Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-07-20
MISCELLANEOUS Irpr.

MANY q good man leaves an nj,
in the Mutual Life, of Chicago
GREAT BRITAIN spends as mr..
days on liquors as she does in
foreign missions.
"SIR, you have the adyants,.
"Quite right; you are quite rigs,
most everybody of common sens
PARIS, KY, boasts of a hor,.
having cast shoe, jumped out -
closure, went to ! blacksmith u :.
had himself shod.
To destroy ants, the best pla, !,
bly, to catch the ant with pair :,
ers, and hit him square on the bsi
a sledge hammer. A''s
A LOUISVILLE physician, who
a sample of the cream CANDY all
found that more than one.elgb.s
entire bulk was terra alba.
In the height of prosperity e,,.
versity, and fortity yourself sa,
evils by policy on your life in h.
ington.
A VERMoNTER has just paid s.,
five dollars for a pound and a baN !,
1t was purchased through Ne,
counterfeit money firm.
A POOR topper, as a last. resort f.,
drink, took his Bible toipawn "a, |,
but the landlady refused to b.
WELL" said he, Z" if she won't b,
word or Gods word, it's time b
up" And he went and signed the
and kept it faithfully.
THE lady who carried off the ii.
prize at the University of Ednl
(Scotland) was the highest of s9
dates. Having been declared ineiS
receive the prize on account Of \
Sir Titus Salt sent her e10O, but
clined to accept it.
A LADY's husband being ava,
home, died while absent. One
neighbors being requested to insr
of her husbands death, found her
ner, and when he informed her
death she requested the neighbor b
until she had finished her dinner, Vi
would hear some loud bawling
TAKE large turnip and scrape
inside, leaving a thick wall all aruu
the cavity with earth, and plant in
clinging vine or morning glory
the tur7ips with cords, and in Lid
tLe vines will Irvine around the
and the turnip, sprouting from
will put forth leaves and stems u
turn upward and curl around the d
ABOUT a year ago a child, whose
reside III indianapolis, swallowed d
having an open top. Ever since
subsisted on food in a liquid form, q
milk. Everything of a solid nature
mediately thrown up if the child
an attempt to swallow it. Zig
doctors have unsuccessfully endeavO
find and remove the obstruction.
child is healthy and fat.
A FRENCH Canadian, q guest at q
treal hotel, was greatly alarmed VII
proprietor told him that if he hs
money he would do well to have ii
the safe. He felt convinced that
tention was to rob and perhaps
him, and at night, hearing somebod
ing in an adjoining room, he jumy
of his window to the ground, a d
of forty feet. Fortunately he vi
much injured,
IRON telegraph poles have been
tuted for wooden ones on the line be
Berlin and Potsdam, and along Ii
way from Weissenfels to Gers, with
satisfactory results that it is now pro
to introduce them on all PrussiG
In Switzerland they have also been
factorily tried. 1t is claimed that
will last so much longer than woodeI
that they will be cheaper in the end,
they are much more pleasing to the
A LADY died two years ago in Tro
left her property to her nephew, wi
provisO in the will, that if he ever
the farm for sale, the property sho
forfeited to certain church. The
was offered for sale a few months az
the church instituted suit, but thel
have decided that the conditions
will were against "public policy
have declared the provision null an.
JOHN VAN buren, was dining ID
loon, having just cleared a man from
charge in the court, when the comp
in the case, angry at the lawyer wh1
beaten him, walked up and roundlyd
Prince John. could there be anyI
said he, $50 wicked. so mean, so vils1
could possibly commit crime so foll
you wouldn't defend him for it'll
don't know" said the Prince, sucka
another oyster right from the shell, \
have you been doing9"
A PATRIOTIC FoUR.YEAR-OLD !
son Thomas, of Dayton, O., d.
good repute and fine quality, has a \
sprightly parts and prog. ogsive il al
son had been ,.siting at the house Of
male relation, where he took some n
ry lessons in the history of the Amd
AsS'oiueicii, dliu INV lllc huiCl ieoN
ped the Britishers. The lad rea
home full of his new subject, and $
tea-table said to his father: "Pa, beg
British eyes, my son, l was BOZ
England" "Well, we whipped you
torted the patriotic Young America
THE following is related as an IND
of the sacking Of Paris: "a boy Of
teen, found fighting, was taken to Be
He took a silver watch from his p11
and cried out Captain, do let zoe
this first to friend across the sra
borrowed it. oh! you scamp, ssi
officer, 1 understand; you want y
Off MY word of honor, viii
back again, said the boy, and the cp]
seeing 1t was a child, was only too y
get rid of him. In ten minutes th
came back, and took his stand WIN
face to the wall. Here / am; IRE
Roman history tell us anything I')
The captain boxed the little heros1
and ordered him meyer to show OF
there again. They could not IRE Cd
l HEARD, yesterday, little stor! y