Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-03-16
GLEANiNGS.

worth $58, 200, 900 and are of no earthly
account to the wearers. Just think how
many cigar stores could be opened with
that much wealth. eaf.qe
! ACCORDING to the Washington Re23ub-
Hc0m, when young man in Texas goes
back on girl to whom he is engaged
they suspend him to tree and let him
grow up with the country. f
HARVARD is pushing university.
President Eliot says that for &C pressing
needs-that is for needs which are clear
! ly calculated and foreseen and pecog-
n1zed, Harvard Will, in theme future,
want So, 900, 900 more.
A SUDDEN increase IN country drug
| stores is reported from portions of Geor-
| gla, where new law abolishes bar
rooms, andpermits druggists and physi-
clans to. sell liquor for medicinal ptlr-
| poses.
A GERMAN citizen of Greentown, Ind.
still wears the coat which clothed him
when he landed in that city in 1887. It
was his Sunday garment in Germany
many long years before he came to Amer
lea, and is said to be still in good shape.
They do say that If you want to find
out If your syrup has been adulterated
with glucose, this is the test: Pour lit
tie on piece of white paper; fold two
edges OF the paper toward each other
over the syrup. IF there is any glucose
in it the surface will wrinkle; If the syr-
up is pure the surface will remain
smooth.
"CULTIvATED'' smelts, Of the average
weight OF three-q1arters Of pound
each, raised In a fresh water pond in
Maine, were sent to the Boston market
recently. They are described as being
| very handsome fish, and are very sugges-
tive to the fish commission as showing
what may be done in fresh water with q
fresh water fish.
MAGGIE KELLY, q comedy Irish girl.
stole 5000 from her employers in P6ila-
delphia to help her mother and her little
| brothers and sisters, who were in Ireland.
| TO come to this country She had lust
received distressing letter from her
| mother which caused her to fall into
temptation. The Judge has deferred
| sentence In her case.
The Washington Star says that the
only occasions upon which the senate
has not been convened in extra session
on the 4th of March when new admin
lstratlon came In werein 1905, 1918, 1921
and 1888, when Jefferson, Madison, Mon
roe and Jackson entered upon second
terms, and the cabinets of their first
terms continued unbroken.
WILLIAM COLE has drawn a color line
for himself at Floyd, Va. He is a GRIM
mai and negro constable holds war
rant for his arrest. Cole has entrenched
himself on top Of a mountain, with sup
! ply of food and ammunition, and declares
that, though he will submit like a lamb
to any white officer, he viii die rather
than surrender to a black one.
A LANDLADY In Louisville, KY, was
SO importunate in her demands that her
sick tenant sold his body to physician
for dissection for SIG, to be paid the
woman provided he died before the end
of the month The Courier Journal saws
that he is now patiently awaiting death
OF recovery; but should he Inger on and
not recover before the time expires, there
will no doubt be lively scene when the
monthly gatherer of rent-money calls
IT is reported that wild plant, which
grows SO profusely On high lands in
Louisiana chat the planters have tried
for years to exterminate it as pest, has
been discovered to yield woody fibre
closely resembling jute, but of much
finer quality. It is claimed that the
process of preparation is very simple,
and far less expensive than that of iute
or ranie. The planters name for it is
the American or creole tea plant.
AMONG the claims presented by a
farmer to the Rhode Island Legislature
| for damages done On his premises by
militia regiment was one of $50 for "13se
OF house while taken care of sick solder
& attention and So" This item is found
to have been based on the fact that an
indlsposed soldier had sat on his piazza
from 10 A. NJ. until 4 P. NJ, and ali the
damage was in the terrible mental
anxiety of his wife. a37
!, AUSTIN MoRIARTY went home to his
| wife at Putnam, Conn.,, and told her That
if he was not mistaken he had on the
previous day been married to Phoebe
Brown, of Providence He had a dim
recollection of going to clergyman's
house while drunk, and becoming the
bridegroom in a marriage ceremony.
His memory proved sound, for an officer
soon arrived with warrant to arrest
him, but his wife by strategy enabled
him to escape to Canada.
A GUSHING young lady who purchased
a bottle of DR.. Quacques bitters-none
! genuine, unless the doctors name is
? blown on the wrapper-sent him the. fol-
lowing testimonial: Dear Doctor
think your bitters are too awfully lovely
!, After taking half a bottle I could sleep
until o'clock in the morning, while ma
was getting breakfast ready. My health
is now too sweet for anything, and your
} delightful medicine is just too supremacy
| NICE" etc. -NoaT6stoeoae Herald.
/ THE Essex Statesman tells of tar
: tie owned in Marblehead which, as cold
weather came on, was placed In two
thirds of a bucket of water and put
! in the cellar The extreme cold
; weather froze the contents of the bucket
l solid, and it remained so for about six
weeks, until February IL, when it was
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