Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-06-24
CLIPPINGS.

The Kennebec Journal says there
are two crops in Maine that we may
depend upon-good looking girls
and ice.
''llenry the Eighth made law, that
no servants should read the Bible,
and no women but ladies, who had
leisure to have it explained to them"
\ Newburyport farmer, who is also
something OF a mathematician, has es-
1imated that he will have to walk 900
miles while hoelns his ten acres of
onions.
An Irishman being asked what he
came to America for said, LIST what |
came here for, you name? Arrah by
the powers, you may be sure that it
wasn't tor want, for had plenty of
that at home.
At a country town in New Jersey,
little boy who was jumping about
and bawlmg loudly was asked why
he wept. The following reply touch
ed all hearts: Il want my nanny;
that's what's the matter. l told the
darned thing she'd lose me-"
\ Georgia judge lately defined in
terms when man is legally drunk
Said he, 1T is not necessary that
man should be wallowing in ditch,
or humping his head against your
posts, that you may know him to be
drunk, but whenever he begins to tell
the same story over twice, then he's
drunk
In 1887 the Senate Of the United
States, numbering nearly fifty Sena-
tors, passed resolution known as the
..eNpunging rule and striking from
the record a vote OF ceusure OF Gen.
/ Andrew Jackson then President
1t is now reported that of the fifty
members voting on both sides, there
is only one survivor. That exception
is Thomns Ewing, OF Ohio, who vo-
ted agains. the eypunging resolution.
There was boy OF the name of Gu
ba, whose father died so long ago that
nobody remembers him; and whose
mother, Mrs. Spain, has been snbsist-
ing ever since, no one knows exactly
how, partly upon od's and ends of her
own, and partl y upon money that
little Cuba has sent her out of his
wages. Cuba has been good SON
on the whole, and has done good
deal for his mother. Lrtely the old
lady has married again, moved into a
new house, and is very nicely set up
on the world Now Cuba says he
wants to work for himself and save
his money to bug farm. That is ali
right. Let the boy have a chance.
Curious CAVE IN NERMoST.-The ST.
Albans Transcript says that SWanton
Vermont, has a phenomenon OF nature
in her Gland cave situated about ono
mile from the falls, on the pleasant
river road leading from that place to
Highgate, which is really well worth
the trouble of going to see. It takes
in several acres OF land, in winding
course. The spectator bcholds cntic
ing rivulets OF clear looking water
running over the narrow bottom of The
cave, over treacherous qnicksands.-
Several persons who went to visit The
'cave' had very narrow escape from
death caused by getting too near The
bottom. One look down into this dis
NAL, enchanted place, would cure any
person of suicidal turn of mind.
ABOUT A DoG.--A joke was pcrpe
trated a short time since upon Judge
Barker, who was presiding over thu
Supreme Court, in session at Lockport
n. Y. A juryman was absent from hi
seat, all the others being occupied
A dog, loking for the master, yer,
quietly took the vacant place. tn,
Judge, addressing Hon. A. l.. Lanning
of Buffalo, said: You see, Mr.. Ian
ming, that the jurymcn's seats are all &c
cupied. Are you rea ly to proceed:' Th'
distinguished pleader raised his glas
ses to his eyes, and after brief survey
of the jury-box made the witty reply
your Honor, that fellow might d,
for a judge, but l should hate to trus
him tor iuryman," The good naturef
Judge joined heartily in the merr,
laugh that followed, and proved thai
he could take rs well as give a joke.