Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-08-12
CLIPPINGS.

Hop-felds-Ball rooms.
A bridal relgn-The honeymoon.
A fayorite modern air-Million- -aire.
The end of all cobblers-The wax
end.
A harmless death-Drowning in
tears.
The new back gammon-Thc Gre
ci,n bend.
Heavy charge of the light brigade
Gas bills.
A first-rate feller-An American
baskwoodsman.
An excellent cartoon-The whistling
of locomotive.
Why is mouse like q load of hay?
Because the catll eat it.
A fashionable party is now called a
daGhtercultural show.
Not man is alive of the ninety five
whip, in 1920, organized the Vermont
Agricultural Society.
stephen Girard's fundamental max
i'm was: Take care of the cents, the
dollars will take care of themselves.
The State of New Hampshire has
75,l00 pupils in its public schools, and
employs nearly three thousand teach
ers.
A Providence umbrella thief was
fined $500 and costs, the other day
Let's all 60 to Providence till the
rainT season is over.
Dhniel Kingsley, of Auburn, eighty
three years old, has pair of boots
thirtY-hve years old, which he still
wears OH testal occasions.
a divorce case is now pending be-
tween couple in Lebanon, n. H.,
who have been married tort, four
years. and had fifteen children, twelve
OF whom are now living.
The farm owned by l. Bartlett Wig
gin, Stratham, Vt, has never been
decided 1t hoe romainod in the same
family, passing from father to son, ev-
er since 1t was originally granted by
the crown.
The New Hampshire papers are call
ing upon the authorities to put stop
to the nuisance of painting and posting
patent medicine advertisements upon
public buildings, trees, rocks, watering
troughs and almost every other access
ible thing or place.
Mother, l shouldn't be surprised If
our Susan gets choked some day.
"Why, my son?n because John Wip-
sy twisted his arms around her neck
the other night, and if she had not
kissed him to let her go, he would
have strangled her."
"Where was Bishop Latimer burned
to death?" asked teacher in a COM
manding voice. "Joshuay knows
said little girl at the bottom of the
class. "Well,n said the teacher. If
Joshuay knows, he may tell.a ssIn the
fire. replied Joshua, looking very
grave and wise.
The custom of wearing wells to hide
the face is only partially practiced in
Palestine and Syria, and is destined to
decrease. 1t is custom quite preva-
lent among women of any pretensions
to wear loose garment made of white
cloth. coming up over the head and
falling down over the body like sack,
SO that in walking, as they extend the
elbows, they present huge appear
ance. Such thing as hat or bon
net is unknown among the articles of
female attire.
In mid-ocean, 700 miles west OF the
Sandwich Islands, our government has
extended Its possessory rights over
barren island hitherto unoccupied.-
Some Caliiornians found upon it ex-
tensive deposits of guano, and, to pro-
teot their right of discovery, they got
the United States to plant on it the
flag. This guano is quite un-
like that of Peru. 1t is rich in phos-
phate of lime, without the odor OF am
mona that distinguishes the guano
now in market The island is owned
by rich firm in San Francisco.
Thirty years ago, John ID.
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