Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-12-15
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Miscellaneous.

The Rock of Ages-The cradle.
Three females own and run boats on
the Erie Canal
Now is the time 10 insure in the Wash
, ington Life.
"A Sad Spectacle-A young colt with
out fodder or moder.
Gard players may know good deal,
and not be very wise.
There are $4,000 members of the Ma
sonic order in Tennessee.
When a man is crusty, is it right to
describe his temper as tart.
An old lady in New Albany, Ind, is
cutting her third set of teeth. She is a
female dentist.
The Austrian Empire, according TO
late census returns, has a population of 30,
943, 502 souls.
The Boston Post congratulates co.
temporary that has "a new dress-a libel
suit cut bias"
Philadelphia has twenty five charita
BILE hospitals, thirtythree asylums, and
nine soup societies.
Fifty thousand needles have been or
dered from an American needle factory by
an English dealer.
-" Why do you always buy second
class ticket 2" asked gentleman Of miser.
+" Because there is no third class ticket"
replied the latter.
According to German authority, the
first daily newspaper in the world was the
Frankfort J0uy7tal, which was founded by
Wenolt Emme in 1915.
The Mutual Life Insurance Company
of Chicago is favorite with the insuring
public. 1t is one Of the few companies
which show good increase during the
past year.
An English glovemaker has brought
out new glove with a pocket on the in
side of the palm, to suit the habit INDUCED
in by the fair sex of carrying money in
that position
u Arthur" said good naturcd father
to his young hopeful ~ did not know un!
til to-day that you had been whipped last
week. =" Didn't you pa ~ replied piled t tire
hopeful, 81 knew it at the time"
The Iowa State Horticultural Society
will hold its sixth annual meeting at Des
Moines,' commencing on Tuesday evening,
January 10, 1871, and continue three
days. .a.
Since the sewing machine has been
generally brought into use for all fancy
stitching, needle-women can now be re-
garded only as common sewers. Their oc-
cupation always was q drain upon their
health.-BoSton Post
An insurance man in Boston recently
celebrated his golden wedding, and among
the gifts presented was a golden egg, from
which was Matched 80 golden eagles. 1t
was not a goose that laid that golden egg.
A little boy, who had never been in
the country before, wrote to his mamma in
town to the effect that the cows often act
very badly about being MIXED, sometimes,
when you are almost through they will
kick the milk over, and you have to go to
work and milk them right over again!'
A Marion county (Cal) poulterer has
"duck ranch" of $500, and sends to
market, during the egg season, an average
Of 900 per day. The ducks consume fif-
ty-fiye tons of wheat during the year.
When the victory of Metz was cele-
brated at Berlin, wealthy householder
displayed, along with the national colors,
four flags of black Grape They were in
tended to commemorate the loss of his four
sons--all killed in the present war.
The Green Bay Adoocate says Sugar
making in November! Who ever heard of
suCu tuiHS hilu yct tils ldli the sap Is
running, the trees are budding, and the
Mcnomonees are out in the woods making
sugar"
"A balloon, probably from Paris, was
seen late the other evening over the Eng
lish channel. 1t seemed trying to make
landing on one Of the Sicily Islands, but
violent east wind prevented, and it was
carried out TO sea-. 1t was unquestionably
lost in the Atlantic.
Hon. Schuyler Colfax has an article in
the independent, suggesting that in winter
days the employer and employe would be
equally benefited, if work in the shops was
to end with daylight. The cost Of lights