The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-07-29

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0LEANIN0s.
R've risen from the bar to the oeoooS
as the young lawyer said when hs Qoss
law aud went to shoemaking. <
A poet says: "Oh, she Wa fAlr, boe
sorrow came and left its traces there"
What became Of the rest Of the harness
he don't state.
The Democratic candidate for Govsssi
or of Iowa weighs about four hundred
pounds avoirduIpis. He Is very great
man-or very great piy-which7
4 swarm Of bees lit on the front of .
locomotive on Vermont railroad Z few
days ago, and the engineer not daring %
disturb them, they got free ride into
Canada.
Both houses OF the New Hampshirs
legislature passed a bin making IL un-
lawful for first cousins to marry. How.
ever, in order not to lead to any breach
OF promises already existing, the ieeis-
lature very considerably provided that
the act should not take effect till six
months after its passage.
A raw Jonathan who had been gazing
at u garden In the vicinity OF this city,
in which were several marble statues,
exclaimed: Just see what waste -
Here's no less than six scarecrOws in
this little ten foot patch, and any OF
them would keep the crows from 0vs
acre lot
Illinois has at present 81 wool carJing
mills and 1873 manufactures Of wOolena,
with u capitol of 5000, 900 invested IN
buildings and machinery, aud employ.
ing 3, 400 operators, one fourth Of whom
are women. and consuming annually
1000, 900 pounds of the 900 900 pounds
Of the wool clipped from over 2.OO, ,O00
sheep.
Lindley Murray, whose grammar 10
90 curlously incorrect, is said to have ~.
sided for the space OF two.and twenty
years in one front parlor, without once
going out, attended upon by u kindly
old maid. eualnored nf his participtss
and his prcterplupcrfec,., living chiefly
on boiled mutton and turnips, and SOL
acing himself in the interval. Of cOnju-
gatiug verbs 10y grinding y barrel organ.
An insane man in White Pigeon.
Mich, recently burned 81 .lU in green
backs and buried the ashes. He had
just received the money for four yeatS
service on v farm, which he had sud-
denly taken notion ~ leave. lie ex.
planned that he used the money In this
singular aud unproiitAble way tn help
''''' t"'res<'Ay AAS 8iSCu
no indication OF insanity before.
a ply sician In New Orleans being In
luired of concerning friend, replied
that he had been arrested for taking
what did not belong to him, and what
he had Il" business meddIing with.
by whom was he arrested, aud Whist
did hs tnke:"
He was arrested hy Death, for tax
ing the yellow fever"
"Are sisters Sal and Nance resources,
pa?"
NO my son. Why did you SAX that
question ~
"B-c.u-s heard Uncle John say II
you would only husband your resources,
you could get along y good deal better
than do. And | thought il would be .
good ideu because you wouldn't have ~
many young men here for supper every
evening that's all, pa!'
A telegram has been received 1t Cir.
ard, Michigan, announcing that Charles
White, the lion tanner, travelling with
ThSysr's Mrnayerie, wAa actually extSn
up by the lions recently. in = small
town in Michigan. lie IL said 10 have
been struck on ttls shoulder by tise Same
lion that came so near killing him as
Rochester, knocked down, aud the 9TH
~rs NJ once .prang OH him, Snd before
they could he beaten off had torn him to
pieces aud devoured the gr~aler lorti0n
Of his body.
The Harvard international crew eat
eggs, but not chickens or salt meat
Cigars and cakes aud ale" are strictly
forbidden, and $50 la the evening is the
retiring hour, though Mr.. BlAkie let
them stay up till "A lew minutes after 10
o'clock, vt New York, the other even-
ing, before turning the key upon them.
Their new boat is made of Spanish ce-
dar, one eighth of NJ inch thick, and ID
~ feet long, Is inches W ide and IL inches
deep in the middle. They take their
old boat with them to practice in.
A MARRIAGE MAKER-W When Prof.
Aytoun was making proposals for mar
riage to his first wiie-a daughter Of the
celebrated Professor Wilson the lady
reminded him that it would be neeessa-
ry 10 Ask the approval of her sire. Ger.
taiuly,' said A, toun; "bnt as I nm .
little dif'ident III speaking to him on
This subject, you must just go aud tell
him my proposals yourself
The lady proceeded to the library,
and taking her father atiecti0nately by
the hand, mentioned that Professor Ay-
cunt had ask ed her to become his wife.
She added
shall accept his offer, papa? He
says he is to ditfident to name the subject
to you himsen.'
"Then' said old Christopher, II had
better write my reply and pin it on
your back"
He did 50. and the lady returned to
the drawing room. There the anxious
>utor read the answer to his message.
which was in these words, with the