Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-04-06

| de has been partially insane ever since,
and recently blew out his braips., sba soq,
lTsk iscAlle9eoTr ID
| TO consume Time-Eat dates
a. IA Western Settler The Aan fas
"A Legitimate Inference That q den
lists Office Is . drawing r0Omsss Stos at8s
| IA Good Investment-A Policy in the
Mutual Life, of Chicago. 49,
| ,S--An oyster weighing Three pounds wss
lately on exhibition IN the window of "a
Newark saloon i, aidstsr,taG : ssegsef III
| The food for the. swans ducksyand
deer in the public parks ofaB0stom costs
| about $40 a week. vsafeo 'sasatren u ailaa
The stockholders Ali the Washington
only receive the interest their own money
earns.
.ssTAk Of pteci6usstouss, no mSst VIZ
liable as we'll as the. most useful stone in
the world Is the gfindstone. s....ss9s r
IA. contemporary proposes ., "national
convention Of men whose arms and legs
have been shot off in firing salutes." e 49,,
49," Como out here and I'M lick the
whole toftyou,p said AN tlrchint to some
sticks Of peppermint-candy inEa confec.'
toners window.
"A somewhst ec4entncal lady of Mem
phis gives annually to the poor, the amount
that she supposes would have been
wasted" on her funeral In the event Of
her death. 80. 100.
Minister Washburne has senta to.
Washington, as q souvenir Of the siege of
Paris, q fragment of ten-inch shell,
which exploded within square of his
residence M .ut, hu4a
There is pointer dog in Lowell,
Mass, about three mpnthsI told,uwA6 is
an ardent lover of ale, teasing for it
often, and drinking full glass with great
pylsto ~ tfaS 40 rfemt hTE Cas9g5E u
? During the Forty.frst Congress there
were introduced, in all, 5,201 bills and res
olutions, 3,542 Of. which were offered in
the House, and 1859 in the Senate. 10 y 81,
Several Western members of Congress
have recently received memorials asking
Congress for such sction as will subject all
United States officials to impeachment and
removal for voluntary drunkenness. ~
-"Does our talk disturb your" said one
Of a company Of talkative ladies, to an old
gentleman sitting In q railroad station, the
other afternoon. 2" No ma am" was the
naive reply; /" I have been married nigh
onto forty years." sls...4.-s..f sz+ eH
"A San Francisco lady lately applied
for divorce because her husband was q
COMPOUNDED fool" Her petition was not
gsantsd, the judge nsnarking that "evsrys
man who gets married would be liable, TO
the same imputation," ~ 81 III Il
Feeling patients pulse by telegraph
is the latest achievement. The sick man
was in Washington, and the physician in
New~Y osk..-u The lbeats of tho pulse~wsEs
transmitted by a DOCTOR with one hand on
the patients wrist and the other on the
telegraph key gnFbe9d obs FSt1nl
--"YThere ara some things which will |
neye. be hurt By falling, growlea e, sp ol y
them }" INQUIRED a mar ketman. Prices,"
said the old man : "theyre SO awful slow
ipfalling that they'll never get smashed "
Some Of the humane citizens, who
have been troubled to understand why
draymen invariably beat their refractory
found bit that II Is BECAUSE the honest fel
lows cant hit them with the dray ITSELF
That was q thoughtful economy Of The
Irishman In the pit Of q Dublin theatre,
who, seeing some people about to throw
an OUotIcIcIOuS IcIIOW III tuC SollCAy OvCI
the railing, lsna, being much exasperated
Don't waste him; kill q fiddler with
t--Several places have claimed the cham
pion mean man, hut Canaan, Conn, can
take the belt. A man there, who employs
his father in his workshop, lost a child,
and naturally the grandfather Of the chAd
wished TO, attend, the funeral. The, son
permitted the old man to go to the grave,
aud when he got home locked the poor
fellow hall, q day Lost time, a. All dounI
The Auburn Adgertissr says that Hull,
the originator of the Cardiff giant, was IN
that town recently, land adds: 81 "He hot
only Iconfesses to the humbug, n butt an.' \
nounces that he is writing up the, mon
strosity, and will inflict history of the
whole sell, In book form, upon an already
sufficiently outraged people" sdi II
.r-Itis said that New York coroner 10
preparing book telling all about what 70
40 III case of q kerosene explosion. II
don't need book ID tell what TO do
All that is necessary is to send your i'd
dress TO an undertaken justbefore you light
asflfe with Kerosene, and then let nature |
taketits course. It's all foOlishness to buy !
book about it, as it is perfectly evident
all the coroner wants Is to get his name
before the kerosene burning public. aaig 4
IA young man whose moustache is J
visible by the aid Of q microscope, was the |
victim Of misplaced confidence q short |
time ago. He 'had been particularly sweet |
on q very young lady, and had previously 1
paid her several visits, The girls parents
thinking both too young to begin keeping |
company with each other, gave them !
gentle hint to that effect,-frst, by calling i
the, girl out of the room and sending her /
to bed; and second, by the lady Of the /
house bringing into the room huge slice [
efmesd and butter, With mOlasses attach- I
ment and saying to the youth. n her
kindest manner, arhere, Buhby, take this /
ana go home It Is long way, and your I
lnother will beanxiouAY - s slsfh
The Providence R. H. Journal aavsst
= Two brothers in this city, living About
'1ve hundred feet apart, have estabAseed
RECOMMENDATION between themselves IN . I
saDmewAatg novel; snanneE An ort1inaUt
lhaifinch rs pipe, hes been laid pp0eE,
idr1und 2ermipetfng il the f6nt halls o.
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