The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1868-12-17

Evil need. No cultivation In this wOs.
only suetraucc to accomplish all Its fen
designs.
What Is the difference between hun
cry MAI aud a s'u,,onr ons iunxISU'
eat aud the other eats too loiry.
"Thc Pennsylvania Dutch" Is the
title of ucorgc Alfred Town%nd's lee.
ture.
Grants opinion OF General Butler.
expressed some time ago, IL ~ ,follOxs.
He (Butlcrl isa mighty smart fellow;
hc won't deny that himself"
There Is locomotive on the Nortl, !
Missouri Railroad named Frank
Blair" On the 4th day or November
this engine burst pump and wasv
| rendered useless. n #saaTfsa
A little girl was lately rcprovcd for
| playing out doors with the boys, and
| informed that, being seven years old,
she WAS too big for that now. "Why,
grandma. the older we grow the better
we like them" ..s -.-s nd -
That's a fiuc strain, said one gentle
men to another aludng to the tones !.
of singer Mt concert tho other cveal-.
ming Yes said countryman, who z
sat near; but ii he strains much moro
he will burst" .ss4z s-ss...-
| \ farmer who lives In "IIardscrabblo"
Central New York says that, owing -
the drouth and poor land together, his :.
grass Is SO short he had to lather Ii before
lie could NOW 1t, and, when 1t was dry
to rake it with tlne tooth comb. asfz
\ man out West says he moved so Of.
ten during one year that ifa covered
wagon stopped at the gate, his chicksns
would fall on their backs and hom UP
| their feet, In orlcr to be tied and thrown
| in .sE.=z
"Martha, does thee love me: asked n
! Quaker youth of one at whose shrine
his hearts fondest feelings had been
offered. why, seth," answered
she 1--WE are commanded to love ono
another, are we pot:' "Ah Martha!
but dost thou regard me with that feel
ing the world calls love?" II hardly
know what to tell thee. Seth. have
tried to bestow myself on all; but have
sometimes thought perhaps thco was
getting more than thy share
a tirst-rate class was undergoing n
close examination in mental arithmetic
and In reply to question concerning
the number of men required to perform
II piece of work in specified time, tho
class responded: .tsa7s
Twelve and two thirds" @# IA
But one bright fellow, more discerning
than the others, instantly added: ~
"Twe'vc men aud hoy fourteen years
old."
IL don't sce,' said Mrs. par,inston,
Wednesday, ~ Ike came home from
school, and threw his books in one chair
and his jacket into anothsr, and his cap
on tho floor, saying that he didn't get
the medal, II don't see, dear Why you
didn't get tho medel, for certainly, =
more medd!esomc boy never KNEW
But no matter: when The adversary
comes around again you'll get it.,
What hope there was in her remark for
him, and he took courage, and one OF
the old lady's doughnu,s, and sat wip-
ing his feet on clean stocking that tho
dame was preparing to darn, that lay at
her 81 de.
An auctioneer was selling library at
auction. He was not very we'll read In
books, but scanned the titles, trusted to
luck and went ahead ':Hcre you have'
r said he, "Bunyan's, Pilgrims Progress;
, how much IN offered for it? How
| much do hear for the Pilgrims Pro-
g gress, by John Bunyan? 'Tis first-rate
| book, gentlemen, with six superior IL
lustrations; how much do | hearo all
Q about the Pilgrims, by John Bunyan!
- Tells where they come from. an where
, they landed, an what they done aftsr
q they landed! Here's picture Of ono
q OF em going about Plymouth pcddlin',
, with pack on his back?"
THE PrSCTuAL MAN.-Mr Higgins
was IL very punctual man in all his trans
AltlDlIS tiiibuSh tiiI. llH SfllUsSeu u
large fortune by untirins industry and
pnnctuaiity, and ut the advanced age OF
4. ninety years was resting quietly on his
bed and calmly waiting to be called
:, away lie had deliberately made almost
q every arrangement for his decease and
: burial. His pulse grew fainter and tl,s
!, light of life seemed just tlickeriny III its
:, sockets when one Of his sous obscrv-
. ed: .
!, Father, you will probably live but
:. day or two; is it not we'll for you to name
@ your bearers" #a#.
u "Ifo be sure, my son." said the old
q man. at is well thought Of, and will
y do it now
q lie gave the names Of six, the usual
number; and sank back exhausted up
OH his pillow.
Of a gleam Of thought passed over his
1t withercd features like a ray Of light, and