Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-05-20
AT LAST.

Yer not in moine!'-Harper's Round
Table.
AT LAST
The Britons now our humor praise
CT1S time that they awOke),
For they, by use of Roentgens says,
AT last can see joke.
There is a story told of the late DR..
TAFT archbishop of Canterbury. when
he applied for his letters to some village
postmaster in the Land O Cakes. "And
yell be the archbishop noo!' cried the
little shOpkeeper, peering urbanely 1T his
grace over his spectacles. "Weel, I've
hard tell O We frae my son. who is weel
placed in London, and has hard We
preach. And indeed he was vera weel
satisfied wi your discourse"
It seems that Clandon, one of the seats
OF Lord Onslow, has for some time been
haunted. AT least the inmates believed
so, and Investigations have been carried
on with the view of laying" the appari-
ton. Lord OnslOw has only recently
entered into possession of the house him.
self, and IN answer to a letter from
Lord Butte, on behalf of a society of
which he is vice-president, asking wheth-
er the Investigations might be contin-
While acknowledging the courtesy of
the offer, would point out that with the
denartnre of the tenants and their serv-
ants all opportunity of unmasking impos-
ture by croSs-eXamlnation of the occu>
pants of the house has ceased; and,
moreover [ am determined not to allow
any repetition of such nonsense. | NAV
add that the adult members of my fami-
~ sleep with loaded revolvers by their
tate to shoot at any ghost who seeks
to play tricks on the members of my
household
We venture to predict that the last OF
the Clandon ghost has been seen. These
''perturbed spirits have horror of re-
volVers.-Westm Gazette.
Breakfast at a Dutch hotel is an ex-
ceedingly novel affair to the American
visitor. Ranged around the table are a
number of little square trays. each hold
ing tea caddy, teapot, sugar bowl and
milk jug, and cup and saucer, the latter
without a handle. Each guest has a
tray and makes his own tea. with water
from a kettle brought in over burning
embers in pail-shaped brazier Among
the viands served are eggs, cold salt her
rings, fried fat-fsh cold and salt, hams,
sliced sausageS, smoked meats in wafer
like slices, various breads and rolls,
delicious butter and excellent coffee.
Among wheelmen and women the en-
tertainment or charity that finds most
favor these lovely days is one that can
be reached or patrOnized on a wheel and
at the end of a ride to some suburb
with good roads For this reason bene-
fit teas and lectures go countryward as
the season progresses, if one hopes for
guests or patronage. A novel feature
Of a strawberry festival soon to be given
will be an auction sale of bric-a -brac
with well-krown wit as an auctioneer.
The straw berries will be given out in
little baskets, with a small and delicious
patty-pan cake in Zach one. At another
novel entertainment given for some good
cause the holders of the tickets had the
delight of hearing several well-known
writer's of fiction tell short original sto-
ries never told before by the freight.
Painting was the great resource of our
grandmOtehrs when they found there
was nothing TO be done by arguments
or denials. Equal rights destroyed this
citadel. Beauty in our time scorned to
faint until the other day, when Mile.
MarsyS SwoOn prevented the introduce
ton of an embarrassing document while
she Eras on the stand in Paris court.
Her tactics have already found not few
imitators. and this revival is considered
of a piece with gigot sleeves and
pelerines. Painting as a mode was i'm
last century, after the Able Provost
attempted to moralize French society by
translating Richardson's novels. The
sensibility of Pamela found numerous
imitators in court circles. The Revolu-
ton did not cure Josephine of her Rich
ardsonian sensiblerie. Directly Napo-
leon found fault with her milliner's bills,
she sank back apparently ifeless on
sofa. Her last faint was when he an
nounced his determination to divorce her.
Lady Hamilton captivated Nelson by
swooning the first time she set eyes on
him. The swoon obliged the whole court
to rush to her assistance. and vastly fiat
tered the hero. From that day forward
the pretty Lady Nelson seemed a cold,
unimpressionable bore. One of the most
adroit fainters of our grandmothers' gen
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