The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-12-23
'Anythings.


tense. Scandal has credited Napoleon the
Great with the paternity of both. Count
Walewsl is the son Of Napoleon 7, and a
beautiful Polish Countess whose husband
adhered to the fortunes Of Napoleon while
the latter reciprocated by adhering to the
Counts wife. Old Bony was very gener'
GUS L.. Hyde Park, London, contains 400
acres; the Champs EIysees, Paris, is II
miles long and 37a to 700 yards wide. 80.
Lord Palmerston is not an I,ishman. He
was born at Romsey, England, in 1884 !;
his family name is Henry John Temple
The New York Central Park contains
75O acres of land. :. The height Of the
celebrated Venus di Medici is feet inch
es; this therefore is (or was) the standard
Of beauty. "A girl in England killed her.
self by eating the composition attached to
lucifer matches. "A dog was thrown
from ship 20 miles from Galway and next
day reached the shore alive! None but an
Irish dog could have stood the pressure.
....A Methodist Clergyman of North
Ohio, named Wright, was charged some
time since with improper familiarity with
nine young sisters of his congregation
Prophet BRIGHAM has sent for him. =. . "A
little girl told her ma that orphans were the
happiest children because "they had no
mothers te spank en-. "A boarder de.
clined his land!ady's proffered butter,
"because never take anything strong ?"
80. Golden weddings are sprees got up
80 years after marriage. Siluer weddings
occur 25 years after the honey. moon. Tin
weddings come round in ten years. Squalls
often strike the matrimonial ship in less
than year from the closing of the hymen.
ial CEREMONY. Gen. Meade is not re-.
moved; he demands an investigation.
Gov. Letcher, of Virginia, is full of hope |!
There are 10000 Federal deserters in
Canada. 80. Mr. Sebastian, formerly U. S.
Senator from Arkansaa, now claims his
seat on the ground that he never Joined
the rebellion. .Jeff's Message is long
enough to kill the whole Federal army if
it could be shot at them out Of a mortar
Lincoln is nowhere by the side of Davis in
extensive penmanshp. 90. A prominent
lady Of Memphis lost her husband q
months ago and tho other day gave birth
to three boys! This is right; three times
nine make just 27 H.. Divide three quar-
ters Of square into four equal parts each
shaped like the original figure. {. . The
skating park at Montreal is rooted and
lrguleu with gas. The ladies go in on steel
bottoms, loop up their dresses and bid good
bye to fastidiousness. Oh, how we envy
the male escorts of our skating sylphs
But doth not the Scripture say 1.-The wick
cd stand on slippery places" how shall we,
not being wicked, be able to stand on ice {?
...Lovcjoy, Wilson & Co., have already
introduced bills into Congress to push the
negro plans of "the Government" to com.
pletion. Some lecturing woman pro.
poses that beautiful gardens be established
for and soothing company furnished to fal
len females with view to their restoration
We don't see the proprety of the plan.
The first woman was put in garden and
she played the Devil with the whole race
....Gen. Sam Houston is probably dead
this time, certain. 1t was old Sam who
said Wigfall was "thc smartest ID fool
in the world. ...."If you want tarts for
tea let your wife see you kissing the SER
want girl" "Tear lady's dress in ball.
room if you would try her amiability."
The Milwaukee Sentinel says Lincoln's
story about having the small pox was cir
culated to keep intruders from the White
House till he could finish the Message. "a
pox on such" nonsense. Abe isn't so COW.
ardly about his bodily ailments-.his mental
ones are transparent and no amount of
stuff will protect them from public scruti,
ny.....Ten Brock, the American sports
man, has won two more races in England.
"An Austrian hostess weighing $50 pounds
recently gave up the ghost" Alas poor
ghost!" What "fat take" you had
when you took farewell from such "a case"
go. Robert Dale Owen is the negro COM
missioner for the St. Louis district; he is
in that city now, attending to the Freed
men, the new name for "colored brethren"
The Common council Of Chicago votes
500 to recruits. This makes S402 for
raw enlstments and $500 for veterans.
The late New York toadyng to the
Russians has filled Gortschakoff and his
Imperial Master with the phrenzy of dc.
light. The Russians now say they will
clean Poland out without delay. Had we
ouce Clay and Webster, or is it a mis-
recollection Of ours? Did our country ev-
er sympathize with Poland 80. Young
la'lies are not deemed finished nova days
| if their spines arc strong enough to justify
the the lifting Of a smoothing iron. They
cannot walk square /; but night on the
skating pond is delightful" The bloom
Of health is all transferred to the cheeks of
servant girls. The Cincinnati CONNER
cial has materially advanced its advertising
rates. If paper continues to advance all
journalists will be compelled to do the
same . :. . Tobacco in large quantities has
been raised in Minnesota. Blondin has
gone into the wine business. :. Venezue-
la has abolished slavery. .Hayti won't
let our vessels coal in her ports because of
the cool treatment Of their Minister at