Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-04-26

The Savannah Ne,cs has received for
publication touching "Sonnit to Vio
lett" in the course of which zephyr" is
made TO rhyme with "heiffcr."
The sixth grand State Fair of the Me.
chanics' and Agricultural Fair Associa-
ton Of Louisiana will be held on Wednes-
day, April "a, and following six days.
At recent political rally in Norwich,
Conn, a list of tlirty-six Vice Presidents
was read call of whom were present."
facetiously observes The Bulletin, Except
thirty three"
The Southwestern Baptists hold con-
vention at Memphis on the 22d, to con-
slider the removal Of the theological sem.
mary from Greenville, 8. c., to Mem.
phis.
The telegraphc chess match between
Hamilton and London has resulted in
favor of the former. DR.. Westland won
his game, while Messrs. Kains and E.
Hodgins were unsuccessful.
At a wedding at Oshkosh, Wis, where
chewing gum is the only amusement, the
bride and groom to show their implicit
faith in each other, put their arms around
each others waist, and snapped cuds.
Among the lucky ones in the last Erie
popularity are clerks, laboring men, and
ladies. One young lady added $4,000 to
her fortune i'll twenty-four hours. A
shipping clerk risked his all, and made
$4,7O0.
A man and his wife and their two sons
died in great pain, in East Hanover, N.
H., on the 9Th ultimo, having been pois-
Oned by eating stewed oysters which
contained innumerablc living microscopic
parasites, even after they had been cook
ell q full day.
Creditor: "How often must I climb
three pair of stairs before get the
amount Of this little accounts"
Debtor: do you think am going to
rent place on the first floor to accom-
modate my creditors:
Young Gent:-"Might ask you, Miss
alb" Miss: Very sorry, sir; but I
am engaged.fo for the next three dances"
Young Gent: 1T is not dancing-ah-it
is-it's-beg your pardon, Miss you are
sitting on my hiatt"
A Yankee editor says: III the party
who plays the accordion in this vicinity
at night will only change his tune occa-
sionally, or sit where we can scald HIM
when the engine has steam on, he will
hear of something to his advantage"
Julius A. Summer, of Akron, Ohio,
claims to hays ridden in the first passen.
ger car ever drawn on railroad in the
United States to have been passenger
on the first steamboat that ever piled on
Lake Erie, and to have established the
first rolling mill and nail factory in Ohio.
An old man has just died in Pitts.
field, Mass, who for forty years labored
under the delusion that he had lizard
in his stomach, but post mortem exam
intion revealed merely chronic inflamma.
| tion, accompanied with enlargement Of
| the heart.
A Yale man in "A electrified his divis.
ion recently by giving the name of one
Of the minor poems in Lalla Rookh, as
'The Parasite and the Peri" and another
in trying to tell of the joke, said: "You
know where it tells under Tom Moore,
about the "Parricide and the Peri"
Icebergs OF the southern hemisphere
are much larger than those in the north
ern hemisphere, being reported to attain
frequently a height Of 1000 feet, their
ordinary altitude being 200 or 800 feet.
The greatest number are found between
New Zealand and Cape Horn, and they
may be met with at any season Of the
year.
A large owl flew into the cab Of An en-
gine on Georgia Railroad, u few nights
ago, and alighted upon the shoulder OF
the engineer, holding fast his position
until the fireman picked up billet of
wood and killed him. By remarkable
coincidence it was the owl train.
The Niagara Falls Gazette says there
are vast accumulations Of ice above and
below the falls, and the ice bridge looks
as though stationed for the season. The
highest Of the Alpine range in front OF
the falls has been rs high as the cataract,
but is now slowly growing smaller. These
solid ice-mountains look as though they
might stay over summer.
| Young ladies who have heretofore con.
fined their indoor labors to worsted and
crochet work, are beginning to revive tho
old system Of making patchwork quilts.
But instead Of calico petches such as their
| grandmothers used, our modern quilt
makers used their silks and satins for
patchwork, and some delicate tints and
fine figures are the result.
An Irishman short time since, while
leading pig through the streets Of Lewis.
ton, Me-. wished to Ill his pipe, and tied
piggy to the wheel Of hack while he
charged his "dudeen." In the meantime
the hackman, all unconscious Of the
weight attached tn the carriage wheel,
took his seat and drove of, dragging the
pig after him. Pat was last seen pick.
ing up stray pieces Of pork in the street.
Georgia was the first Southern State to
grasp the idea Of home manufactures, but
the movement Is now extending all over
the South. Texas has recently established
several cotton and woolen fact0ries, and
their profits are said to be quite sufficient
| to encourage the establishment Of other
enterprises and to guarantee the develop
Ment Of those already stated.
A little girl remarked to her mamma,
on going to bed: "I'm not afraid Of the
dark" mo, Of course you are net"
replied her mamma. II Was little afraid
once when went into the pantry in the
dark to get q tart" "Whst we're you
afraid Off" asked her mamma. Il was
afraid I could not find the tarts."
In describing the origin Of the Waesrly
AagasiSe, q correspondent says the
proprietor hit upon the ingenious scheme
Of publishing any composition, prose or
verse, that might be contributed, ON con-
dition that the author should take fllAy
copies Of the issue. Tho paper acquired
= large circulation at the start, and what
was better yet, the copy" didn't cost
anything.
The following story shows how the
breweries thrive in Munich. Friend
Carl" says one at Teuton, "can you
drink one hundred glasses Of beer Ii .
day. I win wager you cannot" Carl
answered, mo, ! think not" but next
day 10 accepted the bet, and quafIed OF
the one hundred mugs Of cool, deliciOas
beer.-"We4 declAret'' cried his lat
friend, ''most wonderful! But tell INC