Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-06-15
Gleanings.

Gleanings.
Theatrical people are not grasping on
selfsh-they believe in giving everybody
a show.
A Calcutta firm have cleared fortune
of three million pounds in exporting the
bamboo. Their motto is, by Indusl
tree, we thrive"
A Covington man is bold VIXEN be
fearlessly asserts, II allege that the maa(
who alleged that was an alleged forgcr
is an alleged liar" \
The lend man" of one of the New
York minstrel troupes who proposes to
lecture the critics la Dickinson, claims
that he SIS a raven beauty" N
In the present war between Russia and
Turkey, it is expected that the result will,
among other things, decide upon the COM
parative merits of the Russian and Turk
| ish baths
The Grand Duke ceased to love Aimeet
because his bull-pup and the lady's black 4
and-tan got to fighting. Human nature
is never what is called sure thing in a
dog-fight
| An editor who speaks of man who
has discovered q new fact by experience,
says that the new way to prevent bleed
ing at the nose is to keep your nose on
of other peoples business.
A person named Owen Moore once left
his creditors somewhat uncermoniously,
upon which a wag wrote:
"Owen Moore has run away,
! OWN more than he could pay"
There may be time when everything
bad of Brigham Young will lie forgotten
and he viii. be remembered as the great1
philanthropist who buried tweny seyep
mothers-in-law in dozen yeais. ~
The sympathy for "a poor old Bk
man" is not quite as Fashionable as
was in New York before Tweed pub
lished his confession He is raidly
alternating his best friends by his frank
ness.
Is the man who recently bought thd
water power privilege at Niagara Falls
going to take it away with him? Mag
ara Falls would lose half its attractive/
ness as summer resort if deprived OF
water power.
To decide bet, please insert in you
paper which is correct, Yves done it, OF,
Yves did 1t, and oblige, A READER.
Don't know Haven't saw a gram
mar since we seen it at school, but "
would say, we done it, or, 1t is did"
Mr.. Redfeld says he knows a newspa|
per man who never touches liquor.-B0s'
ton Post When we confided one of ouy
/ failings to the doctor, he promised to say
nothing about it; but it looks now Us il
he wanted to give US away.-Nor7istou}
Herald.
, Talmadge in one of his sensational ser,
mons in Brooklyn the other day said
don't laugh at the Dutch, am descend
ed from them," whereupon such feelin!
of sympathy for the poor Dutch came oyI
er the audience that all levity was banisl
! ed at once.
Cure for the Toothache: up the
face in lint and apply red-hot poker
| gently to the nerve. In a short time q.
grateful sensation of warmth will be feltN
in the lower eXtremities, and then the
tooth must be promptly extracted. The
same poker will; l;do any number of times.
When Buffalo young lady-so writes
correspondent-parts from her beau,
who is too bashful to understand the nicer
usages of his position, she will say
'William, if you were to kiss me you
might be afraid ma would hear it. But
if crcak the gate she won't know tn
difference
England has had her full share OF
stormy weather lately. March keeps ug
its roaring lion reputation over there, bu
we shall want new set of weather pr
verbs here, such as
Winter is balmy time.
Spring. look out for hoary rime,
Button, brothers, up with care,
Button up the gay Ulstaire.
The New York Nail says that many
the brown stockings worn by ladies
so poisonous as to endanger life. Tbf
who wear them assume an unlovely
low color. You've got your cue n
dear reader. When you see lady frS
assume an unlovely color, you shoull
pull her stockings right off, and light Oh
for stomach pump.
A gushing and enthusiastic writer
the Polish ladies have q certain 'hauh9
ing loveliness" about them. The on
time when man really appreciatsS~w
''haunting loveliness" means is when
sneaks in by the back way at one A. NJ
and finds his wife waiting for him with
rolling pin at the head of the kitch
stairway.
The Buffalo Courier says that "P11
Swift gazes into the immensity of 81
in search of comets from the toy of
der factory" A cider factory seed
peculiarly appropriate place from VI
to view the ciderial heavens, and IL
wrong to taunt Prof. Swift with
humbieness of his observatory, for NJ
q man has seen stars in his exit from
corner grocery.
When a man comes home and tries
bolt the door with sweet potato -ga
the fire with the spout of a coiee-pot,
tempts to wind up the clock with Il
boot-jack, tries to cut kindling wood f
the morning fire with paper knife, tak
a cold potato In hand to light him to
and prefers sleeping with his hat
boots on, you may reasonably infer th
he has been making the acquaintance
some very friendly people.
A Fort Madison man went into his coz
stable the other day, and, by mistake
mixed up nice mash in bex-full
saw.dust instead of bran. The coy
merely supposing the hard-times :
come and they were all going to ecend
mize, meekly ate her supper, and tbs
man never discovered his mistake INIT
the next morning, when he MIXED tina
COW, and she let down half-a-gallon
turpentine, quart of shoe-pegs, and
bundle of laths.
Jones, who is a bit of wag. rec
took some fresh apartments. They
on the second floor. The landlord iV
on the first floor, and entreated JonS
when he came in at night, to make aS
tie noise as possible. 81 was obi
said he, "to part with your predeces
because he always awoke me. when N
went up stairs at night" Jones went
home at about eleven, and, and mounted
the stairs on tiptoe. As soon Us he had
reached his own apartment, he descended
to the door of his landlords room, and
Knocked loudly. No reply. He kneses
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