Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-02-23
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dye ignited, and now he is bald and
beardless.
A NEW BRUNSWICK man who went ST.
y ohm recently to purchase a coffin, ex-
pecting his aged mother to die, was bu-
ried in the coffin himself the other day,
and bis mother, who has recovered, at
tended his funeral.
LIE affection between pair Of mated
moles is 80 great that when the female is
caught III trap the male is frequently
found lying dead close beside her, affec-
ZION having overcome the calls of hun
ger andthe fast proving fatal.
RHODE ISLAND cast only 10000 votes
at the late presidential election. still
she sustains two state capitals, is al
lowed two United States senators. and
makes as much noise as the biggest frog
in the puddle.
IHE following verse is sung with no
lmplous intention in San Francisco re-
7lval meetings among the sailors:
''Oh, haul away, Lord, haul awayi
And haul my soul ashore,
So cheerily oh, Lord, cheeriIy oh
long pull and a strong pull and PM for ever
more.'
RUFAs CHoArE believed ia hard work
and struggle. When some one said to
him that a certain fine achievement was
the result of accident, he exclaimed:
Nonsense You might as well drop
the Greek alphabet on the ground and
expect to pick up the Iliad %
The judge of the Criminal Court of
Wilmington, Del, called the attention of
the grand jury to a lecture delivered Ill
the city by Bob Ingersoll, and stated
that the lecture was worthy the action of
the jury as coming under the law regard
ing blasphemy.
The amount of rent due in New York
every quarter is estimated at $120,000,-
600, the new Dexter building on Wall
street yielding $50, 900, or more, per-
haps, than any other building on the
continent. The Astors, who have just
moved from the one-story structure On
Prince street up to Twenty-sixth street,
gather in some $500, 900 quarterly, and
Trinity Church S125,O00.
Mr.. PHELPS. lawyer, in an address
at recent dinner Of Vermonters in
Chicago, said; 81 undertake to say
that the best women III the world are Inc
American women, and the best American
are the New England women, and the
best of all New England women are the
Vermont women, and the best of all the
Vermont women / Leave every man to
designate for himself
OMAHA crows are having hard time
this winter. The long continued snow
has covered all their food. and they are
reduced to the necessity of picking the
bark from trees. Crows are appreciated
in Omaha, where they art as scavengers.
A year ago the mayor issued an order
that they should not be shot. Now, in
their extremity, an appeal is made in
their behalf, and many families are feed
ing them habitually.
"THE whisper of beautiful woman. ),
says Balzac, "can be heard further than
the loudest call of duty" But the man
who is creeping up stairs with his boots
off at 2 o'clock A. NJ. and hears the whis-
per of his wife as she leans over the BAN
nisters in the darkness, doesn't think Of
her beauty. His chief thought is how
much he would like to exchange his
boots for pair Of wings. -Brook{yn
Eagle.
"DoEs your husband split your wood
for you?" asked one Somerville lady of
another the other day. IS He does moi"
was the reply. "Just like the men"
said the fist lady savagely; "snd you
have to do ii yourself, of course 60,
no. rejoined she other, sweefiy; ssne
always buys tie wood already split"
There was a pause, and when the CON
versation was resumed there was, no
reference to wood aaade.-.S011eyrSzk
Journal.
For some months past Mr.. F. NJ.
Graves of MarcelIus Falls has at times
seen about his barns puTe white rat,
Efforts have been made to trap the rodent
but unsuccessfully. This morning the
rat was found lying on the hay-mow
dead. One ear was bloody, but other
wise the rat was uniniured. Mr.. Graves
is at loss to tell how the rat met it's
death. The body was brought to this
city and turned over to Bex the taxider-
mist, who IS to set it up. Every hair on
the rat is pure white and the eyes are
pink in color.-Syrocuse Journal.
EAGLE LAKE of Colorado county, Tex
as, is said to be noted for the excellence
of it's fish. 1t lies out upon an open
broad prairie with no water connections,
a1Iu etOOttHCo AL d SpcC1Sp VI uSu JndJ Tile
natives call s. trout, +" but which are evil
IDENTITY black bass, averaging a size of
five to six pounds. Another species called
the &C raft is very similar to the red fish.
Another called s'cypress trout " is pecu-
Liar to the lake. A catfish is caught also
the head of which is said to be delicious
eating.
A PECULIAR instance of American Ell
terprise is found in the history of the
Eastern Ohio railroad, little road eight
miles long, in Guernesy county. This
road was built in 1874, and is owned by
W. 81. and G. B. Stevens. In building
this road they involved themselves inan-
cially, during the depression from 1874
to 1877. In order to prevent themselves
from being sold out or making an assign
ment they performed all the work neces-
sary IN operating and maintaining the
road, one of them acting as engineer,
Tho othor oop1,1otOr both occictiDrr