Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-09-04
Redwood Notes.

were last week, SO and 100 being the
/ standard point.
! Miss Louisie Peters spent Sunday in
/ Reeseville, the guest of Miss Nora
| Arndt.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. F. Solon and son
drove out from Watertown Saturday
evening.
Rev. D. J. Spillard, C. SC, left for
South Bend, Notre Dame, Tuesday
morning. Father Gleason will arrive
before Sunday to take charge of the
parish.
Mrs Frank Kelly and children, of
Milwaukee, returned home Monday
The night office at this place was
closed Friday night, operator Hodge
returning to Columbus.
j. P. Gibson left Friday evening for
New Lisbon, returning Saturday with
his wife and daughter.
Miss Lizzie Schneider left latter part
OF last week for a months rest in Be-
lott and Rockford.
Miss Tillie Beneke is taking care of a
broken shoulder blade, received in
GAINESVILLE.
j. c. Smith is in these parts looking
after his farm interests.
John F. Jarcho, road master for the
| o., M. d ST. 2. R'y from South Milwau-
kee to BrOOkfeld yards, on La Crosse
division, was in this burg few hours
Sunday. J.
"A new system of accident insur-
ance is out. 1t consists of box locat-
ed in a depot near the ticket window.
| When the passenger goes to buy his
ticket he can drop a nickle in the slot.
which allows him to draw out an acci-
dent policy good by signing his name,
the date and hour, for $500 for twenty
four hours. This system originated in
England. Boxes have been put in at
the depots in this city 1t is quite
novelty. They have been introduced
in this country but short time. One
person is allowed to take ten tickets at
a time, which gives him an insurance
of $1,000.
"A letter of Buckles has been pub
lished giving his list of the really i'm
portant authors whom the world has
produced, according to his judgment.
Excluding physical and mathematical
works, he specifies as the principal
original writer's Homer, Plato, Aris-
totle, Dante, Shakespeare, Bacon. Des-
cartes, Hobbies, Grotius, Locke, Berke-
ley, Kant, Hegel and Comte; MilIs
Logic" Smiths "Wealth of Nations"
Nautilus on Population, and Ricardo's
Political Economy" with "Don Quix-
ote," the "Pilgrim's Progress" and
Goethe's Faust" The Romans, it is
added, produced nothing original, ex-
cept jurisprudence. Their philosophy
they stole from the Greeks and spoiled
it.
Gov Hoard address to the meeting
Of the Women's Relief Corps at the G..
A. R. encampment in Milwaukee We'd
nesday last, was well worthy of him
and the occasion. 1t was as follows:
Ladies Of the National Relief Coybs:
AS private soldier, [ have had prac-
tical illustrations of the necessity that
hand Ill glove with the mailed
hand Of war must be the kindly minis
terlng hand ofwoman. | need not say
that Wisconsin is yours You captured
Wisconsin S executive years ago Wis
consln bids you welcome While was
lying sick in a hospital at New Orleans
in '62, a sweet-faced Sister of Charity
ministered daily to me, and thus saw
the good work going on. met it in nv
own person and saw it in thousands of
cases. [ need no introduction to the
work of the Women's Relief Corps. Nv
own heart, my own experience, are my
own best guarantee of what it is. An
ancient writer said, Behold the hand
of a maiden: it is beautiful But saw
that it lacks the final touch of beauty.
In it must be craven the lines of moth
erhood and ministration. So. women
OF the Relief corps, in your faces and on
your hands, mothers and sisters. are
these lines. [ recall the case of a poor
fellow AN Irish soldier, whose good RIGHT
arm was shattered in battle. ssMushf it
go, doctor dear?" he asked pathetically.
Yes, Pat, it must go off. !" "But for the
love OF heaven. DOCTOR" "was the poor
fellows last appeal, "lave me enough of
it to hug my girl
L have seen many soldiers die. and
their last thought, the last word. as
earth faded and eternity dawned, was
Mother" "Wife" or E'Sweet-
but nearly always "Mother." Now, in
the motherhood of your work take
pride. Never fear for the endorsement
OF man: you shall have it, and gladly.
With these thoughts, and again with
most sincere welcome to the hospitable
borders of Wisconsin, l leave you to
your blessed work. [Great Applause. |
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