Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-03-04
CHIPS.

MOBILE is boasting of q watermelon
that has just ripened in the open air.
The American rocking-chair and
stove are making Rome howl with de-
light.
PRIVATE post-offices for "penny
mashes' are becoming popular in New
York.
The best toboggans are made of
| birch, and, velvet-cushioned, cost from
$50 to $50.
GREEN peas, beans, and tomatoes
from Florida are now among Gotham s
table luxuries.
SEVERAL first shad of the season are
announced from different points along
the Choptank, Md.
A MAN was lately refused admission
to skating rink at Stamford, Conn.,,
because he didn't wear a collar.
CRUDE petroleum is now used in
| the Brooklyn fire-engines, and the cost
is said to be less than one-fifth that
of coal, while there are no sparks.
PEANUT farmers in North Carolina
complain that present prices do not
pay for the cost OF raising, and threat
en- to try some other crop.
A GOLD watch was found in hollow
stump in Camden, S. c., several days
! ago. 1t had been hidden there when
Sherman's stragglers passed through
that place twenty years ago.
A GREENSBORO, Md, man during the
sickness of mis- wife attempted to cook
himself beefsteak for his breakfast.
He got along all right until he discov-
cred that the lard he had put into the
frying pan was soft soap.
AN unsophisticated youth of Adairs-
vile, Ga, proposed to his sweetheart
! by pOstal-card, and the missive hav-
Ing been read by about twenty persons
before it fell into the hands of the lady,
a big social sensation was the result.
A MINNESOTA farmer raises sunhow-
ers for chicken feed and fuel. An acre
Of the plants produces seed enough to
pay the cost of production as food for
his chickens while the stalks and seed
less heads make abundant fuel for six
months use.
THERE is a turpentine farm near
Live Oak, Fla, upon which five stills
are operated and work given to $50
hands. The farm includes $4,000
acres of land, and produces annually
It's, 200 gallons Of turpentine and
IA 600 barrels Of resin.
A PHILADELPHIA gentleman has filled
a large room in his house with O. col
lection of suspenders. They present a
most notable and instructive variety
in texture, color and style. The best
pair is worth S1OO The collection is
insured against loss by fire.
The North Carolina legislature is
considering bill to prohibit the sale
or gilt OF cigarettes to boys under 10
years Of age. The increasing use OF
cigarettes by mere infants is general
over the country, and such a law
might be protitably passed in every
state.
THERE are novelists who would
give their ears for such a puff as lola,
the unclean Frenchman, has received
in Spain. The Bishop of Madrid has
Just issued notice forbidding mem
bers Of the church to read the works
of lola under penalty of excommuni-
cation.
chill has discarded the Roman Cath
Ole religion as the religion OF the state.
and has announced perfect liberty to
all forms of Christian faith. The oath
of the president, at his accession to
Office, no longer binds him to the sup
port of the Roman Apostolic Catholic
religion"
DURING the beginning Of the chestnut
season on the Blue Ridge the rats and
mice carry their winter stores into old
hollow trees. The people then hunt
these trees, cut them down, and they
always get from one to four pecks OF
chestnuts, which are always fresh
| Georgia Paper.
AS an evidence Of the mildness of the
winter at Ventnor, Isle of Wight, a
visitor relates that in the last week OF
January q number of Strawberries,
young apples and primroses of I'M
usual size were gathered in a garden
where they grew out doors without
protection of any sort.
A HENS egg laid in Carville, Pa, the
other day contained the inscription
tx. K, 1885" Some persons NAV
look upon this literary egg as a proph-
ecy of the revival of the Kuklux this
year, but we think the hen, being a
| SUI VI oOCu DiIll1IS0 SDGl10E, merely
predicts the TX olera Koming in 1885.
Il NorristoWn Herald.
AFTER an actress had appeared in
two acts of ''East Lynne" at Mobile,
themanager ofthe theater told her that
he could pay only 800 of the 5000
agreed upon. She went directly to the
railroad station to catch an outgoing
train, leaving note to say that, so
far as she was concerned, the audience
would never know the fate Of the erring
Isabel.
Two residences at Wesleyville, Pa,
were connected by a telegraph wire for
the delectation of pair oflovers, who
habitually sent loving messages over
it; but the other night the gentleman
was awakened by an unusually
spirited clicking of the instrument, for
the girl was informing him that burglars
were in her house. Thus the thieves
were caught.
APOSTLE TEARDEL in an address to
the Mormans at Nephi, Utah, counsel
ed the children as follows: 'Iwant to