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

ing . strait to b something that would
" beat two pairs"
3 Nc Company has made larger divi-
4end. TN th1 Warrington at the same
oeriH Of It, history, and no company.
stands b-dayy on Armer basis Of se-
curity.s -s
"A young lady in California broke
her neck while resisting the attempt of
young man to kiss her. Young ladies
should be very careful net to resist such
sttempts. 1t 10 extremely dangetous.
-Said youngster, in high glee, dis
plying hiS purchase to : bosom friend on
The 2dcMalk 1.-Two cocoer nuts for ten
cel(tsl that will make ne dck 70 mQrrOwy
and I won't have TO 60 TO school"
-SoundiAes show that the bottom Of
the -, 6 tie greatest depth, = covered
many miles n extent, Of what may be
considered one angle animal 1t y
thought to form the lowest stage Of ami
nal HE on the globe.
"a "Nother, what did father pray to Gen.
eral Grant 70 much in church for ye6ter-
day." asked the bright little daughter Of
1 ministerial friend lately. ~ don't know
that he did, sia" why, yes; don't you
hnowi He was always saying, Grant,
we beseech thee" Ie 49, a
Two stock farmers In California had
. dispute % to whether Cashmere goats
or fins- blooded sheep furnished the finest
meat. A jury was appointed, and about
hundred persons partook OF the barbecue
with which the trial was celebrated. The
jury decided in favor of the:goat by vote
Of eO4 ,nlr.t,ig.s.. tt,.1e.3.,a,..oe,t &
Says the Louisville Courier: When
yoa co1e 10 look q II properly, there IL
nothiA 8 strange In the TACT that no citizen
Of Chicago has ever been converted to
NOrmonism. A man who can't live with
one wife six weeks at . time naturally
sands aghast ct the thought Of attempt
ing to live with fifteen or twenty Il
The following il the form Of the
pledge which the Congressional Temper
ance Bociety proposed should be admins
tered throughout the country on the 22d
of February. we, the undersigned, do
pledge our truth, faith, and honor, that
We will not use intoxicating liquors ~
beverage, nor traffic in them !; that We will
not furnish them a. an article of enter
tainment, or for persons In our employ
ment, and that In al suitable ways we will
discontinue their use" ali tad}
"A sensible young lady, who is not
suffering 20 much for suffrage Is some Of
her sisters, thus poetizes her wants:
0t, Il want . man whose only thought & I
IL me, and me alone; KY
III Who never :oes NE bst he's brought 4
- A something for Hts Owni.
Who Aeems to have hundred hands
B,slt#e To shelter me in storm, .st.ttt e,F.
Who seems TO have hundred fans
a ~ When am very warm. itg4 tgG4 Z,
Who worried 10 to hear me cough,
e But lows to hear lns read, t1Ns !.
Who always takes my rubbers of!
~ All Nsas IL Whist need. ff5iH
A spdyk who kindles by degrees, a
, 4't'A Until see him drop ~ ''tA' -
~ y To pop the question on his knees, -sp.f
Then ny to question Pop"
The late George Peabody, though he
gave away millions, was exceedingly close
in al matters Of personal expenditure.
When in Portland, he invariably hired an
old rattletrap hack, the driver of which
charged fifteen cents instead Of twenty
five. The story goes that when he was
last in Portland, and was invited to
dinner party, he took the fifteen cent car
rage. As the driver approached the
house where the dinner was given, and in
front of which large number of fine
hacks and splendid family carriages were
drawn up, he rose In his seat and bawled
out at the top of his voice a" Get out of
the way there, and make room; I've got
the biggest toad in the puddle"