Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-02-13

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Denying q fault doubles it.
Boosters are cousins to liars. = q
1t costs more to avenge than 10 for
give. as ls8 rlt .~I.r8 .aflsa.i
Virtue and happiness are mother and
child.
Straining kissing through
veil. On
When is young lady like a whalee
When she's pouting. S5rs
Very, osry blond hair is noy called
"the light fantastic tow"
A western young lady of sixteen pro.
poses 10 lecture. Tho Thweet!
Fashionable modistes predict that the
| polonasie Ia "booked" for another sea-
son. s.5t. v
minnie, Minnie, tickle the parson,"
is the latest reading Of the Belshazzar
phrase =.
In some way they have ascertained
that only one Iowa woman In ten wears
q corset @ 3 ~ Gsa .ssa
Sometimes men who have been frankly
wicked attempt TO reform, and become
locked mp hyp0eEit0 Ss@s sSaega.a
Tin bussles, holding kaIlon of whisky,
can be purchased By Buffalo ladies who
want to smuggle Canada liquor.
A temporary fashion was that Of dis.
carding corscts. Very few ladies had the
courage to conform to it, we think.
Some of the new collars for the femi-
nine neck fasten with two gilt balls In
front, third ball falling as pendant.
"a lass, lassr' exclaimed an old bach
elor who wanted to marry. ALAS, alas!"
he cried after he had been married .
while
Kindness is the music of good will to
men, and on this harp the smallest fin
gers may play Heavens sweetest tuneson
earth. Ill
Round skirts for the house are in vogue
again. They are turned up on the bot
tom and hcmmed instead Of being bound
with braid.
An Indiana paper says girls should be
taught that God made them in His own
image, and that NO amount Of tight lacing
will improve the model.
OF late the very dirty condition Of the
streets has afforded the bellies excellent
opportunity to exhibit their many colored
Partisan stockings.
A Toledo paper describing On elegant
dress at a fashionable party, says it wasa
''serge decollcte at the bottom and up tho
Sides" This must have been awful.
Some thoughtful person says: 1T is uu-
kind to ridlcule those items in the paper
about centenarians. 1t is no easy thing to
become a centcnarian; several have fail.
ed"
"How many deaths last nights" inquired
hospital physician of nurse "Nine."
was the answer. "Why, ordered medi.
cine for ten" "Yes, but one wouldn't
take it," f-. -
| Love thy neighbor as thyself Borrow
his plow, hoe or horses whenever you
can, but if he wants to borrow yours tell
him that you were just going TO use them
yourself
| The hand organ Of the Young Mems
Christian Association, the deyout Chicago
7imes gives his Sunday sermons under
the cheerful general headline, Satan
Bounced
A Vermont man mortgaged his farm for
$500 and invested it all in q lottery, which
returned $50 and brass watch. Then he
wound up his career by lying down in
front of buzz saw.
Heroism is limited, after all. A girl
who. the other day. jumped into Nerri'
mac river and rescued u drowning child,
tainted away when she saw her false
curls floating down the stream.
A lie always needs truth for handle
to it, else the hand would cut itself which
sought to drive it home upon another
The worst lies, therefore, are those whose
"The arrangements of nature are ad'
mirable," exclaimed u young lady during
the late high winds. "The same wind
which disnrrangcs our dresses blows
dust Into the eyes Of the would-be obser.
vers"
Sergeant Bates writes from Illinois to
the London Nesss. proposing to introduce
the prairie chicken into England, Scot.
land, and Ireland. He has grown tired Of
his experiments with the ungrateful bird
Of freedom.
Talking about upsetting sleighs, Wicks
remarked to q young lady he was taking
out to drive. Il always pick ont the softest
place can, when l upset my sleigh"
She replied, "Why, should think il
would grow nonotonous always falling on
your head"
| When Chase was Governor Of Ohio, "a
we are informed by gentleman who was
then his private secretary, he kept in .
separate drawer stationary which ne had
bought with his own money, and which
he used invariably in all but his oflleial
correspondents. s-
An orator in Los Angels, CAL, began
recent speech with series Of conun-
drums, thus: 'tAre there no dynamic
antagonisms in tho inanimate worlds Is
perfect harmony the universal lsws Do
all tho elements abovc, around, and be.
meath US act in splatonic unitys"
Some envious correspondent in the
Wesesield (Mass.) Tvmss asks that the
School Committc visit one OF the town
schools In the outer districts, where the
lady teacher allows her young man to cit
beside her during school hours, with his
arm around her waist, occasionally taking
kiss.
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In the course of lecture recently de-
fvered by Mr.. Frank Buckland, novel
statement was made. There Is In the
Geological Gardens chimpanzes named
joe" an ape Of extraordinary intellect
Mr.. Buckhnd states that the teacher IN q
deaf and dumb school has ofIsrsd to teach
the monkey to speak.
Happiness is not tAe end Of life; char.
acter is. This world is not platform
where you win hear Thalberg piano play
ing. 1t is piano manufssesv1s where
are dust, and shayinga and boards, and
saws, and files, and rasps, and sand-pa-
pers. The perfect instrument and the
music win DO hereafter. s7ssr
"Whas is love, Nannys" asked Scotch
minister Of one Of his paEisAipnsrs, ALA.
ding Of course to the word In its scrip
ture sense. "Hoot, fye, sir" answered
Naany., blushing. 'sdina ask me sic .
daft like question. I'm sure you keen as