Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-01-15
BULLETIN, VOL. 2, NO. 80.

weepers.
The newest Yankee notion is an
umbrella with gutter round thp
edge and spout at one corner.
The famous aerolite, weighing l..
500 pounds English. wh'ch fen il
Mexico, has been received in Paris.
The Naples Rothschi.d has retired
from b siness with fortune Of E4o,.
600, 600.
A lady at Cheltenham, England, .
few weeks ago found thirty-six pearls
IN dish Of oysters.
London supports 10000 cabmen
and 600 omnibus drivers.
With fifteen millions Of inhabitants
IN Spain, only three millions can read
and write.
What is the USE" asked an illo
fellow, "of man working hinisclf to
death to get living"
There are 40 Baptist churches with
in the limits Of Philadelphia, with au
aggregate Of 1873 2 members.
A club boat has just been built,
which is so nicely balanced that the
rowers are Obliged to be particular in
parting their hair down in the middle
to keep it from upsetting,
A Western editor once wrote:
A correspondent, asks whether the
battle Of Waterloo occurred before
"r after the commencement ri tho
Christian era. We answer, it did"
| Is the receiver as bad as the tLief?
So people say but although we allow
that a thief is a very bad man, it
seems evident that the receiver is .
better abetter.
Ros-i,ii has had ft, but il now re.
covering. The Pope has refused to
comply with his request that women
might be allowed to take part in the
vocal music Of Catholic cathedrals.
AT recent railroad dinner in q
compliment to the fraternity, tho
toast: +" An honest laver, the noblest
work of God" But an old farmer in
the back part Of the house rather
spoiled the effect, by adding, in Z
loud voice, .'and the soarccst."
A colored servant sweeping out
| bachelors room found J. sixpence on
the carpet, which he carried to the
owner. You may keep it for your
honesty" said he. A short time
after he missed his gold pencil case
and inquired Of his servant if he had
seen il. Yes -ir," was the reply.
And what did you do With i. z"
Kept it for my honesty, SIR"
A shor, tiine since, as well known
master |, a grammar sch oil was cen.
suring pupil for the dulness of his
comprehension, and conaent;ng to in.
struct him in sum in practice, hs
said, s. Is not the price of a penny
bun always a penny - when the boy
innocently replied, :. No sir, they sell
them tao for three haltpcnce when
they are stale
A poor tailor, dunning for an old
debt the other day wrote a. fellows:
-" Dear Jim-This little account
has been standing seven years, and
thing it is high time it was paid"
To which Jim replied on the same
sheet Of paper. while Ships boy was
waiting:-'' Dear Sam-I don't: and
may difference Of opinion never
alter friendship" What q splendid
diploma,ist Jim would have made.
A family il Danbury missed their
cat, one day last week, and concluded
that .he had been abducted. Sunday
morning she was found in vacant
lot in the neighborhood, wrapped in
the embrace Of snake. Both wero
dead, the former having perished
from the bite Of the cat, marks Of
whose teeth were found in its back.
and the latter evidently suffered
death from the too fond hug of tho
snake.
Dean Afford ha. been iecturing Ia
England against the anonymous char
acter OF newspapers, and some one
per,inen,ly asks him If he won't be
good enough 10 tell who wrote the
Epi>tle To the Hebrews, and If the
anonymous character Of the pro.
duetion affects the estimate the Dean
puts upon lis salae.
It Is stated that an apparatus has
recently been invented for purifying
the ,iliated air Of theater-, churches.
and crowded lecture halls. II con-
sists of metallic vessel, which revol-
YES. and contains perfnmcd water;
the latter is given Oft by the app lea.
tion of heat. in the form of steam.
through jets placed on the outside Of
the vessel. This steam being dissem-
mated throughout the apartment, abb
serbs and precipitates the poisonous
matter present in tie atmosphere.
The Erie Despatch says that q
ycnrg lady named Haskins, who has
been teaching school in the neighbor.
hood Of Lake Pleasant, recently un-
dertook TO correct pupil, little girl.
when she was set upon by an elder
sister of the pupil and cruelty beaten.
She was thrown down and her skull
fractured SO that she is now 4 maniac
beyond the hope Of recovery.
SOUTHERN SpIrEFrLSEss.-Ths
Richmond Times publishes an ac-
count OF the burning of the New Iron
sides, under, The caption. s.Yaukes
| iron-clad destroyed by ire." The
| tn IS adds IN the account the follow
ing comment:
The southern people will be aLls
to bear this disaster the more philo.
sophicaily when they reflect on the
fact that the iton-clal in question vas
a very prominent actor in the eyents
Of the war on the Southern coast"
| The Secretary of War has sent to
the House tabular and detailed
statement showing the cost of the
Indian expeditions for the suppression
Of hosiiliiss IN the year 1864 aud '6a.
II sh"ws that the Quartrrn,aster'a