The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-12-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


IT is a sad thing to see boys body out
growing his mind.
BUeG1Ns thinks that dynamite is con-
traction for die any minute.
THE undertaken and crape-dealer's
motto" Man was made tomourn."
A MANS action is only picture-book
of his creed. He does after what he be-
lfeves.
THE letter mail is the only portion of
the United States postal service which is
eif-sustaining.
A POPULAR actress who died recently
left an unprotected husband without visi.
bic means of support.
The late Mary Diamond, a jewel of the
first water, lett to religious and charitable
institutions in Philadelphia more than
100000
AN exchange speaks of 'young lady
with blue eyes dressed in blackn She
must have been engaged in some domestic
squabble.
THE japanese are making rapid strides
| ia civilization. Six of them were recent
ly sent to prison for selling fishes eggs
for silkworms' eggs.
In Vienna the street-cars are under
Government officials, and any passenger
unprovided with a ticket has to pay a
| double fare. If he refuses he is arrested
| and fined.
A LEADING citizen of Hampden County,
Mass, recently buried his daughter from
another church than his own, owing TO
superstitious fear of passing church
with corpse.
THE police authorities at San Francisco
| have made their first raid on the opium
smokers and will continue the crusade till
they have broken up all the dens frequent
ed by white people.
! The spectacle of man fostering with
the small -pcx walking through the streets
of Middletown, Conn, recently, had a
somewhat demoralizing effect upon the
citizens of that place.
A RURAL gentleman who visits Mem
| phiS occasionally is the observed ot all OBJ
servers while he is in town. He has his
name printed in white letters near the top
of his boots, which are of the knee-high
! sort.
I AN Austin (Nev.) man, who was fined
| $50 for sleeping on the sidewalk, re-
marked to the Judge that he must think
the sidewalk was seventeen room suite
in the Palace Hotel when he charged that
price.
THE time when man fully realizes
that woman's sphere should be enlarged
is when he finds that his washwoman has
| mistaken his stockings for his shirt bosom
and starchcd them accordingly.-No'aoth
! Bulletin.
A MOVEMENT is on foot in France to
abolish the custom of shaking hands. AS
we never expect to run for a political
office, we don't care whether the custom
is abolished in this country or not.-Nor-
r5stoNn Hcrald.
THE receipts of the Boston Baseball
| Club for 1915 have amounted to S37,76
and the expenses to $34, ,505. A motion of
a stakeholder, at the last meeting, that a
dividend of 10 per cent. be declared was
negatived by vote of tiftyseven to nine
ty-tive.
CATS, foxes and weasels have always en-
ioyed the reputation of being remarkably
sly, and they no doubt deserve it; but
nothing can surpass the slyness with
which woman, surprised by an unex-
pected caller, will slip a set of false teeth
into her mouth.-Brooklyn argus.
DIR. j. r. DEAN, of Spartanburg, S. c.,
has an old colored woman on his place
near seventy years old, who picked out
over 1890 pounds Of cotton this season,
oftentimes sitting in chair and moving
it along in the row, so as to be within
reach of the cotton, which she grasped
with nimble fingers and transferred to her
bag.
CoNDUCTOR WADLEIGH, OF the Hart
ford, Providence & Fishkill Railroad, who
was killed at Bolton, Conn, the other
day, was pretty cool man. When he re-
covered his consciousness he inquired the
time, and ordered subordinate to take
his train out Of the way of another, which
was soon to follow, and then died in few
minutes.
ROME has one of the shrewdest and
most reliable weather prophets in the
world Being asked whether he thought
this would be cold winter or not, he
looked at the sun, dug up some roots of
grass, examined the husks on adozen ears
of corn, and then said, impressively: 81
don't know" Events will undoubtedly
BENJAMIN" shouted Mrs. Toodles to
her husband, who was going out Of the
gate, "bring me up five cents worth of
snuff when you Gomez Snuff? Mrs.
Toodles, snutf?' he calculated, as he
paused with his hand on the latch; )" no,
no, Mrs Toodles, the times are too hard to
admit of such extravaganza; you must
tickle your nose with a straw when you
want to sneeze. ."-Fulton IN. ~ Times.
SHERIFF MORRILL, having couple of
crazy men to convey from the St. Albans
(Vt.) Jail to the Brattleboro asylum, the
other day, resorted to this strategy: He
called one aside and asked his aid in keep.
ing watch of the other on thejourney, and
the man was overjoyed in having such a
trust placed upon him. He then did the
same with number two, and started on the
train. The span of lunatics sat side by
side, silently eying each other through the
whole route, and they have continually
kept guard over each other in the asylum
ever since.
A PORTLAND (Me.) merchant went ovel
to Fryeburg with Sheriff, the other day
to collect bill of Mr.. Hatch. The lat
ter raised an AK, and the enemy retreated
They soon returned and creditor and
debtor had hand-to- hand set-to. The
merchant floored his antagonist, and he
agreed to pay up at once. But just ther
his wife came in and grabbed the wig o.
the Forest City merchant, while sister
in law drew a broom stick across the Sher
ifs nose. Mr.. Hatch Immediately vowed
that he wouldn't pay the debt, and he has
kept his word.
AN attempt similar to that of Thompsor
Tor Thomassen) to destroy the Mosel was
made in 1856 upon the Vanderbilt steamer
Ariel, sailing from Bremen Haven. Aftel
the vessel had left port she was signalee
tn ston and word was sent to the Captain