Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-07-27

how 70 ScIst DliIneI-EaA H.
Why wss Eve rot AFRAID of the mea-
sies. Because she'd Adam
Forty miles of fsgs were displayed
u New York city Oh the 4th
There were s91 prisoners confined in
ACburn prison on the first 0! July.
Dividends can be used to keep policies
in force il the Mutual Life, of Chicago.
What are the most dissgreeable arti.
cles fJr nsn TO Keep OF hand. Hand
cuffs
The man who ran away from his cred
itors became tired, and concluded 10 tage
arrest.
Death viii stop ali income. Provide
for il By insuring In the Washington Life
Insurance Company, of New York.
Three thousand Brooklyn ladies' have
petiticned the Beard of Alderman in thst
city 10 enforce the law against the sale of
intoxicating drink on the sabbath.
i'm very hot weather you may be as
disagreea5le and disobliging TO your friends
as you please. II coolness arises, so
much the better.
in St. Louis, the Fourth of July is
honored by pardouing out of the work
house such persons as are CONSIDERED de-
serving There were thus relieved 100
persons at the last anniversary.
A Vermont paper does up an arti-
Gle !" on the Dry Weather. as follows:
90 whar.th use Of signing,
White dust is on the wibgt
We can't prev 81 it flying
l. ts snrocaI and lag"
Mrs. Fairs remark, IF poor, dear
Il al i've. ~
of, Is only paralielei by the youngster
didn't think the Judge "orter hang q poor
orphing "-Cancinnati Times
Teacher" Lock here, Johnny, suppose
you had twenty sugar plums. and you
wanted To divide them into four paris
You give five to the baby and five tn Gay
lord; now what would you do with the
9th r tenn Scholar" Eat EN-.
"A Philadelphia young lady appeared
ct the naval ball, Cope May, on the
Fourth Of July, in dress made entirely
of white lace, which wss purchased 10
Brussels at q cost Of about sew thousand
dollars 1t is kept in an sir tight case, and
the sunlight is never allowed TO fall upon it.
"A liberal minded Boston tourist
handed half dollar to rough looking
Nevada miner who had politely showa
him through shaft stranger, how
much are you WORTH" inquired Nevada.
"Well, about $4,000" replied Boston.
Then, guess won't tske your half
dollar. made $3.50, 600 here myself, last
month" Boston retired in demoralized
condi ion
A lecturer undertook to ex plain to a
village audience the word phenomenon
Nay be you don't know what phenome-
non is. Well, III tell you. You have
seen a COW, now doubt. Well, cow is
not phenomenon. You have seen an
apple tree Wen, an apple tree is not a
! phenomenon. But when you see the COW
go ~ the tree tail foremost, to pick the
apples, it is q phenomenon"
Central Park in New York city, con
tains s62 acres, ard $4,000 600 has been
expended in laying out and embellishing
the land since 1853 The museum is
gathering valuable collection of speci-
mems of every kind, and the geological
| garden is full Of beasts, fowls and fish.
There are 10 miles of carriage road and
% miles of walks. Last year there were
10000 900 visitors. There have been g.
600 visitors and 1900 vehicles at the
park in one day. A board of eight Com
missioners control it; a force of 90 police,
in gray uniforms and white gloves pre-
serve order. Military bands, paid by the
city, play on the plaza every Wednesday
and Saturday afternoons