The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-09-13

BE an editor let the devil he waiting
for copy; sit down to write an article, and
get a few sentences done: then lct nm &c
Quaintancc drop in and begin to tell you
stories and gossip about town; and let him
sit. and sit, and sit. That is The quickest
way we can think Of to go rayins, distract
ed, mad.
-Four thousand pounds of lobster meat
are nut into cans daily ut some, establish
ments. This shows how much the people
can if they only will.
The Mobile Nc,es, speaking of the death
of a Mr. Wisely. says that che succumbed
to congestion OF the brain"
An exchange gives the following modus
operanai of keeping babies quiet: As soon
rs the squaller awakes. sit il up. propped
by a pillow, if it cannot sit alone. Smear
its fingers thick with molasses. Then put
half dozen feathers into its hands, and II
will sit and pick the feathers from one hand
to the other, until it drops asleep AS soon
as it awakes again, apply more feathers and
in place Of innumerable sleepless nights,
there will be silence and enjoyment I'M
spcakable.
The more idle rumor is, the buster it
generally proves.
When one OK lies down, the yoke bears
hard upon him that stands up.
Old buttermilk applied to the face, is
an effective cure for sunburn. Also little
lemon Juice put in u cup Of milk, is an eff
fective cure for sun burn. II should not be
applied too frequently, as all things are more
or less hurtful to the skin, when used too
often.
Charles Readc says: .No man or wo-
man is safe, who has oncelformed the habit
Of looking to drink for solace or cheerful
ness or comfort While the world goes
we'll. they will be likely to be temperate.
But the habit is built, the railroad to de.
strnction is cut ready for use, the rails arc
laid down, the station houses arc erected,
and the train is ON the line. waiting only
for the locomotive it comes to us; ii Crap
pies up: and away we go in moment down
the line we have been constructing, like 4
flash of lightning, TO destruction.
There are many doublings in the hu
man heart don't think you can find out the
whole of mans real character at once.
Those who reprove us are the more val
liable friends than hose who hatter us. True
progress requires either faithful friends or
severe enemies.
1t is good sign to see . man do an act
Of charity to his fellows. 1t is a bad sign
to hear him Boosting Of it. 1t isa good sign
to see the color Of health on mans face
1t is bad sign to see it all concentrated in
his nose. II is good sign to see an honest
man wearing cid clothes. It is a bad sign
to see them filling holes in his window.
1t is better to sleep with an empty
stomach than to lie awake with an accusing
conscience
Better dog who works,
Than lion who shirhs,
In hook named palmetto Pictures"
recently published, the following verses,
with many others like them, occur:
.'Tempests the laundering, foliage toss,
Locks of the Deity wizard and hoar,
AWfnlly signs the oracular moss.
Art thou incarnate, Dodona Of yore?"
.Yonder indigenous endogens wave
Banner like blades ON mystical bole,
And, with yigor perennial, brave
Boreal blasts from the alien pole
1t is not manly for man to be looking
out ahead all the time to avoid work, and
saying to himself, show can l spare myself
this or that piece of drudscry." What if a
pillow drawn by stout oxen were all the time
to be looking out and saying to itself show
can avoid having to rip through that root
ed turf? What shall do to avoid having
to turn aside that stonc?'' No! No! take
the furrow Of life as it comes. and cut right
through.
Willie had an Uncle Charles who was 4
minister, and whom he saw for the first time
while on visit to him. Willie was an OBJ
serving little fellow of three years The first
time they they met at the table, Uncle
Charles bowed his head over the plate and
asked blessing This was new service to
Willie, who could hardly restrain himself,
but spent the time in examining his plate.
just as his uncle concluded, he turned it
over, and observing the stamp Of the maker
on the bottom, called out
"Theres more ON the other side: Uncle
Charles say that
The people at Pithole, Pa. are in a bad
way. They have no burial ground, and the
land is too valuable for old purposes to adj
nit Of one. If anybody dies, he is taken to
Titusville for interment.