North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-01-20

Kinks because they're rinklined.. ."Cut-
tiny off a,coupon from the marriage bond'
is the ornamental synonym for having a
baby........."All dish FUSS" said the He
brew in the cating-house when thunder
storm came up, "shust because poor
Shew eats bit of bacon.". There are
two periods in the life of man, at which he
is too wise to tell woman the exact truth:
when he is in love-and when he isn't.
A western paper, on the first Of January
said: 'Our article on the fight of time
is necessarily omitted, owing to the alb
sence of our Eighty editor. "......A Mr..
Knox, Of Cleveland, whitfield with a CON-
mon jack-knife a wooden chain eighteen
feet long, with forty-nine links and
swivel in the centre.... The New York
Sun remarks, in funny vein, that in cold
northern countries, by wise provision of
nature, the mountains are clothed in
"frs." 1.-THE Columbus (Ohio) Journal
pointedly remarks that ''every cord of
wood given to the poor here, will be so
much fuel saved from use in the other
world" 1.-The underground railroad in
New York is dead. Sweden has abol-
ished fogging in the army. The most
bashful girl we ever knew was one who
blushed when she was asked if she had
not been counting Sleep. The wedding
dress of Mile Candamo, French lady,
with a fortune of two millions, cost eleven
thousand dollars......A yearling baby was
carried off two miles by an eagle in Ten
nessee the other Why would you
expect most gardeners to be proud? Be-
cause they are taught Naughty Culture.
Apopular organist in New York sets
one hundred dollars for performing at
fashionable weddings. Weston is said
to have dropped his walk because the
telegraph dropped him. Home, the
Spiritualist, is trying to mend his broken
fortunes with new tricks. He now plays
with red-hot Goals and puts his head in the
CRATE. 1.-The appearance of bcggars in
the streets Of Salt Lake City, is noted by a
Utah. journal as an evidence Of "advanc-
ing civilization. In 1867, 76l .625 900
cigars were smoked in Paris......A San
franciscan has invented an earthquake
proof chimney. IA substance of rather
fine flavor and beautiful appearance is
finding ready sale as honey just now in
Germany. This substitute for the genuine
product of the beehive is simply starch
converted into sugar by means of sulphur.
ic acid. 1.-THE Montreal merchants have
resolved to export 100000 worth of
small silver coin to get rid of it......The
fiftieth anniversary of Odd Fellowship in
the United States will be celebrated at
Indianapolis, on the Goth of next April.
......A firm in New Hampshire select their
employees from photographs sent in by
applicants.
A darkey in Matches was boasting to a
grocer of the cheapness Of ten pounds of
sugar he had bought at rival store.
''Let me weigh the package said the
grocer. The darkey assented, and it was
found two pounds short. The colorod
gentleman looked perplexed for moment,
and then said ''Guess he didn't cheat dis
child much for while he was gettin' de
sugar stole two pair of shoes" ........It
costs Calcutta Hindoo about dollar and
half to lave his body burned in good
style..... Eight thousand four hundred ard
ninety nine vessels of all kinds arrived at
New York in 1868.