Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-11-10
Gleanings.

natural teeth extracted and unnatural
ones put in. We hope the makers of ar
tifcial limbs will not feel called upon to
emulate this advertising dodge.
A religious community in NortElamp-
ton, Mass, asks its members why the use
Of tobacco should not he ruled out as ut
terly opposed to Christianity. If this lie
meant for u conundrum, the answer il
obvious: Because it converts the Chews
to the ways of salvation.
A California boot black stands fair
chance of going into history beside the
widow with the mite. Advertising that
he should give the proceeds of days
work to the Chicago sufferers, the young
gamin did not lay down his brush from
sunrise to sunset, and forwarded twenty
five dollars the next day to the relief
fund.
| An examiner has rejected the applica.
tion for patent on two trade marks
intended for use in the Southern market,
one containing a likeness Of General
Lee. and the other with the face Of
General Stonewall jackson, on the
| ground that it is not lawful to honor
| augmcnts sectional strife.
The latest wrinkle at fashionable
| weddings is for black page, in livery,
| to walk into church before the bride and
groom, carrying a small whit, satin
cushion on which is embroidered mon
ogram in gilt letters, which lie places in
front Of the altar for the couple to knecl
on, and carries it out again at the close
of the ceremony. What next?
An Austrian burgomaster, recently GO
red by bull, employed a surgeon, whose
gold ring slipped off in the wound while
probing it, and he thought it not best TO
aggravate the hurt by attempting rcco
very. The burgomaster died, howev r
and the surgeon is ffering the wretch
cdness Of Imprisonment for having pro
tluccd a mortal Inflammation with liz,
jcwelry.
A speaker at the recent meeting of the
Pittsburg Woman Suffrage Association
remarked - man is only an imperfect
ly developed \ oman" At this an old la
dy who sat in corner, sprang TO her
feet and in an excited manner said She
chopped to gracious he would not be de-
vcloped any more then, for there were
too many women in the world now"
A person who conceived that he had
been insultcd by gentleman of his &C.
quaintance went to Sir Eardly Wilmot,
then lord chief justice of the court of COM
mon pleas, and, after re ating the partic
uars, asked him if he did not think it
would be manly to resent it. YES" said
that eminent man, ''it wi be manly 10
resent it, but it will be God-like to for
give it."
Croquet has rival in archery, and
targets Of the toXOphilite persuasion may
lie seen pitched in some city garden. In
connection with this the best bon mot Of
the season is attributed to heart break
ing angel of sixteen, residing in one Of
the fashionable squares, who, being ask
cd by young gentleman what material
she considered best. for bow. promptly
replied. "You."
Our friend X, who is given to exag-
geration, made statement one evening
at table which was SO fabulous that he
felt himself that he had gore little too
fir. Turning to one of the guests who
seemed to be smiling slightly, he said:
"You don't believe thatg'
80. yes replied the other, Il believe
it because you say it: but l should not
have believed it if had seen it myself
TSyoUTHFUL YoUTH amateurs
Of Eiiana have laughed over the anecdote
of Charles Lamb rising at the dinner
table, after being annoyed all day by
some ones squalling children, and with
suffering solcmnity offered a toast ITO
the m -nl-memory of the much abused X
King Herod.' 1t is sad to feel that
the sly little pleasantly has its terribly
earnest side, and that the energetic tet-
rarch has a larger body of imitators now
a days than humane people suppose
A Chicago correspondent Of the New
York Independent narrateS the following
curious incident of the burning Of Chi
cago: almost comic in its tragic char
acter was the case of poor German
family in which an old lady lay at the
point of death. Knowing that they
could not hope to escape themselves and
carry her they held hurried consultation.
and, to save her from the horrors of death
by fire. decided to. and did. tumble her
into the river, to find quick and easier
release by drowning"
The editor of the Elmira Adrertisrr
has poor luck buying medicine. He
says: Il went to drug store early one
morning for a dose of morphine for
sick friend The night clerk objected to
wing it to me without a prescription.
evidently fearing that I might destroy
myself 'Pshaw.' said l, do look like
man who would kill himself?' Gazing
at me steadily for half a moment, he re-
piled: 4 don't know. Seems to me, if
looked like you, l should be greatly
tempted to kill myself"
The American woman has long been
regarded by Europeans as the most
beautiful woman in the world. This she
is and has been for twenty five years
without doubt; and as the circumstances
of her life become easier, her labor less
severe, and her education better, she will
become more beautiful still. America
never possessed a moro beautiful yene"E-
tion of women than she possesses to-day.
and there is no doubt that the sty.e ut
beauty is changing to noher tyre
The chara cteristic American woman ot
the present generation is larger than the
characteristic American woman of the
previous generation Foreign correspOn-
dence Of the Nem York Times.
ApRoITLy IIrT.-A presiding elder of
the United Brethren Church. while
preaching was much annoyed by persons
talking and laughing. He paused, look
ed ut the disturbers. and said II am
always afraid to reprove those who mis-
behave in church. In the early part Of
my ministry made great mistake. As
l was preaching, young man who sat
just before me was constantly laughing.
talking, and making uncouth grimaccs.
l paused and administered y severe re
buke After the close of the service one
of the official members came and SAID to
! me, Brother -, you made great
mistake. That young man whom you
reprovcd is an IDIOT Since then have
always been afraid to reprove those who
misbchave in church lest should repeat
tia, mistake. and reprove another IDIOT"
During the rest of that service ut least
there was good order.
Sydney Smith didn't fail to remember.
even to the last, the struggles of his
early life struggles that were, however.
without doubt fraught with many use
full lesson, as adversity is indeed to all