Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-07-27
WINNOWINGS.

WATERcREssEs before breakfast have
been prescribed for bilious people.
IL Australia bunch of cattle " is
called "mob of bullocks."
IT is said the postal card has decreased
the sale of writing paper $12, 100000 in
the United States.
SIX life insurance companies in Hart
ford, Conn.,, paid the government last
year $50, $50. Al for postage.
Mr.. PosTE1L, of Georgia, in forty
years collected 10000 specimens of
shells, which he has presented to the
Young Mems library at Atlanta.
A BLOCK of ice melted in Charles Bar
tines ice-chest, at Connersville, Ind,
was found to contain a frog weighing
a quarter of pound and in good health.
AT Fishkill, on the Hudson, whenever
favorable telegram in regard to the
President was received a cannon was
fired. The people remained at work and
listened for the news.
MIX little carbonate of soda with the
water in which flowers are immersed,
and it will preserve them for fortnight.
Common saltpeter is also a very good
preservatlve.
A PHILADELPHIA man, being slapped
in the face by his wife, turned white
with rage, stood still for moment as
though irresolute, and then, procuring
gun from an adjoining room, committed
suicide.
The Chicago caricatrre of a man who
sued woman for breach of promise of
marriage has been eclipsed in meanness
by Hoosier thing who had brought a
suit for SANDER in the courts against his
mother.
A FASHIONABLE lady at one of the re-
sorts has a jewelry box made in imita-
ton of a Bible. Thieves entered her
apartments soon after and carried off the
silverware, but left what they supposed
to be an ordinary Bible.
A GERMAN, newly-arrived in New
York, writing home his impression of
the inhabitants, thus described them:
sThey runs about the streets all day
long cheating each other, and dey calls
dat business Vot aguntry vot peo-
pies p
A PHILADELPHIA clergyman who mar
ried couple few days ago and was
cheated out of his fee, the bridegroom
promising to call the next day and pay
him, advertised the wedding in city
paper, and added: emo cards, no cake,
no cash, no certificate"
a SMALL, delapidated box marked
emo value" addressed to jewelry firm
in Boston, and received in the last Ger
man mail, was found to contain three
cards, on one of which was fastened
three diamonds, and on the others several
rubies and emeralds, the lot being worth
| S., 800 or So, ZOO.
AN archery club went out to practice
at Ensign's Mountain, Mo. Miss Mat
thews had a lovers quarrel with Mr..
shoot at the target, few minutes after
ward, she sent an arrow into the young
mans breast. It was all an accident,
she said, and she was ever so sorry; but
he believed she meant to kill him, and
had her arrested.
NEAR Springfield, Mass, gentleman
walking in patch of woods noticed
horrible stencil. Looking up, he saw
the body of headless person suspended
trunk downward from branch thirty
feet from the ground. The foot had
caught in crotch, and the head, from
decomposition, had dropped off. Sup
posed suicide.
WoNDERFUL rapid canal digging is to
be done in Florida, in connection with
the scheme for redeeming the vast
area of swamp land. Powerful machines
on floats will scoop out the soft soil to
the depth of fifteen feet and width of
forty-four. Nine million cubic yards
will be thus excavated in about six
months.
AN enormous cannon, called the Ly-
man Haskin Accelerating or Multicharge
Gun, is to be made at the Scott foundry
of the Reading Pa.) Iron works. It is
to be rs feet long and have bore 6
inches in diameter The gun will be
expected to throw 15O-pound shot ten or
twelve miles and penetrate through two
feet of solid wrought iron.
A LADY in Taunton, Mass, received
last week from Europe bouquet con-
tanning, it is claimed, a clover from
George Eiot's grave, violet from Mel
rose Abbey, buttercup from De Quin-
ceys grave, sprig of ivy from Walter
Scott's old home at Abbotsford, and
| bluebel from the grave of Helen Mac
Gregor, near Loeb Lomond.
VERY few of those who have used the
expression, "He's a brick" know that
it came from Plutarch. An ambassador
from Epirus was shown by King Agesi-
laus, of Sparta over his capital, and ex-
pressed surprise at the absence of walls
and Notifications. "Come tomorrow"
quoth the king, "and I will show you
our walls" On the morrow he showed
him an array of 10000 men, remarking,
"Each one is brick"
| ANDREWS QUEEN: "Aye p remarked
an old man on Saturday evening, as the
people gazed upon the White House win
dows wondering where the President
lay" the first time I entered that
house I was told I should find our Pres
ident General Taylor in yonder room
at the end of the passage to the right.
AS walked along a strong smell of to-
bacco assailed my ofactory organs. I
entered the room, and there. gentlemen.