Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-11-04
NUMBER 32.
General litios.

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Sixteen babies were born I'm one
ward of Fon du Lac, Qua day re-
Gently.
One of the miserics OF life IL to
lie beaten in an argument, aud inn
mediately afterward To think uf
some expression which would have
annihilated your opponent.-N, \.
Leader.
"A lady who keeps hens in Du~
huque, had two of them struck Ly
lightning, they were not killed but
have ever since tue accident laid
hard boiled eggs.
"A Western Cornelia thus mater~
nally addresses her eldest Jewel:
My daughter, you are now fifteen
years of age, engaged to be married.
and without II frcekle on your face.
| have done my duty.
The Lacrosse Lcader Is rcspon-
sible for the following: Not long
since, while one OF the river boats
was taking on some live stock, among
the lot was one large gray mule, that
refused to walk the staging. The
mate sung out TO roustabout 20
Twist his tail, and he'd come A
coroner's jury have decided that the
man came to his death by obeying
orders"
After marriage ceremony had
been performed in one of the churches
In Adrian, Mich, the bride, when
receiving the congratulations of her
friends, shed tears, according to the
usual custom, at the sight of which
the groom followed suit, and copi-
ously. After his friends had sue
cceded in calming him, he said ho
couldn't help II, for no felt a. bad
about il as she did.
A young man In Bridgeport,
Conn.,, who Is a candidate for douLlo
blessedness, recently went to church
| where u marriage was to be consum-
mated to see how the thing IL done.
lie was refused admission to tho
body of the house, as the seats were
reserved for the guests; but nothing
daunted he retreated, put on pair
of white kids, marched boldly in
and had seat with the best of them,
On Friday evening last, furi-
Gus whirl-wind struck the tent of
Nun Amburgh Il Co, who were en-
! hibiting ut Belleville, Rirhland Co,
Ohio, tearing ii from its moorings,
strcwing the canvas around promis-
cuously, and even overturning some
u fearful hubbub for time, the ami
mails bowling, and the humans
screaming, yelling, cursing, and i'm
ploring, in their phrenzy OF fright.
The elephant took advantage of the
confusion to escape To the country,
| but was soon overtaken and secured.
Quite number of persons were In
jured, n little-girl and man serious
ly. The little girl, ii IL stated, has
since died. The names of the In
jurea have not been learned.
"A young man from Boston or
thereab0uts was lately travelling ON a
Western railroad, when there entered
the ear an elderly lady, the matron
OF the Indiana state prison, at Jeiler-
sonvllle, accompanied 10y her daugh-
ter, beautiful as well as accomplish
ell. but very mischievous young lady
of eighteen. The young man imme-
/ diately took shine to her, aud
after much managing obtained seat
| by her side, aud eudeavored to lead
her Into conversation. This she,
in her vivacity aud roguishness, wrs
not ut all lo.h to accept, and tho
youngster was fairly intoxicated
with her brilliant repartee Ind the
music Of her low, sweet vOice--,"that
excellent thing in woman" After
this had gone OF as long as the old
lady thought proper, she took a seat
beside the young AdDnis, and said
young man, you are total stranger
to nae; but IL Ia my duty to warn you
Of impending evil That young lady
is just out of State prison" II is
needless to say the young man wilted.
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