Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-31
Miscellaneous.

Patrons Of Observation-Disclosures with
marriageable daughters.
1t is surprising how quickly men who
dislike red hair will fall in love with
red heiress.
In order to be as stylish as her neigh
Dor, Green Bay woman had all her teeth
pulled and a false set put in.
"A correspondent wants to know if we
can tell him how to keep his glasses on
his nose. We suggest that he sandpaper
his proboscis.
An Observant of the world On. W
remarks that when a young widow re-
sumcs tight corSets it is to show her ad-
mirers that she is so-laced.
"A hightoned hen at Salisbury, Pa,
recently Matched a brood Of chickens in
the top OF a sugar.maple, twenty five feet
from the ground.
The West Point cadets are forbidden
by the authorities to lend their sashes or
other military accouterments, except their
arms, to their young lady friends.
"A young lady who lately gave an
order TO her milliner for bonnet, said:
"You are to make it plain, but at the same
time smart as sit in conspicuous place
in church.
"A woman, called upon to attend the dy-
ing bedside of a friend, was deprived of
the melancholy pleasure by the delay
occasioned in borrowing suitable breast
pin for the occasion.
-"Strip me of my robe Of pride, clothe
me with humility" were the words sung
by the choir, as lady, whose dress was
white Satin and point lace, with long
trail carried by page, passed up the
aisle.
"A minister, travelling through the
West in missionary capacity several
years ago, was holding an animated theo-
logical conversation with an old lady
OF which he asked her what idea she had
formed of the doctrine of total deprayity.
"Oh," said she, / think IL is a good doc
trine, if people would only live up to itw
Time wears slippers of list, and
his tread is noiscless. The days come
softly dawning, one after another; they
creep In at the windows; their fresh
morning air Is graceful to the lips that
part to 1t; their music is sweet to the
ears that listen to it until before we know
1t whole life of days has taken posses.
sion Of the citadel, and time has taken us
for its own.
I'm the woods man casts Off his
years, as the snake his slough, and, at
what period soever of life, Is always a
child. In the woods Is perpetual youth.
Within these plantations of God deco
rum and sanctity reign, u perennial festi.
val is dressed, and the guest sees not how
he should tire them in thousand years.
In the woods we return to reason and
faith-Emerson.
One of the most touching instances of
gratitude with which we are familiar &C.
CURED the other day A little boy, the
child of wealthy mother, tumbled into
the river. He was rescued by working
man and restored to his parent. The
mother gave the rescuer u three-cent post.
age stamp, and said she would be glad to
have him come to her house and sit in the
entry, and hear her play the piano. He
went away with tears in his eyes. He
said he wasn't used to such kindness.
Cheap postage, It appears, 10 of very
humble origin. An English lecturer re-
Gently told his audience that Mr., Row.
land Hill saw poor woman whose hus.
band was away look earnestly at the out.
side Of letter from him, and then de.
cline to take il, as the postage was too
great. He expressed his sympathy, but
when the postman was gone she explained
that the letter was all outside; her hus-
band and she had agreed on signs and
tokens to be conveyed by lines and dots
and variations of the address, SO that she
could thus learn without fee that he was
well or i'll, was coming home soon, or