Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-01-26
GLEANINGS.

BOlu coin III the crop OF chicken. This
is a crop that should not be overlooked.
A WOMAN who had stolen small GUAM
tity of tobacco, at Alexandria, Va, re-
ceived thirty nine lashes on her bare
back
AN ancient sage once said: "The
goodness of gold is tried by fire, the
goodness Of women by gold and the
| goodness Of men by women"
A HANCOCK AND ENGLISH banner in
tatters still hangs from the liberty pole at
Charlottesville, Va. No one will haul it
down, and the purpose is to let it float
for four years.
| JOHNNY got a phrenologist to tell his
father that "it wouldn't do to strike that
boy blow; it would break his head"
So his bumps had not developed much
when he reached manhood.
GA FooL's Errand" is still selling by
the thousand copies, the number already
sold being something over 10000 The
sale of Bricks Without Straw" has
reached $4,000.
A WHITE steer near Portsmouth, ".
H., which has propensity for measur-
ing strength with locomotives, has been
twice pitched into the air, and yet
wanted to try it again the other day, but
the engine backed down.
THERE are four starch mills within six
miles OF Pressure Isle village, Maine, and
three more are to be built in the spring.
The potatoes used are worth $3.50, 900 to
the farmers, and the starch obtained
from them $240, 900 to the manufacturers.
WADE HAMPTON no longer goes about
oD crutch He has wooden leg to re-
place the one lost by the kick of mule,
and is able to walk without a cane,
though he does not have such command
over the new leg as his colleague Butler
over his wooden member
| A Troy journal has an anecdote of a
wealthy manufacturer residing in an adj
joining village, who recently gave 81 600
to the church of which he is member,
but deducted from the weeks pay of one
of the mechanics in his employ two
cents for being five minutes late at work
one stormy morning, despite the fact
that the man worked fifteen minutes at
noon to make the lost time good.
POTATO flour is becoming very i'm
pOrtant for various manufacturing pur-
poses. By precipitating it with acid
good starch can be made, and when cal
cined, it is used as dressing for silk.
Twenty thousand tons of it are annually
sold In Lancashire, England, and In
Liverpool it brings about twice as much
in the market as does wheat -four n
diand10Olis Journal Of Commerce.
HE Celestials are not slow to make
use Of the advantages offered by Ameri-
can civilization. All Shang, Chinese
woman of San Francisco, has applied for
a divorce III one Of the courts of that city
from All Shang, on the grounds of de-
sertion. Her welded bliss lasted only
three months, when All Shang left her
and the Golden Coast for the Flowery
Kingdom.
The Army and Macy Register says
that the wagon in which Gen. Clusters
mess chsst was conveyed during the gen
erals Indian campaign and during the
terrible massacre is now used on the
farm of Jesse Stubs, near Mount Pleas
ant, Iowa. Both wagon and team were
brought through to Burlington by Col
onel Lyle, who messed with General
Custer. At that place Colonel Lyle was
taken sick and being out of money sold
the outfit for $500.
A SINGULAR occurrence was observed
in the East river. New York, day OF
two ago. Some men on board a vessel
saw about two dozen ducks on cake OF
ice, and hurried toward them with guns.
On coming near them one of the men
called attention to large flock of crows
lowering over the ducks. Tt was found
that the ducks feet and the tip OF their
wings were frozen to the ice, and that
the crows had picked out the ducks eyes
and nearly stripped them of flesh.
A MAN in Titusville, Pa, 45 years of
age, is about to see his father, wealthy
resident of Youngstown, Ohio, for the
first time Forty-fve years ago the
, mother set out for visit to her brother,
( who resides in CurIsville, Clarion coun-
ty, Pa. While there a son was born.
and her visit was prolonged for a couple
: of weeks. The uncle was childless. He
; took fancy to the infant and wished to
adopt it. After much solicitation on his
part the mother consented, and the
: father never saw the child, who grew up.
went west, served in the army during
! the war, and has only lately returned to
his native state.
"WHEN gorilla gets into a fight, y
DIR. Nassau says, 'his opponent is pref
ty sure to get hurt. With the gorilla it
is war to the death. The skeletons of a
leopard and gorilla locked in each
others embrace have been found. In
these fights the gorilla clasps his pow
erful arms around the leopard. and.
holding him with vice. like grip, chokes
him to death with his powerful Jaws.
which the gorilla fastens upon the throat
of the leopard. In the meantime, the
latter, with its sharp claws and muscu-
lar hind legs, literally disemboweled the
gorilla
BUFFALO has the first creche opened
in the United States. IT contains ot
present nineteen cribs and fifteen cradles
Mothers who work out or are destitute
can leave their babes and children, up to-
five years of age, and have them cared
for gratuitously during the day by en-