Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-05-19
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G1eaufngs.
conclusive argument against suicide
20 sna. u IS the hight of impoltenesa -
go anywhere till you are sent for.
Is it proper to say of an ar.;s, ,,s.
yerging on delfTium tremens. that H. :.
putting the finishing touches to a Colo
sal bust?
The following passage is from one Of the
latest novels issued: "The countess fell
back in deadly swoon When she re-
covered her spirit had fed"
A Kentucky editor was called out or
bed one night to receive subscribtion.
After that he sat up nights for over .
week, but the offence wasn't repeated.
"What sustained our revolutionary
sires during their struggle for liberty,r
was what New Canaan pedagogue ask
ed boy and was astonished when the
boy said, their legs, sir''
A word to wine bibbers: "Champaene
is sparkling wine, made Of crab cider
and marble dust, with dash of sulphur.
lc acid, to make it bile 1t is extensive
~ used in hospital practice. and IA !
sovereign remedy for inquisitiveness"
Jubal Early covets the distinction Of
being considered first class incendiarist.
He denies that he burnt Montgomery
Blair's house in 1864, but points with
pride to the fact that he did burn Cham.
bershurg in the same year.
The Texas Legislature has just adopt.
ed common school system, in which
compulsory education is a prominent f.a-
turc. A term Of schooling not less than
four months in each year is required Il
'all the scholastic c population"
An exchange says: Hiram Power.
is reported to be near Rome, finishing
Eve After the Fall" and adds, "if som.
other powers had finished that sinful
woman before the fall it would have saw.
ed Hiram and the rest Of US great deal
of work"
A studious writer classifes blondes as
follows: The Gothic Irish, the Saxon En-.
glish, the little ridiculous blonde, the cc-
phalic gold blonde, and the Emphatic
blonde. Of these the cephalic gold indi.
viduals are the most dangerous to mascu
line peace ofmind
Tennessee has another wild man, much
more satisfactory than the last. He in
seven feet high, covered with shaggy hair,
very muscular, runs away from men with
astonishing swiftness, but approaches
unprotected women with wild and horrid
screams of delight"
John Hatfield, who died in Troy few
days ago, was the first maker Of lucifcr
matches in this country. He cut them
one by one with his jack -nife The chem.
lcal composition necessary to insure com.
buston was prepared by him, the ingre-
dients at that time being known in Amer
ica only to himself This was in 1896.
Judge Howe, in his recent charge to
the Grand Jury of Albany county, Wyo-
ming Territory, paid glowing tribute
to the intelligence discrimination, hon
esty and propriety ofconduct" of the wv
oming women who during the last twelve
months. have served az grand and petit
jurors. @f
A man was arrested in Buffalo last week
for stealing barrel ofsalt. When arraien.
ed in the court he pleaded destitution.
"You couldn't eat the salt" said the
Judge. "Oh, yes, I could with the meat
I intended to steal" Tins reply cost him
six months The Judge had no appr, cia.
tion Of delicate humor.
A Nermonter has had 50 damages award
ed him for being butted over a fence by
his neighbor's bull The smallness of the
sum is due to the plaintiffs avowal tha,
he was trying to get over the fence "a
quickly as possible, so that the bull only
helped him in carrying out an intention
conceived of his own free will.
That was a thoughtful economy Of the
Irishman i'll the pit Of Dublin theater,
who, seeing some people about to throw
an obstreperous fellow in the gallery
over the railing, and, being much exas-
perated by bad orchestra. cried out
loudly: Don't waste him; kill fiddler
with him.
In Boston, they show as a curiosity.
the death warrant of one of the Salem
witches The return of her execution.
indorsed on its back, illustrates the spir-
it of the times The sheriff ut first wrote
that he hung her until she was dead and
buried. but subsequent pen stroke eras.
ed the last words. Ell
James H. Stone. a young man Connected
with the Kalamazoo (Mich.) Telegraph, isl
a subject for symp thy at the hands Of all|
weil-regulated minds. His mother il to
take twelve young ladies for the tour oil
Great Britain, the Continent, Egypt, andl
the Holy Land, and he alone is to accom-.
pany them as their guide, counsellor, and|
friend. ta
A man out in Indiana who heard that
the safest way to commit suicide was t0|
shut yourself up and burn charcoal, was
found in tena lot with a charcoal
fire near him. Though he had taken the
precaution to put up the bars and stop
the crack i'll the tence with a newspaper.
the charcoal did not act fairly by him and
he lived.
A mania for hunting on our Western
plains seems to have seized upon many
Englishmen Of rank. and there are rumors
of the prospective coming hithcl within
the next two years of at least dozen
scions of noble families to shoot grouse.
| antelopes, bears, and bnffaloes A Scotch
journal intimates that the main object oil
all this visiting the United States is to
hunt for American wives.
The bear known as club foot, which
has been for years the terror of the Te-
jon mountains in California. and for
which reward of 81 900 has been stand.
ing for some time, was found dead in the
Tejon mountains, and all indications show
that it is the same bear which so fearful
ly mangled Searlcs a fw weeks since.
Nine deaths are attributed to this bear.
Only last year two brothers fell victims
to his ferocity.
The following lines are supposed to
have been written by an editor who was
insane, for certainly no sane man could
dream anything so improbable: e
had dream the other night.
When every thing was still:
dreamed that each subscriber
Came up and paid his bill; t
Each wore a look Of honesty;
And smiles were round each eve
As they handed over the stamps
They yelled "Hows that for highs"
A writer in the Trinity Journal reiates|
IN, nrtx Or II