Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-01-28

A substance 81 rather fine fsver and
beautiful appearance is finding rsady sale
a. honey Jus, now in Germany This sub
sttute sor the genuine prsduot Of the bes
hive ia simply starch converted into sugar
by means Of sulphuIic acid.
The :town Ct Wells. Vt, bss citizen
VINO married at H. His first child was
daughter, who married al .. AMI, eighteen
months sfterward, made her father grand
father, at the early age OF thirty one and
half years.
A iary in ,Manitowcc. Wis, rendered
verdict, the sther day, in the case OF man
who had got in row and subpoened 8
Witnesses to the effect that there was 10
cause Of action, and recommended that the
complainant pay the costs himself.
The Boston Traveller says it is consider
cd very ungallant TO smske . cigar or pipe
in the e,:during the hours when ladies
are promenading, but . fashion writer
thinks the men are justified in smoking
when going to their places Of business 10
the morning.
The business Of live stock insurance has
uot been successful 10 this country. Those
who insure here are not, as in Eng land,
the wealthiest classes, bet jockeys and
scamps, aho insure for speculation only.
No rates can bAed TO cover TIA, kind 81
underwriting.
Two new steamers. one Of them ior pas
scnger business. ard companion to the
beautiful Adirondack, will be put on Lake
Champain next summer. and another will
also be placed on Lase George for pleasure
travel. The business On tho lakes is in
cressing very rapidly
The London once a Week. speaking of
new invention to warm piano and organ
keys in cold weather, suggests the use OF
hot roasted potato. The writer says that
be knows Of many places whore ladies car
~ n hot potato to church in hanrel bag,
and use it to warm their hands directly, or
to take the chill oil the keys. 1t will re-
tain heat long time.
The Gospel Banner says that MIS-. Olym-
pia Brown, Of the Univsrsalist church. in
Weymouth. Mass, IL about to be married.
and adds perhaps this is the result Of
the recent saying Of George Francis train,
that I'VE need more Olympia Browns"
Oranges were frozen solid on the trees,
~ Augustine, Fla, on Christmas day. The
weather was the csldsst known 10 that 10.
calitv since 1866. The Thermometer at
daylight stood at twenty degrees above
zero. II afterward touched seventeen de-
grses. In q climate where even white
frosts are unusual, this was very severe
Last year, at the same time, the Florida 10 :
dies were dressed in lawns.
The PRINTERS EsTATs-The following
which we clip frsm an exchange, while il
may not BIS strictly local item" has .
local signification sminently appropriate
just now
Tho printers dollars-whsrs are they ?
A dollar here and dollar there, scattered
over numerous small town oil over the
country, miles and miles apart-how shall
they be gathered together, The paper
maker, the building owner. the journey
man compositor, the grocerer. tailor, and
numerous others too tedious to mention.
have their demands, hardly ever 20 small
~ . single dsllar. But the mites from
here anu there must be diligently gathered
aud patiently boarded, or the wherswith
to discharge the Liabilities will never be>
come sufficiently bulky. We imagine the
printer will have TO get up an address to
those wildly scattered dollars some hing
like the following:
Dollars, .halvss, quarters, dimes, and all
manner Of fractions iEto which We are a.
vidcd, collect yourselves and come home
e are wanted. Combinations Of all sorts
of money that help the printer to become
proprietor, gather such Store. aud de-
maud with such good reasons your appear
ance at this counter, that nothing short Of
assht Of you will appeasc them, Collect
yourselves, for valuable As you are in the
aggregate, single you will never. pay the
cost Of gathering. Come in single file that
the printer may form you into battalion,
and send you forth again to baltic for him
aud vindicate his credit.
Reader. are you sure you haven't a cou>
pie OF the printers dollars sticking about
yOur cid clothes Z