Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-03-31

MicelIaueouS.

1.-The DaDeYa. - &s5ssfsss-~
"A City Trade-A carver and gild-
er's.
How to right wrong-Put it on
paper.
There is no use trying to smoke wa
ter pipe.
| commend to US q baker. gx
Los Angeles, California, has just found
q mail bag that was lost in 1857.
The most effectual way to put man
out Of countenance Is to cut his head of.
Provide for your own househoh. Do
it with policy in the Washington Life
The Massachusetts, Legislature has q
petition one hundred feet long against
horse racing. .af .flg- M IS 9sfj3
The thermometer has been down as
low as fifty degrees below zero in the
Lake Superior region. .A'
Why is sugar made in the old style
preferable to that made in the new style
Because it can't be beet. a il
"A Cincinnati Judge has decided that
blow from husband inflicted upon q
wife is sufficient ground for divorce.
The San Francisco police have re-
ceived special instructions to arrest all
boys detected in the act of abusing China
men. e6i 4 Is 4f
The Detroit Free Ress says that
seven out of ten letters dropped into
country offices bear on the envelopes the
words " In haste" ~s.oa 1itlf IS
IF a young lady throws herself
away" understandable has married for love:
if she is comfortably settled" understand
that she married wealthy old man whom
she hates. .f
-"And Satan smote Job with boils" is
now rendered "And Satan smote Job
with circumscribed SIMULTANEOUS inflam-
nations, characterized by pointed tumors,
and suppurating with central cores"
= A Frenchman in Bondsville, Mass,
recently gave the hand Of his daughter
in marriage in consideration of forty dol
lars in money and one months service
from her youthful su!to-. -
The assets of the Washington are Sc
curely invested in bonds and mortgages
(first liens), and United States and New
York State Stocks and Bopds, in compii-
ance with the laws of the State of New
York. ~ 8 s. eap4r
The New York pneumatic tunnel un.
der Broadway was recently opened to
visitors, an admission fee being charged,
and the receipts therefrom given to the
Union Home and School for Soldiers and
Sailors Orphans H n uHits tit ~
"A good-natured traveller fell asleep in
| a train short time ago, and was carried q
| few miles beyond his destination. "Pretty
good joke, this, isn'tity' said he to fell
low passenger eyes; but little too far
| fafchad - uuaa the reioindpr
"A fve-mile rowing match for one
thousand dollars side and the champion
ship of America will take place on the
Hudson river, opposite Paughkeepsie, on
the Both of June, between Walter Brown
and Henry Coulter, of Manchester, Pa.
-" Come here, my DEAR" said young
man to little girl, to whose sister he was
paying his addresses; you are the sweet
est thing on earth" "No, 1 am mo-" she
| replied, artlessly, |" sister says you are the
sweetest" NJ"
"A lady asked pupil, at public ex.
animation of Sunday school: What
was the sin Of the Pharisees ?" eating
camels, marm,' quickly replied the child.
She had read that the Phariseesss" strained
at gnats and swallowed camels." .,.4,....
A letter recently passed through the
Derby Line (Vermont) Office, bearing the
following snperscription This is for the
man who has the Thourow bread Dear
rum cattle [ am not seartain OF the rite
enitionls Of his name" "'h '"+'N ''''
"A man who was recently reported as
having been robbed in Indianapolis, says
that the only errors in the statement are
that he had no money or valuable papers,
has not offered $500 reward for the thief,
does not want to have him arrested, and
was never robbed.
Says the, Lowell Courier ), "Saxe
broke his arm the other day. Too, bad
We hope IL hasn't permanently injured
his hu1serus." SAKE responds .5inif
Thanks for your kind coincidence II would write
A merry rhyme, In answer, III might: 'stt " y
Bui thsn-contound the fan the very stone =.
That broke my hunaerus hurt niyJanay bone!
.-Caliornia seems to have more than
her share of insanity. During 1869 she
had 1859 lunatics under treatment, or one
for every 600 OF the inhabitants. 1t is at
tributed TO the, suddepness with which
people have made riches and been reduced
to poverty thereabouts %sh' - "4i'a ~
AT trial in an Alabama town not
long since, one or the witnesses, an old
lady of some eighty years, was closely
questioned BY the Opposing counsel relas-
tive TO the clearness Of her eyesight. SCan
you see fmey'' said he. ""'Yes," was an.
swered "How well can you see me %
persisted the lawyer. "Well enough, re-
sponded the lady, ato see that you're
neither a. negro, an Indian, nor, q gentle
man." The answer brought down the
house and silenced the counsel ,eat en-
The Kingston IN. W Argus relates
story of a. somewhat eccentric, but very.
jealous and sincere Christian in that place,
who recently attended d revival meeting
in, Z neighbbring town, and raised his
voice in exhOrtstion to the iunrepentsnt,
in language earnest and eloquent. He SAT
down amid manifest marks Of approval,
but suddenly itoccurred to him that he had
forgotten something, whereupon he arose !.
and said II omitted to say that If any
one desires TO see me at any time, / can j
always be found at the store d., in
Kingston, where all kinds Of dry goods
may be obtained at reasonable prices"
egb t.u! Industrial. 81 a46a
Beet sugar is exempt from taxation in
Wisconsin.