The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-03-01
INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

-" Man mlSS1ng, saws CnlcagO pa
per. Poohl What's that, when Nevada
loses 1913 mules by u asnow-slide and doesn't
stop work for a day!-Detroit Free Press.
"A man in Cheyenne, few days ago,
went into store to buy barrel OF apples.
He bit into an apple, concluded TO take q
barrel of twentylounce pippins, went
away, and, after being absent an hour or
SO, came back and asked to see the apple
he had bitten into. On being asked why
he wanted that particular one, he said that
he had lost his false teeth somewhere, and
he .ather thought he had left them stick
ing in that apple. His surmise turned
out to be true.
AS was passing group Of laboring
men on Washington street, at Boston, o
few days ago, writes q correspondent, one
of them said: 81 paid $3.50 for these
pants" at well known clothing store,
which he named. They looked like good
warm garments, and cheap enough. Soon
after, I went into a business Office on one
of tie principal streets, and while there
Young woman came in to see one OF he
visitors Of the ofgaccszed charities. She
was plainly clad. and loosed tnin ana
careworn. She made her wants hIown'
and obtained tickets for aid, After she
passed out was told her history. Her
father was without work, the mother was
ick: she made .pantsloons, and had bceal
eceiving for all the sewing, putting on
buttons, ETC., seventy five cents a dozen,
but had been recently cut down to- sixty
cents a dozen. By constant work with
her machine until late in the evening, she
could make three dozen pair in week.
Cheap clothing may be blessing to the
poor, but what will become Of the poor
sewing -woman9 There is wrong some
where.
AN Omaha livery-stable keeper owned
fine lot of coach h-dogs. These dogs are
white, with black spots all over them, and
are noted for their docile, not to say cow
ardly, dispositions. The dogs belonging
to the livery stable keeper were beset on
all occasions by the other dogs in
street, and, as they were meek in spirit
were as easily overcome as lot of sheep.
The livery-stable man stood this as long as
he could, when, one day, he found a
large white bulldog, and it Immediately
occurred to him what to do. He bought
that dog, took him to the stable, and there
kept him until he got thoroughly ac-
quainted with the coach-dOgs. The bull
dog was then sent to the barber's shop,
and black spots were neatly painted or
dyed all over him, SO that he looked like
a veritable coach dog with somewhat
short nose and elongated lower jaw. The
next time the carriage was sent out, this
model coach-dog went along, and the
street dogs 'went for him." thinking
they would have their usual sport and vic
tory; but in this they were mistaken. The
bull dog raced them a good deal more
than half way; and he made the hair and
the bark fly terribly. Since that time the
coach dogs have been left alone
Dubuque (Iosoa) Times. ea
The Kingston IN. W Freeman tells
the following story: An absent minded
farmer resides in the town of Olive. He
generally depends upon his wife, not only
to conduct the affairs within doors, but
also expects her to keep an eye on all the
farm implements, such as plows, moving
machines, axes, shovels, hoes, etc, that
are liable to go astray. A few days ago
he actually came to the house and made
the following inquiry of his better half:
Sarah Mariar, have you any idee where
them barn-doors is?' 1t seems he had
been butchering, and, to facilitate the
work, had removed from their hinges tile
small doors of the barn, and had forgot
ten what he had done with them. He
thought Sarah Mariar' ought to know, and
she did, taking the gentleman by the arm
and showing them to him. With puz-
zled expression on his face, he looked at
the doors several minutes, and then gave
expression: wall, / declar, l never
would have found them if it hadn't been
fur you, Mariar!'"