The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1871-07-27
''All hail the American aigle a.!
Proud bird of freedom, all hail !
The fowl that no one can invaigle :
Or put salt on his beautiful tail |!

The fowl that no one can invaigle:
Or put salt on his beautiful tail -
A nobleman who painted remarka-
bly, well for an amateur, showing one
of his pictures to Poussin, the latter
exclaimed: "Your lordship only re-
quires little poverty to become ia
nous"
, A hotel keeper in the Schuylkill
| Valley has posted in his bar-room a
pIacard Young men and bows are
forbidden to occupy these seats.
They will find their way here too
soon for their own good
Good morning, Mr.. Henpeck,'
said printer in search OF female
compositors. Have you any daugh-
tiers who would make good type-set-
ters p No, but l have wife who
would make fine devil
A young married lady being ap.
piled to by servant girl for a situa-
ton, she asked /: why did you leave
your last place p why. YOU see.
ma'am, replied the girl, Il was too
good looking, and when Iopened the
door the gentlemen always took me
for the missis.'
One of the lay speakers in Meth
odist Conference, down East, Illus
trated his readiness to traternize with
the Southern brethren, and his feel
ings toward them, by the story of
the two men that would not speak to
each other, but one, having been con-
verified at camp-meeting, on seeing
his former enemy, held out his hand,
saying: How dye do, Kemp?
am humble enough to shake hands
with a dog
A clergyman who owned a farm.
found his plowman sitting on his
plow and resting his horse. Quoth
the clergyman John, wouldn't it
be good plan for you to have a
good stub scythe here, and be cut
ting few bushes along the fence
while the horses are resting a short,
time p Wouldn't it be well, SIR
said John, 'for you to have a tub of
potatoes in the pulpit, and, when thew
are singing, peel 'em awhile to be
ready for the pot?'
Horace Greeley gets some hard
hits on his attempt to teach agrienl.
ture. The Kansas City Bulletin
gives him one in the following shane.
ga Missouri farmer inquired as to
the probable profit of raising broom
corn in that State. Mr.. Greeley felt
assured that it would be profitable
bat advised his correspondent to
raise the plain-handled variety of
brooms, inasmuch as they were a
more handy variety than those with
red and blue rings around the han.
dies"
Patrick saw a bull paving in the
field, and thought what fun It wonId
be to jump over, catch him by the
horns, and rub his nose in the dirt
The idea was so funny that he Law
down and laughed to think oft. The
morehe thought of it the funnier II
seemed, and he determined to do Il
Taurus quickly tossed him over the
fence again, somewhat bruised. Pat
leisurely picked himself up with the
consolatory remark: 'Well, it's a
moighty foin thing 1 had my laugh
foorst.'
"A man who was not very careful
in personal appearance tells this story
OF himself: i went to the drugstore
early one morning for dose Of NOR
phine for sick friend. The NIGHT
clerk objected to giving it to me with.
out the prescription, evidently fear
ing | meant to destroy myself
'Pshaw,' said l, do 1 look like man
who would kill myself?' Gazing at
me steadily for half a moment, he re-.
piled Il don't know. Seems 70
me, if | looked like you, should no
greatly tempted to kill myself'
The following anecdote was given
at the Edwards reunion, in illnstro-
ton OF the Observation-Disclosures of,h.
great Jonathan Edwards: At one
time he rode after the cows. and lii.
tie boy very respectfully bowed and
opened the gate for him. whose
boy are you, my little man p Noah
Clark's boy, sir On his return with
the cows, the same boy appeared and
opened the gate for him. Edwards
thanked the little fellow, and asked !.
Whose boy are you p The same
mans boy l was quarter of an hour
ago, SIR