Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-12-15
Gleanings.

In Norway drunka rds are compelled u
sweep the streets
Wisdom is the talent of buying virtu
Gus pleasures at the cheapest rate.
Cardinal red seems to be the fashona
bic color for gentlemen's noses this fall !
OF what beverage did Julius Caesar
die? Of Roman punches administered
by Brutus.
A large portion of the men of genius
squander their money; the other portion
never have any
The weak have remedies; the wise have
joys. Superior wisdom Is superior bliss.
Wisdom may be the ultimate arbiter,
but 1t is seldom the immediate agent in
human affairs.
That is treacherous friend against
whom you must always be on your guard.
Such friend is wine.
The first glass for myself, the second
for my friends, the third for good humor-
and the fourth for mine enemies.
A Sioux motto-''White man big
smart-hc furnish brains; red man heap
brave--he knock 'em out"
"Much remains unsung," as the TOM
cat remarked to the brickbat when 1t abb
ruptly cut short his screnade.
A down East paper says there is fog
bell on that coast that is ''no more use
than a boiled carrot hung in boot leg. \
The question has arisen in Pennsylva-
MIA whether watches are not wear
ing apparel, and as such, exempt from
taxation.
The man who has not had the hay fe-
yer nose but little of modern luxurles-
Almost everybody finds it sneezy thing 10
get Il
Wealth. after all, is relative thing, /
since he who has little and wants less is
richer than he that has much but wants
more.
The belief that the Fcnian "Sklrmish-' s
ing Fund" is used by the recipients inj
sllirmishing for drinks is becoming
stronger every day.
Fashion Note-Window sashes cOntin
ne to be much worn-mostly by ladics
looking ont to see the people pass by to
church.
Wherever there is excessive wealth
there is also in the train of it excessive
poverty; as where the sun is brightest
the shade is deepest.
Wealth is weak anchor and glory
cannot support man; this is law Of
God, that virtue only Is firm and cam
be shaken by a tempest.
Money and time are the heaviest bur
dens of life, and the unhappiest mortals
are those who have more Of either than
they know how to use.
No man can play good game OF
whist and kiss his right hand partner
between the games. 1t is high time this !
fact was thoroughly understood. z
The boot and shoe market is looklng1
up. Considerable movement in slippers
applied to the young since the torchligh
season commenced.
The married and single mines of Tro,
started game of base ball last week, and
when it came time to build the fires fol
tea, some ladies appeared in the field, ant
every one of the married men made
home run.
\ Philadelphia clergyman preached
one Sunday from the text, "Be not for
getful to entertain strangers; for thereh,
some have entertained angels unawares.'
The idea is a good one, but is taken u,1
rather late in the Exhibition.
$50" said a lady recently, to an Abe,
deem merchant, your pretty daughtc
married a rich husband" "Well' slow
" replied the father, Il believe she ha
married a rich man, but l understand h,
is very poor husband"
Jennie June thinks knowledge o
cooking is what the poor need most. w
do not like to dispute with a lady, but
seems to us that something to cook
would be fully as necessary, though w
may be wrong.
For washing windows, looking glasse
much labor, aside from giving bette
polish than anything else; and for gener
al house cleaning it removes dirt, smok'
and grease most effectually.
Funny monkey" said Mrs Parting
on, as she saw him patiently sitting,
''but he sits as if he had plumbago in hi,
back, ard could wish there was NOR
hair on his represensible tail. l canno
yet believe, neither, that they're our pos
terity,"