Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-05-10
WINNOWINGS,

A CORRESPONDENT OF the Eredericks-
burg Star says that he counted off the
shore of "The Neck" King George
County, Va, ninety vessels engaged In
taking oysters.
The tomato packers of Salem, N. J.,
have agreed to give the growers ST per
ton, delivered IN a ripe, merchantable
condition. This is an increase of 81
over the price paid last year.
Mr.. W. W. AsToRs box at the Italian
opera, for season Of 120 nights, cost
4S37, 900. The figures are quoted to
show that Mr.. Mapleton's stockholders
are not music-loying deadheads.
WoRKMEN near Leavenworth recently
excavated an iron casket containing a
corpse, which must have been buried
forty years. Large numbers of early
settlers went out to Pilot Knob to see
the relic.
Mr.. BLAINH's grafton upon the life
and character of President Garfield has
been eDgrossed upon a sheet of Bristol
board by resident of Philadelphia who
intends to present this result Of long and
patient labor to Mrs. Garfield.
A BALTIMORE nursemaid pushed three
pins down a baby's throat. She con-
fessed the act, but wound give no reason
for it, and none can be imagined. She
has been sent to a correctional institu-
ton and the child is recovering.
MR.. BARNUM, together with many 9TH
er curloslties, now owns Charles Dick
ems Overcoat-the one which he wore in
America the last time. It was present
ed to Mr.. Barnum il Philadelphia the
other day by Mr.. G. w Childs.
The sheriff Of Mobile, Ala, was unable
to find John Percy Moore, an escaped
convict; but stroke of lightning reached
him as he lay hiding in shanty and in
jured him SO badly that he was glad to
be taken back to the prison hospital.
A CLERGYMAN who had just married a
couple felt indignant when the bride
groom gave him a fee of only half a dol
lar, smiled grimly and said: IS Never
mind. you'll have to give lawyer 500
for undoing what I've DONE"
IT is sometimes handy to have a
mining country about you. A Lead7ille
man who wanted to commit suicide the
other day easily found shaft 20 jump
into, and as the hole was 900 feet deep,
the operation was entirely successful.
Now that Daniel Webster's widow is
dead, the Webster annuity fund is to be
distributed to the subscribers or their
heirs. Among these Nathan Appleton,
Robert G.. Shaw, Samuel Appleton and
William Appleton contributed 1000
each.
A New JERSEY farmer set an old straw
stack on fire to scare out fox, and three
tramps crawled out of the smoke and
upbraided him for his carelessness in
not first jabbing around with pitchfork
to see IT any one was there. The fox
got away.
WHEN Senator Brown was governor of
Georgia he found among some mouldy
papers in the basement of the state
house vouchers for a 500, 900 claim
against the general government for de-
Tending the frontiers against Indians
from 1895 to 1918, and congress is likely
to direct payment.
Who would want to live in Boston
after what the Star says Of the climate
"The vernal breezes from Cape Cod are
as luxurious to weak lungs as sand-paper
rubbed over an inhamed eyeIld. Our
climate in spring serves to produce a
healthy race. 1t also enriches very
thrifty class Of people, the undertakers. "
Two children of George Wagner,
aged respectively and years, girl
and boy, were playing near the brick
kiln at Goshen, n. Y, recently, when
the girl fell into the water, which is
about twenty feet deep. The boy
pulled off his coat and jumped in to save
hoy. hot IN
ing of the calamity the grief-stricken
she sought. for..the bodies of the children.
J. M. S., Little Rock, Ark: ''Can
you give me any recipe for preserving
fence posts ? Please reply in your next
ISSUE" We can't do it. We have asked
several ladies, and all Of them say they
have never tried it, believing that it
would take too much sugar, and that
the thing wouldn't be much of delicacy
anyway. But they say If you want to
know how to fix tomatoes or can green
corn, they can food you with informa-
tion.-Te1. Sy7.
"DoN'T die in the house" says re
cent writer on therapeutics. Well, we'll
We presume it is necessary for some peo-
PIE 10 Keel over Oh Ju0 Sidewalk, OF step
out into the woodshed; or wander off
into the woods for the purpose of dying;
it makes it interesting for the newspa-
pers. But we are still in favor of the
old-fashioned, quiet method of dying in
the house, with the undertaken anxiously
waiting around the corner.-NeaO Haven
Register.
For some time Texas has been re-
ioicing in the possession of what was de-
clared to be the Oldest biscuit in the
country, biscuit which a soldier car
ried home from the war in his pocket.
Twenty years did seem tolerable age
for any article of food. but it is never safe
to boast of antiquity until Boston has
been heard from. True to her fame,
Boston now steps smilingly forward with
two biscuits which were brought to this
country in 1880 by Robert Pierce and
Ann, his wife, in the good ship Mary
and John, Captain Squeb. The bread
spoken of appears to be made from
coarse oatmeal, and is as dry and hard
as wood, so that there is no reason why
O fellow who got hold of one of the bis