The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-07-20

| A laoy correspondent ol Suo AO"s
Journal, writing from Newport, say
1--WE shall be on the lookout for your pc
idea (Which is gaining ground of ladis
riding astride."
Tits scarcely noticed As a change il
tho Paris fashions, yet it il a decided OF
that ladies are pstronizing very short
dresses for walking. With some il il
carried to great "height," and "the sue
cess OF astonishment' thereat and there
under is very great.
Richard Yeadon, 4"the laudator," ani
former editor of the Charleston Courier
aud who offered = reward Of $4,000 fol
Buffers head, is living in abjecs poverty
at Aiken. He has taken the oath Of al
legiance.
In the returns made in the Fourth
Revenue District of New York, Messrs.
Clsfflin & Mellen, the wholesale dry goods
merchants, put down their sales during
the year of 1864 at fortytwo millions Of
dollars; A. 7. Stewart at thirty-nine
millions.
The rebel General Ewell in writing
from, Fort Warren to friend, endeavors
to Justify his course in first entering the
rebel armies. The reasons he advances
arc similar to those given by Alexander
n. Stephens fo- the same MISFORTUNE
He says he saw prominent Northern men,
in and Gus Of Congress, advocating the
doctrine of secession and be was led to
believe that no attempt would be made to
coerce the South. This is a precious
morsel for the copperheads. In the qu'.
ct of our glorious peace they can contem-
plate how much they did toward bring
ing on and sustaining the long and
bloody resistance of the rebels.
There is a child living in Manchester,
Va, with its parents, orly two years old,
and weighs 200 pounds, more than either
of the parents, by some 50 pounds
Where is Barnum?
The President of the "knights of the
Golden Circle" in confinement at Fort
Warren, has issued an "order suspending
the operations of the Circle until July,
1870, when "congress" will assemble At
Washington and lay the cornerstone Of
"the Saxon University" What that
means, cur copperhead friends probably
A certain official in certain New
England city, the location of which We
shall not in any way indicate, recently
to give a little perty. He
vas discussing with his wife the details
# the supper. IL think We must have
ome sardines," said hc. "Sardincs,"
aid his faithful aud excellent spouse;
yes, but l never quite understood what
'ardiDes were." "Why, you know" re-
Piled the husband, "you've seen en-
A sardine is slice Of beef wiM a piece
of bread each side Of it"'
A correspondent proposes new way
to kill rats. His own house being over
run with the vermin, . servant girl who
had seen the effect of sold Bourbon whis-
ky" on bipeds, thought she would try
an experiment on the rats. According
Is she took small quantity, made it very
sweet with sugar, crumbled in bread
enough for the crowd, and sat the dish
in the cellar A few hours after she
went down and found several rats glor.
iously "fuddled," engaged in throwing
pota', parings and hauling one another
up to drink. These were easily disposed
of; those not killed left the premises i'm.
medately, suffering with severe head
ache.
The Iowa Sanitary Commission has
made arrangements for the establish
ment Of four agencies in the State for
procuring back pay, bouuties and pen
sious for the soldiers. This work is to
be done free of any expense to the sol
diers. The agents are located at Bur-
lington, Dubuque, Davenport and Des
Moines.
The Linn County Register says tho
track is laid one mile on the extension of
the Dubuque South Western Railroad
and that the contract has been awarded
for the completion of the road to Cedar
Rapids at very early day.