Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-17
Clipped BrieAets.
The last suspension-the Modocs

wall of his cell, jug not that ye be not
jugged."
A Kentucky paper has found that man
who gets snakes in his stomach about
this time of year.
A box Of straw hats shipped from New
York in 1851 have just been received by
an Alabama merchant.
A young man who keeps collection
of locks Of hair Of his lady friends calls
them his "hairbreadth 'scapes."
Among other misfortunes, the failure
of the Graphic balloon has caused an.
other sewing machine controversy
Among the Texas editors who reached
there wasn't revolver or bowie knife.
The proprietors of the Graphic have
employed Josh Billings to write an &C.
count of their balloon ION the half she'll"
With the display now required for a
first class funeral, people are beginning
to understand what are the terrors Of
death
1t is estiI ated that the number ofGer-
mans who have cmigrated to this coun-
try during the last decade will reach one
million.
When you feel depressed and dissatis-
fed, and wherever you may look naught
but frowning skies meet your view, wash
yourself
The best farmers motto we have heard
of was exhibited at Lexington, Ill. Il
read: "Nonc but live stock should be
watcred."
"who dat hit me? Where's dat lap.
term" were the exclamatiops of an Elmi-
ra darkey, after being thrown something
like hundred feet by locomotive.
Stokes is getting sick of delay, and
wants his trial hurried Up. If they in
tend to hang him they ought to do it
right away and let him go about his
business
Pauline Lucca intends to domicile
herself and her new husband in New
York, where she has purchased a lot on
Fifth avenue, and will erect q palatial
residence.
There will be plenty of buttcrnuts and
chestnuts this fall Mothers are hiding
their extra pillow cases. and the agricul-
tural members Of the community are put
ting their guns in order.
One firm in Boston sends 5000 boxes
Of chewing gum-equal to 100000
"chaws'-to Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin
and Missouri. The jaws that work on
this stuff are mostly feminine.
The amount of tobacco that paid tax
during the last fiscal year exceeded the
amount in the preceding fiscal year by
many thousand pounds, notwithstanding
the reduction in the amount of tax.
Men whose shirts are made at home
are rejoiced that the hot term is almost
over. A wcman never attempts to tit a
shirt to her husband only on hot day,
and when to make q move almost stiles
him.
Doctor" said man to ABernethy,
my daughter had fit, and continued
half hour without sense or knowledge"
"Oh," replied the doctor, "never mind
that; many people continue so all their
lives"
Senator Conver, of Florida, who was
charged with a deficiency of $4,000 while
State Treasurer of Florida, claims that his
accounts show the state to be indebted to
him in the startling sum of nineteen
cents.
We are glad to announce on reliable
authority, that the earth is perfectly SOL
i'd This will be welcome intelligence to
those people who have always moved
around US if they expected to fall through
every moment.
A fire at Marbehead on Thursday, de.
stroyed the stable of F. P. Paine, with
six valuable horses, the dwelling house
and barn Of Samuel Homan, the Man.
tague House, and the national grand
bank building; loss $4,000.
The Bay State and Lyceum lecture
courses at Boston, this season, include the
usual number of stars. In the former
are Beecher, Holland, Cough, Wilkie Col
Inns, Newman Hall, Mrs Scott Siddons
and grand Theodore Thomas concert.
A young man of Canandigua sought to
secure his sweetheart by strategy; so he
took her out for a boat.ride, and threat.
ened to jump overheard il she would not
marry him. 1t didn't work She offer
ed to bet thin dollar he iaren't dive in.
A horse ran away on Liberty street on
Saturday afternoon, and q man on the
sidewalk, with wonderful presence Of
mind, threw his hat at the animal,
screamed fire, and Immediately jumped
over fence and disappeared in cellar
way. 's ....--.
A chap who has owed US seven dollars
for almost as many years, came in yes
terday to consult our taste in the matter
of present to his Oldest son. He was
quite anxious to know if row boat
would be as suitable as harp with q
gilt eagle on top.
1t was announced that the author, E.
G. Squier, was to marry the newspaper
correspondent, Mrs Henrietta de Conde
Cooper; but the union cannot be effected
until Peter Curley, the notorious burg
lar, releases his claim as husband, upon
Henrietta. etc, etc.
A handsome young lady at Peoria
made bet that she could raise forty dol
lars in twenty minutes from crowd at
the passenger depot, and by getting tears
to her eyes and claiming to have her
pocket picked she was soon possessed of
q shake purse containing $62.
The Saturday Rerit~ thus sums up its
objections to Charles Reade's last pro.
duction "A Simplcton": "Anovel ought to
be novel, and not to be stuck over with
hints upon housekeeping. plans Tor kill
ing sharks, suggestions as to ostrich
farming, and observations upon the geol-
ogy Of diamondiferous strata"
The first duty Of the Grangers, it is
suggested, should be to extinguish every
| orator who begins with: 81 have not
the good fortune to be q farmer, but
have always felt the most profound in.
terest in the truly noble and predominant
pursuit Of agriculture. and never waa
that interest greater than now"
A Dallas county school-master says:
II will spell eny man. woman or child in
the hull state for dicksAunary or kash
prise for ono hundred dollars side, the
money to be warded BY q kommittee Of
clergyman or sckool directors. There has
been q darned site Of blow bout my
spellin; now I want them to put up or
shut up. Iwont be put down by . pas
sci of ignoramuses because I differ with
Noah Webster's style Of spellin."
A Saco woman, while putting down q
carpet few days ago, accidentally spilled
q paper Of tacks in chair, and before
she had time to remove them, ahe was
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