Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-03-24

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Miscellaneous.
"A swell Of the Grst water-The ocean.
An time belongs to US, for all time is
hour.
The modern key to wealth-A burg
lars jimmy.
When is boat like a pile Of snow !
When it lisa drift.
| -!Twenty-three snow-storms visited
Boston the past season.
"A good protection against misfortune
"A Policy in the Washington Life.
when 10 butterfly like kiss? When
Il alights on tulips. ~ III I'LL 4
Why Is drawing from Nature infec-
tiousf N,s sketching q "a
Bed. ridden-those who travel by
night in sleeping cars.
1.-The stick thax stirs people the wrong
way-The .toddy stick. 81, afas1 !
Why is tale bearer like bricklayer!
Because he raises stories. . i'''s'2' ''7''' T
An unpleasant sort Of arithmetic
Division among families. }HI .ij3ti
Every stockholder is Interested in the
success Of, the Washington Life, tt
In New York the English sparrows
have multiplied to at least half million.
Since love never kills, may 1t not be
called the disease of the liver fi9lj
"a Norfolk, Conn, girl skstsd ten
miles without stopping to rest. i.
IA man can't help what is done
behind his back" as the scamp said when
he was kicked out Of doors. ..p.f
In Memphis, sufferer from small
pox has sued street railroad conductor
for putting him out Of car. - af'''''
"A librarian, arranging his books &C
cording to their subject matter, put "Irish
Bulls" under the head Of Agricultural,
"A few days since herd of $500 buff
fa1oes crossed thu. Union Pacific track,
short distance west of Laramie City. a
The whole number of. paupers in
Ohio last year was 5,837, or less than one
fifth Of one per cent. Of the population.
Z The Hartford Post says the bruisers
would have but few fights IL the papers
would say nothing about them, a0- g.a
Why is man who spoils his children
like another who builds castles in the air
Because he INDUCES in fancy too much.
An eminent physician recommends
onions for people.of weak nerves. They
are sure thing for weak breath.
"A contemporary protests most earn
estly that he is always as good as his word.
No doubt he is, but his word Is good for
nothing. -r..s,.t, s...,t.., ,+..-sss
The town Of Knights Ferry, Cal, has
a hen which has adopted a litter Of pup
pies. She treats them, SO farAs they will
allow her to, exactly like a brood of
chickens.
An old lady, on reading that an ice.
house had been burned, remarked /" La,
now! suppose it was from spontaneous
combustion. l often noticed that the ice
in the wagons smoked" aaH aaa
An Irishman having jumped into the
water to save a man from drowning, upon
receiving sixpence from the person as
reward for the service, looked first at the
sixpence, and then st him, and at last ex-
claimed, "Be jabers, l am overpaid for the
job" re Hflti,i I ,iiHa4 '7si-s "
During the last year Z 1853 arrests were
made by the, police of Cincinnati, of
which, 1,07S were for disorderly conduct,
and 1852 for drunkenness seventeen
thousand two hundred and eighty seven
lodgings were furnished INDECENT persons
at the stations.
The animal heat of bees is greater
than is generally supposed. DR.. Kurt
land, the distinguished apiarian, says that
the heat arising from fifty two of his hives
standing under shed, was sufficient to
melt the snow upon the roof
That was not bad reply given re-
Gently at o barn raising in Pennsylvania
to a young man who had been relating
his more than wonderful exploits in vari-
GUS quarters Of the globe. At the closed
one Of these narratives he was not a little
set back by the remark of an old settler
Young man, amt you ashamed to talk
so sohen there are older liars on the ground?"
la "A long list of taxi paying citizens of
Rochester, N. Y, petition the Common
Council to contract with some one to fur
nish their dinners, at municipal expense,
for less than the average cost, *11 q head,
and suggest that the honorable body dine
at the Almshouse, where meal costs only
ten cents. t,,,~ sii.t .afIsl {c yt.@gq
The last fifty cent note having been
successfully counterfeited, another one diff.
fering from all the others that have pre-
coded 1t is in preparation, which will con-
tain vignette of the Hon. E. NJ Stanton
for the characterization of the left end.
The other end for the space Of an inch
will remain blank, for. the purpose of
showing the localized silver fibre, which
will be 20 introduced as to make it a dis
tinct feature Of the note.
.ii 1.-The following may be cited as an ex-
ample of q scrupulously honest testimonial
to character. The writer says: II have
known Mr.. - for several years.
consider him eminently qualified for every
post he seeks. His habits are convivial.
If not regular He possesses fine voice.
Ems taste in liquors is remarkable. He
plays whist with singular steadiness. He
knows as much about everything as most
men. He is frequently sober, and occa- /
sionally industrious" % '7''i'|t'i5ie
b attil. iHi FGd -1tJf'ft 8ei-it3if
Foreign Gossip.
The funeral of the Rabbi of Warsaw
was attended by 10000 persons. r
"A Paris merchant has sued ex-Queen
Isabella for q debt Of $1,000
di According TO q London paper there
are 1OO, 600 houses to let in the metrop-
olia