Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-09
G1eanings.

!he best and probably the safest imi.
tatl0n OF real hair now in the market ia
that made from linen thread.
A Bachelor--a man who Ieglects hia
opportunity to make some woman miser.
able.
Nearly 100000 bales Of cotton have
been received in Memphis since Septem.
Der 1st
"You look as though you were beside
yourself" as wag said to a fellow who
stood beside donkey.
Never have wooden leg made Of
oak, because the oak is apt to produce
acorn.
The editor of the Brownsville Clipper
is elated to state that he is the owner Of
very small pig, with rat killing procliv-
tiles.
Miss Minnie Jones, Gcnesscc school
marin, whaled her uncle during school
hours, the other day The uncle was
unruly,
The discredtable discovery has been
made in Boston that the chief cook of the
Parker House receives much larger sal
ary than the President of Harvard Uni
versity.
One blacksmith out in Western New
York has taken from horses feet over
two hundred nails that have been trod-
den upon and buried in the feet of the
animals, being carclessly thrown into the
street.
A Hoos;er critic compares Nilsson to
In or, inn III
her "dulcet and divine warblings' tell up
on his beautiful heart" like the splash.
ing music of melodious waterfalls upon
bed of smashed roses"
The latest style at dinner party is to
have a fan placed at each ladys plate, on
which is printed the bill of fare, and ON
the side of which is a small looking glass.
so that she can survey herself and keep
COOL
Mrs. Henry, popular preacher in
Missouri, acts as pastor, does the singing
for the congregation, prea ches three times
week, looks after the morals of the
members, and takes care of six little
children.
A Western editor, who doesn't know
much about farming any way suggests
that for garden making, a cast-iron back,
with hinge in it, would be an improve
ment on the spinal column now in
use
A local report of the period: "Mr.
Collins, of Hartford, bought a ferocious
watchdog. Mr.. Collins came home late
that night. His wife says that his trows-
ers can't be mended The dogs skin is
for sale cheap. Mr.. Collins hopes to be
able to sit down in few weeks
The big grape vine at Santa Barbara,
California, is five feet two inches in cir.
cumference where the main trunk branch
es. and the arbor which it covers is 50
by G3. At these limits the branches arc
three inches in diameter, and are kept
trimmed so as to prevent its spread
ing.
The hot springs of Arkansas are situ-
ated in the center of the State on the
slope of the Ozark Mountains, about fifty
miles west of Little Rock. They are L.
800 feet above the sea level, making a
climate unsurpassed for salubrity. They
are fifty six in number, varying in tenn
perature from SO to 135 degrees.
A clergyman was lately depicting he
fore deeply interesting audience the
alarming increase Of intemperancc when
he astonished his hearers by exclaiming:
"A young man in my neighborhood died
very suddenly last Sunday while l was
preaching the gospel in beastly state Of
intoXication.'
Cheyenne, once called the Magic City,"
on account of its marvellously rapid
growth, has decaycd as rapidly as it grew
up. The few inhabitants who remain
there find it useless to try to resuscitate
the place, and dozen undeyeloped pro-
jects for building Metropolis of the
Plains have been at last abandoned.
A minister once gave commentary to
an old Scotch lady who was we'll versed
in the Scriptures. He thought she would
enjoy the explanation of her favorite pas
sages. Calling on her few days after
ward he said, Did you like the book I
gave you?" CAY, mon, its guide book,
and the Bible explains ii amazingly"
The authorship of the Junius letters,
which has for so long period puzzled
the literary world, has at last been satis-
factorily saddled on Sir Philip Francis.
through the resources of Mr.. Thistlcton,
who has pursued the investigation with
all the indcfatigable ardor of medieval
alchemist searching for the philosophers
ptone ana the elixir of life.
A writer in an European paper re-
marks that Thomas" is the champion
Democratic name. He says: Did YOU
ever, in the course of your reading. meet
with the Christian name of Thomas in
connection with royalty, either as Emper-
or, King, Prince. royal Duke, or any
scion Of royalty, either in ancient or mod.
ern times? That particular name was
not used by members Of reigning fam.
lilies
\ fight between rat and two snakes,
copperhcad and 4 rattlesnakc took place
at Mckcesport, Ohio.the other day, which
lasted seven hours and resulted in the tri-
umph of the rat. The comprehend WAS
killed, and the rattlesnakc would have suf.
fered like fate had lie not been removed,
The rat showed considerable generalship
i'll the encounter, and every time he was
bitten would retire to the corner of the
cage and bite out the piece from his body.
Work on the long projected tunnel un-
der the Dteroit river, which is to afford
easy communication between Michigan
and Canada. will commence this summer.
There are to be three compartments run.
ming parallel with each other, two Of which
will be about sixteen feet high, and the
other, somewhat less, will be built be.
meath and between the two others. It
will take about two years to finish this
piece of engineering. s
The Indians of Peru have a tradition
to which they particularly adhere, of an
immense buried treasure in that country.
They say that Atahualpa's great reservoir
of gold, temple with rooms full Of the
metal, never was seized by The Spaniards:
that it exists still, and that the secret Of
its existence is kept by family OF tribe
of Indians who religiously guard the
treasure for the day when the heir OF the
lncas Shall resume his ancient throne.
A young gentleman, IS months of age.
residing in Pawtucket II. /, remained
quiet the other day for such an unwont.
ed period that his mother. suspecting all
WAS not right, went in search of him,
She found him sitting on the floor by an
open bureau drawer with loaded and
capped and self cooking revolver in hia
hand, and he was amusing himself bv
running the muzzle of the piece down his
.nt f,s,r