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

A TOOTH becomes Ielauon-when is
akin.
THE best thing to give TO the poor
employment
& WONDERFUL AERIAL PHENOMENON
"A flight Of stairs.
"a Lass am no more" as the girl eaid
when abe got married.
WHEN Il lot o. corn like . corner lot!
When it's ground.
Tn sting of bee carries conviction
with it. Il makes . man bee-leaver q
once.
II mans aim in this world be good,
the chances are that he will miss fire In
the next
LARGE butterflies and bugs are now
worn in the hair, made Of silver or gold,
q Ia Nilsson.
Our of the total area OF Great Britain,
g., $50, 900 acres, or So per cent, are under
cultivation.
WANT of credit IL blessing undisguss-
ed sometimes-for instance, when man
can't even "borrow trouble"
On . recent Sunday, the Rev. John
Jones, of Surry county, North Caroiins,
aged 81 years, baptized, by immersion,
Harden @. Herring, aged ".
A SIGN at one Of the imprcvised hotels
in Spring field, Mass, reaos: "Boreding
by the meel, and Toying at awl hours"
A SINGLE oat in Scotland produced ten
stalks, which contained nine hundred
grains, or an average Of ninety grains 10
the stalk.
THRRE are two directly opposite rea.
sops why some men have poor credit
one because they are not known, and the
other because they are known.
THE editor of the Middletown Conn
Constitution, calling attention to an adver-
tisement, says: "See plain statement in
southeast corner of this paper"
A CERTAIN doctor asked Spifkins
which he thought was the best way to
die. "Surely," lac replied. "you might
have learned that much from your pa
tients."
THE McCrary farm, in the oil regions
of PeDnsy lvanis, 10 ssid to have been sold
for 81, 100000 The average daily yield,
during the month of August, was / 1853
barrels.
THE force of habit We know gentle
man who Is SO methoaical in business
that when he pays q compliment to his
wife, he always viii insist on taking 20
ceipt
DANIEL PURCELL was desired one night
in company to make pun extempore.
"Upon what subjects" said Daniel.
"The king" answered the other "Oh,
said he, "the king is no subject"
FRANCE, though not greater In area
than the State Of Texas, produces more
wheat than the whole United States, the
figures being $50 100000 bushels for
| France. and 240,00O,O0O for the United
States.
-RRCEIPT TO CURE LOVE FIT
Tie one nd OF rope fast over beam,
And make a siip-noose ut totner extreme;
Then just underneath let cricaet be set,
On which let the lover most maniully get
Over his head let the Moose then be gut,
And under one ear be well set led the knot;
The cricket kicked down, lei him tako fair swing
And leave all the rest Of the work 10 the string.
DICKENS says: 81 have heard vast quan.
titles OF nonsense talKed about bad men
not looking you in the face Don't trust
that conventional idea Dishonesty will
stare you out Of coantenance any day in
the week, If there is anything 70 be got
by H."
A CAPTAIN in the British navy, meet
ing friend zs he landed ut Portsmouth,
boosted that he Lad LETT his whole ships
company the happiest fellows in the
world. "How 90 7" asked his friend.
"Wby, have Just logged seventeen, and
they are happy it is over and all the
rest are happy that they have escaped.
FoR the benefit of young girls who are
| impatient to put on trained skirts, II may
be stated that the Princess Beatrice,
daughter OF Queen Victoria, now nearly
| 10 years old, has never yet worn any thing
but short dresses, even upon the grand
occasion Of q drawing room" reception,
when court trains are universal.
A DUBUQUE grocer having had en- un-
precedented demand for vinegar for sew
eral days, bottles, mugs, jugs, basins, tea
pots, and other pots, having been con-
stantly coming tor a supply OF the acid
fluid, was tempted to try its quality for
himself, when he discovered that he had
tapped the wrong cask, and sold barrel
| Of old Bourbon whisky at ten cents q
quart.
A WESTERN editor A" improves the occs.
sion" presented by the casual descent Of
| one of his No 10 brogans upon an unsus.
peciing " Colorado" IN the following pa
thet,c strain:
zone more potato bug
Gone to his rest;
Stepped on 30 tenderly,
Cause II was b st.
Poor little tater bug
Smashed TO the dust!
In my prosperity,