Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-08
Miscellaneous.

Inc nOn-c&plOSlVc' is now caileu
"orphan elixir"
Our great lakes swallowed up one
hundred and nineteen lives and ten mil
lion dollars worth Of property last year.
Over 300 bufialoes killed by Alexis
have been cut up by enterprising butch
ers at st. Joseph, Mo-, and customers de-
,,'~n5 moro
If ! insure my house, which may not
burn, why should not insure my life in
the Washington Life Insurance Compa.
ny for must die.
"A young lady in Boston recently
claimed the reduction made to ministers
by the vendors of sewing machines, be-
cause, as she blushingly limited, she was
engaged to a theological student.
1t was not the fault of the editor of a
Vermont paper that a recent issue called
Alexis "the noble Kuss;" he had writ
ten it " the noble Russ" and the fault
was with the printer.
AT recent leap year party in Allan
Ia the young ladies showed their manli-
ness by having the following notices in
conspicuous places "We mean bust.
ness" "Now is our chance" Waiting
is tedious"
"A close-fisted bachelor in Knox coun-
ty, Indiana, wanted the clerk to inform
him whether he would make any reduc-
ton in rates if half dozen fellows
dubbed together to take out marriage
licenses.
"A venerable politician states that in
New York a list of 1000 names, petition
ing the Legislature to place tax on dogs,
was afterward made to do service on
petition to Congress for the establishment
OF bankrupt law.
In Brooklyn, few days since, lad
was observed standing in front of a
dwelling and supporting large bulletin
board inscribed waiting for So. 81"
the debt of the family for groceries being
thus advertised
"A man in Danbury discovered that
powder fried in lard was good for boils.
He tried it. The stove cover is in the
second story now, though most all the
rest of the stove has been collected. He
was deceived in his lard, he says.-Dan-
bury Neaos.
The Louisville Cou,1er-Journa, refer
ring to the fact that somebody is going to
build hotel in Rhode Island ninety two
feet long and sixty feet wide, expresses
establishment that the authorities should
permit anybody to put the State all un-
der one roof in that way"
In the north part of Middlesex Coun.
tys,.Mass., is monument bearing the fol
lowing plain, blunt epitaph:
Here lies the bones of b. F. Butterfleld,
A. Lawyer rude and bold;
He by his trade subsisted,
Reader, think How many lies the rascal must
have told
The Kentucky Court of Appeals has
decided that the mutually of an engage
ment may be proved against young lady
by showing that she demeaned herself
as II she concurred in or approved the
young mans promises or offer. It is
not necessary that there should be an ex-
press promise on either side"
Cincinnati is said to be more denselv
populated than any other CITY in the conn.
try. The population is about 36 900 70
the square mile, New York. the next
most populous city, has $4,000 to the
square mile. Cincinnati has about fftv.
eight buildings to the square acre London
has forty, and Dublin thirty-two.
The late Mr.. Heaton, of New Haven.
said, in 1880, 81 have been watching the
stages. l find that the average number of
passengers in Hartford and New Haven
stages is twenty-seven. If anybody wants
to invest 81, 600, 900 in railroad between
these two cities, / am willing they should
go ahead. won't invest"
"A recent number of the .ournnloe 81.
Petersburg says all Russia is grateful for
the cordial reception given to Alexis In
the United States, and will never forget
it. 1t further believes that "the peace of
the world and the progress of humanity