The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1859-09-29
For the Scho0l- Children.

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I've lst rate Ink 4 have found the gal
that fills my j. & U may Dpend shes
| Xtra, & more g. all I've got married g.
keep house 2. Y no I sed wood tell
Y all about my wife when ! got ], 4
now I'm going 2. Wal, sure, she's 2
Brs some for me, that / don't dis Rye her
but bless my:ss;I re got her. She's not
/ l of Ur NJ L headed wimmin that r 2
often {, found, shes not young nor
old, she just Xxx. She's chok full Of
| fun but no van T, full of N r G but
not ? swift, plenty Of grit without N v.
Her lis r bright but not 2 sharp & she's
moderately plump& not 2 much 0 3 G I,
\ U needn't think this 2 my wife is q
X'ra. for no U cant end her in this s.
Of the country It diin't take me long
to pop thc?. ! dido't edge along by
like some timid thing, bu. kun right to
the ? in less than ~. Says ! "Wi!! u
1 B 2 me A loving wife ?" She sca, "Yes
sir E. Then scz she, s.Wiil u B me
o 3 Dent huz?" & sez I "Icth II,
50 We became !. Only | thing ha-
happened disturb US since We were
I--2gcther. There is an ugly old
maid keeps house in the same building
j. she's hateful cnuf. This is very
Expensive place . live in, wood il high,
SO We burn cole, we'll We Miss trusted
this old maid would pilfer all she could
get heraG~on. Well, my wiic, q no |
told U, vas some grit; wal ! day she
was in tho old maids part s there it was
he seen her fire, j. she went rite up .
her g. ses she "Thorcs our your fire. =
tell you she looked II out q her ? lis
Il you had been there u wood thot 30 2,
for it was gal affair. | never Z my
wife so spunky afore, she did cut = y.
nc mistake. my wifes 7? & the old
maid locked rather but
we agreed if she d pay s. cost, we would
bring the matter 2 full !.
The Uos. WM. PnEsroS.-Thc
Louisville Courier says The death Of
Robert WickliTe wllrender necessary
the return Of Col. Preston, now at tho
Court of Madrid. The estate Of Mr..
Wickliffe is enormous, and Mrs. Preston
the wi0 Of our Minister, is one Of the
three heirs who inherit the whole. The
share Of Mrs. Preston, added to the pre-
sent fortune Of her husband, will make
Col. Preston one Of the richest men Of
the age.
SlNGULAR.-Il is said that the rose Of
Florida, the most beautiful Of flowers,
emits no fragrance; the Bird ofl'ardise
the moss beautiful OF birds, gives songs
the Cypress Of Greece,thc fines, Of trees,
yields no fruit; landics, tho shiniest OF
men, have no sense; and ball room bellies
the loveliest creatures in the world.
ale very often ditto--and little more
SO!
aN- At Lynn, the other day. Sum
day school teacher asked little girl
who was the FIRST man. She said she
did not know. The question was put to
the next, an Irish child, who answered,
Adam, sir, With apparent satisfaction.
La" said the irst scholar, you needn't
feel 50 grand about it, he wasn't an IT.
ishmanl'
TUE MONSTER Trans ATLANTIC BAL
LcoN.-Lowc's balloon, which is to star.
from New York in two or three weeks
for Europe, will cost $4,000, aud has
tho capacity to carry nineteen tons. The
company who will attend Mr.. L. will
consist Of eight or ten persons. lie
thinks he can land in London forty.
eight hours after leaving New York
The balloon is $50 feet high, and lao
feet in diameter.
19- The publisher Of the N Y. San
is having constructed for his oil;cc,a new
press, at cost Of $4,000. Tho great
pcculiarities Of it arc, that it feeds it.
self and prints both sides Of tho paper
at once.
~ That's the rock on which we