Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-04
Gleantngs.

May moving in New York will be
markably lively this year.
Grayson Springs. Tenn, has had u,
same Postmaster for forty years
A Jewish synagogue recently compl
ted in Philadelphia cost $500 900.
The female servants of Ottawa, On
are forming union to regulate the prit
OF domestic labor.
Sea captains should be good nature
it would not be safe to have a can't-a
chor us man to command ship.
A flock of sheep numbering 10000
head will form part Of the cortege whiet
is to visi: Mecca during the coming fesr
val.
An Easton, Pa, man has sued the Fl ;
department for trespass in getting on b |
roof to put out the fire in his neighbor
house.
The subscription price Of the Li5erf
4adroeate' u monthly paper just started
Monrovia, is lone bushel of unhulle
coffee per annum in advance" i
A substitute tor ivory and bone venec
has recently been discovered, made fro J
goat and sleeps bones, tho feshings
deer skins, parchment parings, etc.,
1t is an established fact among railroal
men that new road is good for a. lea
fifty elopements in the county ,hroueI
which it runs the first year.
When you want to get up early in Il
morning, stick your feet out Of the vii
dow and arrange it so that the sash wi
faii on them at certain hour
There is an unfortunate disposition i
man to attend much more to the faul
of his companions who offend him, tina
to their perfecsious which please him.
Two young men at Dresden, Mo, ha
4 wrestling match for q wife best two
three, side hold, and grapevine loc
barred. The smallest wrestler took III
girl.
Mules are said to excel in kicking e,
ploits, but at Upton, Indiana. the oth,
day, a horse kicked the head off from
goose, and never ruffled q feather belo
the neck
A soldier, telling his mother of the te
rible fire at Chickamauga. was asked h
her why he did not get behind a tire,
"Tree!' said he; there wasn't enough f
the officers"
Curtis never goes to Harpers' estsi
llshnent, but writes his editorials whe
ever he may roam He carries tn
Easy Chair in his hat with the create,
Of ease.
A discontented wife in Buffalo allere
that her husband is non compos meutiI
and offers in proof the circumstances this
he has been accepted as a juryman in tw
murder trials
What causes such miscalculation
ths amount Of gratitude which men e,
pect for the favors they have done is, tbs
the pride of the giver and the receive
can never agree as to the value of th
benefit
Successful farming is made by atten,
ing to little things The farmer VIII
does his best, earns his money with bes
and uses it with the bes
results. Such men are the salt Of th
earth.
A week or two ago message was ser
to Aberdeen, Scotland. from Cambr,drs
Ind, and and an answer was received i
one hour and twenty-five minutes Wha
would have been thought of such a feat
few years agos
1t is a question whether the abolitio,
of the franking privilege will apply to tn
widow Of President Lincoln, who receiy
ed the right of franking, ON her husband
death, for the remainder Of her natura
life.
Five Of the public schools Of Holyoke
Mass, have been closed. and another vii
soon be, because the Catholic population
prefer y educate their children in thei,
own way. In consequence the towns
school expenses have been reduced a. 00f
in the item of salaries.
An incident for Ssrdou might be found
in the following, which we copy from q
Southern paper: "The jurors at Cour,
in Clarion, come In with loaded guns and
sit with them In their hands during trial
Death to lawyer who tells lie! Result
no Court"
The London NorSing Poet, which
started in 1772, is now beginning the
second century Of Its career. The Lon
don Times began in 177S. Tho DALI
Telegraph is said to be the most popak,
in the world, and to circulate
175, 900 copies.
1t is stated that well known citizen|
of Boston recently sent check for 500.
600 to the Trustees of the Episcopal The
illogical School at Cambridge, for the en- |
dowmcnt Of that institution, but its|
was declined on account oil
the obiectienal conditions accompanying
the gift.
Lydia Maria Child. the distinguished
authoress, now in her 71st year, residine|
in Wayland, Massachusetts,, has written
a letter on the present state Of the times,
ull Of interest, to her old friends, 10,
seph and Ruth Dugdale, at Mt. Pleasant.
An amusing scene was created in theI
Treasury by the presentation, on Tues.
day, Of q protest against the United StatesI
for non-payment lin gold) of . 500 legal
tender, which its owner had presented at|
the Sub Treasury IN New York and ask
ed for the specie thereon. Being refused |
it was sent to Washington in due form,
through notary.
Be careful how you 10 to sleep at auI
auction. A gentleman settled himself ipI
a comfortable chair, and, his senses
soothed by the auctioneer's lullaby, soon|
dropped to sleep. When his nap was
over he left the place. The next day bel
was astounded at the receipt Of 1 bkl for
several hundred dollars worth Of carpets
and other things. The auctionser had sel
ceived all Of his somnieulous noda Tor
bids