Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-02-14
Gleanfngs.

mittee on relief the other day, TO know j
they had any dog feed.
The New York Herald of Saturday an
nounces that III that city there has bee
no murder for three days"
1t Is said that A. r. Stewart viii estal
lIsh dry goods store at Saratoga for tn
summer season.
Pcekskiil. n. Y, is enlivcncd by
number OF suits for recovering electio
bets
those who are surly and imperous t
thelr interiors, are generally humble, fla
tefIng and cringing to their superiors.
Among ladies in London, writes f,sl
ionable correspondent, there is perfee
rage for black silk stockings.
Shocing an OK all around in 1917 nil
utes IS the feat Of an Illinois blacksmit
at Manitowoc, Wis
A Hampshire baby, one year ole
weighs 100 pounds. The happy fathe
weighs 1870 pounds
The Right Honorable Edward Bulwe
Lytton, the well known English novels
died Jan. 18th, aged 67.
a st; Paul man has just invented
knitting machine that will darn stocking:
and thus be "a blessing to the bachelor
:he period
The tops Of the telegraph poles ar
convenient seats for travellers in Mimi.
sofa. They are only about foot aboy
the snow
The New York Evening Post says tbs
no tea can be sold for less than SIS
per pound which is not very badly adu
terated
a Maryland man sent his boy to bea
the school marin home and the modes
young man went to the barn and hange
himself
Mary Marshall is the name of Wi
consin woman who has killed eig
wolves this winter, besides chopping Il
usual cord of wood per day
The experience of the last year Ii,
taught public men that they must iea1
money for their own statues if they e
poet to have one reared.
Lydia Sherman is said 20 be reVicwir
her recent confession in order to work
| few more dead bodies that she entire
forgot before
1t is said that the mysterious name !.
the monkey wrench" was taken from !
inventor, Mr.. Monkey, whosstll lives
New Jersey.
lhe Danbury Ne,cs remarks that ''tl
dearest object to married man shou
be his wife; but it is not unfrequently h
clothes"
1t requires $3S, 900 worth of twine u.
| annum to tie up the dead letters whit /
the Postoffice Department fails to deli
| er 4
John !. Phelps, of New jersey, the 3
that he saw "a light in the window f
! him as he was going home drunk, ar
ran into q lime kiln and was nearly roas
| ed
The following is the latest Americs
style of describing catastrophe: "AIr
Swan, ofCochran, n. v, lighted her f.
with kerosene on Monday, leaving lu
! baHd and one child
! A young lad in Duluth took II into Ii
! head to shave the tail of his uncle's mu
! The surgeon thinks he may be ont
time to take part in celebrating the 4th
July.
Boston has started Il weather proph
on its own account, who recently predic
cd that this week and part of next, CIV;
an earthquake period of more than ordil
ary concentration and energy"
It having been given ont in Memph
that Charles Dillon had fallen heir to 81
600, 900 and an earldom, he was imm
| diately elected constable, SO much DO
worship wealth and power
\ Racine girl went to the boot and shf
shop where her faithless lover works, I'll
other day, broke bottle of backing
his face and poured hot glue on his heat
He will stick to almost anything now.
Guy Fawkes, the baby hippotamus j
London, is coming on after the usu:
manner of infants. He appreciates hay
ing his ears tickled and smiles when h
gums are rubbed.
You cannot teach a child to take car
of himself unless you will let him try
take care of himself He will make mi
takes; and out of these mistakes come
his wisdom.
Swift said the reason a certain unive
sity was learned place was, that mo-
persons took some learning there, and fe
brought any away with them; so it
cumulated
My dear, said the sentimental Mr.
Waddles, home, you know. is always IL
dearest spot on earth. Well, yes, sa
the practical Mr.. Waddles, it does co
me about twice as much as any 9TH
spot.
A Canadian editor announced that ~
hrd keen rapier to prick all fools ar
knaves." His cotemporary over the We
said he hoped his friends would take
from him, for fear he might commit s,
eide
4 man and woman have died lately
North Falmouth, Mass, from the resul
Of vaccination. The formers arm beg,
to swell in four hours from the time
vaccinations; in twenty hours he b |
| came dclirous, and within week
| died
A Mobile grocer has pet cat whi
he has taught to leap upon the seal
when provisions are being weighed, Al
| distract the attention of the purchaser
carressing his hands. The cat weighs
| pounds
a worthy farmer in Georgia, who
carried home on a. litter the other de
solemnly asserts that nothing but n TIVE
| ty ton anchor can hold sorrcl mule doy |
on the earth after she has stepped in
yellow jackets nest.
| a New Haven man who went home N
other evening. and found his house loe
ed up, and after infinite trouble manag
to gain entrance through back windo
and then discovered on the parlor tabl,
note from his wife, reading: II Ia
gone out; you will find the door key
one side of the Goor STEP"
The following notice!was posted in o
Of the depots of the Boston and Alba,
railroad, one day last week: II want
fir maid. Operator" 1T was found
investigation that the fire was "out"
the telegraph office, and the operat
wanted it re kindled.
Half the misunderstanding of tho
who can least afford to misunderstal
each other at all arise from two joint RI
sons-first, from want of frankness on
part Of those who think they have
need to explain; next. from want of fai |
on the part of those who can take moi /
ing for granted without an explanation