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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-02
The King, the Vicar and the Curate
from the Leeds Mercury. I


One day when James |. was hunting
he rode on before his dogs and hunts
men to an inn to seek for luncheon.
He jumped off his horse and called for
the landlord. Beef and ale-pastry-
anything would do. "There was moth
ing ready but one roast" said the
landlord, "and the vicar of Bray and
his curate were already busy at that;
perhaps they might, as q favor, allow
him to join them" King James
caught at the offer, rushed up stairs,
knocked at the door and asked
permission. The vicar churlishly
scowled up from his smoking plate.
The curate, jovial and hearty, begged
James to be seated. The king sat
down and piled q good knife and fork.
He tossed off his ale; he told good
STORIES; he made both his reluctant
and his willing host roar with laugh
ter. At last there came the bill. The
curate put down his money with care
less frankness; the vicar paid gloomi-
ly; but the luckless guest could not
pay at all. Eli, man! he'd left his
purse behind. The vicar saw no Joke
in this, and fatty refused to pay for
the suspicious stranger. The happy
and guileless curate expressed his pleas
ure in being able to make some return
for the amusement he had received,
and paid the strangers share. Then
the three men went out upon the bal
cony. A huntsman came riding up,
and, seeing the king, leaped off his
horse, and went down on one knee in
the street. The sullen vicar threw
himself at the feet of James and begged
forgiveness, to which the king replied
~ shall not turn you out of your liv-
ing-you shall remain vicar of Bray;
but shall make my good friend, the
curate, a canon of Windsor, whence he
will be able to look down both upon
you and your vicarage."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-02
A Backwoods Banquet.

A backwoods banquet is described
by correspondent OF the New York
journal OF Commerce, who obtained a
nights accommodation at a. secluded
farmhouse in New Hampshire. eIn
the kitchen was a table covered with
clean white cloth, which was scarcely
visiblefor the multitude of good things
upon it. Chief in color was a central
dish holding at least six quarts of
mountain Strawberries, tenfold richer
in flavor than any cultivated berries,
filling the rooms with their fruity odor.
Thanking it on one side was a two
quart glass pitcher of cream, SO thick
that, almost, a spoon would stand up
in it; and on the other side a like
pitcher OF milk, almost as thick as the
cream. There is no milk in the world,
except perhaps in the Appenzell, so
rich as the milk of the Jersey cattle
feeding on the highland grass of North
ern Vermont and New Hampshire.
pass over the solids which were on the
table, but count seven kinds of fine
cake, fruit cake, lady cake, frosted
pound cake-four other kinds, without
counting the doughnuts"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-02
An Anecdote of Gen. Oliver.
from the Haverhin (Mass1 Bulletin

[From the Haverhill (Mass.) Bulletin
The notice of the death of Gen. II.
K. Oliver, of Salem, brought to mind
an interview with him at a picnic near
Salem while he was mayor of the city.
After discussing various subjects music
was alluded to. Remarked shat there
was one tune a particular favorite OF
mine. "And pray what is that" in
CURED the general. I replied, F'Mer-
toy" "Ah," said he, chat is my ia
vorite, too, and will give you it's his
tory. When | was organist and lead
er Of a quartet choir in Salem the min
lister had selected for the third or clos
ing hymn one the first line of which is
'Ye golden lamps of heaven, farewell.
could find no tune to suit me. Hav-
ing some music paper by me, while the
minister was preaching I composed
and wrote out four copies and distrib-
uted them to my choir which we sang
to the closing hymn. Inc next day
met the minister, who inquired:
What tune was it you sung at the
close Of the services yesterday? It
was beautiful. Inever heard it before.
Nor either, replied. IF you will
not be offended / will tell you it's auth
or. I composed it while you were
preaching WELL, he replied, 'by the
appearance of the congregation and
the remarks I have heard to-day |
think the singing was more effective
than the preaching
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-02
A Significant Incident.
From Harper's Magazine. |

On the confederate Decoration day
in New Orleans [ was standing near
the confederate monument in one OF
the cemeteries when the veterans
marched in to decorate it. First came
the veterans of the army of Virginia,
last those Of the army of Tennessee,
and between them the veterans of the
Grand Army of the Republic, Union
soldiers now living in Louisiana. ]
stood beside lady whose name, if ]
mentioned it, would be recognized as
representative of a family which was
as conspicuous, and did as much, and
lost as much, as any other in the war
"a family that would be popularly sup
posed to cherish unrelenting feelings.
As the veterans some of them on
crutches, many of them with empty
sleeves, grouped themselves about the
monument, we remarked upon the
sight as q touching one, and [ said, 81
see you have no address on Decoration
Day; at the North we still keep up the
custom" "No," shereplied; "wehave
given it up. So many imprudent
things were said that we thought best
to discontinue the address" And
then, after a pause, she added,
thoughtfully, "Each side did the best
it could; it is all over and done with,
and let's have an end of it," In the
mouth of the lady who uttered it, the
remark was very significant, but 1T ex-
presses, am firmly convinced, the
feeling of the South.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-02

pertinent hotel-keeper held them In
custody until he could telegraph to
Somerville to learn their antecedents
and relationship.
THE bachelor beaux Of the city
should know that, if they wish to keep
in the good graces of Buffalo bellies,
they must, after the manner Of the
Admiral in the opera, "wear clean
collars and brand new suit" Some
of them are merciless critics, and care
not whom they hit. A short time ago, at
alawn party, one of them pointed out
to her escort middle-eged bachelor,
who is VIGOROUSLY careless about his
dress. "Look at that collar and that
snirt. Do you see that mark on the
front lust above the diamond stud ?"
eyes" was answered. "Wel L put
that there with lead pencil on the
evening of the Charity ball. ''-Bufalo
Courier.
"WHAT name?" said the office boy,
recently, to O. clerical subscriber who
had just deposited a five dollar piece.
''Rev. Father Anastasio," replied the
visitor, in gentle tones. "Ah," said
the boy, firmly, eve are not taking
that kind of names this summer. Give
us some name like Jones or Bifkins,
that we can tie to. / am strictly for
hidden to enter any religious alias on
the books" When the cashier came
in, the boy was crying bitterly, and
both his eyes were red. Accomplished
that he had just held an ecclesiastical
interview, which terminated in his be-
ing pulled over the counter by his
cartilaginous tunnels. He is respect
full to the cloth now.-San Francisco
| News Letter.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-02
A Cheap SunbIind.
From the London Daily News.1

From the London Daily News.l
A correspondent writes: Gas it is
not everybody who has the good
fortune to have sunblinds affixed to
every window in his house, it may be
worth while at this season to note
that very effectual and very cheap
protection from the suns rays is with
in the reach of most people. 1t con
slsts simply in lowering slightly the
upper division of the window frame,
and turning the ordinary linen blind
outside instead of inside of the win
dow. Thus the window panes are not
only shaded, but q space through
which there is necessarily a draught is
between them and the linen. The eff
feet in cooling room when the blaze
is strong is quickly perceptible; for, as
is well known, the oppressive warmth
from an unshaded window is due
chiefly to the accumulated heat in the
glass. While the bright sun is on the
blind there will be plenty of light in
the room. Should a wind shake the
blind inconveniently it can be kept
still by drawing the cord and tassel
into the room and securing it by
shutting down the lower division Of
the WindOW-sash."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-02
A New Snake Story.
from the st. Louis Globe Democrat

| From the st. Louis be-Democrat.I
Henry Andrews, an old engineer on
| the Nashville, Chattanooga q st. Lou
is Railway, tells an interesting story
Of the capture of his engine when he
was pulling passenger train. His
engine was SO, and he pulled out OF
Nashville with full train OF passen-
gers bound for Chattanooga. At Ste
venson, Ala, they stopped to wood
up, which they had to carry IN their
arms. They started again, and just
before reaching Anderson Station Jim
Wilson, the fireman, who had turned
around to get some wood, sung out,
"Great Scott Look at that RATHER. -"
81 jumped" said the engineer, cas- he
uttered the words, and, to my horror,
saw a tremendous rattlesnake climb
ing down from the tender with his
body over the platform. My hair
commenced to crowd my cap off my
head, and to say that | was scared
doesn't begin to express it. jim gave a
yell, and when [ looked around two
seconds later to see what he was do
ing, saw the RATHER crawling into the
cab. But Jim was nowhere to be
seen. He had jumped off and left me.
/ pulled back the throttle and leaped
over the snake, which ratified as
made the Jump, and l landed in the
tender. Standing on log, [ watched
that snake take possession OF
the cab which he did without any
ceremony. The steam was not COM
pletely shut off, and knowing that the
train full of passengers was at the
Of OF 10 I cto n cd hanly
toward the cab with a stick in my
hand, when the RATHER, hearing the
noise [ made, elevated his tail and
ratified in a mighty lively fashion:
That settled it. By this time we had
crossed the mountain and were sailing
along pretty lively. No. 6 was wait
ing for us at Stevenson, and knew
that if that snake run the engine till
we got there the coroner of the town
would be kept busy for week. Crawl
ing over the tender, and making my
way into the postal-car, l hurriedly
told my story to Charles Henderson,
the messenger, and then to Frank
Armstrong, the expressman. We
held a hasty consultation and de-
termined that something must be
done, and done quickly. The
train was moving along lively,
and the thought of No. 6 at Stevenson
made US feel wild. Aiming ourselves
with pistols furnished by the postal
and expressmen, we carefully crept out
to the tender, and, looking into the
cab, saw that doggoned RATHER
stretched out on the board by the
window. Well, it didn't take more
than three seconds for us to put three
bullets into his carcass. They struck
him so quickly and so thoroughly
that, before he could get a chance to
rattle, he was as dead as Hector.
Grabbing a stick l jumped into the
cab, threw the snake out of it, and got
hold of that throttle. Well, to make
a long story short, landed old '56
on time at Stevenson, and, strange to
say, the first fellow saw was the cor
oner, but, thank heaven, there weren' t
any inquests for him to hold.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-02
The Mail in China.

But as regards letters, considerable
proportion of the 4OO,OOO,OOO China
men do occasionally exchange letters
those who cannot write for them
selves hiring scribes to do so. These
letters are consigned to firms which
have houses in all large towns, where
letters are forwarded to distant ports,
to be there distributed by special
agents, who generally collect the post
age from the receiver. There was GER
talnly something comic in the fact
that when China was no longer able
to exclude foreigners from Pekin, our
British postal arrangements were no
sooner established than some of the
Imperial officials came to ask Sir
Frederic Bruce to forward certain
state documents for them between
Pekin and Canton. On the death of
the Emperor Hein-fung, which occurred
just at that time, intimation thereof
was sent from his country place Ia
distance of 600 H., which is upwards
of 200 miles) in % hours; which is the
highest speed attainable in China.
But the placid Celestials, to whom
hurry appears q form of vulgar i'm
patience, and to whom telegraphs are
an abominatiOn, are content that all
ordinary communications should be
conveyed either by slow padding or
polling boats, or else by foot runners,
whose high-sounding title of "the
thousand-mile horse" does not quicken
their pace beyond about II miles in
"a hours. They carry paper lantern
and apaper umbrella, and their letter
bag IS secured on their back by acloth
knotted across the chest.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-02
Life Saved by Hanging Upside Down.
From the Providence Journal

tFrom the Providence Journal
A singular affair occurred in one OF
the pleasantest homes in the suburbs
of our city on Friday, the relation OF
which may not only be Of some inter
est, but also of some use to the read
er. A few days ago the family physi-
clan visited the same residence, and
IN the course of conversation men
toned that while attending a sick
child the child had suddenly begun to
sutfocate, owing to a quantity of mu-
Gus getting into it's windpipe, and he
had turned the child upside down in
order to relieve it. This story passed
almost unnoticed except by the sister
OF the lady Of the house. On Friday
the family, consisting Of the husband,
vile and wlfe's sister, were at the ia.
bic eating, Suddenly the wife began
to show signs OF suffccation. Her
husband resOrted to the familiar rem
edy of patting her smartly on the
back, but it was unavailable. She
could not speak; her face became of a
purple hue, and she was evidently at
the point Of death. At this moment,
her sister, remembering the doctors
story, seized her by the ankles. The
husband caught at the idea instantly
and the lady was soon in an inverted
position, whereupon she Immediately
coughed up the food which had SO
nearl y caused her death. The hus-
band blesses himself for the story
which the doctor so casually told,
without any thought that it might
help to save life
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-02
A Floral Design for His Friend.
from the Baltimore Herald

IRON the Baltimore Heralu.
He hunted up tony florist on Fifth
Avenue and told him that he wanted
the handsomest floral design that he
could get up.
'EMonev is no object" he said.
"Well, sir, we'll try and suit you,''
the florist replied, struck with the
magnanimity of his customer. GLOW
will something like this do, or this?"
"No, mol" want something out OF
the ordinary runy-something origin
AL"
Suppose you suggest something
them" the florist told him. eve can
get it up"
"WelI, just get me up a big mound OF
the finest buds in the market-a big
one, mind you. l don't care what it
costs. Then put on the top in i'm
mortelles these letters:
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-02
PERSONALITIES.

SECRETARY MANNING is Sd years old.
DIR. TANNER, the faster, is a convert
to the faith cure.
BRET HARTE is 46 years old. He
was born in Albany, n. Y. in 1889.
SENATOR SHARON's Palace Hotel
San Francisco, is said to be assessed
at 81 100000.
THE Baroness Burdett Coutts has
opened q new cabmen's shelter in Pic
cadilly.
JOHN RUSSELL YOUNG's secretary,
Mr.. Rocket, returns to China with
Minister DENLY.
MRS. CAROLINE FL. HALL is at work
on book to be entitled "What We
Actually Know About Shakespeare.
MARGARET WESTON, an Indian yon-
an living at F'landrau,D ID. Il. lis said to be
Ito years old. She was born in Min
nesOta.
The wardrobe left by Marie Antoin-
cite IN her cell consisted of two dinity
Jupons, one dress and iacquette in
coarse cotton.
THE Gar travels with fifteen trunks.
But then the Gar is the only man in
the world who can send a. baggage
smasher to Siberia.
ONE of GEN. Santa Annals widows
is still living in Mexico, and is bright
and interesting as ever. She wasmar-
rled at the age Of IS.
DELEGATE SHEATs, of the Florida
Constitutional Convention, fought a
reporter because the journalist called
him the educated plowboy.
SENATOR Don CAMERON and wife will
remain in California until November.
The Senator's health has greatly i'm
proved during his stay on the Pacific
coast.
MRS. MARY PERRY BENEN1AN, of Rus
siaville, Ind, is116 years old, has
lived under every president he
United States. She knew Was ';0on
personally.
NINE. DE SEVINGE once wrote to her
daughter, on sending her a tiny pair
OF Louis XIV. shoes assorted to her
toilet; "Bear in mind that YOUR shoes
are not intended for walking"
Miss ADELAIDE RUDOLPH, of Cleve-
land, O., has been selected by the
Board Of Regents as the Latin profes-
sor at the State University of Kansas.
Miss Rudolph is a niece Of Mrs. Gar
field.
CHARLES GAYARRE, a phenomenon
| Of physical and mental health at more
than 80 years of age, has always
drunk muddy Mississippi River water
when he could get it.-Augu8ta (Ga.)
Chronicle.
NINETY years old and for sixty years
filling the chair of history in the Uni
versity of Berlin, Prof. Won Ranke still
works about eight hours a day, from
8 to II and from to 10. Hedictates
now to an amanuensis.
PROF. HUXLEY pronounces Boehm's
| statue OF Darwin a perfect likeness Of
| the man, and notes that all the civ
lllzed nations Of the world contributed
toward it in individual subscriptions
ranging from two pence to $25.
CHARLES W. Caller, OF Waldboro,
Me-, IS the last survivor OF the prison
ers who were crowded into the Dart
| moor prison during the war Of 1912.
He is now over 50, but has harvested
his own crops alone for number of
years past.
JOHN 0. SNYDER of Hartford City,
Ind, year or more ago became i'm
bued with desire to become a. pedes-
trian. Accordingly he laid out cir
cular track near his house, around
which he walks many times every day.
Since beginning the exercises he esti-
mates that he has covered 1920
miles.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-02

!: S. Y. l..

Certainly, sir; you'll find it'll be ex-
actly as you want" the florist re-
sponded, and his customer started for
the door. Before the latter could Get
away, however, theforist approached
him and asked in q hesitating but
curious way:
"Would-ah, you mind letting me-
ah, know what those-ah, letters signi-
fly? It's certainly a very odd inscrip.
ton"
"See you later-that's all, sir" and
the stricken man walked off, leaving
the florist dumb-struck at the bold
imagination that had conceived an in.
novation in memorial designs so orig
inal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-02
Summer-resort SociabiIity.
from the Philadelphia Bulletin. I

From the Philadelphia Bulletinl
The manners OF the people at sum-
mer hotels furnish q boundless field
for study. A year or two ago, two
Philadelphia ladies arrived at Lake
Mohonk and were placed at a table
already occupied by an Albany party
of six, bearing aristocratic names that
contrast strikingly with their behavior.
For two months these patrician
Albanlans sat at the little table with
out addressing a word of civility to
the Philadelphia ladies. At the close
OF That period the Albany mater
famlllas suddenly remarked: eve
leave you to-day" Whereupon the
PRAYER Philadelphia lady said: GIN
deedP' And so the two months con-
slant intercourse began and ended.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-02

IDA LEWIS has had, for a dozen
years, afaithful friend and companion
on her little rocky island, big black
Newfoundland dog, which recently
died. 1t was terrible loss to her.
remember well, long ago, her putting
her arms around the big affectionate
fellow and saying, "Men have not been
good to me, and l love dogs better
Her matrimonial venture was most
disastrous, and the dog was her only
protector.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-02
ADIEU.
BY CELIA r. CRESPI.

Two paths stretch on with a river between,
Your path on that side, and mine on this;
Ere the darkness gather, lean, gently lean
From your side to mine with a farewell kiss.
The chill breeze watts it away down the stream,
And there's no life left, and the long years
through
Each will be to each but a vague, sweet dream
Then now, Love, forever-adieu! adieu!
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-02
A PICNIC MEMORY.

little picnic bright and fair.
ana happy 'rquitOes buzzinp tbera
T T1 o?IluIy my memory serves you r1tl,
WIN ohe festive fly in the coffee cup.
v WY ny thoughts revert to frisky ants,
The mD b lneel !vt explored my summer pants,
Ana the double action blue-bottIe fi7 t'0'
= -, al these together in memorv,s book
s Tlsh f aHeE shady glen and its rcing BROOK
jolly crowd, and day together.
-PhfIadeIphia World.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-02

THERE is blind miner in Nevada
who does his work fully as we'll as
those blessed with good eyesight.-San
Francisco Chronicle.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-02

Ex-ArrY. GEN. BREWSTER is now
travelling abroad with his family, and
will sail for home October 3.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-02

GIVE meadows top dressing of old
manure or fine compost.
, 1885-01-27
WINTER WINDS.
A Protracted Gale clears the Ranges OF
the snow.

Beginning Saturday afternoon a severe
gale of wind ragged Saturday night, Sun
day and Sunday night and was still howl
ing away at 2 O'Clock this morning. The
wind has honeycombed the snow, or worn
it away altogether, so that the ranges ara
almost bare. The grass is fully exposed
all over the ranges, lying to the north and
northwest, and cattle can readily obtain
all the feed they require without travel
ing. The temperature has been 50 high
that stock has not driffed-
Cattle are just about in the same posi-
ton they we're when winter began, with
the additional advantage of the l~ateness
of the season and the consequent i'm
probability Of any disastrous storms inter-
vening before spring.
During the present storm the wind has
travelled along at times at the rate OF
forty-four miles an hour-a gale that in
a lower region would result in not a
little damage. But in this high altitude
the only noticeable effect is a more lively
business in the plug hat industry and a
slightly greater activity in the gyrations Of
the weeks washing.
These gales of wind may be a trife
disagreeable in the cities, but without
them cattle growing in Wyoming would
not be the success it now is.