The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1872-03-29
DEALER,

Bigger.
Adam was a very good peaceable
man till he got married. Then he rails
ed Cain.
Ben. Butler, it is stated, wss inten-
ded by his parents for a clergyman.
What narrow escape the church had.
The Pittsburg Post thinks that the
cheapest way to get Grant out Of the
Presidential chair is to buy him out
A stamp you can't buy--the stamp
Of gentleman.
The poor man wants for things; the
luxurious man many, but the covctous
man wants all things.
They advertise invisible wigs" in
New York. We'd like to see one for
novelty Of the thing.
/ An exchange says: There lisa far
mer in this county who, years ago,
when boy, BACKED boots in Chicago
for living. He is now worth $3.50
and owns three dogs"
A political journal, independent of
party, is but soldier of fortune, fight
ing for pay and not for principle.
General Frank J. Herrcn, former
Dubuquer is charged with being de-
faulter to the State of Louisiana in the
sum of IS, 1000.
The less men knows the wider he
keeps his mouth open 1t is as imposs-
ible for fool to keep mum as it is for
sick oyster to keep bis shell closed.
A seven-foot vein of coal has been
discovered in Powesheik county, about
three miles south of the lama county
line.
An editor at Fort Wayne is consider
ably tangled as to the mystic signif-
canoe of l. o. G. T. One day he in
terpreted thus: "I'll Order Gin Tod
dy;" the next day he concluded it
meant II Often Get Tight"
1t is not that which man ought to
do, can do Or might have done, that
stamps him as worthy of an honor, but
it is what he does do that gives him
title to it.
Evans, the Pennsylvania war agent,
says that he only had $50, 900 Of the
$2l1, 100000 swindlcd out of tho
state. The balance was divided up
among the prominent radical politicians.
Poor fellow! He fell among thieves.
Iowa and Illinois are the only Wes-
tern States in which the post-office reve-
nue. exceeds the expenses of conveying
and delivering the mails.
The Iowa State Reporter says: The
tx" aud "on' in the name of the gen.
tleman from Polk are undoubtedly
pharmacies. Scrape EN- off, and let
him sail under true colors.
The press, pulpit and petticoat-the
three ruling powers Of the world. The
first spreads knowledge, the second
morals, and the last spreads-consider-
ably.
A Paris Judge recently asked a
counterfeiter why he coined base money,
and was answered: because the
Prussians have taken all the good!"
An Iowan in Kansas writes to the
Register: "Don't let Iowa people
come to Kansas, if you can help it.
They are better off in Iowa, it don't
matter how poor they are"
A report comes from Philadelphia
that defalcation Of $4,000 has &C.
cured in the mint, which has been
covered up and carried forward by bor-
rowing money outside, and by decep-
tive receipts for employees wages not
yet paid.
The farmers Of Iowa should bear in
mind that the State Agricultural So
ciety offers premium Of $1,000 for
the best ten acres of artificial timber,
payable in 1881; also $500 for the best
cultivated farm, payable in 1875; $3.50,
payable in 1878, for the best orchard of
FIVE acres, and 5000 for the best mile
Of hedge, payable in 1877.
Old and New..-Mr Beecher's
Christian Union says definition of the
difference between "Old School, and
"New SCHOOL, has been given thus:
1.-The children of Old School Presby-
teriaus sin as soon as they are born,
and the children Of the New School
Prcsbyterians as soon as they know
how"