Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-05-16
G1eanings.

the morning lark"
Ex-senator Cole, of California, il
said, aspires to the Commissionership O
Internal Revenue.
a captured squaw reports that wheI
the MOdoc camp was shelled, one Indiai
picked up a shell and commenced chew
ing the fuse. He is happier now.
A retired soldier, who marched upward
of 1900 miles during our civil war, say
that the hardest march he ever expert
enced is the one just gone.
Alta spirit meeting the other night
gentleman requested the medium to asN
What amnscments were most popular i
the spirit world. The reply was, Read
ing Of obituary notices.
One of the Commissioners of the Vieri
na Exposition has telegraphed to th
mayor of Chicago to send Immediately
via Hamburg, one of their elevators, ani
he is in quandary how to fill the ordc.
A Cleveland woman rosc-so far supt.
rior to sex as TO fracture burglar
skull with boot,jack, but delayed givin
an alarm till she could put up her bac
hair and the intruder had escaped.
A convict tn San Diego received froil
his friends a number Of letters saturatel
with morphine, When he had colecte
sufficient he chewed them. and, by thu
poisoning himself, avoided death on Il.
gallows.
Bonner has expended ovcra half mi
ion in advertising. He has paid $500
for single advertisement, and $4,000
for weeks advertising. He is nc
worth more than $1,000,00O. A Gle;
case of cause and effect
The saddcst case on record is that .
the want of a Bible at the inauguratic
of a Missouri Governor. The ceremoI
was detained until a messenger was ses
over to the penitentiary to procure
copy.
At wedding in Glen's Falls she
time since, among the bridal preser
was q broom, with these lines attached
Accept this from one who knows the art,
And with it yourself defend;
In sunshine use the brushy part
In storms the other end.
A new dish is grape-leayes fried in ee
batter; it is called French dish. A CO
temporary remarks, eve can't think
anything that would be more delicio1
than dried grape-leaves, unless it is,
theatrical poster on toast.
An Irish lass wrote to her lover, bst
ging him to send her some money. ST
added, by way of poscript: II am
ashamed of the request have made !
this letter, that sent after the postmS
to get it back, but the servant could
overtake him" Il
"Why do all true Bostonians gravite
naturally toward Unitarianism?' ask
one clergyman of another lately, by W
of solemn conundrum. Why" was |
answer, because having been born
Boston they cannot conceive it necessa
to be born again"
A Boston correspondent, in noting
great desire administers to obtain pariI
es in and about that city, says that Pa
disc has been ascertained to lie will
ten miles of Boston. and all the outlyi
territory serves only as starting poi
for this blissful centre.
a virulent and fatal outbreak of
phoid fever in Leeds has been traced |
the medical officials to milk sup,
which it was found came from a fa1
where there were six persons down W
the fever, and the same woman manat
the diary and waited or the sick I
sons
A Chinese servant was brought by
gentleman of the house, and his mistr
inquired his name. Young Hoo WI
OH said she, II canno. call you IL
| will call you Charley" "Whatee ye
name?' he asked in return. "My ma
is Mrs. John Browning" "Welle, Cd
you john" exclaimed the Celestial.
A nickel mine is panning out finely
Prospect Mountain, near Litchtield,
The mine was formerly worked for
per, and exhausted A German discoy
ed that it contained nickel, and bou
the whole thing for s700 The pres
owners now obtain enough sulphur
pay the whole expense Of mining,
realize enormously on the nickel
Silence.-A grave contemporary, fd
of enouncing sage maXims, observes,
lence is the safest course for any mar
adopt who distrusts himself" T
doesn't go half tar enough. Silence
also the safest course for man to adj
who distrusts other people. Althol
he is by this means under the silent
tem'-as they say in jails-at all eve
he doesn't dommt himself
The reputation of members of the L
islature for sobriety seems to be rat
bad in Kentucky. Two of them "
rather noisily drunk on railroad tr
the other day, and when the conduc
demonstrated, one of them very pompo
ly asked: "Do you know, sir, that I
member of the Legislature?" The
ductor quietly replied, you've got
symptoms"
The Central Falls Visitor says t
ut a recent funeral at Moshassuck Cel
terry, after the coffin had been lowered
its last resting place, the mourners std
in silence few moments, apparently
knowing what to do next, when a
stepped up to the undertaken, and
loud enough to be heard all arou
"Wen, l suppose you might as well
her up" That is all the service tn
was at the grave.
On one Of the trips of an Aspiny
steamer the steerage passengers were
numerous as TO make them uncomfoI
BILE. The sleeping accommodations "
aptly described by Californian, who
preached the captain and said, II sho
like to have sleeping berth, if
please" why, where have you b
sleeping these last two nights since
left?" "Wa'al, I've been sleeping atop
a sick man; but he's got better now,
won't stand it no longer"
The best piece Of news, in the liters
way, for, many q day, is the annouu
ment that Mark Twain and Charles q
ley Warner have written novel in ps
nership. 1t will be published about
end of the summer, and will be octave
form and profusely illustrated. The be
deals with the salient features Of
American life Of to-day; and, as mi
easily be OWNED is in the nature O
satire.
The new telescope being made at c.
bridgeport, Mass, for the Washing
Observatory will, 1t is said, be the larg
in the world The object glass Will h
diameter of 261s inches, and the II
focal distance of 80 feet. The I'd
cost of the telescope and its requisite
chinery will be $4,000, of which
object glass alone will cost $4,000.
was cast in England, and finished
Massachusetts,