The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1868-08-27
A slight shock of an earthquake was
felt at San Francisco Aug. "a.

felt at San Francisco Aug. a.
Chicago has Al companies Of Tanners,
the aggregate of 5 ,O36 members.
Charles Cabot, prominent business |
man of Philadelphia, has absconded
leaving debts to the amount Of about q
million of dollars.
A bill has passed the South Carolina
Senate, authorizing the payment Of the
members of the Legislature in State
bills, in such rate as they may be worth
In greenbacks.
A letter of the Sth inst. from Porto
Rico states that the island was in such
a state of rebellion, that . revolution
against the Spanish government was
probable at any moment. Very OPP
pressiye taxes were being collected.
The GOvernor-General, however, to APP
pease the people, had Just introduced
bull-fights aud other pleasing and
harmless little diversions.
Loves labor lost-a hen setting on
wooden eggs.
A Brighton gardener says the prodigal
sun burnt up his cucumbers.
Tn a Mississippi daily, above the
names of Seymour and Blair, - q con-
federate flag. This is as it should he.
How do young ladies show their dis
like to young mustacnes? BY setting
their teeth against them.
The Detroit Advertiser says: sit is
stated that the Blairs have been put
ting their heads together'-a dreadful
case Of poll-evil."
The fashion of wearing hoops has been
traced back to Mrs. Saturn, lady-in-
waiting OH the sun.
A Democratic paper contradictiIg q
report that Susan Is. Anthony's paper
partially supports Seymour, indignant
~ declares that "7He revolution will 60
the whole hog"
The hog may not he thoroughly post
ed i'm arithmetic, but when you come to
square root he is there-the hog is.
Who boosted that they would not vote
dollar or man to put down the rebell-
ion? The democracy.
Had the leaders of theDemocratic par
ty been more earnest for principle and
less for plumber, no power on earth
could have placed us in a mi nority.-Ld
Crosse Democrat.
George Ticknor Curtis says, "Ft is a
very serious question whether two en-
TREY distinct races can exist peacably
together in a community" He SO writes
to tire Rom Il 7hble. If lac will go to
Sarathga, I've will find tire human race
and the horse race getting along together
very comfortably.
The Detroit A7sertiser says: "The
original carret-bt-gers were the Demo-
cratic patriots who, with small roll OF
| clothing under their arms, ran away to
Canada to- escape the draft
| One Of Che delegates to the Democrat
| ic County Convention, which met at
| Napoleon, Ohio, few days since, said
! he had rcted lie Democratic ticket cuer
st,1ce he sUds scecHteeT gears CD. Ilrere
are a good many Democrats OF that sort.
| In one of our New England colleges
is young gentleman of sluggish intel
! lect and generally slow manners. In
reciting French not long ag> he came to
the words "au gauche,' which he pro-
nounced, with pause between each
word, ''o-gosh"; when lie was inter-
rupted by the professor with "if you
mean that for IN exclamation, sir;
quite agree with yoi.'
| The Louisville Journal sounds the
| long ioli, and says; Democrats stand
to the polls. IL that will not do, stand
to your guns" and the spirit of these
words breathes through mad speech and
raving editorial. from the Ohio to the
these FAIRIES il by smothering them IN
der the overwhelming ballots cast for
Grant. tolfaX, and Peace.
\ little girl OF Kentucky, ut Boarding
school responded 49, follows to IL note
from her father, announcing an inter
esting event i'm the family:
my DEAR PAP: | was right glad to
hear from you, and that you are well
but did no. like it a bit to hear that
mother had baby, because it was 81 boy!
shoIld be glad if it was & little girl,
but rate boys-they arc not nice. Now
| am going to tell you what / want you
to name him. | am going to choose a
homely name, because [ don't think
boys ought to have pretty names. Boys
are squealing all the time. You don't
have one minutes peace while there is a
boy baby i'm the house; but girl baby
is Il good thing to have in the house, for
it never cries. Name him Yuba Dam;
that's good enough for a boy. You
must excuse IRE for writing so much
about boys; the reason | wrote so much
about boys is because don't like boys.
My love to ma, and tell her l hope she
will do better next time"
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