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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-10-12

universally suspended, and the
ruined, houseless, homeless, people
reduced from wealth to penury in an
hour, fill the streets, and their voices
of woe and lanentation rend the air.
LATER.
Crosby's Opera House. the St.
James Hotel, and all that neighbor-
hood is now in flames and tho fire
still spreading.
As we send this extra to press it
seems apparent that the principal
portion ofthe great City of the lakcs
is destroyed.
The loss is fearful to contemplate.
Insurance Companies, gigantic mer-
camille houses. hundreds Of thousands
Of people are involved in ruin.
We shall attempt in the evening
COURIER TO give more detailed &C.
count ofthe great calamity.
BURLINGTON, Oct. 9, 1850 p. IN.
We have just received the following
from the operator at Burlington,
which is an hour and quarter later
than our former dispatches.
As near as I can learn the Briggs,
fremont, Sherman and Pacific
Hotels /; the Post Office, Board of
Trade, Burlington, Rock Island and
Lake Shore Railroad Depots Field,
Letter & Co., J, V. Farwell & Co.,
all the sity Banks, and everything
from 18th street to the Lake is con-
sumed.
The fire is still raging and the
water given out, while the fircmen
arc broken down and exhausted.
The Chicago, Burlington L. Qnincy,
and Michigan Central Office destroy
ed, and the great Union Depot at the
foot of Lake street is also in total
ruins,
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-10-12

TWENTY MINUTES FOR REFRESH.
MENrs.-The following experience OF
traveller who attempted to get din
ner in Aenia, on the Little Miami
railroad, is worth reading by those
who have had similar experience
wlthouta like good humor.
"Fwenty minutes for dinner Is
shouted the brakeman as we ap.
preached Xenia.
Arrived there, i entered the din
ing room and inquired Of the waiter
NV hat 90 you have for dinner?"
Twenty minutes, was the hurried
reply.
l told him | would try halfa dog
en- minutes raw on the baIf.shell
Tod him to write it down. He
scratched his head trying to compre-
bend the order, but q. last gave up
and Went to another. | asked -
man near the door With q roll of bills
in his hand:
What do you have Tor iinner?'
"a half 3 dollar" he said.
i saiu L u nave hall dollar, we'll
DONE | told him TO send me, in nd.
ditiony boiled wallet, stuffed With
greenbaoks and teven-thirty's gar
nlshed with ten cent scrip and pos
tage stamps. Also confederate
bond with lettuce alone (let us alone. J
would like to wash my dinner
lown with national bank notes on
draft"
He said they were out of every
hing but the bank potes, aud he
hen ordered tho waiter TO go to the
bank and draw some.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-10-12

Woodbury. county has only three
paupers an Irishman Norwegian aud
"a Negro.
300 kegs of lager beer are guzxled
down by the citizens of Sioux CITY
every week.
The Arizona Minsr complains that
the Apaches are decreasing its sub
scrlptioh list at the rate OF ten sc..lps
per anuum.
d eonfiagration is raging In the
forests near Gustav, Wood county.
O., and tho inhabitants are flying TO
place OF safety.
Ii Is kind parent, rejoicing in the
name OF Napoleon De Eoy, who is
now under arrest at Davenport, Iowa,
charged with incest upon his own
daughter.
tbc average income Of each OF the
1896 bsr-rooms in st, Louis is ten
dollars per day, which implies that
l2,006 resideSts can afford 10 take q
drinl. ,,,f.,a,y h,rr bs.t,,,o s
ma s,nsa, W. &c 9. 'so
o~,,I.,,,| 60 !, ~ So, - . A.ouis
-s'''''o''s'' - e''
several voachers for lngerSoit's, /
'''.1 F@y5s aud keyser's work were
uhearybea on " eanesday, by the
CGmmlttee Of Seventy. The vonch-
ets afe all for an enormous amount
NOT eae at them WIS sworn 10, bat
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-10-12
PENNSYLVANIA.
More Republican Gains.
Pits BURG, oct. L

FITTt BURG, Oct. 10.
The vote is very light to-day
AlleGheney county gives from 4 900
to 5000 Repnpican majority, or
about the vote Of Geary, aud every
member of he House except one ar,
elected Meagre returns from the
western part of the State show uni
form small Republican gains over
Geary's vote.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-10-12
MANNING'S
ANTlDGTE for INTEMPERANCE

r, Is an infallible cure for this fearful vice
,.s use VIII at once remove tho, tsste or
,heslfo for stinlutants, and viii soon create
~ ac,uai dislike for them. II can be all
a't,,,aa IN tea. Coffee, or even water.
= ON taste or smell. III yon have . hnss
onn5,, er"fher or friend, addicted 10 ,hi.
'eSr,o'e habit, it is your duty 10 cure him.
eont rec by mail on receipt Of th. mon.
~. ffiee Two Dollars per boz.
,,n "; III. MANNING g. CO..
~ Louis. M
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-10-12

A tombstone in q cemetery at
Duxbnry, Mass, is Inscribed: "ChiseI
cannot help her any.n
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-10-12

Doubtless hundreds of people have
persisted, but we have up to this
time OF writing no details Of the loss
of life.
In reply to our enquiries of the
Burlington operator, we learn that
all the telegraph lines and offices in
the city of Chicago are destroyed,
and that the latest word from
that city up to 1925 a. IN. is that
the details are too awful for repeti-
ton. Col. John Givin, Superinten-
dent d. V. Railroad, has Just re-
ceived the following dispatch from
Chicago to Ottumwa.
All telegraph Offices, Court House,
Sherman, Briggs, fremont and Pa.
ciic Hotels, the Post Office, Board
OF Trade Building, all Railroad
Depots, J. B. Farwel & Co..
Field, Letter Il Co., and everything
from 18th street and from Canal
street on the north side to the Lake
is in ruins. All the city banks burned
and all the business part Of the city
q desolate ruin, and the terrible con-
fagration still raging with undimin-
isbed fury, while the water has given
out, and the tiremcn are utterly ex-
hausted.
The estimated loss, up to IL a. m
10 day, is FIVE hundred millions Of
ioliars, or about one quarter Of the
Of The public debt.
Business in that part of the city |
'et saved from the fiery monster, is
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-05-20
Williamson County.

The Franklin Weekly Review of last week
has the following local items:
"There is boy living near Tr;une, in
this county, eleven years old and weighs
$50 pounds He is young giant
This region was afflicted on last Saturday
night with another, and we hope the last
frost. Vegetation was somewhat injured,
though we believe nothing was killed out
right.
Willis q. Jones, Esq was bit by a rat one
night last week, exactly upon the tip of the
head. AS he was snoring very loudly at the
time, it is not unreasonable to suppose that
the rat was delegated by the rest of his kind
70 arouse Mr.. Jones.
We are gratifed to learn that an inter
esting revival of religion was experienced,
last week, at Harpeth Church. The meets
ing was conducted by Rev. a. n. Cunning
ham, who was assisted by Rev Fred Thomp-
son. Seventeen conversions were the result
of the meeting and the whole church was
much refreshed and edited.
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beyond the confines of his ewn
States to be tried for offences alledged to |
have been committed therein, while the
force bill says that he may at the dis
cretien of irresponsible officials and .uneon-
stitutional tribunals. q
A more dangerous engine of oppression
could not well be conceived than this. I'M
der the workings of the law men may be
deprived Of liberty and property and placed
at the mercy Of the Executive and his min>
ions. The law itself does not define what
constitutes an ofense under this bundle of
tyrannical usurpstions, but leaves its def
milton to the discretion of the irresponsible
scoundrels who are to execute it, under the
direction of the President There is moth.
ing to prevent the INSCRIPTIONS Radical
leaders from deciding that Democratic meet
ings, or the peaceful assemblages of citizens
to protest against executive usurpations are
unlawful and dangerous combinations that
mustbe suppressed. Although if they were
| tried by their peers and an impartial jury of
their own State OF district they could repel
the charge, they are deprived of the privI-
lege, and may be transT orted to any point
| that may suit the conVe ME nee of their &C
eusers.
Consequently it is only necessary to en-
sure the conviction of any man or any num-
Der of men who protest against this imam
Gus invasion of personal liberty, to organize
a court somewhere, in which juries to con.
Wet may be packed in the box, and transport
prisoners thither for trial, to have every ad.
vocate ola free and Constitutional govern.
ment in the North as well as in the South
in dungeon in less than six months.
There is no punishment too severe for the
authors of the Ubiquitous bill, and if the
people should rise up and Stay them for at
tempting to execute it, the impartial judg
ment of posterity would applaud the act a;
Unsuitable under the circumstances. But
better remedy remains for the people. Lei
the first prosecution under this infamY o.
Radical infamies be made a test case and
carried to the Supreme Court, where the
law will bssdeclared onstitutional-then
if the attempt is made to enforce it, phlebot
omy is the proper treatment to cure the
pimps of despOtism.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-05-20

"Atom," of the Harvard Advocate, visited
the French Fair, and thus reports his expe-
rience: Young lady-"Sir, wouldn't you
like to buy some tickets in punch-bowl p
Atom-"No, thank you; never drink. "
Young lady (insinuatingly) - swell,
wouldn't you like to buy some cigars, then2
Atom with very grave face)-"No, thank
you, never smoke. Young lady dosing
patience -"WelI, I'd offer you some soap
if thought you ever washed"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-05-20
Items for the Ladies.

A young woman who has been getting
$4OO year for general homework in Penn
sylvania, has fallen heir to an English es-
tate of 100000.
Two women near Fon-du-Lac, Wis, cul
tivate 100 acre farm, and support them
selves and their parents from it.
One of the most beautiful women of Port.
land, Oregon, has just eloped with a China
man and sailed for "fowery land"
Let woman once think you uneonquer-
able, and unless she is unlike all other wo-
men, she will want to conquer you.
A young man in Kansas City, Mo, last
Tuesday attempted suicide because a young
servant maid wouldn't marry him.
1t is SAID that bFoad-sOled shoe will
make lady's foot look smaller than mar
row soled one.
An enraged man tears his hair, but an
enraged woman tears her husbands
Marrying woman for her beauty is like
eating nightingale for its singing.
Fifty years ago woman carried the mails
once week between Fredona and Buffalo,
Ny.
The New London (Wis) Times reports
that girl in that place Is years of age,
committed to memory l,l00 verses of the
bible in single week.
A paper published in Paris, KY, states
that 26 ladies in that town sat together in a
private room, without any restraint, and
never spoke a word for two hours. Those
ladies must have been dumb, or asleep.
Cashmere dresses, colored and black, are
worn this spring over silk dresses, and are
deliberately embroidered or braided, and
edged with lace. The sack is cut up at the
sides and back, and with very long sleeves,
also trimmed with lace.
A spirited girl observes that to her mind
the women who want female suffrage be
cause it will cause division in families, must
be precious meek lot. woman of any
pluck can pick quarrel with her husband
without waiting to split on votes.
About year ago, in town in Nevada, a
Slfl pEeSohCeu HoESVl dG INC bSusIue Vi d
young man, and asked him ifhe loved her
He said he did. In less than year thereaE
ter, there came suit for breach of promise,
and the young fellow had 50 900 to pay.
A bachelor says that all he should ask
for in a wife would be a good temper, sound
health, good understanding, agreeable phys
iOgnomy, pretty figure, good connection, do
nestle habits, resources of good
spirits, conversational ia ents, elegant man.
ners and plenty of money
The chaplain of the Kansas State Prison
is an old lady of 20 years, Mrs Lydia Sex
ton.
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Notice.
May 9th, 1871.

United States Internal Revenue, 9Th Col
lection District, State of tennessee.
Notice is hereby given, in pursuance of
Section % of the Act entitled IAN Act to
provide Internal Revenue to support the
Government, to pay interest on the public
debt and for other purposes approved June
80, 1864" and the amendments thereto, that
the annual list ar valuation and enumeration
of property subject to tax under said Acts
on the FIRST day Of May, 1871, in the county
of Hardeman, and State of Tennessee, has
been returned to me by the Assessor of this
District; that the duties and taxes assessed
thereon have become due and payable; and
that James Pybass, Deputy Collector for the
5th Division, Sth District, State of Tennes~
see, will attend for the collection of the
same at the Post Office, in the town of Boil
ivar, county of Hsrdeman, State Of Tennes-
see, on and after the lOsh day of May, 1871,
until the oath day of May, 1871, inclusive,
each day, Sundays excepted. Payment must
be made within the dates above specified, or
costs will accrue. The assessments on said
list includes special taxes and duties on in
come, etc.
ROBERT F. PATTERSON,
Collector.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-05-20

A desk which Benjamin Franklin is sup
posed to have learned to writc on was put
up at auction in Newport, Rhode Island, a
few days ago, and on account of the rever-
ence felt for the economical memory of
Poor Richard, it was knocked down for the
princely sum of ten cents.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-05-20
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
We have completed an arrangement with
tbs Publishers of the
St.LOuiS Home Journal

The Great Literary Paper Of the
West and south,
whereby we are enabled to furnish the Boil
IEAE BULLETIN and the HOME JoCRNAL for
the low price of Three Dollars per year.
This will enable our readers to secure two
papers at the usual price of one
EVERYBODY should at once avail
themselves of this very liberal offer,
Come forward all, and Subscribe.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-05-20

WHEAr.-In this county, although the
acreage is small, the wheat crop ia doing
well. In many portions of the mountain
districts of the State the wheat has been
badly damaged by cold weather, and in some
instances almost totally ruined. The
Brownsville Bee of last week says:
ave are not planting as much wheat in
Haywood as We ought to, but the few "sam-
pie" crops to be seen look very well. We
hear of less complaint of disasters in this
county and Lauderdale than from almost
any other portion of the State"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-05-20
NIOneE tn Stock Ratslng.

The sale Of thoroughbred stock by Gen.
W. G. Handing, at Belle Meade, last Satur~
day, amounted to s. ,9l2.
OF this Sc, 735 was realized from the sale
of colts and FLIES. The highest price
brought was $500 foe Eleand, a two year
old, by Jack Malone and GazelIe.
How many Belle Meades could West
Tennessee produce, if farmers would only
turn their attention to stock raising
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-05-20
COTTON PRESS.
Durability :
Sinnplicitv!
Strength

10th 1870,
durability Of field hands work
working
presses orleath his pOnt, u
lain 70 blocks
tin
sOon
blocks will slide perfectly ready Of hold
that the applied direct the gripping blocks which
My fol
0we and down wnass and and ARRANGED 70 work
ther ",
ap Tenn
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-05-20

The latest instance of generosity and mu-
nifcence comes from New Orleans The
boy-fnder of twenty-five thousand dollar
check returned it to its proper owner-a
prominent broker of Carondelet street-and
was rewarded with abundance of thanks in
words.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-05-20

The Examiner says that the good citizens
of Gallatin are rejoicing over the beauty
and usefulness of street lamps.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-05-20

The grading sfthe 81. s. B. & o. Il. r.
has been finished up to the corporation line
on the North side of Brownsville.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-05-20

On clear night we now have FIVE wan
dering bodies visible at the same time be-
sides numerous bright, fixed stars. Mer-
curry may be seen about an hour after sun
set, near the Pleiades; Venus shines out
resplendently little higher, in the west !;
Jupiter is a bright object nearly half way
between the zenith and the western hori-
zon; Mars is approaching the meridian from
the east and the moon is above the earth in
her first quarter. Directly overhead we have
the Dipper. The magnificent belted Orion
is sinking in the west, followed by the
brightest star IN the hemisphere, Sirius.
The well-known sickle of Leo is high up in
the South; Spica snd Acturus follow in the
eastern quarter, apd the strongly defined
Scorpion is just peeping up from the east
The Memphis Avalanche has the temerity
to call our paper "a rural journal. "-Dyers'
burg Gazette.
The amount of"cheek" some people haYe
in these degenerate times-is astonishing.
A week or so ego, Sparks, of the Falcon,
called US "eozntry editOrl"
Shucks that's nothing. The LAGRANGE
Spirit of the Age called Us "Mose;" but
then, you know, I've, he got off cur hose.
The Examiner says that the good citizens
of Gallatin are rejoicing over the beauty
and usefulness of street lamps.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-05-20

A young woman who has been getting
$4OO year for general homework in Penn
sylvania, has fallen heir to an English es-
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-05-20

The total population of the United States
and Territories in 1870, amounted to 49,
53S, 100, gain Of 7,094, 759 since 1860
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-05-20
NOTICE.

The CO partnership heretofore existing be-
tween Paul I. Jones and Geo. w. Keister is
dissolved by mutual consent. p. Z. Jones
alone is authorized to settle the claims due
the firm. P. 7. JONES,
G. w. KEISTER
May 9th, 1871. m2Ow4
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-02-18
A Glorious Change!!
THE GREAT WORLDS TONIC.
Plantation Bitters.

This wonderful vegetable re-
stOratiye is the sIleet-anchOr or
the feeble and slcbiiitated. As a
tonic and cordial for the aged
and ianguid, it Iaas mo equal
among stomachics. As q remedy
for the nervous weakness to
which vyoIsacn are especially sssb-
yrct, it Is superseding every other
stimsIIant. lin ail climates, tro1,i-
cal, temperate, or frigid, IL acts
- = specific in every species or
-isssss.cr which usaderallines the
10 ~ ~ stasssgtss and breaks down
+. ssss-ssi sp.stts. Tor sale by
lists.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-02-18
VARIOUS ITEMS.

At recent wedding in Chicago the
organ played "Put Me in My Little Bed
as the bridal party left the church
A man in Baraboo, Wisconsin, eighty
seven years of age, has app lied for a
divorce from his wife for desertion,
There were no less thaa 66S suits for
divorce entered in the courts of Chicago
during the past year.
The Mammoth Cave of Kentucky is
advertised for rent. This is nice OPEN
ing for an enterprislng business man.
The New York Commercial speaks of
"the contesting election epidemic which
has seriously attacked the country
The London Times remarks that there
are not ten Irishmen in Ireland who do
not think of coming to America some
time or other.
The Wisconsin Assembly, by vote of
70 to 9, passed memorial to Congress
praying that the Income Tax be not re-
pealed.
Mrs. Jane G. Swisshelm is writing
wicked articles on men and measures.
I'm off when you talk of working
as the cork said to the ginger pop.
Florida has an Indian population Of
2o2.
There are "A 900 doctorsin the United
States.
Grocers should remember that honest
tea is the best policy.
The draughtman's paradise PENCIL
vania.
Woman's rites Matrimony and di~
yorce.
"Feminary" is new Western express
aon for female seminary.
The Raw Material Underdone steak.
A light after piece-A phcasant's tail.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-02-18
SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE,
No. I39 Montgomery street.
MRS. s. A. JOHNS,
Agent for A1Buny.
THE NEW FOOD.

For q few cents you can buy
of your Grocer or Druggist a
package of SEA moss TARINE
made from pure Irish Moss or
Carrageen, which will make
sixteen quarts Of Blanc Mango,
and a like quantity Of Puddings
Custards, Creams, Charlotte
Russo, &c. It is the cheapest,
healthiest and most delicious
food in the world. It makes a
splendid Dessert, and has no
equal as q light and delicate
food for Inva1ids and Children.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-02-18

Made OF Poor Rum, Whiskey, Proof
Spirits and Refuse Liquors doetored, spiccd
and sweetened to please the taste, called /" Tom
Appettzers,'' = - Restorers,n &C, that lead
the fippler on 80 drunkenness and ruin but are
o true Medicine, made from the alive Roots and
Herbs OF California, free from all Alcoholic
stimu7nnts. They are the GREAT BLOOD
PURIFIER and LIFE GIVING PHIN-
the System, carrying OF all poisonous mastsr and
restaring the blood to q healthy condition. NO
person can take these Bitters according 20 direc-
tfon and remain long unwell.
Fer Imffnmmstfory and Chronic Kheu.
masism and Cont, Dyspepsia or Indf-
xesGtoo, Rfli0ms, RemitfenE and fnter-
miesenf Eevefs, Diseases of the BEU0ds
Liver, Kidneys, and Bladder, these Bit
tePs have been most successful Suck Dis
eases are caused by Initiated Blood, which
fs generally produced by arrangement Of the
Digestive Organs.
DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION.
HeAdAche. Pain in the Shoulders. Coughs, Tight
ness OF the Chest, Dizziness. Sour Eructations OF
the Stomach, Bad taste In the Mouth Bilious At
tacks, Palpitation Of the Heart, Inflammation of
the Lungs, Pain In the regions OF the Kidneys and
hundred other painful symptoms, are the Off
springs OF Dyspepsia.
They fnyigorate the Stomach and stimulate the
torpid liver and bowels, which render them OF un-
equalied eficacy in cleansing the blood OF all
impurities, and imparting now life and yigor to
the whole system. So
FOR SKIN DISEASES, Eruptions, letter,
salt Rheum Blotehes. 6pots, Pirnples, Pnstnes.
BoEs, carbuncies, Ring Worms. scaid-Head. Sore
Eyes, Erysipelas, Itch. Ecurfs, DiscoIoratfons Of
the skin, Humofs and Diseases OF the Skin, OF
whatever name or nature, are literally dug up
andcarrfed out OF the system In . short time by
the use Of these Bitters. One bottle in such
cases win convince the most incredulous OF their
curative effects.
Cleanse the vitiated Blood whenever you nnd
Its impurities bursting through the skin In Pim-
Piles, Erupsions or Sores; cieanscit when you
ma 1t obstructed and sluggish In the veins;
cleanse it when Is is foul, and your feelings viii
tell Jon when. Keep the blood pure and the
health Of the system win follow.
PM TAPE and other WORMS, lurking In
the system OF 30 many thousands. are chectualiy
destroyed and removed FOR full directions. read
esxefu1Iy the circular around each bottle.
J.wALEER. Proprietor. b. n. MCDONALD g
CO., Druggists and Gen. Agents. San Francisco,
CAL. and " and 81 Commerce Street, New York.
SOLD BIZ ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS,
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-02-18

A nice pious old man in Mass, thought
his oxen laid out strength brushing away
The plan worked well until one of the
bricks struck the old man on the head,
when he was carried to the house on a
door. He said he haden't thought of
this contingency. The oxen's tails are
loose now, and the old man has had his
brains soldered in with silver