knees
tucked into his arm-pits, and his whole
body was covered with black hair
"more than an inch long," and slightly
curly on the shoulders. He had, how
ever, bare patch on each side, prob
ably marking the parts on which he
rested when asleep; popularity found
in the gorilla, who has a bare spot on
his back where he leans against trees.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-11-17
An Indian Brides Devotion.

There are few instances of devotion
that prove the existence of love in
higher degree than that given by Kit
Carson's Indian wife to her brave and
manly lover. While mining in the west
he married an Indian girl, with whom
he lived very happy. When he was
taken i'll, long way from home, word
was sent to his wife, who mounted feet
mustang pony and travelled hundreds of
OF miles to reach him. Night and day
she continued her journey, resting only
for few hours on the open prairie, f1y-
ing on her wonderful little steed as soon
as she could gather up her forces anew.
She forded rivers, she scaled rocky
passes, she waded through morasses. and
finally arrived, just alive, to find her
husband better But the exposure and
exertion killed her. She was seized with
pneumonia and died within brief space
in her husbands arms. The shock kill
ed Kit Carson, the rugged miner. He
broke blood vessel, and both are buried
In one grave.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-11-17
An Arkansas Man Avenges His InsuIted
Wife
from the Little Rock Gazette

From the Little Rock Gazette
A very homely woman passed party
of men standing on a street corner.
"Look at that nose, will you?" re-
marked one of the men, and he laughed
heartily.
"That woman is my wife" said one of
the party.
81 sake it all back, then" said the
sportsman; "I'm sorry that / laughed"
"You laugh at her ugliness, and that
is a direct thrust at my taste. There
may be better looking women in Little
Rock, but that does not remove any of
the sting [ will be avenged. Tt runs
in the family. A man once laughed at
my mother when she had boil on her
nose and my father caught him and
sliced his ears till they looked like the
leather fringe on Texan saddle. To
further trace back the avenging spirit, an
old revolutionary general sneered at my
grandmother, and my grandfather threw
him down, pulled off his boots and drove
his heel so full of brass head tacks that
he never walked any more. Idon't know
whether to make you take poison or cut
YOUR tongue in two with knife"
"My friend" replied the sportsman,
Il am inexpressibly sorry and hope you
will not injure me. [ am not well and
cannot fight.
ct don't ask you to fight. When a
man starts out to kill a dog he doesn't
invite the dog to bite him. believe I'll
just cut you in two,' and the man drew
long knife.
"My friend, we must compromise
this business. I'm q married man, and
if you'll come down to my house I'll
bring my wife out into the yard and let
you laugh at her. -
SIS she ugly enough to serve me as a
stand-of to my wife?" asked the
avenger.
''Beats her all hollow"
"Hump-shouldered?"
''How's her nose?"
"Turned up like gourd handle"
eyes, and nearly bald-headed.
"Well, that'l sorter do. I'll accept
your proposition. Come on and let's
get through with this business and
shutting his knife, he accompanied the
man who had laughed at his wife.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-11-17
FowIinu in Euypf.

The lakes and marshland of the delta
and the reedy marshes which in many
places line the banks of the Nile, have
ever been the resort of 1nnumerable wild
fowl. Hence, fowling appears to have
been a general pursuit. The profession
al fowler who followed it for his liveli-
hood used nets and traps; but the
sportsman brought the birds down with
the throw-stick-a stick made of heavy
wood, from foot and quarter to two
feet in length, and about an inch and a
half in breadth, slightly curved at the
upper end, and which, being fiat, and
thus encountering but little resistance
from the air in its flight, could be thrown
to distance, and, when thrown by a
dexterous hand, with considerable accu-
racy of aim. The method of proceed
ing appears to have been to creep in
punts made of the papyrus as noiselessly
az possible into the reeds. the height of
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-11-17
Presence of Mind

John Wilkes, says an English paper,
was not great general, but he might
have been one had his tastes led him i'll
to military life. His presence of mind
never deserted him. He held many
places of trust and aud responsibility.
He was alderman, chamberlain of Lon
don, and member of parliament, and no
man was more outspoken or daring III
his criticisms upon the government.
Once upon time, when Wilkes had been
more severe than usual, and had reflect
ed keenly upon the king and his chief
ministers In north Briton. a warrant was
issued from the court of Kings Bench
for his apprehension, and for the appre-
hension of the poet Churchill (Charles),
Wilkes bosom friend and supporter.
The chief culprit knew that the warrant
was out, and that his friends name was
IN it, but he had not thought to speak OF
1t. The kings messenger with the war
rant IN his hand found Wilkes in his
chamber, Churchill being at the time
with him.
"Ah, Mr.. Wilkes, must arrest you
in the kings namel"
You have a warrant %
Yes. Here it is.
''And you've got Charles Churchills
name down also?"
eyes
"Thompson, my dear fellow" said
Wilkes, turning to his companion, edo
you run around to Churchill's rooms and
tell him what's coming. Tell him to be
off for few days, and I'll have it all
right for him. +"
Churchill nodded to his friend and at
once hurried out, the officer of the law
little dreaming how the fish was slipping
from his net before his very eyes.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-11-17
Brazilian AIIiuators.
lFtrom the London Telegraph.

From the London Telegraph
Enormous numbers of alligators have,
1t appears, been Obsei we'd frisking along
the lower courses and In the marginal
sWamps and lakes of the Amazon, and
even as cork trees, in the beneficient
economy OF nature, grow up, expand
and develop bulky epidermis or bark,
1or the preordained purpose of stopping
bottles, so, no doubt, are these amiable
reptiles accredited with mission of
utility to the manufacture of portmon-
nales, card-cases, shooting boots, and
other articles fabricated of the now fash
lonable alligator skin. A Brazilian pa
per ,shrewdly draws the attention of
wealthy and unoccupied Englishmen to
this remarkable increase in the ground
game OF charmingly salubrious,
though somewhat sultry district. An
industrial enterprise of great profit
might, it is suggested, be combined with
excellent sport, and as the idea is fast
spreading in England that the land can
not much longer support the farmers
and the rabbits, what could be better
than migration of sportsmen to the
equatorial home of the noble alligator.
whose hide is natural target for rifle
practice, and, if not too much riddled
with bullets, is in brisk commercial de-
mand, and rules high in the quotations
OF the leather market Where the ALL
gator frisks andfrolics, there the stealthy
turtle prowls, and, despite his furtive
habits, falls an easy prey to the wilier
and more intelligent hunter. A daring
and agile alderman, with brace of
rifles. good legs and lungs, salaman-
darine constitution, and no objection to
mosquitoes, might stalk down six or
eight animals before breakfast and saunter
homeward with a middling-sized turtle
under each arm. Winter is coming, the
Nile is getting overdone by tourists, and
the midsummer of an infnitesimal lati-
tude never fades from the teeming mud
and fragrant, health breathing slime of
the stately Amazon. Let enterprising
Englishmen, then, accept this inviting
hint OF the Brazilian journal, and JON
the next excursion to the Amazonian
ANNA
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-11-17
oOk for fhe Shot.

The London Lancet publishes the
following: "This being the season
when game killed by shot, and probably
containing the pellets is eaten, it may be
worth while to caution those who con-
sumo the flesh of birds with avidity,
that the proportion of instances in which
shot is found is probably small in COM
parison with the number of cases in
which the pellets are unwittingly swal-
lowed. 1T is amatter of speculation how
much mischief shot may DO, when it is
passed into the intestines, but the fact
that anomalous diseases have been set
up by the presence of very small bodies
which have been entangled in the folds
of the mucous membrane renders it de-
sirable to put the public on their guard.
Occasionally the most disastrous results
have followed such small causes. We
have in recollection the case of physi-
clan who died after prolonged and un-
explained sufferings from the impaction
OF very small nail which had found its
way into pudding, and was inadver-
tently swallowed. A little care will
avoid this contingency; but, remember
ing that the bird had been shot, some
pains ought certainly to be taken te
avoid swallowing the missile.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-11-17

AN enterprising tramp was lately in
Gilroy, Gal, preparing himself for,
trip. With a blacksmith's hammer he
broke the sandrock and filed candle
box with small pieces, telling the smith
that he intended to make the stones pay
his way. At San Ysidro several families
were persuaded to buy them at ten cents
each. He declared that no lamp would
explode If one of the stones was kept
constantly in it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-11-17

BY ]. w. RILEY.

A little, warty, dried-up sort
% lookin' chap at hadn't ort
A ben a-usin' round no bar,
With gents like us a-drinkin' thar!
And that tdee occurred TO me
The livin' mint 'at j see
The little cuss elbowin' in
70 humor his besettin' sin.
There re nothin' small in me all,
But when hear the rooster call
For shugar and spoon, says:
"Jest got in from the States, guess"
He never 'peared as if he heerd,
But stood thar wipin' NV his beard,
And smilin' to hissef as if
I'd been a-givin' him stiff.
And I-says-I, a-edgin' by
The bantam, and again high
Above his plug--says 1, 81 kncwed
A little Teller opct at blowed
" Around like you, and tuck his drinks
With shugar in-and his folks thinks
He's dead now-'cause we boxed and sent
The scraps back to the Settlement"
The boys tell me, 'at got to see
The teller knock my gun, 'at he
Jest 'peared to come cnjoin ted-like
Afore he ever struck a strike!
And I'll admit, the way he fit
Wuz daEziin'--What see NV hit;
And squarin' things up fair and fine,
Says /, IS little 'shug in mine
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-11-17

What a monotonous life it must have
been in Eden without those cheering
aphorisms that now everywhere brighten
up the landscape, making every rock,
tree, and fence to bourgeon out into such
gratuitous advice as Purify our blood"
ssChew Schoricle Finecut!" "Consump-
ton can be curedr' etc.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-11-17
STRAY SAND.
THE DIVINE AND GAUzY sAR..

What is this Sara slim.
This sublimation dim.
That fills the papers?
LIS it imaginative,
Some thought creative,
Or just mingling of the misty yapors /?
Perhaps bit of fog
From DER the ocean,
Borne by the winds and tide:
Or q mere notion;
A gaseous fancy, Frenchy, too,
Or just bit of vaporated dew.
Ether materiaiiZed
Vanished and sized.
A fiuid that will volatilize:
But we sadly mistrust
TITS bit of French dust
Blown into American eyes.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-11-17

which concealed their approach till, the
birds rising, the sportsman was enabled
to use the throw stick, an attendant being
at hand who, as fast as one stick was
thrown, supplied another.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-11-17

WHICH of the reptiles is a mathemati-
clan? The adder.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-14

Frank Leslie's Sunday Magazine
The March number is promptly on our
table, taking precedence of all it's con-
temporaries. It is, in every respect, a
most admirable one; religious, pure
ana moral tone pervades its pages, and
still they abound with articles which
appeal to all tastes and all classes, and
from the pernsal of which the reader can
not fail to derive both entertainment and
etification. There are so many good
things that it is difficult to select the
most notable features. The opening ar
ticle, by Hart Lytton, entitled esther
Brandon's Mission Glass;" is very pleas
ing narrative of the lady's experience in
the Mission. "The Puritan Revolution y
by Rev. Lyman Abbott, is replete with
the stirring incidents resulting in the
organization Of the Puritan PARTY under
Cromwell. Those admirable articles on
"The Prosecutions" by Alfred H. Guern-
sey, are concluded in this number with
most interesting paper on "The Perse-
cutions of the Hugenots in France I'M
der Louis XIV. The two very interest
ing serials, Be-Be, the Nailmaker's
Daughter and "Little Hinges are
continued, aud there are several short
stories by popular writers. The subject
(No. p of "The Children of the Bible"
is "Isaac, the Child Of Promise" An
elaborate article on the late Frank Les
lie, by the editor with illustrations), is
beautiful tribute to the artistic and
personal merit Of the deceased. There
are poems OF great excellence, sketches,
essays, adventures, ETC., and musical
composition, . Have a Glorious Hope"
words and music written for this maya
zine by Augusta Browne Garrett. One
hundred and twenty eigh. quarto pages
and 100 illustrations: the price of a single
copy 25 cents, or 50 per annum, postpaid.
Address Frank Leslie's Publishing House,
50, IS aud 81 Park Place, New York.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-14

were poor convenience in the business
season. This is corroborated by q com
munieation IN tile New Orleans Democrat
of Saturday, the 7th inst, signed 8 Peli-
can" In the same paper appears another
communication on the same subject,
signed y Southern Republican, which is
more of farce than any thing else, and
we be-, our postal authorities not to heed
it. A duly mail is what we want and
the government should give it to us no
matter what few impatient grumblers
may say.
The weather Of February thus far has
been quite the reverse of that of jan
uary, which was unexceptionally fair
and pleasant. During the latter month
every body could and did work, and the
result is that planting operations are in
an extraordinary state of advancement
All the planters Of this vicinity have fin
ished planting their cane, or are about to
do SO, excepting our stirring old citizen,
DR.. Edward Duffel, who only resumed
the cultivation Of his Mulberry Grove
plantation last week. It is rulnored that
this place will be worked on shares this
| year. The condition of seed cane around
here was middling, according to reports.
Considering the early date at which it
was taken up for planting, many expec-
ted to find less Of it spoiled than proved
to be the case. Up to the beginning Of
last week the fields presented an aspect
more like Spring time than Winter. Ev-
cry thing was green and in full growth.
Fall planted cane and rattoons lined the
| rows with good stand, but gruff Feb
ruary, with his several frosts and freezes,
clipped and colored all these tender
plants. General opinion is that no dam
this temporary check to the unusually
early and advanced growth of the cane
On the 4th inst, at the residence Of
Mr.. B. Hebert, Miss F. Hebert and Mr.
John Gaudin, both Of this parish, were
united in the bonds of matrimony, the
ceremony being performed by Rev. Fa-
ther Cuppens Of Donaldsonville. We
wish the happy couple all the happiness
and success that married life can bestow
upon them.
Having nothing further to comment
upon at present, tender thanks for the
space you will allow this communication
ID the colnmn59f Your wide-awake jour
nal, and remain, under many obligations,
Yours truly,
SHANGHAI. f.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-14

Mr.. E. c. Palmer, lately president
OF the suspended Louisiana Savings
Bank Of New Orleans, was this week
tried before the Superior Criminal
Court of that city upon the charge of
embezzhug $47 900 of the bank Is
money. After an absence of al hour
and ten minutes, the jury returned an
unqualified verdict of guilty. Mr..
Palner's counsel will move for new
trial, the principal ground of which,
will be that the charge of Judge
Whitaker was calculated to unduly
influence the minds of the jurymen
against their client. Bills of excep-
ton were reserved to the refusal of
the Judge to make certain special
charges submitted by counsel for the
accused. -.-..@
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-14

The report of the Superintendent
of the State Insane Asylum at Jack
son, La, for the past year. shows that
the condition of the institution and
its inmates has vastly improved when
compared to that Of several previous
years. The buildings have been re-
paired, better facilities for providing
for the needs Of the patients are avail
able, and Il system of working them
Mt different trades and occupations
has been instituted, which will, i'll the
course of time, it is hoped, render the
institution in great measure self
supporting. The number of patients
in the asylum at the beginning of the
year Of 1879 was 1913; number admit
ted during tie year, 50; number lis
charged recovered, IL died 81;
number remaining at the cna of the
Year, 2l3.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-14
MARDI aRAs IN NEW ORLEANS.

The Mar.li Gras pageants. in New
Orleans were unusually magnificent
this year, and we're Witnessed by u
larger multitude of people than ever
before. 1t is estimated that there
were from 10000 to &c, 900 visitors in
the city. His puissant majesty Rex
gladdened the lopulace with spleen
did day procession, giving repre-
sentatiom Of tho various inhabitants
Of the earth, air aud sea. The Priority
Phnnny PhellOws and a German So
ciety participated in the parade, the
Phellows perpetratipg an inimitable
satire upon we'll known local organi-
cations and individuals. Among 9th.
ers, was a representation Of DR.. Sam
uel Choppins, President OF the Board
u Health, angling il Louisiana
swamp for a yellow fever germ, which,
in the shape Of large golden insect,
dangled from lis line.
The Mayor aud Administrators Of
the city, Capt. Sambola and many
otlle, gentlemen Of local repute we're
travestied in good natured but high
~ ridiculous manner.
The carnival closed With the usual
gorgeous night procession of the Mys-
tic Krewe Of Comus, the splendid
tableanx and balls Of Rex and Comus,
and the customary masked balls ut
the several theatres. The subject
chosen for illustration by the Mystic
Krewo was Mexican history, aud it
was handled in mastery style.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-14
A COON MEasURE-TO KILL.

State Senator Robertson OF st. Lan-
dry parish recently introduced IN tie
body Of which he is member, Il bill
to provide for the appointment, by
the Governor, Of Police Jurors for
all tile parishes and municipal off
GERS for all the towns and cities III
the State, excepting New Orleans
and Shreveport; the appointees to
be INDICTED into Office on the lat of
April next.
1t is gratifying to note that tue
judiciary Committee, to which the
bill was referred, sat down upon it
with an unfavorable report, aud it is
to be hoped that, if any attempt is
made to resurrect the scheme, the
Senate will confirm the action Of its
committee by killing the bill beyond
hope Of revival.
II there was one thing more than
another which tended to make the
Republican administration of the
government Of this State unpopular,
unsuccessful and il such a large meas
ure corrupt, it was the pernicious
practice of taking from the people the
power Of selecting their local officers.
and vestins it il the hands Of the
Governor. 1t is unreasonable to pre-
sumo that any one man, however pure
his motives or great his capacities,
can select several hundred officers for
the various localities of a broad State
without making many grievous blum
ders and imposing upon the people
officials who are obnoxious to their
feelings Or inimical to their interests.
The people are by<no means infallible
aud mistakes are not iufrequently
committed under the elective system,
but it is safer by far to trust to local
option in the selection of local officers
and in the good old maxim that = in
multitude Of counsels there is wis
DOM" than to encourage one man
oligarchy opposed in principle to the
spirit Of our institutions and hurtfnl
in practice to the interests of our
State. 5.-..#
The tendency to revive the oper-
atoms of system that has proven
baneful in the past, can not be too
speedily Or effectually checked.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-14

The New Orleans Democrat, refer
ring to the report Of the Adjutant
General Of the State militia, makes
it appear that the Donaldsonville
Cannoncers is the only organization
in the country parishes belonging to
the Louisiana State National Guard.
We would respectfully suggest to the
Democyat-and to the Adjutant Cen
eral us we'll if the same error is made
i'll his rcport--that Cofield's Battery
Of Donadsouvile constitutes the
third company Of Regiment Orleans
Artillery, L. S. n. G..
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