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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-10-20

, Hungarians, English~-all Scotcbmen
It's more than [ can bear! shall 90
home; there's nothing left for me to do
here. L came out as an interpreter; but
If all the nations of Europe talk nothing
but Scotch, wat use can [ be?" This ia
very droll, bus no more drol1 than real.
We believe it is Sir Archibald Alison
who mentions hos, when Marshal Keith
was combating the Ti1rkish forces under
the grand vizier, the two generals came
10 a conference with each other: the
grand V1zler came mounted ON camel In
all the pomp Of easteren naagrlifcence:
the Scotch Marshal Keith. who original
~ came from the neighborhood of Turiff.
Ii Aberdeenshire, approached on horse
oacK. After the conference the Turkish
grand V1zler said to Keith that he would
IKE 70 speak few words in private to
MN, In his tent, and begged that no one
shoold accompany him. Marshal Keith
accordingly went in, and the moment they
conferred the grand vizier threw off his
toban, tore off his beard, and. running TO
Marshal Keith, said, "Oh. Johnnie.
foo's a wi ye, man?" and he then dis,
covered that the grand vizier of Turkey
was schooi-fellow of his own who had
disappeared about thirty years before
from parish school near Metlllie.
And we remember to have met ,?i5h an
anecdote of aScotchmanf from Perth, who
had penetrated into some far interior of
Aslat-we forget where; he had to see the
pasha, or Bashaw. He was introduced
to the comely man in his tent. They
gathered up their knees and sat down
upon their carpets. They drank their
strong coffee, and smoked their hookahs
| together in solemn silence, but few
words, at any rate; passed between
| them, but, We may trust, sufficient for
the occasion; but when the man of Perth
was about to leave, the Pasha also arose,
and following him outside the tent said,
in strong Doric Scotch: st kenned We
vera well in Perth; We are just sac and
sae." The Perth man was astonished,
and well he might be, until the pasha ex-
planned, as he said; I am Just Perth
man myself He had travelled, and he
had become of Importance to the govern
ment there. His story was not very
creditable. In the expectation of the
post he filled he had become a Moham-
medan
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-10-20
Steamboats, i'm Venice.
From the London Figaro. ]

Among the few existing relics OF
medievalism which We imagined would
continue to survive the attack of the
practical and go-ahead tendencies OF the
age, we certainly reckoned the gondola.
1t is difficult, in fact, to imagine Venice
without the peculiar characteristic, so
suggestive of the romance OF its past
history, and yet there can be but little
doubt as to what will be the result of the
competition which it viii be shortly
called on to enter into with the steam
boats which we see are TO invade the la.
goons of the Adriatic. Travellers will,
of course, lament the change, and talk
bitterly about the vandalism of the age;
but they will all the same take steam
boats as soon as they are put on, and
leave the few leaky gondolas that may
still ply TO the undisturbed patronage Cd
travelling aesthetics. The company that
is about to supply Venice with steamers
will model it's vessels upon those of Qua
own river, we understand, and it is quite
possible that the fares charged to- pas
sengers also may initiate the cheapness
of our "pehny boats o1s the water
ways of Venice, we think the climax OF
modern utilitarianism may be fairly con-
sidered to, have been reached They are
d fitting supplement, in fact,- to the rail
way up Vesuvius, and the steam
launches of the Nile.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-10-20
A Sea Fiqht off BelIeisIe.

Lord Archibald Campbell sends to the
Scotsman the following account of bat
tie, of which he was witness, between
thresher, swordfsh, and a whale, off
Bellelsle, at P. NJ, on September 7th.
His lordship, who was a passenger ON
the Peruvian, writes: When fairly out
side Belleisle island DAT. 81 :55 N, long.
54:51 W., with icebergs of no great size
on either bow, and fairly in the Arctic
current, and the Teutog1a on our star
board bow, the first officer told me he
had seen twice large 90 thresher fish
leap clean out of the water, not far from
our bows. We kept close watch near
about where he had last seen the fish;
nor had we long to wait, and for the next
ten minutes to quarter of an hour we
watched a most tremendous fight be-
tween this fish and a large whale which,
evidently attacked also from below by
swordfsh, was Intellectually trying to
"sound % and do all in it's mighty power
to get away, but there was no escape.
The thresher, an enormous fsh-reck~
oned by the first officer and head engi-
neer to be 80 feet in length-kept con-
tinually lashing the whale with it's pow
erful tail, and, as If not satisfied that
these stunning blows had told, .
threw itself in the air with enor-
nous leaps, landing on the whale with
the most resounding "whacks." The
sublime and the ridiculous were strange
II blended in these attacks; the pas
sengers and crew were all gathered at
the bulwarks, fascinated by the gigantic
fight The whale turned in it's agony
almost belly uppermost, casting itself
about IN all directions, but there was no
escape 1t never got deep below the
surface, which was churned by its mighty
efforts into a seething mass of FOAM
The combatants went right in the teeth
of the wind and sea then running We
saw the whale in regular "furry "
often, and when our straining eyes last
saw them they were as hard at it as ever,,
and it was the opinion of most on board
that the whale was fast sickening. The
whole Of the under part of the whale
was white, and l hope some one will give
me some information as to its species.
From the tips of the tail to the jaw it
was as # painted pure white, leaden
color above There were many on board
who had sailed the Atlantic for upwards
of thirty years, but had never seen such
fight. It took place, so to speak, close
to both vessels, the fight raging between
our ship4and the Teutonia
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-10-20
The Migratory Scot.
from leisure Hours. /

Old Scot said, ages since: 1.-The
Scot, ike the Swiss, finds a more COM
modious abiding under every climate
THAN at home A story appeared in a
weE-kMown serial, some years since,
describing the disappointment OF an
Englishman who went out to the east as
an Interpreter, and whose ruling passion
was a hatred of verything Scotch; but
stroIlmg Though the camp with Turkish
officer, and abusing the Scotch to his
hearts content, to- his establishment Has
san Bey, the Turk, broke out,: ''II
tie I'VE what ma mon, gin ye dagr lowse
we're tongue upon my country like that,
I'll gle we cloos ON the lug that'll make
it tingle frae this till Hallowe'enr' The
thE1nderstruck Enghshman stammered
o1rt, Sc Why, my good man, [ thought
YOU were Turk 'sAnd sac am a
Turk the moo, MA Draw chiel, said the
angry Glasgow Musselmann; but ma
fathers auld leether breeks meier travel
ed farther then just free Glasgow to
Greenock and back again; but when j
gang hame-as TIL do or it's lang, If it
be Gods will-I'n just be Wully Forbes,
son o. aull Daddy Forbes, o. the Cor
balls, for "a that's come, and ganer'
Presently II splendidly-dressed Hun
garian came up and said to the Turk:
Wully, mon, there's truce the moo
for twa hours just come wi nae, and wen
haze a glass o whisky thegither.'' 1t
was the same with Russian officer, un-
til the En- glishman exclaimed: bless
my heartt is everybody on earth a
Scosehman ? Perhaps I'm one myself
without knowing itP' But when the
| Russian General Tarassoff exclaimed,
"Eh, Donald Cawmel! are We here p
and Ibrahim Pasha burst forth stimuli
taneously: "What, Sandy Robertson!
can this be yoa?'' the Engishman burst
| forth: cts all over! Turks, Russians,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-10-20

canned fruits and meats, SO there was no
danger OF my starving. I overheard that
fellows conyersation-th he one they called
Gosshawk--and I knew, Steeraway, that
you were safe. | also heard him tell his
cut-throat comrades what he intended
doing with you, when heard your boat
lowered. L peeped from my hiding
place, and saw that the cabin was clear,
as they were all on deck to see you off.
As soon as / heard the boat cast adrift
crawled through the stern window, hung
by the frame a minute or two, then
dropped into the sea, swan after your
boat and here I am -
Bolter suddenly started up and cried
out: =" Look, Joe, If they have not set
the ship on firel' l1ts ar mi
/ And SO they had, Before they landed
they had no doubt left two or three of
their number to lash the wheel and apply
the torch. The flames threw a lur1d
light over the ocean, and soon the whole
outline III fire of the doomed Marathon
could be seen. Heavy tongues of flame
ran up the tarred rigging, and rolls of
fire, like cloud, would now and then
burst forth as the sails one after another
were consumed. It was magnificent
sight, but O sorrowful one for us. We
watched her until scarcely spark could
be seen; when, suddenly, like flash, the
faint light disappeared, and all that once
remained of the Marathon went to the
bottom. ae }.'t 1885, ...ts ..''
On the following morning we sighted
an American whaler, which fortunately
came near enough to see our signal of
| distress, and we were relieved from DIR
uncomfortable position. Bolter and my
self told the whaling skipper our story,
when he al once made sail for Sydney,
where the facts were laid before the Eng
lish consul, who took steps to capture
the short-haired Williams This was sue
cessfully ACCOMPLISHED. -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-10-20
French Red T ape.
From the London World.

On the day of Miss Nelson's DEATH,
the body having been deposited at the
morgue, the Judge de PAX, in accor-
dance with French law, issued decree
whereby the room which she had occu-
pied at the Continental Hotel was closed
and seals OF the court affixed thereto.
The room renamed in that condition
until last Saturday. Upon that day, all
fornlalities having been complied with
and the probate of the English court
verified, the Judge de Paix in person at
tended, accompanied by his registrar,
and possession of all the property was
delivered to Mr.. George Lewis as
executor of the deceased lady. This
consists Of Jewels and money, estimated
to be Of the value OF $4,000. 1t raay be
interesting, as some proof of the' use
lessness of French seals, to state that
when the room was opened it was ascer-
tanned that the windows had never been
closed and that anybody might. easily
have entered the room by the balcony
running outside the windows. The
Judge de Paix seemed quite surprised
Mr.. Lewis called his attention. to the
fact and turned TO his registrar with evil
den4 astOnishment.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-10-20
1T Woke Him Up,

A farmer who had been 60 market
in Philadelphia fell asleep while he
was driving home. His horses knew
the road, and travelled safely until they
reached the railroad crossing at Belfry.
A train was approaching, and although
the engineer, Who saw the market
wagon, blew his whistle, applied the
break and Sang his bell, he was I'M
able either to stop the tram or to
arouse the sleeping farmer. Ihe horses
were already across the track when
the collision occurred, the cow
catcher of the engine striking the
wagon, tearing off the running gear and
throwing the hind axle ard wheels
about thirty feet TO the side. of the
road. One wheel was wrecked, while
the other was not injured The wagon
was turned upside down, and the horses,
breaking loose, ran considerable dis
lance before they were caaght. The
farmer awoke. He was thrown out bui
not much injured AS he gathered HIM
self up and stared in bewilderment al
the wreck. his first exclamation was
ssWhat smashed that wagon up thai
WAY 2"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-10-20
Queer Fishers.

Many Instances are upon record of the
successful employment OF tame otter,
for angling purposes. Bishop Reber
relates that at Pondicherry, on the
banks OF the Malta Colly, he saw a row
of nine ca ten very large and beautiful
offers, tethered with straw collars and
long strings to bamboo stakes. Some
were swimming about at the full extent
of theft strings, or lying half and half
out of the water; others were, rolling
themselves in the sun on the sandy
bank. altering shrill, whisthng noise,
as if in play. The bishop observed
that most of the fishermen I'm the neigh
borhood kept one or more OF these ami
mails, who were OF great use in fishing,
sometimes driving the shoals into the
nets, and sometimes bringing out the
larger fish with their teeth.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-10-20
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1850
TO HARRY.

Tear Harry! Wilt thou never speak
And tell the love thou canst not hide
Must in vain the token seek,
IT all these days SO long denied2
/ know Thy faithful love; Ills told "
In signs never fail to know;
| mark them now, as when OF old
We wandered fondly, to and fro.
The orchard where we love to stray,
Mid appie-blossoms' fragrant showers;
The shady lane along whose way, Is II
We sauntered in the summer hours;
The quiet, sacred house of prayer,
Where have knelt and thou beside;
Tue fires do glow which thou dddst share,
When ragged the storm-king in his lridE.
Sfy hours of Joy, my hours of care,
That swiftly fly or laggard move: 7s q
In all my life, still thou art there, h-s NJ
And yet, thou wilt not speak thy love.
Dear Harry, call not to my cheek
The blush of love thou wilt not tell.
feel no shame, if thou wilt speak, ..4
And say the words L know so well.
In thy dark eye read the word
That never to thy lips hath sprung;
When shall thy souls last depth be stirred IS. =
BY loves sweet message from thy tongue?
Dear Harry! am growing old,
And faith grows faint and hope grows dark,
Shall thy true love be never told?
Oh, Harry! If you love me-bark.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-10-20

Ir is curious fact that the death-beds
OF aoted personages rarely fail TO furnish
soae incident calculated to minister to
the superstitious feeling. It is now re-
lated that during Miss Nelson's last Ill
ness large bat flew in ait the window of
the room In which she, was lying and
annoyed her exceedingly. She ex-
claimed: "Look at the great bird flying
about me-" A common superstition as
sociates the entrance OF bird through
an open window with the death of some
occupant of the house.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-10-20

CALIFORNIA SALMON are now Matched
in tanks in Paris
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-08-05
POLITICAL POINTS.

TIE workingmen of the Third Califor.
mia district have nominated c. p. Berry
for congress.
p. L. MCKINNEY, of Rock Island, is the
nominee of the greenbackers for congress
in the sixth Illinois district.
THE republican convention of the fourth
Ohio district unanimously nominated Hon.
Emanual Schultz for congress.
J. II. BLoUr nominated for con-
gress in the 9th congressional district of
Georgia.
Hon THOMAS T. CR1TTRNDEN, of War
rensburg, has been nominated as the demo-
cratic candidate for governor of Missouri.
In the seventh Indiana district the dem
ocrats have nominated Chas. Byfeld for
congress. This is De La Matyr's district.
AT the republican convention of the
fourth district of Ohio, Hon. Emanuel
Schully received the unanimous vote of
the district for congress.
THE democrats of the ninth Indiana dis
trict have nominated w. r. Myers to
make the race for congress against Hon. G.
s. Orth the present incumbent.
The democratic convention in the first
district of Mississippi took 269 ballots for
candidate for representative in congress
before making choice. The candidates
were W. F. Tucker, of Chickasaw; Col. s..
NJ. Meek, of Lowndes, and the Hon. John
NJ. Allen, of Lee On the last ballot Meek
and Allen withdrew their names, and the
Hon. Henry Muldrow, the present incum-
bent, was put in nomination.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-08-05
CRIME,

TIE police of Burlington Iowa, have ar
rested a yonng fellow named D. n. Krat-
zer for conducting lottery swindle in
that city.
THos. DANA, proprietor of the livery on
Sherman street, was fatally stabbed by his
wife, whom he was endeavoring to per-
sude to accompany him home.
A FIGHT among gang of Chicago
sneak thieves and shop-Hfters, temporarily
located in Milwaukee, resulted in the stab
bing of one Of the number and the arrest
of another.
AT dance in Canoe township, Iowa, a
quarrel arose between w. Van Pelt and L.
Rostetter and the former, being struck by
the latter, drew a revolver and shot him
through the body.
JOE STATS, Il young man, who was mar
ried only nineteen days ago, was shot in
his yard, at Centralia, Sunday night, by
some person unknown. Some think it 4
suicide while others think it murder.
A. PHILLIPS, superintendent of the di-
vision centering at Gallon, Ohio, of the
n. Y, P. & 0. r. r., was shot and severe
lvwounded by Peter Ackerman, who had
been discharged from the service of the
company on account of drunkenness.
On the 9th inst, in the town of Somers,
Knoshae county, Wisconsin, a tramp as
saulted Mrs. Niederprim with chair, kill
ing her almost instantly. Mrs. Nieder-
prim was woman IS years old. The tramp
made his escape.
CHLOE BATES, violently insane young
woman, an inmate of the asylum at New
burgh, O., got into window of the hos
nifa1 and when an attemnt yVas made to
secure her, threw herself to the ground, a
distance of twenty feet, sustaining fatal IN
juries.
ANNIE HARDY, of Memphis, colored
girl, Is years old, was found by her parents
on returning from church with her jaw
broken, and several wounds on her throat,
neck and breast, as if inflicted by pick
ak. The girl has been sick for several
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-08-05
Ex-Slave and Ex.Mistress.
Eric Herald

Yesterday was about the happiest
day Rufus Hammond has seen for
many year. He had the pleasure of
entertaining his former mistress and
members Of her family when he was a
slave in Memphis. The lady was none
other than the widow ofC. w. Cherry,
heavy STAKEHOLDER in Memphis in
the palmy days of trade in human
flesh. The lady was accompanied by
her son, her nephew, William Williams,
and Mrs. Basterfield. The call was un-
expected, but the good lady, who with
her friends was on her way to Niagara
Falls and St. GATHERINGS, could not pass
Erie without stopping off to see good,
faithful Rufus and his family. Rufus
had been their property for eight years
prior to the emancipation, and was
purchased by Mr.. Cherry for 81 600.
His wife and daughter, now Mrs. Name
Baxter, and his adopted daughter, Mrs.
James Pardy, all living in this city,
were also the property Of the Cherry
family. Rufus was a favorite hand and
drove the family carriage. The visitors
received every attention at the hands
of their former slave, and reciprocated
with the kindest Of demonstrations.
They were surprised to find that Rufus
had amassed property since he came
to Erie in 1868 TO the amount of 49,
|
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-08-05
GENERAL NOTES.

MORE than three hundred lives were
lost by the earthquake at Manila.
A VERY malignant throat disease is
causing the death of many children in the
suburbs of Cincinnati
THREE hundred thousand dollars worth
of gold was shipped at Hayre for New
York, on the 9th inst
GEN. CHAMBERS, of Texas, greenback
candidate for vice president, will withdraw
from the ticket owing to i'll health.
JOHN H. KNEBEh, Brooklyn attorney,
left that city the other day for New Mexi-
co, owing clients over 100000.
GOLD is said to have been discovered in
the coal shaft being sunk by the state at the
penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan.
Col. JOHNSON, native of the United
States, in the insurgent army of Cuba, was
killed recently in a skirmish with Spanish
troops
TIE Omaha city council has let the con-
tract for the construction of water-works
in that city to S. E. Locke, his bid being
S35O,OOQ.
A SHARK nine feet in length has been
caught in the Potomac, near Washington.
1t will be stuffed and placed in the Smith
sonian institute.
L. w. GU1TEAU, cashier Of the Second
National Bank of Freeport, ILL.,, died on
the 22nd inst, after a long and painful
Illness
AT the meeting of stove manufacturers,
at Niagara Falls, it was unanimously re-
solved to maintain the prices agreed upon
six months ago.
A WAR between the Chicago, St. Louis
and New Orleans and the Louisville and
Nashville railroads has resulted in reduc-
tion of about 50 per cent. in passenger
fares.
TIE Ute Indians demand the privilege
Of viewing the land to be assigned them in
severalty before they will agree to surren-
der their present reservation.
JACOB W1RTH, vice president of the Gin
cinnati Southern railway company, has re-
signed on account of i'll health and Briggs
S. Cunningham has been appointed in his
place.
Col. VALE, of the Mexican army, with
four hundred and seventy men, is in pur-
suit of Victoria, the hostile Apache Indian,
who lately crossed from the United States
into Mexico
TUE Indians of eastern Oregon threaten
to make trouble for the whites who have
taken possession of Camas prairie, the red
mems favorite place for gathering camas
root and other big medicine.
GREAT interest is felt in the announce
ment that gold has been discovered in
large quantities a short distance outside
of the town of Yarmouth, Novia Scotia, by
poor French boy, who has sold his secret
for sufficient sum to give him a compe-
tency for life.
The mining company, of which Gen.
Grant has been elected president, is called
the San Pedro and Canon De Lagna. It's
stock is now worth 50 or 50 share, but
the spectators managing the concern
hope, with the aid of the ex-president's
name, to realize higher prices, shortly
The generals salary has been fixed at $685.
600.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-08-05

A VERY novel description of duel
which is reported from France tends to
show that the rage for fighting is at
tanning to inconvenient proportions.
Two lads, each about 16 years of age,
were, it seems, breakfasting together
IN factory near the Rue Notre Dame
de Nazareth,- Paris, and having quar-
relied, agreed to settle their dispute in
what IS now the prevailing fashion.
They were not, however, in possession of
tolls, and as consequence determined
to fight with knives, throwing them at
each other in the Spanish fashion.
Standing three PAGES apart. they began
the battle, and soon one of them fell
covered with blood There upon the
victor descended to the basement of the
building. for medical aid, and brought a
doctor upon the scene just in time to
witness the death of the wounded lad.
The survivor is now incarcerated at the
police depot. 1t is noted that the whole
affair is is more than ordinarily sad,
since the father of the boy who now
awaits his trial has only just lost his
wife and daughter, and has been de-
prised ofhis reason by this fresh mis-
fortune.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-08-05
A Swarm OF Bees Capture a Car.
Leavenworth Times.

Recently when the Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific train arrived it came
in under cloud A large swarm of
bees being attracted by the cool location
on the top of the car while near Beaver
ly, in Missouri, took deck passage for
sunny Kansas, and the fears of the
conductor and other men on the train
of a singing rebuke prevented any at
tempt to put the dead heads off. When
the car arrived here Police Officer Nc
Cart was apprised Of the fact that he
could take in a number of prisoners if
he visited the car. He went to inves-
tigate, and finding the bees snugly en-
sconced on their novel abiding place,
proceeded to effect their capture by
coaxing them into an empty keg. He
succeeded, after receiving numerous
stings, in capturing the entire swarm,
taking more prisoners than he will have
at one time while he is on the force.
He says the family is getting along we'll
at his home in the north part Of the
CITY.