Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-23
Miscellaneous

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
The only victory over love is
flight.
The machinery Hall for the Centen-
NAL covers ID acres.
The woman we love is ALWAYS the
most beautiful of her sex.
Men like to see themselves in print
women in silks and velvets.
'.John, you said Sally kissed you,
did You kiss her back ?" "No,I kissed
her face"
lic who is in good health. and is
willing to work, has nothing to fear
in this world.
Vengeance is slow but sure, with
time. The daughter of a lightning
rod man has elopcd.
Visitors in Florida are paving "a n
DAY FOR an occasional green pea and
the sight of crocodile once week.
There are seven farmers on the
Babcock jury, and ii there is anyI
crooked rye in the case. they know
how to raise it.
When you consent, consent cordial.
~. When yon refuse, refuse finally.
When yon punish, punish good ma.
turcdly. Commend oftcn--ncycr
scold.
The most profound philosopher is
unable to understand why the first
movement ola sailor a ftcr a long cruisc
is to cat ham and eggs and rct
drunk.
The forfeiture of life insurance pol.
icies this year for non payment Of
premiums is in excess of that of any
former period IN the history of the
business.
A Frenchlnan has written work
on the Colorado potato bug, entitled
I'll Sulauum-tubcrosum ct Ia Dory-
phorca dccemlincatc," II is thought
the bug will die.
Susan u. Anthony only wants to
get one look at Judge Ryan, of Wis
consin. Why? Reason enoumh-hc
won't let Miss Goodell practice law
in Badger courts.
Washington wealthy ladies have
already commenced to turn up their
noses at Mrs Senator Christiancy, he
cause a week ago SHE was s'nothine
hut Treasury clerk"
Now, General Washington. Won
jos come an put on Your shoes dis
mint. De idec of you bein' outdoors
barefoot on dc Lords Day WHY.
folksll think yusc Irish ="
\ student undergoing his cxami-
nation. was asked what was the mode
of action of disinfectants lie re-
pied, "Thcy smell so badly that the
people open the windows. and fresh
air gets in
"Mcn arc what Women make Them"
Is the singular title of a new book. 1t
may be true. but we have seen some
dreadful poor specimens of the man
uiacturcd article, which reflects badly
either upon the material or the
! maker.
( Why should the beehive be taken
as symbol of industry? Not bee
is to be seen all the Winter long,
while the cockroach is up at five
o'clock in the morning, and never
goes to bed till midnight. Let's
change this thing.
/ In order to reduce the army ammo.
printions, the drummer nj West
Point, is to be discharged. lie has
been in the habit of playing national
airs, and receives rebnkc from the
Democratic side of Tho House. -Nfr
Orleans Republican.
She stood in a wagon in Ioret,o.
Ny. and he was an high Doorstep
They tried Ia kiss each other. and
leaned reck!essly out OF plumb. His
nose was broken on The pavement
disii"nrins him for life. and her head
got so hard thnmp that she WAS de-
hrions for several days.
"What will you have?" asked a
waiter of one Of tho Indiana editors
at the dinner in Philadelphia, as he
handed him a bill Of fare. And the
Hoosicr with the high forehead lean
ell back in his chair. wiped his fore.
head thoughtfnlly with a napkin, and
clac'laird stcrnly; "Gimmc ALL"
Under The new Texas constitution,
nine votes OLA jury are sufficient TO
convict. But practically it doesn't
amount to much-a Texas Jury al
ways plays scven-up for the verdict
unless il is a case Of horse stealing.
when they hang him before taking
the evidence, in order that their
minds may remain unprecedented.
In the days of our fathers, when a
man suddenly dropped ont of The
community. they nsed TO drag all the
ncighb0ring ponds. and examine all
available hanging places in the vicin-
! ny. Nowadays the first steps are TO
investigate his bank account and
look TO see which suit of clothes he
! took with him.
/ Perhaps. children are the silver
cords that bind us to Heaven. and
yet man doesn't think about that.
who, after listening until "a. NJ. to
the music of his infant, just glanccs
YEARLY at the clock and remarks 10
his wife: "My dear. think I'll go
ont into the woodshcd and try to get
little sleep"
Two young ladies in the Mercan-
tile Library, yesterday afternoon,
were discussing Il preference expires.
sed by one of them for clean-shaycn
men, when the other was heard to
remark: IL don't object to a man
with a reasonable quantity of hair
on his face. but | wouldn't like TO
marry buffalo robe"
The Chicago Iater-Oceaa saws that
there is an old threadbare, snuff col
orcd, thin locked. spindlc-shankcd.
peppcr-and-sali, weazened, rum
drinking fossil. hidden away some
where in Washington, who has writ
ten more Congressional speeches than
all the members OF the present House
put together.
The lth Of March, 1877, falls on
Sunday, and therefore Gen. Grants
succcssor,in accordance with previous
llsnagc, will not be inauguratcd until
Monday. the 9th, so that the Prcsi-
dent will have one day of a third
term MISUNDERSTANDING.
Let the Dubuque Herald sound its
shrill notes against Cesarism.
In Japan the camclia grows wild,
while the girls are cultivated. In
more civilized countries the camelia
is cultivated while the girls grow
wild.
The pet dog of young lady of Lc-
noN. Mass. who recently died, was
missed from its house for two or