Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-03-11

-Brigham's proposal-B. Young.

-Brigham's proposal-B. Young.
Gov Easton, of Massachusetts. says
that art education has added largely
70 the industries of that State
AT the funeral of lady at Windsor
Locks, Conn, q few days ago, her hus-
Dand and two sons officiated as pail
bearers, by her request, no others assist
ing them.
The Ulster overcoats are not yerv
pretty, but they will come handy when
making up stock for the new Kitchen
carpet. Ddnbury Neaos.
A man in Southwestern Missouri has
discovered that the rock fence on his
farm is made of zinc ore, and neighbor
finds himself with chimney Of the same
material.
The widely-preyalent pneumonia is
raging as an epidemic in some parts of
Connecticut. Congestion of the lungs is
speedily followed by congestion of the
brain, and the patient, unless relieved.
dies in few hours.
AN Englishman who knows how to
write praises New England and its
ladies, but he says that while they are
familiar with high order of literature
they don't know their own country; they
have no idea of the laws which regulate
their own organisms and they don't
know how to cook a potato nor mend
their own dresses.
AT Glastonbury, Conn, the Smith
sisters lose their case against the Tax
Collector in the action for trespass, be-
cause he sold some of their land for un-
paid taxes, instead of first taking porta-
BILE property, Judge Sumner, of Hart
ford, and the Court of Common Pleas re-
versing the judgment of the lower court
and giving judgment for the Collector,
who Is also to recover costs.
When spectacles were first intro
duced it was considered fashionable to
wear them, even by people who were not
in the least near-sighted. In Spain they
formed part of the costume of every we'll
bred person. This absurd use of glasses
was meant to increase the gravity of the
appearance, and consequently the ven-
Grafton with which the wearer of them
was regarded This absurd use of
glasses is not yet obsolete.
The New York tines has the follow
ing appalling suggestions: "It is not at
all an improbable superstition that we
have entered upon a cycle of cold
winters which may last for some years.
There is-so far as anything can be
made out from SO unsettled science as
meteorology--a tendency to repetition of
given grades of temperature during fixed
periods. Possibly this is the mode in
which the great secular changes of
climate occur; that is, during brief peri
DDS the temperature rises or falls, and
then after that never RECEIVERS its old
scale"
"A stable-keeper in Rochester, n. Y,
has a hack-horse of which the following
stories are told: At the end of the
stable is water faucet, under which has
been placed large tub for the horses to
drink from. When this animal is thirsty
he scorns the use of the tub, but turns
on the faucet with his teeth and holds
his head under the running stream until
his thirst is quenched, then turns the
faucet off again, and with knowing look
at his observers trots back to his stall.
During the present spell of cold weather
the water has been allowed torun to pre-
vent it freezing in the pipes. One even
ing when the men were elseW here en-
gagged he went for drink in his usual
manner and after he got through turned
the faucet off. The consequence was the
pipes got frozen up and had to be thawed
out before the horse could quench his
thirst in his accustomed manner. Aft
dayits in support of these statements
most people will regard as necessary.