Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-20
OF GENERAL INTEREST

Out Of respect for the memory Of !
woman who had worked in the factory
for forty-six years. the works Of the WA
terhury Buckle company at Waterbury
Conn. closed, and every one Of the 1905
employees, from the president down. fol
lowed the body of Ellen Calvin to ths
grave. Miss Calvin entered the EMPLOY
q the company in 1861 and during all
me years since missed but five days from
her machine. When the company offered
Y retire her she refused and when they
wanted to raise her pay she refused
again, saying her work was worth no
more than she was getting. She never
received more than $3.50 a day, but ac-
eumulated a neat little fortune
L. j. Jones thinks farming is lust
lovely, and remuneratiye, too.
lie had that idea about a year ago,
when he Quit business in New York and
bought Edgar Poets farm near New
Milford, Conn.
He was not SO sure about the other
day, when his back began TO ache from
digging trench. Then there came a
cllnk as his spade struck an old iron
Kettle; and his original belief was CON
firmed.
There was $4,000 in gold double eagles
in the kettle.
Miss Mabel Cole Of Newmarket, y.
u, stenographer in the employ of a
Plaintield lawyer. is not afraid of a
mouse. Miss Cole has trained three
mice in her office so that they viii come
from their hiding places when she
Whistles and will eat from her hand,
Mice are no more harmful than men
in many cases much less" said Miss
Cole, and. furthermore, for pets they
are much better than cats or dogs
The trouble with most women is that
they jump on chairs at the mention of
the word mouse. and consequently are
never able to find out how really friend
~ . mouse can be.
Which of the navy department bureaus
Is the most competent to line an icebox
raised By a request forwarded by the
marine corps to the navy department and
officials are at loss for solution. The
mule needing a shoe and the icebox de-
void of lining are property Of the United
States marines at Guantanamo. Hence
the appeal to the navy department, The
mule question travelled frcm one bureau
to another, finally landing at the bureau
of equipment, while the icebox problem
Ettpptu Win tht VI NOhSituNtlVi
and repair.
The questions were then raised: s'Is
putting a shoe on an ordinary mule work
relating to construction and repair? is
lining an icebox equipmentW
The prevailing opinion so far is that
the work on the mule comes under the
bureau of equipment or the bureau OF
construction and repair, according to the
present condition of the mules heels
hot hn MAIDS 40 Ghnn &c q
ment or as a necessity. The icebox likely
viii be lined by the bureau Of steam en-
cheering.
Charles Kench of East Litchfeld
Conn, was severely injured in q fight
with an eagle. The eagle seized kench' s
dog, but turned its attention to the man
when Kench went TO the dogs rescue.
Kench's scalp was badly torn and his
face and hands scratched by the birds
beak and claws, but he finally managed
to cut its throat with a garden trowel
which he had in his hand
Though a slap with the palm Of Au-
gust Wyman's hand cured the deafness
of the ll-year-old son of A. Il. Groves,
Ii prominent architect OF st. Louis, Mo,
Wyman was fined 50 for striking the
boy. 1t was shown that just before the
slap was administered the boy was so
deaf that he could not hear Wyman's
command TO get away from in front Of
his tailor shop.
MY son was quite deaf from the day
of his birth, but since he was slapped
his hearing is greatly improved" said
Mr.. Groves on the witness stand.
Il will fine Mr.. Wyman the minimum,
So, said Judge Taylor when this point
In hn trio xxgng oaha1 tsIhn IafapH.
ant had no right to slap the boy
when member of minister 5
congregation comes to the pastor and
says. Let's go and have a glass of
beer l think it is about time for the
minister TO get away from such con-
gregation," said Rev. w. r. Snyder,
for many years pastor Of the South Side
Presbyterian church of Pittsburg, to the
members of the Pittsburg Presbytery
at their meeting. DIR. Snyder. after the
invitation of the member of his congre-
CATION had been refused, resigned his
charge.
Rev. DR. w. G.. Starr preached at
Norfolk Sunday powerful sermon on
How Can We Arrest This Epidemic of
Self-Destruction Which Seems to be
CWeeplng Across the Continent Two
young women and "A young man have
since told him they had intended suicide,
but now have changed their minds.
Dressed in boys clothes. Miss Gather
inc Andrews He'd at the United States
recruiting office at Sioux City, TO enlist
in the army Of the Philippines. Sergt.
Hall penetrated her disguise and the girl
broke down. Later she said she had
done ii just for lark. She made a
natty appearance in trousers. She has
left for Denver.
Paul Niles, a hunter, was attacked by
an enormous flock of crows near Free
port, H., and barely escaped with his
life Niles fired into the flock, wound
ing several. and the others attacked him.
The man started 10 run, but was
knocked down and pecked about the face
aud eyes and beaten almost insensible By
the birds wings. With the greatest diff
fculty lie crawied to nearby barn.
with the birds fighting him all the way.
and it was not until be was inside that
they desisted. Niles is in a critical con.
dition.
If You live in Newark, y. j., or hap
pen to visit there. it is well 10 know
that ii cost $40 TO laugh at a policeman.