Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-01-19
CLIPPINGS.

OLlITl n dS.
Ohio has thirty five colleges.
The poor mah's story-the garret.
The cards which the slanderer
plays-trey- deuce.
Union College had four presidents
during its first decade.
The University Of Jena has 402
students, and sc instructors.
The breakage of British steel in
working is about ten per cent, while
that OF American is but two per cent.
A colored lady, boasting Of the
progress made by her son in arith-
| metic, said: "He is in his notification
table,
Some men keep dogs around their
houses SO that the hungry poor, who
stop to "get bite" may get it out
side Of the door.
A good little boy who only goes
to church once in while, wants to
know If the Acts OF the Apostles was
the one that was laid at the root OF
| the tree?
Dobbs, the portrait painter, says
that everything should be IN charac-
ter. For instance, search warrants
should be printed on tracing paper,
and wedding notices on tools cap.
The Spaniarls have had so much
expensive trouble lately that they
feel poor. So they have Gu. the
wages of the new King down to ST.
100000 year, he to board himself.
A pious young girl of Keokuk,
has broken off her engagement be-
cause her lover insisted upon devo-
! ting Sunday evening 10 counting ex-
ercises.
Bull fighting is an amusement OF
some parts Of China, as well as of
SPAN, but in the fomer country they
match bull against ball, instead Of
man against brute.
In chasing an annoying dog the
other day, Portland man ran
ayalns, clothes line, which widened
his month and extracted two teeth
without pay, and he dlden't catch the
dog either.
| Copy OF an order received by
Dubuque druggist: "3 sents werth
salts 8 sents werth Ceny 3 sents Rute
Jinger sents Sinnamin Give 2ice
this amount and make up in 2 diffe
Rent Par Sells
A plous old lady at a Meth
odist meeting in Cincinnati, prayed:
20 Lord, We thank thee for the good
Is number here tonight, and that
thou art also here, not withstanding
the inclemency of the weather"
A New York chemist, after years
Of labor, now announces that he has
discovered that raw potato will cure
all desire for strong drink, two or
three good size potatoes per day fer
two weeks being enough to do the
business.
John Bull: SCOT alls.he arms you
want-all the ammunit,o2-all the
coal?' France; '.Ycs, sll,' j. b.:
And you don't want anything more
from me?n France: NO, j. B.:
Then think it is time for me to in
terfere.'
The oldest church edifice in Bos-
ton is Christ Church, il Salem street.
1t vas erected in 1928. and yet the
old pews and singing seats, the sound
ing board. and the splendid chande-
lier with its five hundred burners for
candles Or oil, remain unchanged.
Kentucky has in its Legislature a
Bright, 4 Blue and nnneh, a Hind
man and i Holcman, a Lowe AID 4
Little, Wolfe and Fox, Quick
and a Payne, q Grass and a Combs,
| . Diamond and Silvcrtooth, Duke
and Pope, aud a Riddle to find out.
A distinguished Clergyman in ONE
Of our eastern cities WAS met by
dilapita ed looking Individual, with a
flask Of whisky in his pocket, who
inquired: ssSir, is this the nearest
road to the almshousc?' No, sir"
replied the clergyman, pointing to
the bottle, s'but that is!''
A London man, who witlhol,ls
his name, keeps annoying = Char
table institution by sending $1,000
donation under cover Of darkness,
in violation Of law. Detectives are
working the ease up, and he cant
go unpunished. We know Of scv.
eral benevolent concerns that would
I. like to be annoyed the same way.
a little fonr-year old had been in
tently watching the process Of corn
popping, on a stormy day IN the he
!, eian;ns of winter. Happening 10
a turn to the window, she observed foi
i tho first time the falling snow
Amazed and. delighted, she ran t.
! her father and cxclaime'l: .Oh paps
| 10 look at the funny rain; its al
y r>Aac{l oat white!