Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-05-19
Some OF the Antics Of the Count OF
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.nnire It before ,lone. His wife, who had
y JoAx been extremely uneasy lest the horse
ould Hill him, seeing her husband look
upon the horse as Dangerous as she her.
self conAdered him, no sooner saw the
: GOTTA plAced in her husbands dressing.
room, than she vent TO thu stable, armed
Win paif Of piafDls, and shot the Danger
Oqs steed through the head. ~.
On one occasion the Count was asked
by friendsa Marquise,. t1 see hertz her
doNn,stafrs, somebody stepped OF her
dress and tore it, She asked tor q pin:
The Count took from his scarf diamond
pin, worth about ESQ. and presepted il
10 Ier. gshe de6ind,S saying "Oh,
Count, II IL entirely too valuable" lis
that the only objection to the pin9
"Certaialy." This word was no sooner
out of the -Narquise,s mouth than he
broke on the diancnd, thfeV it out of the
neigfbofing window, and gave the golden
pin to her.
But there was nothing more amusing
than the Counts courtship. The lady
!. vhos observation-disclosures his wiferand
f Whdmaffted him, as % many other wO-
d mad 1ave done Hair loyerA 10 effect in
( hifn q reformation, which Is. perhaps,
being at once 4cruel and merciful-it
seems, had great dislike for too much
music. she could not, for instance, bear
theopera, and never touched her own
piano without Sigh Now, the Count
: was not precisely devoted, to music, him
self but'so whimsical man could not re-
frain from within to win the lady's love
by affecting an opposite taste in every di-
,rection p hers. apd scoassqpent}y protest est
lively ufendurable. He came a.wooing
first with an accordion. It's prel,pinary
Snlf shs babe him be III With it and
. .syss 'l'''tH'F 'I',yfti,ss' with HIM
"Permit me to bring my cane, at least"
he ssid, beseschingly .ga Ill III !, :,
Certainly, your cane; but that is all. f"
When he next presented himself it was
with his cane, After q. while, however,
having of sucking the end, he crept
lower down. and, balancing the stick
= nropeAy, .brsathed atopewiy made holes
II had become flute! aaaG
u 2 Again he was banished unless he prom
Used TO give up, his Spe.o He agreed, and
when he called In due season his hands
were empty, but he, bad q new hat on.
This, In the course of the evening, trans.
formed yitself marvelonsly enough into .
muniot0xI "a IVA E1 "a 8
The lady was furious. She vowed thas
abe would never marry him in the. world,
% their toafts&i Mad Better come an
end at once. He was quite independent,
however, and prepsted'to %. a"'aao1
"Yeu do not ask that yeur sentepQe De
RENTED, 4" she said, as he placed bis hand
on the knob Of the door g',sgoh -
yo;. M. ! .x ~. rs s.'p''' l4At
g,tIsgE. t ss.r ii, s e ~ sp|iss4 >ftrs you
$50. you suppose yourself capable Of
reading character, r perceive. But try
il sS1si1ould be Aaeless; YOU would SAP
positively no."
80 aSf si s R sns~sfsa III Count.
{ would be in sbis case, wasting most e.
aAh, you are very peculiar, Count.
sWeA You may esrne again 4 bnt bting no
cane, 20 musical hat-nothing OF the
kind nfd@T sdi tereafes $50" d3Hos sd9 az
He took her Ut herword, sfor ION the
next occasion he appeared not only with
out the Qther. prescribed a{ticlcs, but even
without Any nat 1T AlE Inc evening Went
gaily by. When he arose TO &c he stop
ped. Tor Al instant to. brush his pantaloons
!. IS the bottom. But Strange, TO relate, g.
he walked afterward there were aQupds OF
nusiG jseuipg. from the heels Of hie shoes!
IN fact since his last adventhrs he had
provided himsslf with little instrument
which made sort of melody when press
q re s A;ss S5st R Z, gse .a 81.
cessful in producing ,all the, music neces.
sary. THIS was too much for the lady OF
the CeanEs; love-; she ,surrendeFed with
ont copditianss-LAp pinecsfs Magazines
.is7sl 81 k14a -l--l-4 shs fssel :
-, The Gsrn.Ansosn faseaph says that
every farmer shbuld do his own gaming,
Il is 4 very easy operation when once un5
dderstoood " A Is6arp, p9hs knife and z good