Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-05-20
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
/ They are overrun with Mexican silver
out in Arizona, and the people want to ex-
change their coin for something more con.
venient to handle.
| A Nashville preacher hopes his con-
| gregation will testify their approval by
clapping their hands-into their breech
es-pockets and hauling out contribu-
| tons.
There is lady in California who
owns hens, and who gives the proceeds
of all the eggs laid on Sunday to the
| cause of home missions. The Nashville
AdUocdte calls this "eggs-emplaryn
=" What do you do for q hvings"
asked farmer of burly beggar who
applied at his door for cold pictuals and
| old clothes. Il don't do nothing much
but travel about" was the answer eAre
you good at travelingf" asked the farmer.
"1es," replied the beggar. "Then let's
see you travel" said the farmer.
A resident of an interior town came
10 Detroit the other day to secure a stock
of groceries, having decided to enter into
business. As he had no money at all he
was confronted with the inquiry: "What
are your assetss" He deliberated a mo-
ment, scratched his head, and slowly re-
| piled: Wall, | tend chuch purity reg
lar" He hasn't started in the grocery
| business yet.-Detroit Free Press.
How many poor women there have
been, and are, whose pathetic story is
told in these ten homely lines:
Here lies an old woman who always was tired,
For she lived in house where help wasn't
Her last words on earth were, 9" Dear friends,
am going
Where sweeping amt done, nor churning,
And everything there win be just to my
For where they don't eat there's no washing
| I'll be where the loud anthems will always
be ringing,
But, having no voice, ri get rid OF the sing
ing.
| Don't mourn for me now, and don't mourn
for me never,
| For Pm going to donothing for ever and ever.'
"A good old minister of one of our
| New England Baptist churches was
agreeably surprised by the intelligence
| from one of his flock that five individu.
ais had expressed a desire on the next
| Sunday TO have the baptismal rite per-
formed upon themselves. After its per-
| Torrance, however, he was somewhat
chagrined that only one of the five
| joined the society of which he was
| pastor. A few Sundays after the same
worthy Elder waited on him with the in
| telligence that ten more desired INNER
sion. ''And how many of them will join
| the societyl" queried the minister.
1.-TWO, regret to say, are all we can de-
pend on, was the Elders reply. Very
well, said the good old man, "you may
as well inform the other eight that this
church doesn't take in washing" Boston
Commercial Bulletin.
"A restaurant keeper here went, day
or two since, into his cellar TO bottle
| several casks of wine he had received.
He left his head-servant in charge of the
establishment. Three hours after he
went INTO the cellar gentleman called
to see him and the servant went down
stairs to summon him. The servant ran
| back in great terror, and could only
gasp: BE quick-the rats-my master p
| All the persons present ran into the Gel.
lar to which the almost speecblcss SER
want pointed and found black mass on
| the floor; il was the restaurant-keeper,
with rats swsrming so thickly on him as
to conceal him entirely. They were de.
vouring him. IL was necessary TO kick
them off, so engrossed were they with
| their delicious meal 1t was some time
| before their victim could be restored to
| consciousness, when he said he remem-
| bered feeling faint soon after he entered
| the cellar and this was all he knew. He
| had swooned and the vermin had
swarmed on him. 1t is feared he will be
| disigured for life.-Parts Cor. Boston
| Gazette.
The White Pine (Nev) Fea1s of April
| II relates this incident: Judge Davis
has Newfoundland dog that seems to
| be endowed with extraordinary intelli-
gence and very fond of children. The
other morning, during the very severe
snow storm, Judge Davis daughter and
the dog passed our office on their way
| TO the school-house. 1t was all the little
girl could do 10 waddle through the
snow. but the dog would run little way
ahead and break trail, and then rush
| back and take hold OF her cloak and pull
her along This he did until he got her
safely in the scheol-house. lie then
took up position opposite the building,
where he could sec the children coming
from all directions, and stayed there
watching until after the school-bell rang
and all the children were in and then
quietly walked away. The dog knew
| the children were in danger and had any
of them got down in the snow he would
have been the first TO see them and
would have rendered what aid he could
This Is not the first time this winter that
we have seen this noble dog accompany
his young mistress to school. No harm
will come to her when he is with her"