Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-01-16

Now is the time to look the gift.horse
in the mouth.
He who would walk uprightly must be.
ware Of coalhole covers.
The Rochester Dem Chron. says:
"Hard dimes come again no more"
American literature is about to be en-
riched by the addition Of history of
Oshkosh.
Do not run in debt to the shoemaker.
| It is unpleasant to be unable to say your
sole is your own.
A Georgia convict was hanged recent
ly for killing the wrong man. The right
ono witnessed the ceremony.
A recent ghost was heard singing
"'Twas q cough that carried me OF:
Twas q conn they carried me Oh IN"
A minister walked six miles to marry
couple lately. He said he felt sort Of
| fee bill like. The groom saw it.
the English are sorry the sSpaniards
are killing each other in civil war-it
makes oranges so scarce in England.
A circus elephant, w,ntering 1t Louis
isville, is ON the watch for the man who
tossed him on apple full Of catarrh snuff.
The first patent issued in the United
States, of which there is any record, was
granted to Solomon Hopkins, July 51st,
1890.
| A chiprodist announces on his bust.
ness cards that he had removed corns
| from several of the crowned heads Of
Europe.
A halter in Terre Haute, Wis, has .
bundle of old unpaid bills hung up in
his store, labelled, .The reason why
don't give credit"
Jones, being told that he looked seedy,
and asked what business he was in, re-
piled, "The hard wear business, look at
my wardrobe"
A rural editor describing an assault,
said "Liseum was knocked sensible"
The editor was evidently never struck in
that way.
A Maine justice vindicated the dignity
of the law by sending newspaper edit.
or to prison for calling him "muddle-
headed mannikin."
It is reported that Father Brazil, Of
Des Moines, recently treated thirteen
gentlemen and two newspaper reporters
to the oysters! Such is fame.
Where Is "parts unknown" asks .
correspondent Of the Dsubury Nsws,
To which, Bailey answers, very truthful.
ly, Where they don't advertise"
"Owing to the absence of the editor,
this weeks issue will be found unusually
SPICY" says the Office devil of the Cres.
ton Times, who was LEFT in charge for q
week
Grandfather Jesse Merriman, of Jones
county, is so years old. but happier than
ever boy was. His wife presented him
few days ago with bouncing pair Of
twins.
| sowing to John Robinson's circus be-
ing in town, the regular Thursday eve.
ming prayer meeting has been postponed"
said recent number of the Enterprise,
Dallas, Texas
A southern editor announces his in.
tention of securing hall. if one largo
enough could be found, for the purpose
Of holdinga convention Of the authors OF
: Beautiful Snow"
Somebody in Georgia court zap.
plauded," whereupon the Judge 1--WE quote
from the Griffin NsssO Indignantly re-
marked. "Now dry up; I will let you
! know this is no camp -mneting.
. Over the shop door Of pork butcher
in an English village in the eastern coun.
. ties, may be seen q sign board represent
ing man in black coat brandishing q
hatchct. with the inscription, "John
Smith kills pigs like bis father.
, Two New Albanians are "lawing" foy
!. possession Of hog valued at 1915. A,
the second trial of the case the jury dis
3 agreed, although eight lawyers shed ligh,
upon the matter. The costs now amount
to $500, besides attorneys fees.
A committee. who has been examining
r the financial affairs of the Maine Insane
! Hospital, has mild way Of putting it
e I'VE fnd," says the report, "some irreg
/ change in the financial officer"
r A Nevada paper says: "The many
: friends of Bill Thompson will regret e
!. hear that he was hashed up by . cata
mount to day, on Nixon's hin, while lyins
! in wait to shoot Chinaman. This was
5 always world Of disappointment.
The Torch is two penny journa
which Is expected to make sensation il
{ England, with illustrasrations by III,
4 leading artists, contributions from f.
r nous pens, and q novel entitled Society,"
Now. expect puns without cessation
ut will be filed with (Torch) light litera
: turc.~ "Atwo-penny dip into literature.
q "A wick. ed journal" 'Scorching AZ
/ ticles" "Words that burn" "WNl no
e be snuffed out" "etc.-Nsaspaper Report
A correspondent Of the St. Louis Re
pubhean says that the agent at Fort Gill
: Mr.. Tatum, rejected certain -four on tn
+ ground that it was UNFIT for human foo,
/ adding that he had tried it in his owl
il family. He was CURLY informed by th
Y department that "the -four was not intend
f ed for agents. but for Indians"
el Clark county, Ind, has Bluebsar
4 who has kept his wife confined in . Ioor
without fresh air or sunlight since Ii
!, 1st Of September. When the room va
u broken into by a party Of indignau
e neighbors, the woman was found in . dy
It ing condition. Scott is insane.
2. Another dreadful warning to snuff q
kers comes from Columbus, O., whel
Il may be scen the man whom snuff sent I
q the penitensiary. One night, when rot
r bing bank, yielding to deprayed app
|. tite, he took pinch, and the fatal snees
!. betrayed him. That sneeze, too, was h
. last. tor In the Psnitentiary he is denie
snuff
81 A peat bed IL about to be opened u
= about three miles northwest sf Iow
y Falls that is eight fsss thick and oove,
Q forty acres. The 8sasiasl says, On
Q cites the language off former State Geo
q ogist to prove Il. that there is enoug
!, peat within dve milos Of Iowa Falls /
J. supply the entire country for Ger
tury.
= Milton B. Hopkins, State Superintsr
tendent Of Public InssrucAipn, in Iudiaa.
:, strongly advocates the licensing OF .,
looms. The Superintendent argues tia
= il the sale Of liquor 10 permitted Il Il
y the school fund might juss - well receiv
= yearly revenue Of 100000 from tha
= source. Under the Baxter Law the schot
}. fund gets nothing. A
/ A young girl near Aarengo. is wonde,
d fully marked by rattle anakea Runpia
o partially around her neck, side By cid,
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