Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-09

sence from this country. Here is ut least
one advantage in having u. liver.
The latest Parisiln design for earrings
consists OF golden gridiron, on which
is laid Il heart formed of garncts, the idea
to be conveyed being that of bleeding
heart upon the fire OF love.
An Englishman who died the other day
bcqueathcd fifty years subs;ri' ton to the
London Times to one Of his kinsmen, apl
he ordered the whole fifty years to be paid
in advance.
Vino producers on the Rhine want .
law to comp dealers in = fluid that passes
in the market for Rhine wine to call it
artificial wine" 1t u made Of water,
potatoes, glyccriue, sugar and raisips.
The English ladies who were hunted
for throughout France, Oh q charge Of
completely in the escape Of Bxzxine, were
two Doxrding,school misses from Cannes.
who went out in boat and got up fiir-
tation with Colonel Villet.e, t.e MsrshArs
aiddecamp.
In London they have a new article
called butterine~ Some deluded thief
stole y firkin of it, thinking 1t was butter.
Before the magistrate description of the
article was required, when the thief was
discharged from custody as more honest
than the owner
This is the way Professor ryn.iall closes
his noted lecture Here, however, /
must quit 4 theme too great to handle. but
which will be handled by the loftiest
minds ages after you and ], like steaks
of morning clouds, shall have melted into
/ the infinite azure OF the past"
A Valparaiso dispatch, dated Aug. ~,
says The tragic actress, Ristori, I'M
plored and obtained the pardon Of Munos,
who WAS about to he shot. The govern
mcnt WAS induced 10 commute the SEN
tencc OF death Ristori signing the act of
clemcncy. Enthusiasm indiscribable."
| Never bet on = horse-racc, my SON. It
is wrong to bet, and, besides, the horse
that ought to win is likely, in nine Cases
out OF ten to be jotkeyed to the rear. d.
not bet at all, my son but, if you bet OIL
horses, get acquainted with the riders in
advance OF the contest, and see how the
thing is coming out.
Chiehon is dead. The great deity Of
the feminine toilet is no more Paris las
given 1t up for ths sake Of economy. 1t
Was very costly. Every year there WAS
taken into Paris III, ,OOO pounds Of human
hair into raw" or unworked state
worth $3.50, 600 and to be made into
chignons. Now all that money caa he
spent in some other nonsense.
! A shower of white toads took place in
Larimcs County Col. The shower elm
braccd strip Of country half mile vide
and several miles in length. From dis
tance the frogs as they bounced along
the ground, locked for all the world like
hailstones After the storm the frogs
hopped about over the country in tizcxes
Of 10000.
A IIindoo debating society has been di
GUESSING III love is more desirable before
marriage than after" A majority came to
the conclusion that "lovc before marriage
was impossible, and, even if possible,
would prove ruinous TO Iindoo society,"
Their next question for debate ia Are
2ot the men of India, as rule, governed
by the women
A Long Island taxpayer made the fol-
lowing speech in a discussion unon the
manner in which the educational affairs
were conducted: MIR. Chairman, arise
to stand up, and am not backward to
come forward to support tho grand
question of edr cation; for Mr. Chairman,
without education wo Id De MS ignorant
as you arc your self, Mr.. Chairman"
After dinner one day, at = Liverpool ia
he had miraculousy escaped from u fear
full shi. wreck. "Yea," said he, Fifteen
/ of my friends were II board The vessel
went down. and they were all lost"
But how" ked listncr, whose interesf
was painfully excited, did you manage 10
cscapc!' "Oh" Was the calm reply, Il
WAS on board another vessel"
A Boston firm, having written to
debtor two or three times without elciting
any response, sent another epistle, quietly
querying whether there WAS not a little
lack of Commercial courtesy" in mot
answering letters. Promptly by return
mail came check for the account, and
the terse and comprehensive reply: mo
lask of commercial courtesy. but lack
of circulating medium here"
! Anew recreation has been introduced
at sen shore resorts. Having exhausted
proverbs and charaGes. u gentleman Of
fcred wager that he had slept in more
towns in Massachusetts than any person
present. Slips of paper and pencils were
in demand, and the result WAS he won.
He then bet he had slept in more towns
in New England, and then in the United
States, and finally in the world, bu: hc
lost. Tryh.
Gambling WIS invented by the Lydans
when under the pressure Of great famine.
! To divert themselves from dwelling on
their sutferings they invented dice, balls.
teblcs, etc. tits added that. to boar their
calamity the better they uscd to play
whole day without intermissiOn, that they
might not feel the effects of the want Of
food. The invention intended lis y REM
edy for hunger is now very common
cause for that evil
4 couple of Irish llls. wishing t., o.
tain little packet money. determined to
go into the country during harvest time
| HiN WI oihoitE Van vOu
cradlc." ashcd the farmer. Now, an
lrishman in search OF work was never
known to confess ignorance of anything.
but the question was perplexer. The
boys looked at each other for u sugges-
ton. Mouse. At length Dennis. looking
boldly ut the farmer, said: 'Of course
We can cradle; but couldn't you give US
job outdoors."
A good joke Is told of wealthy mer
chant Of Boston, whose character fer
honesty and integrity is unimpcached, but
whose chirography i, fearfully bad. Hc
wrote to foreign correspondent from
whom he received cargo IF fruit. con.
plaining In strong terms Of its quSlity,
The correspondent couldn't read the letter
and summoned his whole corps Of clcrkA
and they could make nothing Of 1t. The
correspondent, however, WAS satisfied
that the letter was intended to convey
fault, but as it could not be deciphered.
he at once replied, as follows: ''Messrs.
-. Your letter is received. and we
are happy to learn that the fruit proved
entirely satisfactory"
A dashing youth went up to an elderly
Sixth avenue newsdcalcr yesterday. and
claimed acquaintance. ''You don't know
me." asked the young man, emphasizing
the word me. Why lam Jaines, the
son of Mr, johnson. Father took lsspeia
of vou for ye,ra 1eforr h. did and