Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-01-25
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IRoNY.-To ask hardware me.,h
the price of cast-steel soap. an'
A POOR PLACE FOR A HUNGRY PFC
The trough of the sea- 10
A SALOON in WATERFOWL. N v
conspiculously posted "Vitals c ~, Ing
here" aef
A BACKwooDs farmer refused 70 J.,
a sewing machine" he sowed his WY
out of bucket" e''
WHAT'S in a name? There's No,u
gian in Chicago named Ole Nilsson, who
neither fiddles nor sings. VINO
THE total number Of permits for !,
erection of new buildings in Philad jrI;'e
last year was 6,295. p4i%
HERE is an awful warning. pba.
delphian was arrested and held to hail ala a
5000, for stealing two umbrellas. IL
a PEORIA Ill.) paper states that ,bo,,
is dry goods clerk in that city who GOV
bow so low as to wipe his nose on I G;i
boots.
A SPRINGFIELD (Mass.) policeman >.
fused a reward of $500 for the cantnra ~
a robber, with the homely Observable
that he only did his duty
REAL ECONOMY. "A north countrvmor
on being told that certain kind of stow
would "save half the coal" said, Then
I'll take two of them, and save it ALL"
THE popular superstition that overturr
inc the salt is unlucky, originated in
picture of the last supper by Leonard
Ola Vinci, in which Judas Iscariot is renrs
scented as overturning the salt.
THE following notice printed on co.
ored card-boards with a nice border
hangs up in place of business in Rome
n. y: Mebbe you don't peter had loaf
round here, ven you don't got some pees.
Miss, ain't it."
INDIANAPOLIS ADVERTISEMENT. -.,g
the individual who is trying to wear
number eight hat on number four head
desires to recover his property he can fTd
it where he obtained his morning shave
TIE Methodist Episcopal Church fl,
the year just closed, reports the entire
membership at 1898, 240, and probati0Ds
1S9, S75, being an increase Of membeBd
IS, 141, and decrease of probatoneBd
A, 160.
In California theater, a few nieBs
since, large red apple fell from the IA.
lery and struck squarely upon Tie 6aa
and shining pate of gentleman in he
dresscircle, then bounded into the orCAes
ira and broke fiddle.
AT late concert, testy old fellow,
who had suffered much annoyance from
the incessant coughing of his neighbor be
ind f,1r cd .ir
very bad cold you've got, sir, which met j
with this gentle reply: q am sorry fort
sir, but it is the best l have"
Nor great while since pedagogue in
one of the Eastern States was examining
a class of pupils touching their ideasr
garding the sea. Of one bright little iel
low he asked the question how he would
like seafaring life. 'F'irst-rate," wastAe
reply, except the fishing business
"And why not that?" Because | don't
like aohaling.'
THE following old receipt for the
choice of wife is none the worSefor being
old:
As much of beauty as preserves affection,
OF modest dfldence as claims protection;
A docile mind, subservient to correction
A temper led by reason and reflections:
And every pas sion kept in due subsection;
just faults enough to keep her from perfection;
Find this, my friend, and then make your selection
ALEXIS, like Daniel Webster doesn't +
care much for money, but he thought g.,
500 little steep for sixteen hours odg.
ing and one meal at Niagara Falls Hotel
The landlord, probably, desiring to per
petuate the harmonious relations between
the two countries, consented to take 81
600, which was paid. The people OF tht
vicinity were greatly incensed at the Oil
graceful occurrence.
A DEMURE looking chap hailed char
coal peddlcr with the query, " Have You
got charcoal in your wagon" " Yes, ST,
said the expectant driver, stopping lh
horses. That's right" observed the De
mure chap, with an approving nod: "a
ways tell the truth, and people will re
spect your And he hurried on, muclio
the regret of the peddler, who was gelllny
out of his wagon to look for brick.
TIE annual consumption Of wheat u
the United States is five bushels per head
while England, since 1865, takes Of Oaf
wheat one peek per head Of her popllf
ton. In 1864 she took from Iuns,
6,S43, 200 bushels, and from the Unild
States only $40, 29l bushels. She thus
bought from Turkey about twelve ana
half times as much wheat as from US. ~
says DIR. Elder
AN expedition fitted out more than
year ago, to search for DR.. Ujli LiVlhS
stone, is still on the march through 'E s
wilds Of Africa. AS a loser OF himself
DR.. Livingstone is without pafaliei u
history. For our part, we can't see lDS
use in spending so much time ana moatl
to find man who can't be hired 10 stai
found, and who is never happy eAcegT'
when he is lost.--L0u5sgils Cou1~rH50ar""|
THERE were $4,000 deaths in New OH OH
city during the year 1871, of when , Ts;s
were infants under two years OF age .., l hs
is slight decrease as compared WIN T rho
of deaths the previous year, l~
causes of death are stated as iohVsa
40; measles, 300; searialna'
SAG; diphtheria, 1919; Group, 57; whoGPg
$50; typhus fever, 81; typpo o,h'
1869; cholera, 2; cholera morbus, IA ilo U
er diarrhGal diseases, 1850; acciu .;cs
and negligences, 1924 ; other zyllo,ul og
954 homicides, 81; suicides, l0'; ye h~u.
fever, 2. Sixteen thousand three nr ".
dred and sixty-six of the dead wefe is
lives of the United States. 49,,
In Boston, many years ago, tnele .her
two young fellows, rather waggisn, ~ af fI NJ
ways, and who were in the hapl' ~, " Fr
pretty extensively tallo ;rto
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