Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-04-28
Miscellaneous.

Several delegations Of Indians
will be present at the Centennial.
The average boyd rather have a
hip pocket than be even circus actor.
Boston is prep airing for The grand
celebration OF the one hundredth ami
versary Of the battle Of Bunker Hill.
Two hundred and twenty zone
thousand school teachers make life q
burden to IA OO0, 600 children In these
United States.
Philadelphia brags Of having the
most cleaply servant girls. They al.
ways hire ont with the understanding
that the mistress 10 to do the dirty
work.
"Girls," observes an experienced
Brooklyn matrOn, remember that
those men make the best husbands
who can swallow dozen hairs to an
ounce Of butter, without knowing It,"
-Apdy sstood By tho Cons stitution"
twenty-eight times during his speech
In the Senate the other day, and sisuds
ready to do II again At . moments
notice. Give the old man another
chance.
Professor Proctor, the astronomer,
Gays: "There must be 10 America at
least three times % great . proportion
Of reading and thinking men TO the
entire population - there h in Eng.
land"
Helen u. Cooke, writing verses
for . New York paper, say that kisses
on her brow are the richest diadem her
woman's soul aepires to wear. All
right Helen. Bring on your brow and
take your diadem.
When . conductor on . Syrscuse
car shouted "Ruggles street," the
other night . man who had been doz.
ing IN the corner started up and said
"Ruggles treat! Where's Ruggles
Show me Ruggles, quick!"
"A man who found It difficult 70
keep his footing ON walking home
from . convivlAl party explained that
he'd just had his shoes mended, and
the soles were slippsry. "Yes," said
: friend, ..you had 'em hxed by asher
~ c0oiof.
A young lady in Indiana got up ct
midnight, foddefed the cows, split
some wood, and got the water 10 wash
before she awoke. That's the kind Of
. girl for . man TO marry. She'd 20
ont some night and hoe two acres OF
potatoes.
Tho Lesvenworth Times says:
"The objective point OF Miss Anthony
and her friends should be to arouse
the women from their slumber." This
will be heartily endorsed by every
man who has been forced to get mp
and build firo during the late winter.
The firm of Lindholm, at San
Francisco, has obtained . concession
from the Russian Government for Q
monthly communicatiou between
Wladiw ostok, 90 the east coast Of ST.
IBERIA and japan. This will shorten
the. distance from st. Petersburg from
six months to fifty days.
Quite often the press il called upon
to announce the murder OF . wife by
her husband, and the immediate sui.
cido Of the murderer. II 10 simply
. case OF putting the cart before the
horse. Why don't these fellows kill
themselves first! Tho public would
b bestcf pseased.
The Doge Biblical Gallery wss re-
Gently opened for exhibition at 0
church In Chester, Mass., and the pas.
tor delivered An explanatory lecture
When he came to job, he inquired OF
his Bible class, sFor what was job
most noted ?" Instantly . shout went
up from the class, Boiler
The man who wrote this was not
without poetry In bis soul: you
may 60 on inventing washing-mach.
ines for the next fifly years, but to the
average eye you can't patent anything
equal 10 . l~dy'a diamond ring daah.
ing in and out OF the sparkling suds a.
she thumps . wet towel up and down
the washbOard.'
--Abram B. Buckle, Of Delaware
county, Ind, and late Auditor OF the
same, was "irregular." Tho County
Commissioners say to the amount Of
$4,000. He has turned over $ll 600
worth OF property, but the unfeeiing
officers are mot satisfied, and he must
be cruelty dragged into court Natur.
ally AbrAm leans toward the Dcmoc.