The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-02-11
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II Is stated that twenty years ago 10
annual product Of milk per COW in Ne
England was 200 gallons, but that mo-
1t is more than double that quantity.
A PHnADELrHIA man is experimen
ing to find out how many thimblefuls (
water hogshead will hold. That
called "scientific research" IN Philade
phia.
CONTINUAL fault-finding. continu'
criticism of speech of this one and col
duct of that one, the dress of the or
and the opinions of the other, will max
the home the unhappiest place under tt
sun.
SPEAKING of the failure of woman
club, contemporary says" The womc
began to behave disorderly, the neigl
bors complained, and the club broke u
suddenly" Clubs are apt to be broke
up when women begin to be disorder!
"WHEN the cold wind blows take car
of your nose that it doesn't get froze
and wrap up your toes in warm woole
hose" The above, we suppose, wa
written in prose, by some one who know
the effects of cold snOws.-Iurner's Fail
Republican.
A DETROIT man who was not used t.
the work undertook to slaughter hol
the other day. In the struggle knit
disappeared. and, incredible as it ap
pears, it was afterward discovered tina
the hog had actually swallowed it, han
die and blade.
The people glorify the memory O
Thomas Jefferson and shed tears over hi
grave; and the other day an autograph
copy of his notes on 1.-THE State Of Vir
ginia" sold for $3.50; but it don't hell
his granddaughter who is seeking worl
in Washington.
SOME idea of the railroad bushes!
done in New York may be formed from
the fact that 200 trains arrive and depar
from the Jersey City terminus of thu
Pennsylvania Railroad every day, and o.
these more than ninety are devoted t.
passenger traffic alone.
THE discussion of capital punishment
which has of late been revived hal
drawn out the TACT that no murder wa
ever committed by Quaker. From
which it is evident that no Quaker eve
lived next door to girl who was learn
ing the piano.-Milscauhee Sentinel
IT is said that Gen. Spinner, he of tn,
lightning-struck autograph, is thinking
of resigning. A dollar note without tha
mysterious legend on it won't look a.
though it were worth two bits, and a fifty
cent piece will be as worthless as las
years birds nest.-,St. DO. Herald
SOME of our exchanges are still slosh
ing over with lugubrious sentiment ovel
the death of Mr.. 1874. For one we are
glad the old cove has quit. We would
advise 1875 to deal less in droughts and
grassh0ppers il he wants us to shed any
tears over his taking off.-Hamilton (Ohso
Neaos.
IT is as impossible for man in thi
slippery weather to laugh at his owl
downfall, as for a schoolboy to sharper
a slate pencil properly while laborin.
under the impression that his next sea
neighbor has paper ball of superio
finish in preparation for his head.-Dan
bury Ne,cs.
A RECENT writer says that corpulency
is not disease The founder of til,
English Church was fat man; Luthe
was corpulent; Napoleon l., though hi
carriage was erect and soldierly, hat
much adipose tissue about him; Byron
was inclined to corpulcncy, as were mos
of the literary worthless of the Elizabeth
an era.
AN old lady who owns land along Tho
line of the Pueblo & Salt Lake Railroad
when visited by the committee who were
obtaining the right Of way, said she had
no objection to giving the right of way
but she had "hcarn tell that these rail
roads always brought smallpox ant
spotted fever, an she was afraid of then
kitchen sicknesscs"
JAMES FREEMAN CLARKE has invented
lantern to see stars with but we dom
think his invention will amount to much
A man can see enough stars to last hin
a lifetime by simply sitting down heavily
on the ice on the back of his head. Some
men have seen millions Of stars in an in
slant by merely calling a bigger man thar
themselves liar.-Norristo,on Herald
THE following marriage certificate wa
recently found among some old archives
of the town of Norwich, Conn. Their,
was no date of the year, but the pen
manship and paper both bore testimon,
to the extreme age of the document
Married at Norwich, Sunday evening
31st December, DIR. Enoch Smith, SO
called, aged sixty-six, more or less, a re
nowned collier, to the amiable and &C
complished Miss Mary Melony, cele
brated tailoress, aged twenty-six mex
grass"
DIPHTHERIA is probably no new dis
ease, although such is the popular I'm
preston. Horace Walpolc describes
"horrid scene of distress" in the Caven
dish family, resulting in the death O
several members from disease exactly
answering to description of diphtheria
1t is believed that Gen. Washington dice
of it. 1t never became epidemic, how
ever, until after 1850. 1t was common il
New York in 1857-8-9, and in 1861 i
prevailed as local epidemic in hun
dreds OF populoIs towns from New Yorl
to Nebraska, and from Maine to Ala
bama.
WRITING IN THE LAP.-Men are accus
toned to laugh at women for writing il
their laps, imagining the habit to be al
inevitable attendant of the feminine or
ganization. The reason why womeI
write in their lap is generally that they
have no other place to write, and neces
sity chooses what is nearest at hand
Writing in that way is not only incon
venient and awkward; it is very un
healthful, particularly when done repeat
eddy for any time. 1t has tendency t.
make one round-shouldered; it com
presses the lungs and other parts of tht
system which should have full play. ANY
woman who uses pen frequently, ever
though it be in private correspondence
alone, should have desk, or at least
table, to rest her arm on, and to proven,
the greater stoop required by writing il
the lap. Better still would be high
desk at which she could stand. Erect
she could accomplish her work withou,
fatigue, and in more satisfactory man.
ner than while in cramped position
She can far better afford to stand than to