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Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-10-29
GrasshOpper Surgery.

GRACE GREENWOOD, in writing from
Colorado, says it was expected that we
should have fine exhibition of farm and
garden products, but man proposes and
tie grasstopper disposes." He has dis
posed of everything green, and now, as
though acting on the Scriptural assertion
that "all flesh is grass" has taken to re-
calling himself on his brother hopper. 1t
is shocking to discover what remorseless
cannibals these small creatures are. If
one becomes disabled in the slightest de-
gree, his friends and relatives rally
around him in his extremity, and gen.
orally help themselves to whatever is
eatable. They generally 60 first for the
brain as the morsel, cunningly abstract
ing it from its cells; and yet he somehow
lives on for time, and hardly seems to
miss that rather important organ. The
younger ones seem the most voracious
and rapacious, but, while they make a
fatal charge, stout, grave-looking elders
will stand about, watching their old
friends demise, evidently specializing as
to how he will "cut up" They are in no
haste, but are always in at the death.
The other day whiled away half-hour
in one of the summer-houses near the
springs in watching the proceedings of a
set of these small ruffians toward dis
abled comrade. He had lost leg-how
need not state. Thou canst not say
did it"-though, if for the sake of
scientific investigation brought myself
to perform that little surgical operation,
what harm? 1t is surprising to see how
easily grasshopper's leg is detached. 1t
seems always to be a sort of semi-detached
member. The creature don't seem to
mind the loss much and will 60 on eat
ing as though grasshoppers' legs "grew
on every BUSH" This one evidently did
not realize his misfortune till he was at
tackled and found he could neither walk
nor fly. How he was beset, to be sure
First, brisk young fellow with the cool,
business air of a surgeon began tapping
his rather distended stomach; another
probed him about the joint whence the
leg had been removed; third set him
self to dissect the amputated limb. One
slim starveling began browsing on the
delicate tips of his long wings; then a
big bustling old wretch stepped forward
and interviewed him by deliberately Dor
ing into his brain; next yellow Jacket
settled on him and stung and sucked
here and there, while, to- add insult to
injury, two spiteful black ants pierced
through the joints of his culrass and
worked their way into his vitals. He
fought bravely-itwas astonishing to see
how pluckily he stood up against his
fierce assailants. He kicked furiously
with his one sound hind leg against the
pricks" OF the wasp. He struck out and
gesticulated wildly with his arms or fore
legs-his mustache or antenng bristled
with defiance-but the great congrega.
ton of his foes was too much for him.
though he did not cease to struggle
while anything remained to struggle
with. They did not leave him till he
was reduced to the mere shell of a grass.
hopper
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-10-29

down 20 fSschhErg too 90 see the thing
out. ana he and Wendell went down tor
rriaaer. They went over 10 Wallace street
and hit the house afser three trials Tom
wou7a wait in the hall. be thought. Tom
heard enc scream. two kisses. q rush and
several other things too numerous 10
mention. and was on the point of crawl
ing oui the front-dcor when the heavy
hand Of Wendell was laid on his shoulder
Come in and explain this thing She
says she never heard of you beforei"
q No more hiss she" said Tom, laugh
ing; and seating himself on the sofa he
explained The whole affair.
I'm not certain, but ! believe Clara
kissed him. AT ali events. few days
after he went back 10 Washington q
happy fellow. having made Others so
happy.
That was a year ago nearly. Casual
Observer told me day or two since that
Tom had received cards 10 the wedding
OF r. III. Wendell and Clara F. bennett,
10 come of week from next Monday,
and also that Tom has been correspond
ing for some time with Miss Emma Den
nett. a sister Of Clara's. Furthermore,
Casual said: IF you want TO hear two
people rave in praise of another fellow,
you should hear Miss bennett and Mr..
Wendell talk about Tom. "--Harpsrs
B1zdr
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-10-29

and louder, than apple pi, scented up well
with nutmeg and sugar.
1t liz the standard pi ov our forefathers
il liz good hot, kold, or lukewarm, and IL
allwuss az ready to pitch into as saddle
rok oyster on the haff-shel.
Sho me the man who don't luy good
ample nj. and who won't offer to fife the
man who abuzes it, and will sho w q
man who fust klass missionary couldn't
make days wages trieing to convert.
And pray tell me, all wee saints and
sinners, who ever ct for brekfasst, din
ner, or supper emmy better warm or kold
sass than baked apple, with the kore
kut out ov it. and lettle melted sugar
poured over:
viii give emmy man ninety daze to
answer this question, and sho what kind
oy sweet meets kan beat it.
Apples are good peeled, kut up into
quarters, strung onto string like beads
and hung up in the kitchen to dry.
The apple IL the best fruit in krea
shun, az fur az we hav got, and if thare
want emmy other kind known to man We
could all ov US git thru life, az fur az
sass liz concerned, without making emmy
fustklass blunders. Josh Billings, IN "
T. Weekly
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-10-29
The Apple.

THE apple IL the oldest fruit on reck.
ord, and one ov the best.
The fust ackount we have ov it waz in
the gardin ov Eden
Eve Is sed to hav ct the fust one, and
pronounced 1t good, and induced Adam
to take bite.
The eating ov the fust apple haz never
been considered mulch ov hit for the
rest ov us.
The apple will keep longer than emmy
other fruit, and kan be worked up into
.pple-sass or dumplings with CRATE suck
cess.
l look upon good apple-sass and dump
lings az the chief end ov man, az far az
sass is concerned.
Emmy man who don't luv and banker
after theze two preparashuns liz morally
wrong sum how.
He should be attacked bi missionary
at once.
Sho me the kind ov sass that man
don't luv, and duz luv, and kan tell
pretty near whether 1t. will do to send
that man to the Legislator or not.
kan tell a mans true karakter bi what
he eats the most ov, clusser than / kan
to hear him deliver temperance ora.
shun.
Talk ov all kinds IL artyfshall. but Wit
ties and drink IL natur.
Whenever yu see a man cussing and
swearing at aprle-sass and good light
dumplings yu kan bet 10 dollars on mi
ackount that he amt good Preside COM
panyun.
Apples also, when they are well
squeezed, produce slider, which IL next to
milk az a fertcrlizer.
Good sharp honest vinegar would be
az uncommon az piety, or true affeck-
shun; II thare waz no cider laying around
loose.
The apple IL also very CRATE when it IL
thrown into pi.
There Amt no pi In natral history that
haz been ct more, and Dragged on oftner,
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-10-29
POstponiny Pleasure.

No ONE can settle down in European
city or village, says DIR. Holland, and OBJ
serve the laboring classes without motto
ing the difference between their aspira-
tiOns, ambitions and habits and those of
corresponding classes in this country.
The European expects always to be a
tenant. the American intends before he
dies TO own the house be lives in. If the
/ city forbids this he goes to the suburbs
| for his home The European knows that
! life and labor are cheap, and that he can
| not hope 10 win by them the wealth
which will realize for him the dream of
/ future case the American finds his labor
| dear and its rewards comparatively boun-
/ tiful, so that his dream of wealth is a
rational one. He, therefore, denies him
self, works early and late. and bends his
| energies and directs those of his family
into profitable channels, all for the great
! good that beckons him on from the far
| off golden future,
| The typical American never lives in
| the present. II he INDUCES in recrea-
/ ton il is purely for health's sake, and at
/ long intervals, or in great emergencies.
| He does not taste money pleasure, and
does not approve of those who do. He
| lives in constant fever of hope and ex-
! pectation, or grows sour with hope de-
ferred or blank disappointment. Out of
| il all grows the worship Of wealth, and
that decentralization which results in un-
scrupulousness concerning the methods
of its requirement. SO America pre-
sents the anomaly Of laboring class
with unprecedented prosperity and priv
ileges and unexampled discomfort and
discomfort.
The &c a,rol,, oouatb;pU hot for than
this. There is something better than a
lifelong sacrifice Of content and enjoy
ment for a possible wealth, which, how
ever, may never be acquired, and which
has not the power when won TO yield its
holder the boon which he expects TO pur-
chase. To withhold from the frugal wife
the frugal gown which she desires, to
deny her the journey which would do so
much TO break UP the monotony of her
home-life, TO rear children in mean ways,
to shut away from the family life a
thousand social pleasures, to relinquish
all amusements that have cost attached
to them, for wealth which may or may
not come when the family life is broken
up forever-surely this is neither sound
nor wise economy. We would not have
the American laborer, farmer and me-
chanic become improvident but we
would very much like to see them hap
pier than they are, by resort TO the daily
! social enjoyments which are always at
their hand Nature is strong in the
young, and they will have society and
| play OF some sort. 1t should remain
| strong in the old, and does remain strong
| in them until 1t is expelled by the alb
sorbing and subordinating passion for
| gain Home Journal.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-10-29
Mr.. Kings Watch.

IrSTTcE SHERWOOD, ST the forkville
Police Court, had recently disposed OF
some twenty cases of vagrancy, drunk
enness, disorderly conduct. and assault
and battery, and was in hopes that his
mornings work was over; but the good
Justice was disappointed. As he was
taking a lon breath of relief two very
centlemanly looking strangers were
brought before him.
What is the charge against these
mem" said His Honor. after having
learned that the personages arraigned
were William III. Williams and Charles
b. King.
They were arrested by an officer in
the park. your Honor, while intoxicated
and driving recklessly," replied the off,
Ger.
What have you to say, Mr.. Willianls.'
His Honor asked.
Nothing, your Honor, was Mr. Will
Jams reply.
I" You are fined ten dollars, Mr.. VIII.
iams," said Justice Sherwood, and the
fine was paid.
Taen turning to Mr. King" Have
you anything to say, sir!" asked the JUS
iice.
Mr.. King, who had represented himself
as lawyer doing business in Troy, had
but little to say.
"Ten dollars" said His Honor, biting
the handle of his pen.
''But | havn't ten dollars with me,
your Honor said Counselor King. If
You'll allow me 10 find Mr.. William NJ.
Eyarts, or Charles O'Conor, or A. Oakley
Hall, or John Graham, or --n
TEN dollars, sir" growled His Honor,
"er ] shall commit you"
Mr.. Kings countenance assumed an
ashen hue His under lip quivered, his
teeth chartered, and he was to all appear
ances miserable man.
Il haven't $40 with me, your Honor,
be said, tremblingly, /" but here is my
watch, which is worth five times as much.
viii you let me leave it with you until
can see one of my brothers in the law
and borrow the amount of the fne?"
After a short consultation with Mr..
Rockwell, Clerk of the Court, the JUS
tice consented 10 receive the collateral,
and Mr.. King departed.
On Wednesday last, several days after
the disappearance of Mr.. King and his
fellow Jehu, Justice Sherwood was re-
minded that the watch had not been re-
deemed by the Trojan limb of the law.
Never mind, Judge" said Mr.. Rock
well, one of the most accommodating
courtclerks in the land, "never mind,
let me have the watch and I'll pay the
SO"
Wouldn't it be WE'LL" said Justice
Sherwood, "to find out what the watch
is WORTH"
So saying, he handed the timepiece to
an officer, with directions TO have its
value estimated at the nearest jewelers..
In few minutes the officer returned
with the watch in his hand, and on his
face smile like tidal wave.
"Well?" said the Justice.
ats worth about eighty-five cents,
your Honor" said the officer.
The court then adjourned.-N. Y.
Sum-
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-10-29
Plain Diet.

This is what children ought on every
account to be accustomed to from the
first; it is vastly more for their present
health and comfort than little nice things
with which fond parents are so often apt
to vitiate their appetites, and 1t will save
them great deal of modification in aft.
ter life. II you make IT a point to give
them the best OF everything; to pamper
them with rich cakes, sweetmeats and SUI
garplums; If you allow them to say with a
scowi, II don't like this or that" II
can't cat that" and then go away and
make them little toast, or kill chicken
Tor their dainty palates--depend upon it
you are doing a great injury, not only on
the score of denying full muscle and
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-10-29
LESSON.

Tam r.T liz 10 A ke1zztfEl fsazE
yfif c-ssrn NJ wssA sss &uStsA
7 all sgs,v u kts xszrT a. car Gag.
w. nv 5es-ss j. rausr ans sgrsE- 1ssc ssfSsEE-
ard d. ssasySsslIase power ~ TT saszsg
$500 thrill al fhe EssSaeE boar
A. s,ygrs a,e .zrS ard ese- he s*o1e-
M eyer aaS exer gke w8TSs rss2ec Ca
7 .af6 r.r life Il a terrific fhzEg.
al rwsEel SzS snss- eDc crushed
+ ssffI hear IS zstes ryoH nv hf-sn-
/ All sfasf sor err 30r sEsd EEy darling csss1.
Tllg me sreEvy dsrre fer she daFs inEt Ere NeS
S.5fs fain. shrczg5 ihe cE5A 6Erb anst-
And oyer the sand and 0VeT TIE sraDe-
Pcr ever and eves the wave. roi8so o.
I sss6. I lras pTrsaa IA Ey koBr 81 Iarth
And mad 81 NV Srsi ce@Szsis-
Eor ] Ess0& nor exr1h. nor ski nnf sea
Hz- heed ~ he1p ping f0r enc like We
TIE esyEs 0r the boon comes. 3es u De-
For us. We Tan but beAs-
Ard over the sand and cvsr tie stone.
For sser ard eveg the ssyes Folirc OF
And tsasuehi they sang. = We laugh 70 the sEn
We Skinner 20 moon ~ slAf
We foam 70 The Issf u tbs fnrs01s 0ssss
We rage when the rais falls beroe RDe fAs''
Bat ne DO our dzy1s work. spe - last
We sweep DER The kErboF-bhr
And learnt NV lessoE mid sand and stone.
A. ever and ever the wsFes rolled On
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-10-29
" Doing" an American.
An American relates the following

An American relates the following:
-Four years ago came over from New
York TO superintend the English bust
ness of the firm to which / belonged. AS
my residence was likely to be long one
looked out for house within conven-
lent distance of London; for | am a
family man and / like my children to
have the run of the fields when / can
manage it, hate to see them dressed
up fine-and what's one of those squares
to play in? Well, l got just the thing to
suit me-nice garden; farms all around !;
half an hours railway ride from my
Office. The rent was stiff for yearly
moderation which was so-so-two hun
dred for yearly tenancy, one hundred
and fifty if took seven-year lease.
reckoned that should want it for good
ten years; SO decided for the lease, es-
pecially as the agent told me
should be sure to underlet it If
| wanted to. When | got to know my
neighbors and compared notes l found
that / was paying at a much higher rate
than any of them were. However, that
did not vex me SO long AS ! could live
there, But after two years certain
changes took place which made it neces-
sary that i should go live at Liverpool.
SO had to move again and tried to I'M
derlet my house. could not do 1t for
some time, because / stood out for the
rent paid myself, but at last grew
tired of the dead loss, and told the agent
to get the best he could. So he let the
place for ninety, and that has been going
on for four years, so that the lease is
nearly up. But / never knew till last
year who my tenant was. Who do you
Think" Il cannot guess" "Why, my
landlord. l have been paying the cuss
sixty pounds year for living in his own
Week
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-10-29
Mysterious Disappearance and Reap.
pearance.

WIN. HENRY McCooL is the name of a
st. Paul boy who enlisted in 1862 in Com
pany X, the Tenth Minnesota Infantry
After three years of faithful service
Henry turned up missing after one of the
fights in which the regiment was en-
gagged, and, circumstances seeming to
bear out the supposition, he was reported
dead. Thus matters stood till Aug. Is,
1872, when nothing having been discov-
cred to discredit the reported death of
Henry, his mother, Mrs. Sarah McCcol,
of this city, called at the house
of General Flower, AdjutantGeneral
of the State, and made the reg
ular application for the bounty
due her son. The papers went through
the regular routine with no opposition.
the evidence of death furnished being
satisfactory to the powers that be at
Washington. A slight clerical error
caused the return of the papers to Gen.
Flowers Office for correction, reaching
here a few days ago, and yesterday,
when the papers were ready to be sent
back to Washington, Mrs. McCool APP
peared and introduced to Gen. Flower
the identical Henry for whose death she
had so long mourned. Neither mother
nor son vouchsafed any explanation of
the long absence of the latter, but that
no fraud was intended upon the Govern
ment is shown in the prompt appearance
of the long-missing son SO soon after his
arrival here. 1t is one of those strange
disappearances and Temperatures Of
which the late war furnished many in
stances, and in connection with which
there Is probably history that would
sunplv the details for first-class RI
mance.-ISt. Paul tNinn.) Dispatch.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-10-29
Facts About the Chineh Buy.

This pest, at the West, is freope,,,.,
damaging to the wheat crop. Prof. G Z
Riley writes concerning its manner 90
propagation that the chinch bug denosits
its eggs occasionally above the ground
on the blades of grain, but far move
often, and normally, under ground and
upon the roots of the plants infested
These eggs are three hundredths of an
inch long elongate-oval, pale, amber coI.
ored, and with one end squarely doekpd
off and ornamented with four little
tubercles near the center. They are de.
posted in little clusters and the Young
Matching from them are at first bright
red and remain for considerable time
under ground sucking the sap from the
roots. A wheat plant pulled from an
infested field in the spring of the wear
will generally reveal hundreds of these
eggs attached to the roots, and at a
somewhat later period the young larva
will be found clustering on the same and
looking like SO many moving red atoms.
AS the sequence will show, it is practi-
cally quite important that we know the
whereabouts of these deposited eggs.
vet they are so small and so difficult of
detection that the widest theories were
promulgated as to the origin and birth
of chinch bugs until the question was
settled by the entomologist with his lens
and microscope The female occupies
from two to three weeks in depositing
her eggs; the egg requires about two
weeks to hatch, and the bug becomes
full grown and acquires its wings in FIVE
or six weeks from hatching.-NeD York
Herald
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-10-29

rosy cheek, but of forming one Of -.
most inconvenient habits that they c- .s
carry along with them in after I;s sA
When they come to leave you they NIL
not half the time find anything they ca =,
eat-and thus you viii prepare them -
go chatting and grumbling through liz
the veriest slaves almost in the world
Mothers, listen and be warned in TIM
for the time will come when you viii -
pent: seeing your sons and daugbts-s
make their homes miserable by cn-a
plant, and raising their children m :
the same way.-Rural Neao Yorker -
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-10-29

A Paris correspondent writes: "The
idea is to have real bonnets once more
bonnets with brims, crowns, strings, and
perhaps curtains. 1t sounds strange
enough. No woman who had any pre-
tensions to youth has worn strings for
three seasons past, and curtains have
been for long consigned to oblivion. Yet
we are promised both for next winter.
This Lonnet, which will be decidedly
large, will, however, not shade the face
at all-fashion nowadays only goes
but will be perched up on the back of
the head somewhat as the first bonnets
were under the Directoire, before they
became the beauty-concealing cottage
bonnets of our grandmothers; this ex.
tensive headgear to be attached under
the chm by short strings that form bows
with cravat-like ends"
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-10-29

WHEN an enterprlsing and ingenious
superintendent of San Francisco street
railroad line invented plan to register
the passengers by spring on the lower
step of the rear platform, he made no
provision for the ingenuity of the conduct
ors, who became excessively polite and
stepped off to assist parties to alight, but
all the time kept one foot on the step, so
that no more than one person was regis
tered, as the step was not allowed to
spring back.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-10-29

Do you ever think that a neglected cough
or cold may lead to serious consequences? In
the early stages of lung disease take Wishart's
Pine Tree Tar Cordial. 1t can always be re-
lied upon.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-10-29

If you have tears prepare to shed
them now. A Davenport Iowa) man
lately shipped z, 800 barrels of onions for
the East. Profit, $160 per barrel.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-10-29

RAGGED stockings and protruding toes are
not seen on feet where SILVER TIPS are
worn. Parents remember this, they last twice
as long
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-10-29
GAINED
Fifteen Pounds of Flesh.

SOUTH BERWICK, Me-, Jan. II, lST2
II. r. STEVENS, ESQ:
Dear SirI have had Dyspepsia in its worst form for
the last ten years and have taken hundreds Of dollars
worth of medicine without obtaining any relief. In
September last commenced taking the VEGETTNE,
since which time my health has steadily improved My
food digests well, and have gained fifteen pounds
Of flesh There several others in this place taking
the VEGETIgR and all have obtained relief
Yours truly, -
THOMAS f. MOORE,
Overseer Of the Card Room, Portsmouth Co.'S Milla
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1874-01-24
From the y. Y. sun.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
IlonCrS to the Memory of Philadel
phia'S Horace Greeley.

9he NJ" DIX Urn EiN'' ~ '"'S'
fonrtA street was h'4e' las, e''''" =
by ladies ana gentleman "no I'4:s y"
celebrate 'he one hn''reu an: s'A',
eighth anniversary o. Tue o''t" y
Benjamin anA''h' Inc 'eS!'!'! ":
typographical Society. The hall VA,
! brilliantly lighted, and Wallace ,
full orchestral band allied the air witt
music. AT 3 . clock the Rev. Dr. $
lren"nS Prime stepped forward, and
WAS intro; nt~' =. the Chairman Of
the evening. Ne PCT a glowing
tribute 10 Frank In. lie introduced
the venerable William NNllen Bryant,
who was received With much applause
Mr.. BRYANT spoke at length OF the
great printer services to us country,
and rel'te1 several amusing lncldents
in his career. Alter Mr.. Bryant
address MisS Ella KNAPP Sea2er Gang
the "CutHoo; ana alterward Com
ing through the rye, She was lond Y
arpIanded, and basket OF choice
flowers from one IN the audience was
carried to her by An usher The Rev.
DR.. t. II. Cha"ln delivered an elo-
luent address, recalling the ilnpor-
tant event. IN the life of the great
printer. Miss Se"ger followed with
a song and then the R'v. Samuel
OlroDi WIS listened - for fifteen
minutes. Miss Se'g'r -'n5 "Dra |
Tell, and VIM. Gland Bourne re.l 4
poem OIL Morse and franklin. Thu"
recitation Of the "|43ebond by
Prof. W. {. Lyman vas hnel y .;"rn
and loudly cheer+i. After this fol-
lowed Il dramatic performance, en-
titled, SCENES from the Llfe Of
Franklin, v written by the genial John