Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-05-04
Gleanings.

An expensive wife makes pensive
husband.
A Newark saloon displays sponge
inscribed "please don't"
The King of Holland offers to send 49,
600 tulips to the Paris Exhibition.
Moses was a civil engineer. He sur
veycd the promised land.
II is estimated that Tilton will clear
$50 900 on his lecture this season.
New Orleans strawberries are SLOW
sale at 81 per quart in the Chicago mar
ket.
To persons about to marry-take care
(says Punch to choose lady help, and
not lady incumbrance.
New York city alone consumes 7O,OOO,-
600 eggs per annum, and the consump-
ton increases every year.
Ritualism is on the increase in London.
Eucharistic vestments are now worn III
forty churches i'll that city.
MARY" said St. Louis lady to new
servant, ''when you hang out the CLONES
be careful to put the incest pieces nearest
10 the street"
A Kentucky editor remarks that ninety
nine out of hundred people make
great mistake when they cut of a dogs
tail. in throwing away the wrond end.
"Why, Sammy" said father to his
little son the other day II didn't know
that your teacher whipped you the other
day." 81 guess" he replied, III youo
been in my trowsers you'd knowd II.
Dull times have driven many mer-
chants to the cash system, and they are
now ornamenting their stores with such
notices as, PAY to-day, trust to-mor-
row." "If I trust, bust;" 'ln God we
trust-all others cash"
The London Church Rerieao under
stands that one of the most prominent
members of the House of Commons is
shortly 10 introduce bill to 'place all re-
ligious denominations on an equality"
The Illinois Senate has passed game
law so stringent in its provisions that the
Chicago Tribune finds itself justified in
saving that a human being will be the
only thing left safe to kill during certain
months.
Anna Dickinson stepped to the foot
lights Monday night, in New York, after
the play was over and gave the critics
uiece of her mind with pepper in it.
It is rumored that John NJ Langston,
the colored orator, and former President
of Howard university, will be appointed
Secretary of the American Legation at
Paris
Prot. Adler in recent lecture in New
York, asserted that the Jews were hearth
ly sick of their own religion, and that 1t
was fast passing into decay.
1t is estimated that the loss sustained
by Iowa farmers during the past year on
account of hog cholera will amount to
$S,000,OOO,
Tie man who gets into Office must do
it by yanking somebody else out and
with the feeling that some day he will
in like manner be yanked.
The exports of fresh beef from New
York to England during the past nine
months amounted to 29,90S,S pounds,
valued at S2,677,3S3
1t has been ascertained that Jews who
keep their Sabbath live, on an average,
ten years longer than do those OF them
in Europe who have no Sabbath.
Lady Mary Wortley Montague once
said: 1t goes far to reconcile me to be-
ing . woman when l reflect that l am
thus in no danger of ever marrying one.'
t. lo &c s,,to far
farmers to know that there are over co.
600 shorthorns in the United States re-
corded in the American herd bood.
Ex-Gov. Tllden was riding in a car
riage Monday afternoon of last week,
when the horses ran away. Tilden jump
ed out, escaping without injury.
Mr.. Blankrets has made an assignment
of his stock. That probably On account
erpane too high for it in the first place.
Now turn your carpets the other side
up Not that it makes any particular
difference, but the women folks have got
to have some fun.
"We hear of no nightingale in the war
in Turkey. y."-Gladstone's Speech. Ex-
cept the Bulgarian atrocities, Williams;
they are ware-blue, you know.
During the year 1874, 14S,16 immi-
grants arrived in this country from Great
Britain. In 1875 the number was 1O5,-
GAG, and in 1876, 1858.
A list of clergymen who have fallen
from grace within year, in the Uniteu-
States, is published in the Jentsh Times.
The number of convictions for crimes is
given at forty.
| Mrs. Hayes receives her daily callers
attired in plain black silk gown, with
her hair simply dressed, and wearing no
jewelry, and the fashionable Washington
women who live in extravaganza don't
! like it.
II make it a principle not to lend mon
ey," said good man to a friend; "but
in your case sacrifice principle to inter
est And when the latter found he mad
charged twenty per cent discount. he said
he thought he did
A Sunday-School boy gave his teacher
this illustrative definition of responsible
ty: Boys has two buttons for their
s'penders SOS to keep their pants up.
When one button comes off, there's q
good deal of responsibility on the other
button"
A notable incident of the issue of the
four and half per cent bonds in ex-
change for the old skies is, that large
part of them are taken in this country
Not more than fourth of the new issue
goes abroad.
Maine will build eight new starch fac
tories this yesr, and the factories will
manufacture starch out Of corn that is
worth 81 per bushel to sell to Iowa farm
ers.
A Lincoln. Neb., dispatch states that
though some grasshoppers are Matching,
not so many hatch as were expected, and
farmers are not frightened.
During the year 1876 the trade of Eng.
land went against her to the sharp tune af
$4eO, ,000,O This balance sheet caused
wide spread alarm, but tue result of the
trade in January, 1877, was no better.
The San Francisco Commercial .Neus
of a late date asserts that much anxiety
is felt regarding the coming crops in Cal
ifornia, especially of barley, and many
and varied opinions are held by the DIFF
ferent parties interested
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