The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1864-08-11

| A darkey was sent to cut down
very tough tree, but his axe flew back
for somc tina, With but very little erect
A storm occurring meantime, and .
crashing shalt Of ightening shattered
huge oak to splinters near him.
s!s!ess de Lord y exclaimed sambo,
edat's well done. Pose you try dis
one nex.-gucss you get your match
,nassa.'
Fatal burning from fire crackers the
late 4th Of Jaly were unusually n"mcr-
Gus. Miss. Peckham at Yonkers, y. *,
was burned to death by'her dress taxing
fire from crackers, and q little girl III
Springfield, Mass, and another at
Portland Me-, also, lost their Ives ny
their clothes taking FIRE from fire crack
ers.
! Tocsin is an old French word OF
which the definition seems not TO DO
accertained Greory, Of Tours used tho
word sriny" for the sound OF bell
signifying an alarnm bell. The use ei
the terrible tocsin, during the troubles
Of the Revolution, to assemble the mh''
titude, has rendered the word almost
provesbial.
| The dial in nse among the ancient
Jews differed from ours.
! Theirs was kind Of stairs. The time
Of day was distinguished, not by lines
bnt by steps Or degrees, The shade q
the sun every hour moved toward 70
new degree.
Bob, how is yout sweetheart getting
along - "Pre,ty well, guess: She
says needn't call any more
Bread is the staff Of life, and liquo'
the stilts-the former sustaining man,
and the latter elevating him for tail.
Sweet Margaret Fame came up tho
lane from picking thered ripe be'iles'
and met yonng Paul, comely and tall,
going TO market with cherries. Stop.
ping she blushed, and he looked flushed,
perhaps twas The burden they CARR
cd; aud when they passes!..on, their bur-
dens were one, and at Christmas they
were married.
Leather vas early known in Egyt aad
| Greece. and the thongs ct manutaetnr-
ed hides were used for ropes, harness,
retc., by all ancient nations. The Cor,
dian knot was made Of laathern thongss
$40 B. e. The ancients understood
the art Of tanning leather and IT was
practiced early in england. Leather =
converte into many uses 4 leather
cannon wa. p,oved at Edinburgh, fired
three times and found to answear Oc-
tober %, 1888.
A cure for dysentery In tcaoup
half ful, Of vinegar dissolve as much
salt as it will take up, leaving l','se
excess Of salt at the bottom Of the cup.
Pour boiling water upon the salutl0n
ton till The cup is two-thi,ds or three
quarters Iull. \ scum will rise to the
surface, which must be removed, and
the solution is allowed 10 cool. Dose
table spoonful three times q day Till
cured.
There is a young lady Of eighteen in
St. Louis who has done nothing but
eat aud sleep since she was four years
old. She remains awake tor seven min
!. utcs twice in twenty four hours, and
then eats and sleeps.
The man who put up stove pipe
without profanity, has been found, and
. company have secured him for eAhi
bit:on III the principal cities. He will
draw better than the pipe.
The drouth is severe. in al. parts OF
North America, and at latest advices
was very severe in South America,
Hungary, Italy Greece and Turkey.
/ Why are gate posts like the human
species ? Because they prop gate.
| QUlLr says that the yonng lady who
creates the most trouble is Miss Appre.
hcnsion.
j slave the jury agreed ?" asked the
baiiiff Of lock up set OF twelve, whom
he had left under care Of his man, Dem
ny Garry, and whcm he met upon the
stairs with can in his h md.
"Oh, yes" replied Denny, "they
have agradc 70 sind ont for apotLer
half Gallon. 49,