Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-08-03
ALL SORTS.

i eminlne WaltefS-oiu lnalaS.
The land Of nod-an auction shop
Halt sovereign-The Prince OF
Wales,
No class put more real feeling into
their vocation than piekpockets.
An Irishman's definition OF moth,
ing-a tootless stocking, without a
leg
Baltimore brags over IN OK horn
from Patagonia. 1t is sixty five
inccs long, and seventeen in circum-
terence.
The exceeding short coats worn
now days, might be called petty
coats.
1t is said that kerosene applied by
means offs moistcned cloth to stoves
will effectually keep them from rust
ing during the summer.
A Maine girl whose lover had lost
a limb, replied to her companions
banter, Il wouldn't have man with
two legs--thoy're SO common
In very hot weather you may be as
dlsagreeable and disobliging to your
trends as you please. II GOODNESS
arises so much the better.
\ Boston lady said she would be
perfectly happy If she could be sure
that after death she would be turned
into grass seed and be planted on the
Common.
4 recent number Of q lady's mag
azine in lis housekeeper's depart
ment,' informs its readers that "Vir-
GINA housewives make the best of
pickles" This is horrible sugges-
ton.
a young doctor, on being asked to
contribute towards enclosing and
ornamenting the village cemetery,
very coolly remarked that if he filled
it he thought he did his part.
AN obituary notice says, the de-
ceased had been for several years a
director of the bank, notwlthstand-
ing which he died Christian, and
universally respected
You'd better look out for your
boss feet above here, mister said a
ragged boy to a traveller "Whv r.
said the gentlemen, neryously pulling
up. Coos there is fork in the road
there was the candid reply.
"Harry," said young lady on a
seat before us at the theatre last ev-
enlng, how I shoald love to be an
actress An actress Henrietta
Why ?" ooh, it must be SO nice to
be made love to in such pretty words
erery evening"
at is not true" said the Boston
Times, "that an anti.uslng- of-alcohol-
ic : spirits in gasmeters-to-prevent-
their-treezingsociety, is to be estab
lished in this city"
A Vermont man was struck by
lightning, and had both his boots
taken off without dong much dam
age. He says he prefers the old
fashioned way with the boot jack
1t is not quite SO quick, bat he is new
cr much in a hurry, and thinks it
viii do him very well.
The Archbishop of Dublin once
inquired of physician, /" why does
the operation Of hanging kill man?
Because respiration is checked, cir.
cnlatlon is stopped and blood snffuscs
and congests the brain" Z Bosh y
replied his grace g it is because the
rope isn't long enough to let his feet
touch the ground"
What is the annual corn crop Of
Kentucky y asked foreign tourist
of Kentucklan. 8 can't exactly
say" replied the Kentuckian; "but
| know it is enough to make all the
whiskey we want, besides what is
wasted for bread
Mr.. and Mrs. George G. Eaton
were expelled from the Baptist
Church at Delaware, Ohio, a few
days ago. Their only offence seems
to have been that of cowhiding their
pastor. Thus day by day does the
rigor of church discipline rob the
Christian Of his innocent amusements.
4 lady in q philosophical mood,
asked male friend how it happened
that boys got all their bad habits
from their fathers. IL don't know"
was the reply; "but perhaps it would
helm rs to answer If we cOnli find
out where the girls get their blem-
ishes from" OH replied the fair
metaphyscian, they all come from
their grandfather! |"