Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-12-22
~s,nRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Miscellaneous.
j proceeding-Sksting.

"A cool proceeding
pest Potatoes for Planting-Raw
How TO find Happiness-Look in the
dictionary.
NWanted-A fresh covering for the bell
shs. was pealed.
To keep potatoes from rotting-Cook
Ind eat them.
Blackberries.
the Boston Post stigmatizes Mormon
I'm as !" Utah depravity.'
TO Prevent Hair from Falling oh-Go
- the BARRIERS and have it cut OH.
The noblest Row-man of them all
me winner of the last scull race.
A Saltwater, Mimi, hunter, estimates
mt he has killed with his rife 1000
deer.
1t il proposed to erect . hospital in
New York for the cure of tobacco chewers
and smokers.
A crazy Connecticut farmer has built
a $4,000 hog pen, which is grained and
papered.
Horace Greeley, in recent Temperance
lecture. declared that New York city has
1000 rum shops.
Some careful man has ascertained that
xhe average head contains one hundred and
thirty thousand hairs.
death is the great persuader, and
-o.ks more successfully than all the other
.~ents of the Washington Life.
LII fs said that the late ex President
lord. when he closed his labors at Dart.
month. after thirty-five years of service, had
but fifty cents left of his salary.
The total loss by fire at New Haven,
Conn, since the year 1900, foots up 3D.
158.728 Of which amount the insurance
companies paid $1,l7O,215.
A man in Lee (Mass) has secured
Judgment for $3.50 against neighbor for
putting scarecrow beside the road by
which his horse was scared to death.
The Mutual Life Of Chicago does a
safe and reliable business, receives its pre-
miums in cash and promptly pays its losses
in cash.
"A school-boy going out Of the play
ground without leave, one of his masters
called after him, and inquired where he
was going. II am going to buy ha,'porth
Of nails" "What do you want ha'porth
Of nails for ?" "For half-pcnny," re-
pilo0 the yOungster.
"A boy being praised for shrewdness
in replying, person remarked that when
children were sharp it frequently turned
out that in after-life they became dull and
stupid, and Vice versa. "You must have
been a very sensible child, Sir, should
think" rejoined the boy.
The method of making bowl of
oyster soup that can be retailed for five
cents, four of which will be profit, is
a follows: Take five Baltimore oysters,
photograph them, to each photograph add
five gallons of water, season to suit the
taste.
During the past year the Children's
Aid Society of New York found homes in
the West for 1857 children, at an average
expense of SIS fer each boy or girl sent
out. During its history this society has
removed over $4,000 children from New
York city.
According to the French chemist,
LAvoisier, the human body exhales about
three and one half pounds of aqueous
matter daily. A large cabbage has been
forced to exhale twenty ounces OF water
from its surface.
His Baggage
That seat is engaged" said pretty young maid.
~ entered carriage one day;
TO whom "A young gentleman" pouting'
Then, where Is his baggage, prayr
Her ruby lips opened like rosebuds In spring.
Her face In deep bushes was dyed,
A. muttering Grossly, lyon hateful old thing,
Why, am his baggage" she cried.
"A farmers boy, on Muscatine Island,
has very large rat, which he has do
mesticated and trained to do various anus
ing things, among them, the getting upon
its hind feet, and, at a signal from its little
master, attempting to crew like rooster.
The rat will follow the boy as puppy
does its master.
An Elmira farmer wrote to Horace
Greeley for advice as to the best kind Of
bees to keep, and received an answer to
the effect that "husking bees" were the
best, but in order to make them lay honey
proftably he must use china nest-egg,
and blanket his bees when they are not on
the nest, and feed them bran and mid
dlings"
AT recent examination, the question
was put to class Of small boys: Why is
the Connecticut river so calleds" when q
bright little fellow put up his hand. do
cause it connects Vermont and New Hamp-
OAAlV, 0hu Cuto thloukA OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
was the triumphant reply.
"A Troy paper published two articles
recently, one of which was an obituary no.
tee and the other funny anecdote. The
headings accidentally got changed, and
when the paper appeared the editor was
Mortified to see the obituary notice headed
"A Good Joke" while the funny anecdote
was prefxed with the caption, "A Sad
Announcement"
An engineer on the Central Pacific
road woke up the other morning, and fail
ing to find his false teeth, came TO the con-
that he had swallowed them in his
sleep. He started to consult physician,
1t the same time complaining of pain in
his stomach. His friends found the teeth
under his pillow. He sets 'em up when |
asked shows your stOmach?"
"A report just made in reference to our |
national cemeteries shows there are seven |
ty-three Of them, and that in addition SOL
diers are buried in 316 local cemeteries. |
The cost of collecting the bodies has been |
$3.226,37O. The number reported inferred
Is 1915, Of whom 172, 8 can be linden
nhed, while the rest are unknown. Only |
463 bodies remain to collect.