Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-03-24

the siege of Paris is manifested in the
distressing circumstance that there are
only twenty new spring styles Of bonncts
this year.
The vigilant marshal Of the twenty.
third district of Illinois discovered twen-
ty pairs of twin children in the town Of
Woodstock. A few towns like that
Wood stock State
| "A muskrat made a hole through tie
dam Of a Wisconsin farmers trout-pond,
and thirteen hundred trout escaped there
from. The owner has been damming the
| pond-and the muskrat-ever since.
Mrs. James Fisk, now living with
her husband, in New York, is ''rotund
blonde, who dresses elegantly, and r.
sembles her husband so much that she is
often taken to be his sister,
| A down east editor plaintively says
that lie has original poetry enough to
shingle meeting house, but as he has
no meeting house to shingle, the original
poetry is useless.
| Father" said a had, II have often
read Of people being poor but honest:'
| why don't they sometimes say rich but
honest:" Tut tut, my son." replied the
father, nobody would believe them"
The Providence Journal wants yo-
ting in Rhode Island to stop at sunset,
because the ways that are dark in cleo
tlon find frcest scope, generally after the
sun goes down.
The inventor Of il new mcroscnpial
writing machine, in England, claims
that the entire contents of the Bible can,
with the help of his contrivancc be writ
ten twenty two times in the space Of :,
square inch
a Swiss journal published at Gen
eva, says only six women-three EE-
glish, two German, and one American
had climbed to the summit Of Mont
Blanc since Jacques Balmat first made
the ascent in 1856.
A lady says: Take my advice ye
maidens contemplating matrimony. new
or MARI; man who is unkind t. his
mother, snubs his sister, helps himself
to the best at the table, is afraid OF work,
or is unable to support YOU,
A fellow "who knows about farming"
thinks the reason why Adam and Eve
had so much trouble in the garden was
because they raised cain before they got
able. However, that did not make much
difference, for they turned out ueH
-Buss. kiss; rebus, kiss again plu-
ribus. to kiss irrespective of sex: silly
bus, to kiss the hand instead of the lip;
blunderbuss, to kiss the wrong person
omnibus. to kiss all promiscuosly cr.
ebus, to kiss in the dark
A New Hampshire man, when ask
ed to give his consent to the marriage
of his daughter, turned with a beaming
countenance to the applicant and an
swered Yes. yes; and don't yon know
some likely young MN who will take
the othcr?'
An early settler Of Indiana oIaTtcei
two trees in front of his cabin, saving IT,
his wife that they should be the trees of
their lives In 1884 the one named af-
ter the man fell, and ne survived il but
a little. Recently tie womans tree died
and she lived but 4 day or two longer.
Making him smart: As old Van
Shroomps was giving his youngest who
was inclined to be lazy, good cowhiding
the boy cried out: "Oh, don't fadder: it
makes me shmart.' Oats shoost vat
wants. said the old man, as he whackcd
away with renewed vigor
A Connecticut toll-gate keeper re.
Gently received twenty cents from man
who said that thirty years ago he with
two other boys got through the gate on
false pretences. The others were dead
and the twenty cents were the original
six they should have paid, with accrued
interest
: On Sunday week, an Indiana man
objected to the baptism Of his daughter,
who rs in delicate health. until the advent
of mildcr weather, and was held BY two
9 policemen until the ceremony Of INNER
sion was over He intends to test in the
courts the question OF his right to control
the actions of his minor children.
The wonder Of the Mississippi at
this moment is the new steamer James
Howard, said to be the largest steamer
on Western waters. Her dimensions are:
Length, $50 feet; beam, over all, 96 feet;
depth of hold, 10 feet As to the ma
chnery, the cylinder is BAL, inches;
stroke. 10 feet; and there are six boilers
length, 30 feet diameter, A. inches.
AT a recent meeting at Danbury.
Conn, where contribution was taken
up, a wealthy member of the cofgrega-
j.. tion dropped twenty five cents in the
contribution box The amount realized!
being little more than that required,
the wealthy member quietly suggested
to the deacon who passed the box, that
his little amount might be returned.
And it was.
A Washington schoolboy has griey-
ance, ard writes about il to the Sta,.
thus: when boy goes to School in the
! in the morning an Forgcts to Sharpin
his Pencil, Why then of Corse he Hast
to do it in School An ifhe dos his To ;.
cher Takes His knife away fror' hs,s,
Then he goes home An tells r.',s E.r,;, !,
: an he makes 4 fus, But !, nexe, or,,
his Knife 90
The famous " ,,unt s. Rprnar,l doc
) Tell who has won everx first prize at
English exhibitions since his importa
ton in 1854, is dead ffc VAS known
throughout England, France, GERMANY
, and America, as she finest type If the
rongh-haired St. Bernard breed in the
) world. His age at the time of his death
! was only seven years.
An irascible old gentleman was ia
ken with sneezing in the cars lately
After saecaing in a most >pasmodic way
+ eight or ten times, he arrested the par
, oXFsm for moment. and cxtricating hi,
: handkerchief he thus Indignantly a,l
$ dressed the nasal organ "Oh go on--gt
on you'll blow your iaiernal brains out
, presently"
! A well known physician in T,,.y;ar
, arolis tells go'd story at LIS avn ~
pense. He assisted in the advent of
child, and 20 secure his fee in the cas-,
which was rather doubtful, proposed I,
carry it off as security. The newly mad
+ mother rather upse, that plan =
te1lfnS the Doctor she would g;.a. hin
2 flse dollars to carry it away, That, 4.
| hasn't been paid yet.
Sir said fierce lawyer; 'do you O,
your solemn oath declare that this is NO
your handwritings," "rreckon not :" wa
the cool reply. "Does it resemble von
handwritings" '>Yes sir, think i don,
DO you swear That it don't resemble Won,
handwriting:~ well, I do. old hsafs