Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-05-27
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Iumbns - the name OF q town t.
California.
The oldest busmess.in the wcrlI--
the nursery business.
TIM MARKErs.--Ladies hair has an
npear@ tendency.
A DarATg oy TUE CoysriTrroN.-A
consultation with a physician.
''Pridc goeth before a fall. ii
often goes before a waterfall.
What goes against q farmer, grain
His mowing-machinc.
A wit being requested TO say a
good thing" llconieaily responded,
aOystcrs,'
OF 30 inmates OF the California
State Prison, only .5l were born in
the United States.
Wake up here anl pay ioy yonr
lodging, sald deacon, as lie nulgrd i
sleepy stranger with contribution
box.
1t is becoming common in Concord
ii q house correspond to the Number
OF children in the family.
Woman in Russia owning property
have the right to vote by proxy
Women in tins country owning hus
bands enjoy the same right.
y young woman, out West, has
been fined $40 and costs for kissing Il
young man against his will Another
argument against woman's rights.
Postage stamps originated in Great
Britain in 1910. The United States
adopted them III 1915, France, in 1915,
and Germany and Spain in 1850.
1t was an apt answer ef young
| lady who, being asked where was her
native place, replied: Il have none:
am the daughter Of a Methodist min
istor,
| \ person llscours;ng ot ;he painful
position OF the Siamese twins, eonc.ud.
ell by remarkiug However, it is
Well they arc brothers; If strangers to
each other, their predicamgut would u
distressing
Mrs. Ann Barlow OF Philadelphia.
aged 70, has Just finished quilt con
tanning 5.127 pieces. During the last
seven years Ills Industrious old lady
has made % quilts, containing in I'll.
aggregate 62,9J4 peices.
! -AB9stoa merchant is The posseesor
Of business ledger l9> years Old. 1t
was formerly the property OF Lieut.
Gov, Usher, Of New Hampshire, and
contains accounts dating back to 1913
which are as leglble as when written.
The Arizona cotton factory, estab-
lished in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana,
since the war, is now paying net
profit OF u per cent pc. annEl. This in
come il realized on capital Of $50, 900,
and with part OF the machinery
counted il the capital not at work.
The canary bird has been al object
OF traffic tot tive centuries. Five huu
lred years ago there was bur one
kind of canary bird, but the original
stock has been so mixed and aaulter-
atcl that the varieties now number
at least 81.
There are said to be 6,527 cotton
mills in the ntca States, running =.
3s5,GS2 spindles, and consuming H.
oblii pounds OF cotton per annunl.
| This gives to each mill an average Of
1,l62 sp.adles, aud a consumption OF
t3,9l5 pounds OF cotton per annum.
The S.onington railroad has one of
the oldest locomotives now in use III
the country: 1t was made IN England,
is called the Apronaug, and was first
used out Of Boston. 1t is wood
burner, with a peculiar puff that her
aids its approach from atar.
\ report on the Norwegian fish
cries states that the famous maelstrom
on the coast of Norway IS so little
feared by the people that they pass
and rerass it in their sail vessels at all
states of the tide, except at certain
times in the Winter. Even then the
greatest rate OF the tide does not eA.
ceed SIX miles an hour.
The following epitaph on bellows
mendcr, BY Ben Jonson. is not tincludel
in any edition Of his work:
Here lies Jo Pot,crel, maker of believes,
Master Of his trade, and king of cool
fellowes;
Yet for al tl,is, at the the houre of death,
lie that made believes, could not make
breath.
/ Near Maanalua, in the Island of
! Hawaii, there are two lakes, side b.
side, one Of fresh water and the other
salt. Both are far above the level OF
she sea, aud 1t is believed that there
is no connection between the salt lake
and the ocean The deposits Of salt
! in the former are now utilized by
parties who have established sat
works.
The followingis an exact copy of
promissors note dated at Concord,
Nov, p, 1888: For an old horse
Which have bought of Mr. Isaac
Dow, l promise to pay him s3 in
wheat, or -four at cost price; bat il
the horse does not live to get Ia
Lebanon, aud the three days after he,
gets there, am to give but s. for tho
horse. Witness my hand
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