Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-11-14

screw III loose ?--Becausc 1t is in se-
cure.
Lavater says; lyon never know
a man until you have divided All in
heri,ancc with him
n man vas fined so and costs in
st Louis for reading the Riot act 10
lamp pest.
The young ladies' Of tho period
must be given TO dreamy spccula.
tions, they build such castles in tho
(h)air.
A musical genius OF this city is 40
full OF qnavers that he always makes
a stop when he comes so q bar"
The way they muzzle dogs in most
OF The Western towns 10 by placing
the lnuzzie behind the ear aud pull.
ing the trigger.
A Disguised theatsr goer says,
There's no plays like home" for him.
lie retired singing to himself ''TIome,
. Gain"
A farmer had calf so contrary. he
said, that he had to pull his ears off
to make him suck, and pull his tail
oft TO make him let 60"
The English are taught at an oarly
age TO support the monarchy. Most
every school boy has had the prints
of wales upon his lack.
Mrs. Sho,ldy puckered up her
mouth genteelly and told . gentle.
man trend that one OF her lovely
daughters was "blucnct" and the
other "bronze.'
A gentleman who has been doing
the comforts" of a country board.
ing house says that his bed constant.
" reminded him OF Richard III, be.
cause it was "Detormcd. unfinished
and scarce half made up
At the funeral Of woman recent.
ly, sympathetic AMI admiring
neighbor volunteered the intorma-
tion that "tor patient resignation tho
corpse could dance all round any wo-
man living"
An aged colored man mala app'i.
cation at Washington tor food, claim.
ing it as constitutional privilege
"Why," said he, Il un,ierstan' lars
provisions in do Constitution for dc
colorcd folks, and have Mt hal de
tust crumL"
A Connecticut woman was pre-
vented from attending the funeral of
her sister by the non-arrival on time
of lace handkerchief from Now
York. The brutality OF the express
company is severely commented OIL
by the neighbora.
Jones always writes damscl "dam.
sell" He $ vs. "Compound rords should
al,says be ,eritten pih hyphen:: :" and
adds, sotto -eoee. that tho etymology
would he palmer if you begin each
syllable with capital letter.
A fellow in Norwich was bitten
by dog. AS soon as he recovered
from his fright he declared he would
kill the animal. 'But the dog is MT
maa," said the owner. Mad J"
shouted the victim, exasperatngly,
"wIlat in thunder has he got to be
mai about ?" He evidently miscon.
strucd the explanation.
"yhat time IS it, my dear?" ask.
ed wife Of her husband, whom shc
suspected OF being drunk, but who
was dong his best to look sober.-
"Well, my darling, can t tell cause,
you see, there are two hands on my
| watch. and each points to 4 different
figure, and do n: know which to
believe
The climate of the Argentine Re-
public is so dry. it is said, that
bowl of water left uncovered III the
morning is dry at night; ink vanish
cd from the inkstand as il by magic.
The bodies OF deal ANIMALS dry up
instead OF decomposing, and neither
exercise nor exposure TO tho suns
rays produces preparation.
The Directoy Of the Berlin Muse
um purchased, the other day, gold
medal, smaller than an English SOW.
ereisn, for 1,0O) francs On one
side is the head Of Marcus Brutus,
Imperator, and on the other that OF
Junius Brutus, Firs. Consul, accord.
ing to the inscription on tho medal
itself. This medal was no doubt
struck, says the Ga-.tte dc Cologne,
soon after the battle of Phillippi,
which overthrow the triumvirs and
the ancient Roman Republic, and set
up the new Empire.
The old elm tree unler which
Washington took command OF the
armies OF the Unlted States, is still
s,anling at Cambridge, Mass, with
All iron rating around its ancient
trunk and granite monument be-
meath its branches, but it is beginning
to show tho effects OF old ago. Last
week one Of lis largest branches,
measuring upward of thirty feet in
length and foot IN diameter, fell to
the ground. This venerable tree will
soon disappear with other relics OF
the Revolutionary period.
A contemporary speaking of .
songstress, says: "She beats cats on
high notes. There was no music or
chest tone in her voice, but it Was
about six octaves above the scrsech
OF lost Indian, and would have
thrown out OF conceit OF itself an en-
terprising railway whistle" This ID
what is called high.toned criticism in
Pennsylvania.
Speaking of the wit Of Buchanan
Read, recent magazine article says
1t was only tew mornings before b
brcathed his last that q dear friend
sitting by his bedside, held his was,
ed hand. Upon one finger was