Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-07-21
Generalities.

tises rrou' DouAias Ior neAt vice
preeidenk era frs av tg.s81
tf IAN enterprising farmer, In the
east. In order to supply the market
with fresh eggs. brings hislhens along
and lets them lay In the wagon on
the way aT .HBsl @ia pB oi
! Josh Billings says that large
policy Of life lnsdfance doesn't ex-
aotly make . mans corpse smile ,at
his widow, but II helps amasingly to
get another fellow To do II for him
Charles Reade thinks lt a mis-
take to suppose that "great wits 10
madness nearly are allied" He be-
lieves the insane In general nre men
with very little brains and enormous \
egotism. .t5..t '''98 ~ .... ., 20 .'.,l
ga--Thc rural districts Of New York
have had an immense weight lifted
off their heads by the discovery that
the insect which is eating up all their
potatoes is not thercal potato.bug but
only a distantly allied species. E'50 ~ I
q mo matter what kind Of poison
Is taken into the stomach, 10 will be
neutralized and rendered harmless
by swallowing half a pint ofsweet
oil. or course II should be taken
Immediately, or II the earliest possi-
bic period after swallowing the pois-
on. ga'lollThG oJ aR aauran aiaGr taa
Z The curative power of excite.
ment was curloualy illustrated the
other day In Hartford hospital. A
bed. ridden rheumatic patient, sud
denly discovering the corpse OF a
suicide In the next cot TO his own,
sprang up and ran nimbly out OF the
room, without even stopping to say
good morning" to his crutches. 5a,
"A very precocious child has APP
peared, 1t Is said. at jamestown, Penn.
Though barely three years old, he Is
four feet high, has head, arms and
legs as large as an ordinary mans,
strong voice, and remarkable mental
powers. His delighted father, one
George s.. Kingston thinks OF ex-
hibiting his phenomenal son"
"A drunken fellow with box of
matches In his pocket lay down on
the sidewalk in Muscatine, the other
day, to enjoy quiet snooze. While
rolling over In his sleep the matches
took fire. Awakening, he snuffed
the air conspiciously, smelt the burn
ing birthstone, and calculated, "Just
as 1 expected. In hell (hic) by ho-
key" .gs. a.. ..a. ... a.s cir. ,A-',.,. ~.
AT Randolph, Mo-, q few days
since, Gideon Haines went out with
his wife and boy to gather come blue
grass seed. While 80, engaged, o
swarm OF bees alighted on the child.
covering him from head to foot. The
father told him to keep perfectly stilI,
and gently lifting the boys hat from
his head to a bush, the bees swarmed
upon 1t. So much for coolness.
Terrible accounts are still receive
ed Of the famine In Persia. Al Yedz
some fifty children have been killed
and eaten by the starving Moham-
medan population. 80 severe Is the
famine In certain parts that not only
have the dates and sugar OF caravans
been seized and eaten by the starv-
Ing Inhabitants Of villages through
which they passed but the pack
mules were srcedily devoured a.
we'll. as# p0e# aa ata. a44 gst
Andrew Smith, at Cairo, Ill.,,
shot himself In the groin, a few days
since, showing how Alfred Plumb,
of Ft. Wayne, shot himself; show
ing how Adam Roemetler. Of Hamil-
ton, o., shot himself; showing how
yallandigham shot himself; showing
how Myres might have shot himself
for which shooting Mcclellan was on
trial when Vallandisham died. We
would like to know when this bust.
ness Of ocular demonstration with a
pistol Is to end.
Here is case where '.justifabls
profanity" would doubtless have
been the recording sngels verdict up
on the objurgatory exercises which
must have followed that breakfast.
An Antwerp paper sent . reporter to
Brussels for the Kings speech, and
with him couple Of carrier pigeons
TO take back the documents speedily
At Brussels he gave the pigeons In
charge Of the waiter, and called fol
breakfast. He was kept waiting
some time. but q very delicate fricas'
see atoned for the delay. Aftel
breakfast he paid his bill, and called
for the carrier pigeogs. "Pigeons!'
exclaimed the waiter, "why, yor
have eaten them.n