Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-02-09
CLIPPINGS.

The first almanac was printed
about 1860.
Anna Dickinson says she will give
those editors who have been abusing
her "tit for tat" One of our ed,to.
rial friends says: "Well trade; here's
your tat"
A good woman in Bucks county,
Pa, is verymuch annoyed because
quite nnaccountably one Of her twins,
just born. proves to be mulatto,
while the other is white.
A lady who died in Boston, on
Saturday, at the age Of eighty seven
years and nine months, had lived in
the same house from her birth, and
never heard a sermon except in the
New South Church.
A fellow objects 10 paying note
given as soothcr to the husband of
= woman he had attempted to hug,
on the ground that he was interrupt
ed in the act, and there was no valne
received.
Starr King, when asked to define
the difference between Universalists
and Unitarians. replied that "Univer.
salists believed that God was too
good to damn men eternally, and
Unitarians believed that men were
too good to be c,crnally damned"
Do advertise; IT'S bad plan. It
will call attention TO your place Of
business, and il is much better for
people who wish to trade with you
to hunt you up. 1t gives your Gus.
toners exercise AMI makes them
healthy. Besides, If you advertise.
somebody will buy mp your goods,
and then YOU will have to get moro,
and it will be great bother to you.
One Of the results Of the German
Arctic Exploring Expedition is the
discovery Of immense coal beds in
the north Of Greenland. Mountains
exceeding Mont Blanc in height were
discovered, and the botanical spool.
mems found, indicate that Greenland
must have been covered 1t one time
with a rich vegetation.
A paragraph is aAoal in the papers
stating that the word barbecue" il
derived from the French Jarbe a queue
-"head to tail''-(thc whole hog).
Webster fayors this. But, in fact,
the word IL probably "Reminiscences
Of the brrbekot, wooden gridlron on
which the Indians of Guiana broilel
or smoked their meats. The word
was used in Virginia in tho same
sense before 1900.
Judge Dodge, of the Galveston
Criminal Court, is no dodger. He
came INTO court an hour late the 9th.
or day, and on taking his seat said :
"Mr. Clerk, enter fino Of 400
against Samuel Dodge, Judge of this
court, tor being absent At the no, TO
which this court adjourned" The
fine was cntered by the Clerk.
Queon Victoria has now nine
grand.sons and eight grand -daugI,.
L.rs, together with seventeen grand
children. of whom the Grown Prince
81 Prussia gives five. Zone died III
1861 the Princess Alice fire. and
the Princess Helcna two. And the
Queen has still Eve unmarried child.
rcn.
Two hundred and fifty different
kinds Of tacks are manufactured from
hrass, copper, zine. ;rou, aud steel
The material from Which tacks are
made is first cut into long strips ~
wide as the required length OF tho
tack. It is then put into n,achine
which cuts into tacks or nails, as the
case May be, as quickly and as easily
as bog would munc's stick ot
candy. The rolishcrs are then
brought into rcquisition. They are
then conveyed to where yonMg wo.
men are Employed in weighing, pa
pering, labelling, and pnrccling them,
preparatory to boxing.