Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-24
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Twin tro0bles-bad spells OF SPELL
ing matches and bad spells of weather.
EMO cards." no cakes, NO fuss,"
Is the hard times wedding style Of
putting it.
An agitation is begun In France
for the lowering of prices at the thea
ters.
"A Spanish pvoverb says IA kiss
without q mustachc is like an egg
without SALT
"A citizen of Utica, N. Y, has been
three times married to, and twice di-
vorced from, the same woman.
"A Milwaukee lady, who paid $50
to have q wart removed from her nose,
wants to know what's become of the
nose.
They are all stealing Methodist
thunder, and now tho Episcopal
churches of New York are actually
holding livery successful REVEALS"
The popularity of horseflesh as an
article Of food is still on the increase
In Paris. On Jan. there were fifty
shops for the exclusive sale of horse
meat In that city.
"A Chicago paper says that q young
widow in that city, who writes well. is
training herself for an editor. We
hope that we are not the editor she
10 training herself for.
"A Correspondent desires 10 to say
that young ladies would probably live
much longer If they could cit through
an evenings entertainment without
resorting to chewing gum.
Zeke Carey, Jamestown, (Pa..)
pilgrim, who has gone up and down
the earth Q widower for two long
weeks, last week consoled his
aching heart by taking another wife.
"A young lady while out walking
heard, for the first time, Other moth
er's intention to marry again, and she
was obliged to cit right down and cry
about 1t. She could not 60 step.
farther.
Clara Louise Kellogg IL making
$500 . week, but the poor girl is to.
tally ignorant of the delight which
comes from hanging over tho garden
gate ON damp night, catching at q
husband and q cold.
"A Williamsport man awoke his
wife tho other night, and, In . startled
tone of voice, informed her that he
had swallowed dose Of strychnine.
"Well, Won fool" said che, sslie still, or
It may come up"
An English physician is telling us
Agaia that tho ssbsbies Of London are
never sober from their birth until they
arc wcaned." Will ho now have the
goodness to inform Us how long they
keep sober after they are weaned7
-Chamois gloves are quite fashion.
able among the ladies. They come In
every color and have any number of
buttons from two to ton. They are
odd and stylish, and whom discarded
can be used to clean jewelry.
"A Colored congregation in Ohio
have decided to forgive their clergy
man for betting on . three-card
monte aud losing $50 of festival mon
ey. Ono Of the deacons remarked,
eve is oil human, an de game 10 very
enticing."
DIR. Cornelius Falling Brown, re-
Gently appointed surgeon general Of
the armies of the khedive OF Egypt Of
. salary Of $1,000 in gold per annum
less than i've years ago measured
tape in Q small dry goods store In .
country village Of Michigan.
"A broken backed chicken, with .
false tail and ring Of turkey feathers
glued round his neck, received the first
premium ut the Ohio State agricultu.
raj fair a. . "Hungarian chicken of the
Slavi-Magyar breed" The fraud was
discovered, and the committee are be-
Ing pestered for eggs.
"A BAyarian recently shot an apple
frot6 ME boys head, Z 10 William Tell,
at . distance Of 30 feet, hitting the
apple III tn middle. He was About to
repeat the experiment, when the police,
tnstigated h. tho lads mother, inter
fered and teopped tho dangerous
sport
After vast amount of controversy
90 to the probable cause of the freez-
ing Of the Great Salt Lake-an event
hitherto unknown, even to the oldest
inhabitants father-the people Of the
neighborhood have hsrmonized upon
the conclusion that 1t 10 due to the ex-
treme cold. sslessss ,s,as
An Iddf1n came to 8 certain agent
in the northern part Of Iowa to pro.
cure some whisky fora young warrior
who had been bitten by . rationale.
"Four Quarts!" repeated tho agent,
with surprise ssas much a. that ~
"Yes, replied the Indian ''four quarts
snake very big"
do you want to kill the child 2" ex-
claimed q gentleman ~ no saw . De-
tr0it boy tip the baby out of ito car
rage ON the walk. aNo, not quite"
replied the boy abat II I can get him
to bswling mother will take care of
him u lille go and wade in the ditch
with Johnny Bracer!"
Tho Beecher trial has allowed
three Witnesses from Connecticut to
testify. Connections 10 small State,
and ought to be allowed every on.
portunity to distinguish herself, but,
ct the same time, she should remember
that the trial has already lasted over
two months, and there are thirty seven
States and nine Territories yet to hear
from.
The Parlsians devour 100000
Of apples every winter. An eminent
French physicsn thinks that the dc.
crease Of dyspepsis and bilious affec.
tons In Paris Is owing 70 tho increased
consumption of this fruit, which, he
maintains,is an admirable prophylactic
and tonic. % we'll - very nourishinG
and easily digested article of food.
Tho Missouri Legislature has just
Afforded singular comment upon the
social equality Of sexes. In . bill
making seduction . felony, after pro-
vidiug Q penalty for the male seducer,
the paragraph thus proceeds: "Or any
female who, under promise Of mar
riage, shall seduce any unmarried male
of previous chasto OF character shall
BIO guilty Of felony"
Mr.. Baldwin, Of Michigan, knew
that the preacher was In the parlor
with his wife, but he didn't think any.
thing about It until he heard Q voice