The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-09-28
Leighton DOingS.

Chasing skunks in his night clothes is a
favorite amusement of Leighton youth.
Israel Thompson has sold his farm adjoin-
ing town. r. Redman was the purchaser,
and the price paid $55 per acre. We un-
derstand that MIR. Thompson will build a
new house on his farm west of town, and
reside there hereafter.
Clark Craven, who has been counter
jumping" for Walton, the past summer,
leaves this morning. He has not yet de-
cided where he will locate.
The latest exercise for some of our
ladies, Sunday, was jumping over hand
car, backwards.
Being out late of nights set SO hard
on Leighton clerk that next day he
bought eggs by the pound. The boys say
he was badly struck" and we think he
was pretty far gone when he couldn't tell
dozen eggs from pound of butter. The
lovers of cake can now lay in a supply of
material already mixed by calling at
Waltons.
A Leighton Democrat says their party
has entirely run out of good timber for
candidates, and that this year they had to
pick up the rotten chunks.
Liant Taylor and wife start for Fl Scott,
Kansas, this week, where they expect to
buy land and settle down to farming.
Last week our solitary Tilden man forti-
fed his premises. He mounted two joints
of stoye-pipe on a pair of wheels and
placed them in front of his shop, and then
stuck joint out of each window, hOlsted
the Tilden colors, (which, to be in sympa
thy with the party, was dirty white) and
then stood back to see the result. Who
would have thought of the Quaker gun
relic but Democrat?
Porte WEIGH in his speech Friday night
appealed to his Democratic friends to
abandon their party and support Cooper.
ID. NJ. Conley, Greenback candidate for
Congress, addressed the faithful here last
Friday night The attendance was small,
but the speaker flew the eagle from Maine
to California, up hill and down, through
valley and dale, over mountain and gorge
and finally lit on the "big bellied" bond
holders in New York Oh! how he threw
himself back on his dignity and shrieked
for our dying country, when he discovered
his big watch chain, (the bond-holders. }
Here Porte WEIGH came to the rescue and
got Conley off the track by telling him it
was train time, and if he wanted to go he
had better close. He closed. 1t was cur
rently reported next day that Conley had
taken too much of the old-time Democratic
plank, and wasn't in a condition to fly
close to the real issue. Porte WEIGH, of
course, had to say his little piece; but
Porte got clear down to Cairo on rat
chase, and from there to Knoxville after
McCormack's ''nigger,". and from there to
tanning skunk hides and putting the Gov
eminent stamp upon them. He finally
settled down at Ottumwa on Hendershott,
the Democratic nominee for Congress.
! He stuck his fangs into him and ripped
him open on the currency question, and
pronounced him totally unfit and ignorant
of the financial question. Porte finally
got down to business by exclaiming
"Who's Peter Cooper? Why he is the
man who last year turned out 284 girls al
Cooper Institute, and he's only SO years
old!" He finally explained that they
were telegraph operators. KYLE.
LEIGHTON, September 25. 1876.
The Berger Family will be here mex
Friday evening. Speaking of this com
pany the Boston Globe says:
The Berger Family and Sol Smith Russell
Concert Troup appeared last night before p tn
| thoyen Hall this season; but this Is nothing
| new, the Bergers always have full houses 70
the reason that they always have q varies
| programmes, which entertains all classes with
| out offending any. The cornet solos OF Mis-
| Anna Teresa Berger were received with tumul
tuous applause. and the character sketches
| Mr.. Sol Smith Russell. conyulsed the audienc
| with laughter. Mr.. RusseiPs power OF deiinea
4 ton of character is remarkable, and his geniu
| In this direction seems 10 have an almost un
| familiar with him, and he portrays the varie
| emotions OF Human nature with surprising ease
We congratulate the troupe upon their well
merited success; and we put aad Sar the
| have been, that IL Is one Of the best companie
OF artists that have appeared before Bosto
audience during the present season.
The Board of Supervisors OF Potiawat
TAME county paid the Globe, Of Council
Bluffs. 81, 1877 for printing the delinquen
tax list for 1875. Wapell0 county pai'
$500. go, only about one-fourth of what
cost In Pottawattamie county OttumU
Courier.
Mahaska county paid $500, about one
fourth as much as Wapello, and onl
one-sixteenth as much as Pottawattamie
Mahaska's small delinquent tax list is on
of the best guarantees of prosperou
county.
The Oskaloosa HERALD entered upo
its 9th volume with its issue OF Septembe
Ia. It Is grand old paper, full OF vigor
and talks straight out and no mincine
We have been one of Its readers for twenty
two years and Il Is always welcome at GU
editorial table. - ndianold Herald.