Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-10-27

his pocket. and the third keeping the
eagle After the capitulation it wa
agreed that al the pelecs should be con
f1ded to the care of the sergeant, who,
being an Alsacian, could speak German.
The brave sergeant then managed to e..
cape from his csptors, TO don the guise
Of q peasant, and to obtain . basket in
which he placed the memorials Of French
glory. He then covered the precious
relics with q mass Of tobacco, which he
had got from the willing peasants, and,
thus guarded against detection, be man
aged TO pass through al the German lines,
and to reach Paris.
Miscellaneous.
INN genius hotel clerk.
The bashful letter-Modest T.
"A lame and impotent conclusior-A
club.f
spirit of the New Jersey press-Ap-
pie jack and cider.
Why Is q goose like cows tail?--
Because they both grow down.
The State Board of Agriculture in
Connecticut has been abolished by the
Legislature Of that State.
William Richmond declines to pay
for board to q New York landlady, be.
cause he found cockroaches in his soup.
According to the Lowell Neps some
1915 squirrels were recently captured by
hunting party at Weare, Mass
The Mutual Life Insurance Company,
Of Chicago, is the oldest Life Company in
Illinois, and second to none in the Union.
"A young lady went to music store
and asked the clerk II he had Loving
Eyes" 1.-THE song.) He replied, "pm told
so by the girls"
"A census taker in Missouri has found
one unmarried woman who acknowledged
to the age of thirty. He wrote "heroine
opposite her name. Lster-It IL since as.
certained that she IL widow.
1T has been decided that widow may
continue the business Of her husband
without taking out new license, provided
she has the bonds changed to her own
name.
The Supreme Court of Iowa Judge
Beck dlssentipg) has decided that the "act
to enable townships, incorporated towns
and cities to aid in the construction Of rail.
roads," is constitutional.
TO make drunkard, give him wife
that will scold him every time he comes
home.-Krchangs. To make woman
scold, give her husband who comes
home drunk Wons0n's Journal.
"A lady, aged SO, died recently in La
fayette. Ind. The only property left was
q $2O gold piece that she had kept care
fully concealed for thirty dve years, In
order to pay her own funeral expenses.
"A New England journal concludes an
affectionate obituary notice Of lament
ed towDsman by saying: HE has filled
many Offices of public trust, and now fills
bis grave with perfect satisfaction to his
fellow citizens"
"A farmer in New Hampshire recently
for wsrded letter to neighboring town
requesting the postmaster TO deliver it to
any respectable attorney" After ten
days it was returned with the significant
Endorsement, "None here"
"A Detroit, Mich, lady was recently
surprised with gift of q valuable set of
diamonds from her Quaker aunt and god.
mother. They were accompanied with
the following epistle: "Thee may find
them convenient, Catherine, in case of
necessity"
"A man In New Hampshire has pair
of boots that were made tor him when he
was married-thirty years ago. He has
only used them for wedding boots since;
bat he has lost ~ many wives, and welded
20 much, that they are badly worn. He
says they can't stand more than three
more weddings, nor he either.
The mosquitoes are 20 plenty in the
Adirondacks that they can't all get on
stranger at once, 30 they stand around in
reltefs and wait for their turns, like Gus
toners in q barber shop. They exhaust
man in three day 8, and then LET him alone,
like deserted oil well, to accumulate
more blood.
An eccentric individuslat Cambridge,
Mass, recently procured three marriage
licenses on different days from the City
Clerk, with his own name inserted in
each. In reply to the inquiry of one of
the officials, he said that two OF the women
had refused to marry him because he had
not asked them before procuring the
license.
"A pine tree was recently cut in He
bron tow nship, Potter county, Pa, which
showed the marks OF sharp instrument
ut the heart. On counting the clncentric
circles it was found 70 have been thirty
nine ears old when the cutting was done,
and when finally cut down TWO hundred
and feventy-six years old.
BY careful estimate the number Of
Chinese in New York city is placed ct
only two hundred. The number has been
diminished rather than increased since
the LIST of January Not enough have
come in to Offset those who have gone
away. Ali the Cinnamon come from
Havana. In no instance IL one known to
have come from San Francisco.
-''Pay or Diet" would seem to be the
motto Of . Boston physiieia IAN Vino was visit
ed On recent Sunday evening, by man
who had just been severely cut in quarrel
After dressing the wound and naming his
fee be was told by his patient that he
c uld not pay him till Monday, where
upon the physician cut the stitches he
lad taken, and cent the young man away
with his wound open ana bleeding.
--Peterson's Counterfeit Dstector for DC
fohcr time notices some dsnserOus c0un