Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-12-13
of our footsteps on the face Of
the other-more lasting than i
BILE, more enduring than brass.


mistress monogram.
An Evansville, Ind, bride put b
on her darling with bar Of hard soa
A young man in Kentucky lately d
his friend thinking he was an opposs.
Mary Lyon, Of Williamstown, Ms
has produced quilt containing "A,
pieces.
Gentle oxen suitable for hauling 1 4
ket phaetOn about town are in roqf
among the ladies Of Titusville.
It is not to be fashionable this 81
to Offir your guests wine when they
ON New Years Day.
Men often criticize girls figures;
when girl has few thousands Of
own, they generally think the fgu
about right.
During the last ten years $200, ,0O0,c
worth of ladies' dress materials, jewe}
etc., have been exported from Paris
this country.
Christine Nilsson had property in q
cago, which was burned in that city, q
property in Boston, which was burned
it also.
A St. Louis beer guzzler has gone
San Francisco to drink match with
man who can drink fifty eight mugs
beer in five hours.
Judge Longycar Of the United Sta
District Cour: at Detroit, has decided u
note given for liquors purchased
Michigan is invalid.
Ayoung lady, who earns a living
working on hOop-skirts in reply to
inquiry, stated that she had spent i
Summer "at the springs"
Young ladies who are leaning to SIX,
are putting more stufflng in their wat.
falls and making other preparations
falling down on the ice.
Postmasters are forbidden by law
deliver letters addressed to initials
fictitious names, unless sent to the ca
of some responsible person.
rs that marblc?" said a gentlema
pointing to the bust of Kentucky's gre
statesman. mo, sir; that's Clay
quietly replied the dealer.
A rural cotemporary remarks: "Tl
yellow pumpkin lies golden on the hi
sides in the country" The poetry Il
that remark induces pie Gus thoughts.
The Boston Pilot, which has bee
twice burnt out, says: 1--WE are just abo,
tired of this phoenix business. We don
want to rise nobly from our ashes an
more"
The first Russian newspaper was prin
ed in 1908. Peter the Great not onl
took part personally in its composition
but he also assisted in correcting til
proofs.
A noted chemist. from personal obsef
vations made in Boston, asserts that Ii
quor disguised in soda water is twica
as intoxicating as the poteen, pure ant
simple.
The Rev. DR. Vincent writes from En-
gland that he had an interview with Mr.
Spurgeon, who declared that he woule
not come to this country nntil after the
Day of ofJudgment.
A young man who went west from
Danbury, a few months ago, has sent or
ly one letter home. It came FRIDAY. Il
said, ''send me wig And his fond pa
rents don't know whether he is scalped
or married.
An Indianapolis swain returned h,s
marriage licencc with mot consummated''
written on the back Of it, and appeared
quite crestfallcn when the clerk declined
to refund the money back for the docu-
ment.
Here is good business like epitaph:
"Here lies Jane Smith, wife of Thomas
Smith, marble cutter. This monument
was erected by her husband as tribute
to her memory and specimen Of his
work. Monuments Of the samo style
$780,
In speaking of local debating society
a country paper says: "Our village de.
batting clubs are in full blast, and ques-
tions that have engrosssed the intellectu.
al functions Of sages ever since the food
are being turned off at the rate Of two a
week."
The Rev. Mark Trafton is uncoubted.
ly "woman's man." At a meeting Of
ministers last Monday to discuss a
change in the form of lions Herald
from quarto to folio, he urged that "small.
ness Of the paper prevented the ladies
from cutting paper patterns"
4 celebrated physician was called up
on recently, by person suffering from
rheumatism. who insisted upon his do
ing something for him. The physician
wrote prescription, and as the patient
went out of the room, said to him, II
wish you would let me know il that does
you any good for I myself have been
very much troubled with rheumatism
lately"
A Michigan schoolmaster says: II will
spell emmy man, woman or child in the
hull State fur dickshunary, or kash prie1
Of one hundred dollcrs side, the money
to be awarded by kommittec of eler-
gymen or school directors. There has
been darncd site blown shout my spell.
lin, now l want them to put me up or
shet up. wont be put down by a pas
sci Of ignaramuses because differ with
noah wehster's stile Of spellin'."
The Springfield Union is hard on yal,
boys Of the present day, when it says tn
reason why Prof Tyndall thinks 90 mucl
of the Yale boys and SC effusively accepts
t,,o :rc:ta&:c,, - yoo%v.o hnEn.n Hho,vn {.
because they afford so brilliant an illus
tratiou Of his views concerning the inefn
cacy Of prayer. It thinks they ~,
prayed for harder, and get salvatioa
slower, than any other set Of young mer
in the country.
A schooner has been fitted out BY par
ties in San Francisco, to go in search ol
marvellous stores Of gold and diamond
said to have been buried in the 0alapa
Cos in 1926, by some Peruvians. Il VA
at the time Of the revolution In Peru, and
the gold and diamonds were government
property, valued at about e100, ,0O0. 600
and were buried by the mutinous crew
of the vessel in which they were being
taken to place Of safety.
Years ago. it is said, General N. p
Banks made his debut on the stage Of tn
National Thcater. in Boston, - Claud'
Melnotte. in tho Lady Of Lyons" Ale
the play he asked q veteran actor wha
he thought as to whether he should sticl
to the stage or leaye it. The actor ad
vised the young man to stop and 50 int
politics. The good advice in this cas'
was followed, but General Banks keep
to this day little Of the stage thunde
in his voice.