Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-10
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.


AlsC6ilAncouss
! -IrredeemAble Bon6s-Vsga- bonds.
! A Woman's" Bow" -ideal-The mar.
riage tie
Coming TO Gries- meeting troub,e
halfway.
VIVA, par. of speech is kissing' A
conjunction
What is that which is full of holes and
/ vet holds water ! A sponge.
Two women of San Francisco lately
ordered eighty five dresses from Berlin
-" Remember, life is but shadow; Its
/ date the intermediate breath we draw
Insure in the Mutual Life Of Chicago.
Why should spider be good base
bsll player. Because, naturally, il is an
excellent hy. catcher"
A Cincinnati servant girl recently
stole two wagon loads of furniture while
the family were at the theatre.
A young damsel at Colebrook, n. H.,
las amused herself by collecting thou
sand specimens of calico.
I'm Kansas City, Mo, q few days ago,
rat was killed that weighed five pounds
and three ounces. 1t was as big as cat.
"A. F. Willmarth, Vice President of
| the Home, of New York, is a policy
holder, stock holder, and director Of the
Washington Life.
"A Maine girl whose lover had lost
limb, replied TO her companions banter,
81 wouldn't have man with two legs
| they're 50 common"
-Plainfeld, Vt, boasts an eight year
old damsel who harnesses and drives a
pair Of spirited horses that nobody else
can approach.
There Is said to have been one man in
New York who looked upon the riot
without any feeling Of Partially. He was
an undertaken.
An intelligent British tourist thought
that Detroit sign reading Dinner from
1917 To 2 p. m" meant Dinner from IL u
to 2 shillings per meal"
"A Boston paper says that in hundreds
| Of families the noise occasioned by the re-
cent earthquake was attributed to children
falling out of bed.
"A Norfolk, Va, paper reports that a
little girl was lately lost among the tall
weeds Of a principal street, and was only
found after an hours search by the neigh
bors.
1T was SO hot in Montgomery, Ala, one
day recently, that wag proposed to build
a fire in his stove to cool the atmosphere.
Fashionable Marriage Vow-We
promise to love each other and live in the
same brown stone front till we are tired
of each other and see some one we like
better.
1t is said that Americans are the only
nation who sleep with their windows open
in their bedrooms at night, all other
nations dreading the night air as SO much
deadly poison.
AT North Hatfield, Mass, it is stated
that in the early days road was laid out
which was described as running from
Pochaug meadow to the stream where old
Mr.. Doolittle's horse died."
The following is part Of telegram
relating to the heat in court room the
other day: even Billy he complained
of the excessive heat, and the court al
journed." We presume "even Billy" il
substituted for eventually"
"A bilious young friend says he nevel
will marry the lady who wants to marry
him, for the reason that if woman ones
has her own way she will forever insis
on the privilege.
The story Of lazy schoolboy, whc
spelled Andrew Jackson "tSru Jaxn," ha
been equaled by student who wished
; TO mark half dozen new shirts. II,
marked the first John JONES'" and tn,
rest "do."
An enthusiastic Yalensian gazed Ions
and earnestly through telescope at thl
movements Of Saturn, and afterward dis
covered that he had been watching the re
ceding headlight of New York steam
boat
"A gentleman, being DESTROYS of as
signing to another a valuable patent, al
Washington, recently sent to the Paten,
Office the required document, covered
with revenue stamps to the amount Of
$40, and all of them cancelled, when the
law required that Scent stamp only
should be attached.