The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-04-25

pare me light dinner.
"What will you have Mr.. ky'
"Apple dumplings.'
They were accordingly made, and MIR.
X. sat down solus to a dish of eighteen,
after having dispatched seventeen and a
half, and strong symptoms of finishing the
remaining morsel, a little urchin, son of
his cried out go, daddy, give me that, >
Hs very emphaticalIy replied 'Go away
my son, poor dad is sick
FIGHTING CHARLEY. -"Do you 90 to
school, now, Charley
ayes, sir, had fight to-day too, he
replied. -.
You had. Which whipped"
"Oh | got whipped" he replied, with
great frankness.
"Was the other boy bigger than yous'
"No he was Hitler"
"Well, how came you to let a hitler
boy whip your
go you see, he was r.aader sor /
uas"
CosAs Pom BURALs.-Brown saws "he
has seen a rope rails '--Jones says, 81
have seen better then that have seen a
rail fence" "All that is nothing" Gays
Smith, Il have seen hat bor.' And
we have seen ga cat fish, pshaw, gen
tlcmen, our Devil can beat that, easy; he
says he has seen tree leare, and horse
IFy.'
The loan was carried by our city lat
week which but little opposition, there
being only 10 votes against it. 4 speedy
completion of the Junction road to Upton
may now be expected We presume the
survey will Immediately be made, the road
be put under contract MS soon ar advisable,
and the cars be running to Upton by new
years.-Mas Eng
ns3-Late adviccs indicate that the diff
Guilty between Spain and Mexico will be
settled without a resort to arms. An am
icable arrangement il about tn be brought
about by the friendly interposition OF
England and France, and the military
expedition that was to sail from Spain to
Vera Cruz, will not start.
tara celebrated billiard player in New
York has challenged another of equal
celebrity to game, for modest sum of So
0Jo The trial will come off some time
next month. They are both manufac-
turers of tables, and probably understand
the cue.
There is rumor afoat in Texas tina,
Gen. Sam Houston will take the field
as a candidate for Governor of Texas, in
opposition to the nominee Of the demo.
cratic party.
The Expedition which is to survey 8
route for railroad from ocean to ocean
through the territory of Honduras, sailed
| from New York on Thursday. The Chic
engineer is Mr.. Trantevim; agent, Mr.
Squier. George r. Gliddon, of chino
logical fame, is with the party.
Ea-There are now in Washington TWEEN
ty great men from the State of Maine
Not man of them weighs less than 2O(
lbs, and the biggest is up to 255. Tn,
average of the twenty is 2241 lbs. So say.
the LtehtHY Stdf.
THE WAY OF THE WoRLp.--Firs
Boy-"Say Bill; then you're getting
dollar week now"
Second Boy =" You might know |
that by seein all the fellers come soapin
around me, that wouldn't noticed m,
ven vas poor"
HEADS Up.--" Why don't you hold ut
your head as do?" asked an aristocrati,
lawyer of sterling old farmer.
Squire, said the farmer" look at that
field of grain. You see that all the val
liable heads are bowed down, while thoss
that have nothing in them stand upright
LAND WARRANTs.-The following mr.,
the prices of land warrants as given in
the N. Y. Eoening Post of the Both inst
Ruyiny priee S.Il;n,