Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-04-27

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getting up on his feet at the same time
He has in this manner lifted men wei. .e'
ing nearly 200 pounds.
THERE is man in Glen Falls. N
who won't believe any stories about the
sagacity Of dogs. BE says dogs have not
common sense. In proof of his assertion
he relates how he poured kerosene on a
dog and set it on fire, just to have little
fun, as he was lonely during his wife's ali.
sence, and that dog actually run under the
barn belonging to him, and lay there, and
set the barn on fire, though the man
whistled to him to come out It i,
enough to make man lose faith in dops'
LAWN GRAss.-The mixture for lawn
grass seeds generally adopted in this coun.
try, is one bushel Of red top and one quar-
of white clover but experience has shown
that if one kind of grass only be sown, no
matter how abundantly the seed be scat.
tered, or on whatever soil it may be- only
part of the plants will flourish; vacant
places will occur throughout the piece
and these will be filed up in time with
grasses Of an inferior quality, as well a.
weeds and mosses.- Western Rural.
A NEW HAMPSHIRE blacksmith en-.
tered restaurant in Concord, the other
day, and partook Of the following square"
meal: One oyster stew, two dozen hard.
boiled eggs, half a pound of steak, tripe to
the value Of fifty cents, with bread, butter.
potatoes, and pickles to match. -Four
glasses of ale washed down the solid mat.
tiers, and having paid his bill, $255, this
self-transporting provision market cleared
out, and was alive when last seen, several
hours after -
A ToBACCO-LOyING preacher, not long
since, asked to stay all night at country
house, but was forbidden by q LADY.
Knowing her to be member of the
church, and generally known to entertain
ministers, he began to quote Paul to her,
hoping that she would understand by this
that he was preacher. He had hardly
got out, "For thereby some have enter.
tanned angels unawares," when she said,
I" know, sir; but angels would not come
with guilds of tobacco stuck in their
mouths" The preacher left without any
further ceremony. al 81. ~
A CERTAIN undergraduate at Cambridge
was under examination, and among tie
questions contained in one of his papers
was the following "Why will not pin
stand upon its point?" The examine
was not very strong in his subje ts, but
as there was nothing like putting a good
face on the matter, he set to work to an.
swer the question in as formal way as
possible. The interesting result stood as
follows: /. A pin will not stand on its
head, much less is it possible that it
should stand on its point. O. A point, &C.
cording to Euclid, is that which has no
parts and no magnitude, A pin cannot
stand on that which has no parts and no
magnitude, and, therefore, pin cannot
stand on its point. 8. 1t will, if you stick
it in. s.. s4.e.4taHl
THERE may sometimes be met in the
streets of Portland .bright-eyed, rosy
little woman, usually accompanied by two
children, one fair little girl, and the
other an apple -munching urchin. Moth.
ing extraordinary about that but there
by hangs a tale. AT the time of the late
civil war this little lady's lover was sol.
der, and was down with Phil Sheridan in
the Shenandoah, where he lost leg The
lady's friends notified her that of course
she would regard the engagement as can.
eelled II shall do nothing of the kind"
she replied. "What, marry one-legged
manY "Of course I'm going to! Why
bless your souls, if they'd shot James all
away and saved the leg, I'd have married
thatp Thank heaven, says local paper
she was not reduced to that. James has
good cork leg good situation, two nice
babies, and one Of the truest and best little
wives in Christendom.
AT Pawtucket, r. l., there lives Ger.
tain young gentleman aged eighteen
months. The other day this youth kept
quiet an unusual time, and his mother
suspecting all was not right, went into an
adjoining room to look him up. Here she
looked upon sight which almost curdled
her blood with terror. Upon the floor by
an open bureau drawer sat this "preco.
cious YOUTH" with loaded and capped
and self. cooking revolver in his hand, and
he was amusing himself by ramming the
muZzle of the piece down his throat
working at the trigger and hammeringf
upon the floor. AS soon as the mother
recovered from her fright she took the
weapon from the child, and administered
a remembrance which will, doubtless,
deter him from another such exposure OF
his precious self to instant humiliation.
It. is almost q miracle that the child had
not killed itself upon the spot.
IT Is stated that the pneumatic tube re
Gently laid in London in connection with
the postal telegraph thus far works well.
The system consists in having at hree- inch
tube and return by the same force which
starts them. But one engine Is Therefore
required to send out and bring back
carrier There are stations along the line
where the carriers may be stopped. Fcf
this purpose short piece of the tube
cut out and double tube is substituted.
If there is to be no stoppage, the piece
Of tube inserted is clear and the carrier
passes through, merely touching stua
and ringing a bell. Otherwise cages
substituted, which has glazed lid, per
hitting the carrier to be seen when it has
been stopped. On a recent trial the car
rier passed from Telegraph street to 81
Martin's-le- Grand, nearly half mile, IN
one minute and forty seconds; and from
Telegraph street to Temple Bar, distance
of considerably more than mile, it wen!
In four minutes. The tube works by botn
pressure and vacuum, but either aloneb
sufficient to drive the carrier, though mol
SO rapidly.
Give the Bows n Chanc0,