Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-11-06
Miscellaneous.


Miscellaneous.
The duty of the hour--to strike.
Music by Handel-A street organ.
Generosity is the flower of justice.
"A standing nuisance corner loafers
Education is the cheap defense o.
nations.
"A book is letter to the unknown
friends one has in the world.
DO not speak of your happiness to 9
man less fortunate than yourself.-Ptu
tarch.
The harness makers are turning out
certified checks, warranted to hold the
head up.
Several firms in Philadelphia are pay
ing off their hands in gold and silver, de,
Quoting the premium.
Death is as near to the young as the
old. Here is all the difference: death
stands behind the young mans back, but
before the old mans face.
The Spaniards say: DAT eighteen
marry your daughter to her superior; at
twenty to her equal; but at thirty to any
body who will have her"
The State Auditor reports that the
value of the horses, cattle, sheep, and
mules i'm Illinois this year is $36, 521 ,346,
against $35, $40, 85S last year.
The census Of LeavenwOrth, just
completed by the assessors under the
provisions Of the new law of the State,
shows the population to be %, 0S7, an ia
crease of S,i29 since 1870.
III .uo1,o., noxxn. 1ac1r CO..
arguments. Lately one replied to tenn
perance lecturer by the following poser:
'If water rots the soles of your boots,
what effect must it have on the coat OF
your stomachy"
An Irishman, writing from Philadel-
phia the other day TO his friend in the Old
Country, concludes letter thus: IF liver
it's me good fortune to live till dy-and
God nose whether it is so-l'll visit ould
Ireland afore lave Philamadelify."
-Scoresby and other arctic voyagers
and whale hunters have observed that
whales have some means Of communities
ton with one another at great distances.
1t Is probable that the animals below in a
tone too grave f01 the human ear, but quite
within the range of the cacatean ear.
"A mournful story is told by Maine
editor 1.-THE winds of Autumn will soon
whistle shrilly; the goose flies southwark
the air speaks of snow and ice; everything
betokens that in few weeks more the
Fall season will have ended, and circuses
and snake shows will be no morer
M. Bechamp states in the Medical Co.
sette Of Bordeaux, that he believes alcohol
is physiological product of the liver. In
the course Of his experiments he obtained
sufficient alcohol from the excreta Of q
person whose diet was free from alcohol
to determine it by the alcoholmeter.
"A little boy about ten years Of age or.
rived in Stockton, CAL, the other day from
New York, having travelled the entire dis.
lance without the aid Of money. When
asked if he had any father he replied he
had, but added "'The old man and ]
couldn'!agree, and concluded to dissolve
partnership, and thought I'd come tc
California and 90 1t alone"
of surface waters Professor Newberry
observes: There is much apprehension in
the public mind in regard to the purity Of
the water of streams which drain the sur
face of our own and other countries
Water Is in itself disinfectant, and larg,
SO rapidly "fines" itself by the oxidation
of its organic impurities, that when cool
ed and settled, or filtered to remove it
Of our streams Is even more palatable anl
wholesome than that taken from wells.
"A London writer thus records his i'm
pressions ofthe ways of living in America
He says we are the largest meat eaters il
the world; that our meat, If baked, is in
variably burnt and if boiled is always re
duced to rags. That to have pork in pei
lection one must 60 to that paradise O
pigs-Cincinnati. Tomatoes are eaten a
every meal with almost everything, an,
that our fruits must be enjoyed to be az
preciated. Why" he sums up, "the,
actually feed the pigs on peaches ant
strawberries, they are SO plentiful. Jus
think Of that!"
During the examination of witnesse
in the recent liquor prosecutions at Mon,
pelier, before the grand jury, Colone
Boutwell,, the former we'll known landlor
Of the Pavilion Hotel, was called to tn
stand and Intercepted as follows: ID
you know Of any liquor being sold il
Montpelier, of your own personal know
| LouSOs AOS, Olumy IcSpOuucu III
Colonel, II have sold liquor to sight 3
that jury that sit before you!" The pros
ecution considered him ''too-willin
Witness" and told him he could 20, a
though he was ready to answer further o.
the subject.
! An instance a. singular, perhap
more singular, than Irving's renowne,
creation Of Rip Van Wrinkle, was devel
oped in this city recently. A gentleman
who was born and reared in this place
removed hence TO New York 1t the termi
nation Of tho late war, where he RENAME,
until last week, when he returned to visi
the home of his childhood. AT every col
ner familiar scenes and faces greeted him
and everything seemed to him as of yory
But over himself the brief period Of hi
absence had wrought change 30 pre-