Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-08-11
Gleanings.


Arequipa, Peru.
Baltimore brlgs over an oX-horn from
Patagonia. 1t is sixty five inches long,
and seventeen in circumference
The Burlington and Missouri Railroad
Company is this year erecting 200 miles
of board fence, at cost Of nearly $780,
GOO
1t is stated that the wedding ring used
at the marriage Of Miss Swan, the Nova
Scotia gian;css was about the size OF u
muffin ring.
A French BARRIERS sign reads thus:
"To-morrow the public will be shaved
gratuitousiy" OF course to morrow
never comes.
Whittier's aliusion to an "old friend SO
sage and bland, our later Franklin i'll
his poem about Alice Cary, refers to
Horace Greeley.
There is hope for Virginia. Its best
papers are ridicul;ng the tournaments"
and telling the young men to stop fool
ing and go to work.
Ifyou want to eat just such pudding
as your mother made when you were u
boy, you must somehow revive boys
appetite and palate
\ venerable woman in Oxford county,
Me, 50 years old, who worked for 20
cents a day and saved the money, has
jlst given $500, her wages for four years,
towards building church.
A (II) Stamp is clerk in the post Of
fee, Mr.. Plant buries folks. Mr.. Plugg
sells tobacco, and Bacchus dispenscs
beer All in Washington. and a Mr.
Mugg sells lager in Brooklyn.
Ii chasing an annoying cog the other
day, Portland man ran against clothes
line, which widcned his mouth and eX-
tractcd two teeth without pay, and he
didn't catch the dog either.
In disagreement between a superin
tendcnt and teacher Of a sunday school
in Indiana, the lady came out with victo
r. and a shattered parasol. The scholars
enjoyed it better than the catechism.
The latest revised table of the census of
flee make the aggregate population of the
United States to be as follows: White, 3d.,
5s1 $50; coIorcd, 4,1.9.3e3; Indian, 25,-
.33; japanese, %; Chine c, So, 1856. To-
tai, 3S, ,549, $50.
Queen Victoria has given orders that
the pulpit sand glass which indicates the
length OF time allowed for the sermon in
the Royal Chapel, shall be measured for
twenty minutes only, instead of an hour,
Us formerly.
Tie State of Michigan contains five
thousand one hundred and eleven inland
lakes, covering an area Of eleven hundred
and fourteen miles besides Il watcred
front on the great lakes of more than
eighteen hundred miles.
Some young ladies now wear small
mirrors set in gold hung on their neck
accs instead OF lockcts Every time
they look 1T them they see the counter
felt prcsentment of the person in whom
of all the world they arc the most inter
cstcd.
Gen. Sherman screnaded at St .ilbans,
Vt, Il few evenings ago, and, i'll the course
of little speech to the crowd, said: We
find it delightful to be with you here in
summer; how it is in winter l don't
know, and don't mean to try"
The Kickapoo Indians kick both ways.
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the United States, and it seems that those
in the United States magaud into Mexico.
and those in Mexico maraud into the
United States, the two divisions boubt-
less sharing the profits after the manner
Of civilized men.
4 favoritc amusement of the bellies of
New Bedford in the winter is sliding
down Hill on a Goldfish On a moonlight
night hundreds of young ladies belonging
to the Oldest and most respected families
of that ancient town may be seen partic
ipating in this healthy and innocent rec
reitlon.
An India editor says: circumstances
are beginning to shape themselves; an!
logic of events is hanging link upon link;
the destiny which shapes our ends is
fast manifcsting itself, and soon an intel
ligcnt awakening of the people will be
felt all over this country"
The Prcsbytcrv of Greenfield, Ohio,
has suspended the Rev Frank Rae for
gross intemperance. 1t is decided very
sensibly that when a minister of the go,-
pei is too drunk to walk straight in the
open street lie not only brings the church
into disreputc, but reflects unlavorably
upon the cause of public and private
morals.
\ gentleman in Jefferson City who
was troubled with bed bugs, soaked the
bed with kerosene and turned in, leaving
the light burning. Just rs he was
dreaming that regiment Of bugs were
drawing up 4 set Of resolutions condemn
in him tor using kerosene, he was
awakened Icy a fireman pointing the
nozzle of a hose through the window.
The house WAS insured, but the man wa $
| not.
The discovery of an ancient outlet 10
Lake Superior Is mentioned by Professor
I Mmchell. the Director Of the State Geo
| gical Survey of Michigan, IL his last
report 1t is deep valley. borderci
/ with bluffs, and runs f.lw Lake superior
to Green Bay. in Lake Michigan. suggest
ing the practicahiity Of s. ip canal
along the same route, With Il vieW ~
shortening the yoy&-se hctwtea sac ports
OF the two lakes.
The suit Of Sir Charles Nordaunt
against Lady Norlaunt is to be renewed
in the English courts. 1t will be remem-
bcrcd tha; when Sir Charles previously
sued for divorce, Lady Mordaunt was
adiulwed insane, and committed to Il
lunatic asylum. She has now been re-
leased, her physicians giving the op Mon
| that her insanity was fcigned. This is
/ the case in which the nasMe of the Prince
of Wales WAS unpieasan5lv introduced,
Pinchbcck colorcd member of the
! louisiana Legislature, stated the situa-
4 ton between himself and Col Carter,
/ Speaker OF the House et Representatives,.
! when he said: Il have been PLAYING
! second fiddle long enough. | want it
/ clearly understood that I'm not II War
moth man. nor d Dunn man, nora Cartcv
man II I'm going to be in the orchestra
shall be oae of the chitt tiddlers Foc
| instance, "a very friendly With Ces-
| Carter and he houOrS me with his tlis1ld-
ship. But just rs soon rs Carter gets
what he wants out OF Piachbeck Pinch
beck may go the deyii---lrd eater long
| pause) I'm Id if i; amt vice yer Il"
The Salt Lake 3fi5tme says that the
| famous Emma silver mine at Little Cot
tonwooi Canon. in Utah, is now turning
| out an average Of ons hun lred tons of ore
| 4 lav, which is wsTth Sl3a Il ton over
and about the cost of laiSing it, yielding
a panft of Sl3, 500 net every twenty four
hours, equal to S4,92i 800 per annum.