Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-11-24
rother came to his death by cards ana

water, as much as possible, through the
ear, and pumping it out. On the sixth
trial the pebble came with the water, and
the child's life was saved.
If THIS BE that
II 'twixt mine eyes and the printed page
Thy pleading face will come
II, all unbidden, thy wel-loyed name
My careless pen will form;
II never moment heart or brain
From the bondage sweet are free,
Yet prize priceless thing the chain
That binds them slaves to thee
II to smooth with tenderer touch my hair
Became thou hast caressed It,
II to and my cheek grown wondrous fair
Because thy lips have pressed tt
II to breathe thy name ~ sink to rest
In prayer TO heaven above me,
That the great ll-Fsther will make thee blest-
" this Be E0ue--IiOcs 0sse!
Miss M, young heiress of consider.
able personal attractions, Glanced to be
seated at dinner-party next to a gentle
man remarkable in the fashionable circles
for the brilliancy of his wit, and who had
long made one in the train of her admirers
The conversation turning on the uncer
tainty Of life, II mean to insure mine"
said the young lady, archly, in the Hope"
In the hope of UhGtg said her admircr:
a single life is hardly worth insuring.
propose we should insure our lives to.
gether, and if you have no objection, l
should prefer the AUianceP'
In an Eastern city cabinet maker EN-
ployed two Germans as porters to deliver
his furniture One morning he loaded his
cart with bureau, and gave directions
where to have it left. "And blythe by"
said he to one Of them, handing him
shilling, ON your way back get pint o
pease" They staid an unusual time, and
when at length they did return, it was
soon ascertained that they had enormous
bricks" in their hats "Why, you Ger
man rascals," roared the angry boss, you
are both drunk" "Yaw," said one of
them; "you gift us ter shilling to buy
pint apiece; we trinkt him, and we are pote
SO trunk ash ter teuykens!"
Mr.. QUINTN DICK, NJ. p, was once en-
tertaining party TO dinner when a loud
knocking was suddenly heard al the door,
and ere they could well conceive what it
meant, Mr. DIS footman entered, ushering
in rough looking son of Neptune. Mr..
Dick rose, imagining that he came with
tidings from some friend in India. Jack
then, with the coolest assurance in the
world, stretched out his hand, and asked,
is your name Quintin Dick?' ut is" re-
piled Mr. d., at your service" Good!
I'm glad of it; give us your hand, my old
boy-for my name is Dick Quintin; and
by the mast we'll have drop Of grog to-
gether! roared the tar. The effect on the
company may be easily imagined. Mr..
Dick took it in good humor, gave the man
half-a crown, and told the servant to take
him to the kitchen and give him plGLty to
eat and drink.
A LETTER from the Prussian army near
Metz relates the following little incident:
"a little after the service l was sitting
with the Paymaster and another officer,
when knock came at the door, and there
entered a great hulking fellow, from Dant-
zic, who sheepishly asked the Paymaster
to accommodate him with paper money
for his bullion. How much do you think
he hads Why, counting pfennings and
queer collection Of kreutzers, he could
make up just one thaler, and this huge re-
mittance the great, honest, manly fellow
wished TO send to the frau away on the
shores of the Baltic. 1t was only three
shillings, but it was the last silver the man
had, and he will 60 without his glass
beer till next payday comes round. Fancy
an English soldier coming to his officer
with handful Of halfpence for conversion
into paper money! But a German regi-
Paymaster pbcketed the coppers and gave
the man the paper thaler with kindly
word and look"
THE New Orleans Picayune says: "A
countryman at the theatre the other night,
as the escort of some ladies', retired at an
and returned with pound or
two Of peanuts wrapped in a paper, and
two huge bananas sticking from his pocket.
Just then, however, and before he had
time to take his seat, one of the actresses,
who had specially won his admiration,
come to the footlight and warbled a beau
tiful melody. The full rich voice, exquisite
in information, and breathing strains almost
heart, and unable to restrain
his delight, he heaved on the stage his
peanuts, bananas and pocket handker-
chief as tribute to the fair enchantress.
There was momentary establishment visi-
BILE upon the faces on the stage, single in
slant of hesitation, which was removed by
the countryman's voice, full and clear,
Take 'em gal, by lingo, you're welcome ;"
HENRY RICHARDSON has been put under
bonds in New York to answer a charge
that he was manufacturer Of headless
fowls, and guilty of cruelty to a
ioOSbcI, NY CuttiuS VA ITO uiIi, VI ivan,
piercing out and destroying both eyes, taxi
ing portion of the brain out, pulling the
feathers from its he$d and neck, and then
skinning the same, after which the skin
was SO drawn up as to make the said
rooster appear headless. According to
the testimony, Richardson was in the COM
mon practice of performing this operation
upon roosters which were sold for the pur-
pose of public exhibitions, and the unfor-
tunate fowls. after undergoing the opera
ton, lived in great pain and torture for
periods ranging from one week to two
THE following comes from Oregon: "A
recent discovery in Amelia City, came near
creating as formidable a bone excitement
IS that described by Truthful James. A
much decomposed skull was unearthed bya
hitch digger Taking that practical view
IF the occurrence which distinguishes the
settlers of our Western coast, the discover
sr, instead of apostrophizing after the style
If Alas poor Yorick,' took his own hat OIL,
put the new found skull in it, and repaired
% the nearest stream to pan out The
lirt In the skull NAV be said To have caught