Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-02-07
Gleanings.

Another Western paper speaks OF
duel between two Jackassperated in
viduals"
An umbrella deserves no credit for
services, for it never does any good till
is put up to it."
An editor says: I'VE are living at Il
moment under an absolute despotisn
He married the wrong women.
Thackeray says that "A critic is So
man that sits in judgment before us a
chops up our children.
The latest definition of a gentleman,
"a man who can put on = clean col
without being conspicuous
"Sambo, did you ever see the Catsl
mountains:' No, sab; but I've seen =
kill mice
To prevent people from metldling W
nitro glycerine cans, it is proposed to
bel them tracts"
/ When Jonali's fellow passengers pit,
ed him overheard they evidently rega
cd him as neither prophet nor loss.
Mean spirits under disappontme
like small beer in a thunder storm, alwa
turn sour.
We sumtimes hit a thing right the Fl !
blow, but most always 3 sukcess IL Z
result or menny failures.
One of the Sandusky papers has
covered that eight out of every ten sg'
men in that town wear night caps-a
the other two snorc.
John Smith says nobody never p.'
him much attention until he broke out
Jail, and then nc was very much sou.A
after.
The following neat toast was propo>
at recent dinner in New York: T
ladies-their eyes kindlc the only fla
| against which there is no insurance.
An actress in England lately recover
n verdict against a railroad company
| $4,000 damages for scar on her face
ccived in a collision.
Young ladies are threatened with &
| lapse of sailor collars In such little
fairs' do they show their regard for al
thing that savors of the marry time.
One day when Mrs. Partington he,
the minister say there would be a kna|
in the church, she observed that n
knew who the party was
Pride seems to be quite equally dist
| buted; the man who owns the carria
and the man who drives il, seem to hal
it just alike.
Two young ladies Of Springfield, Ma.
have taken "a large contract for the m;
ufacture of patent surcingle, and vi
employ twenty girls.
There is nothing like good dcfinitiI
as the teacher thought when lie expla
ed the meaning Of "oid maitl' as vi
man who had been made for a very 10 !
! time.
| Mules at work in the coal shaft of II
| Leavenworth mine, seven hundred ftC
| under ground, and never seeing the linI
of day, have fallen victims to the epizo
| ic.
| The heaviest brain on record was
Gently found in the skull of Lond
bricklayer, who could neither read 81
| write. It's weight was sixty .sey
ounces.
The Boston traveller charges that
men who said the city would be disgr;
ed by the acceptance Of aid for its PC
| from other cities, have not yet contrib
ell the sum required to prevent such {
grace.
How does that look, ch?" said a b |
listed Wall street man to friend, no
ing up one Of his brawny hands. "Tha
said the friond, ''loeks as though you
| gone short on soap"
A Covington, Ky, pastor rcstor
quiet in his church by informing sol
young men inclined to levity that
would lead them out of the house of G|
by the 'souse" if they didn't tone dow1|
little
That was delicate compliment giyI
| by 8 ragged little Irish newsboy to Il
pretty girl who bought a paper of hill
Poor little fellow" said she, ''ain't vi
very cold:" II was, ma'an, before y|
passed" he replied.
A novel pet has lady of Danielso
vile, n. y, in the shape of butterf|
which nestles in her hand, alights ups|
her shoulder or hair, or, by way Of vs|
iety, hides in the knot Of ribbon
her throat when he feels like taking|
! nap.
A widow in Dorchester, Mass, hi
been three times married. Her first hr|
band was Robb, the second Robbins, all
the third Robinson. The same dol
plate has served for the whole three, al
the question now is, what extended nar|
| can be procured to ill out the remainii|
space on it9
4 Danbury man, whose wife kindl|
the fires. and gets the room warm enou|
for him to move round comfortably witt
out putting on his neither garments, s.
down Sunday morning on a chair whi|
was already occupied by scalding HI
lid holder. He has had new plaster p
on himself, and some on the ceiling Id
| above the chair, and now kindles the 81
himself
4 mulatto girl in attempting TO ero|
the track of the Louisville and Nashvi|
Railroad, recently, was struck by Il
COW catcher and thrown back upon q
pilot She was found to be unhurt, a,
remained there quietly enjoying tho rid
until the next station was reached, whd
she jumped off and exclaimed: "Dis
Just dc place wanted to come to-"
An Ohio editor was rendered insaI
while going home the other night, to he
tine following words conc from a dal
porch, on shady street: "Oh! John,
wonder if that mustache feels as good d
your lips as it did on miner" John
answer he did not await to hear. Nor
Don't make love when ys reporter
around.
A school girl in one of the rural di
tricts Of Pittsfield, Massa chusetts, ws
overheard trying to convince a schoo
fellow that she liked him better than slI
did some other urchin, of whom he seen
ed jealous. "Of course 1 like you bette
than do Bill" said she, "for don't l mis-
words in my spelling lesson on purpos.
SO as to be down to the foot of the clas
where yon arer'