Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-09-26

question, "Ca0 we Cultly0t0 ram -
Doubtful; but we can "raise thunder. +"
An entire flock OF sheep followed
an old rsun through the show win.
dow OF o St. Louis store, the other
day.
A great surgical operation-To
take the cheek out Of q young man,
and the jaw out of q scold,ng wo.
man.
Why is a moth futtering round a
candle like mau getting off a horse:
Because they are both going TO
alight.
Out of compliment to the Prince
of Wales, two men fell from main.
mast and killed themselves, at Port.
land, Eng.
A party at Plano Blanco, New
Mexico, has gathered a quart OF ru.
bies, emeralds, garnets, opals and
diamonds.
An ornithologist wants to know
what sort Of an eagle flies the high
est. Golden eagles fly the fastest,
we are sufe Of that.
A train on the Kansas Pacific rail.
road was obliged to run back sixty
miles, a few nights ago, to find ! de.
tached sleeping car.
The villanous steward Of the SOL
dirs' Orphans Home OF New Jersey,
II in Jail Tor whipping one of the
boys Of that institution.
The 'Stantou Batallion," Of Wash
ington, composed Of colored men,
will soon show Richmond, Va, what
it knows about military drill.
II can't drink liquor" said Bob,
ut goes right to my head" "Well,
where could it 60 with less danger
OF being crowded. said Bob's friend.
The ncighoors OF a Texan named
Scantlin, are mentioned as having
drought him under the soothing IN.
huence Of double. .barreled shot guns.
A fellow who has lately tried II
says that, although there are three
scruples in . dram, the more drama
you tako the less scruples you will
have.
An Indianian asked the clerk of q
court whether he could ut reduce
the rates it half . dozen fellows
dubbed together to take out mar.
riage licenses.
Mrs. Shoddy puckered up her
mouth gentssly and told a gentle
man friend that one Of her lovely
daughters was q s.blunt" and the
other q "bronse."
The new Governess. "Come AMI
and rest . little Berthe. Shall l tell
you pretty story? BERTHE, "Y-y'
yes /! but but.bu. not about the little
hatchet, please"
An Irish paper says: "a deaf
man named Taft was run down by .
passenger train and killed on We'd.
nesday morning. He was injured in
. similar way about year ago.
A gentleman who had been argu.
ing with an ignoramus till his pa.
tience was exhausted, said he did nj
wish to see hm dead, but hc would
be glad to sec him know more.
An editor says that the only
reason he knows Of why his house
was not blown away the other day
during . severe gale, was because
there was a heavy mortgage upon It
It is said Of Massachusetts lawyer
land what higher compliment could
be paid an advocate p that he wor
all his cases because he gave his owr
face in evidence when he tried them
An artesian we'll in Lincoln, Neb.
is 90 magic that 1t will draw . til
cup toward it. That's nothing
though, for small black bottle viii
often draw . whole crowd toward
it.
A sailor, looking serious in chap
el in Boston, was asked by tn,
clergyman if he felt any change
Whereupon the tar put his hand in
to his pocket, and replied, Not
cent.
A man in Indiana attempted t
dislodge q nest OF skunks under Iii
barn . few days ago. He has sine
been obliged 10 decline all invita-
tions to jubllees, funerals, and othe
festivities.
The various curious and uncxpect
ed methods OF suicide show tha
"where theresa will there's way;
and yet it is to be noted that q maj
seldom makes will before making
way with himself.
There is man down East, . rath
er facetlons fellow. whose name
New. He named his first chill
Something, Something new. Th
next child was named N Nothing; it be
ing nothing new.
An old woman, on being examine
before magistrate as to her place Z
legal settlement, was asked wha
| reason che had for supposing be
husband had . legal settlement i
that town. The old lady said. III
was born and married there. an
they buried him there, and If tn,
is mt settling him there, l do n
kaOw what is.'