Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-20


toothache."
APage county man three years age
beat and stamped his little girl Il
death because she didn't know bel
lesson At school. He was tried and
sentenced TO the penitentiary for life
A few days ago he was taken to thu
Mount Pleasant asylum hopelessl,
insane. He talks to no one, but call
his daughter all day long.
At the funeral of Cincinnati mar
who had hardly been able to earn tn,
necessaries of life for his family
there was band of music, twenty
carriages, psll-bearers wearing many
yards of Grape, . profusion Of flower
and . heavily-plated casket. A rusty
sign of washing and ironing" wa
conspicuous on the dead mans house
At q recent marriage in . subur
ban town the bridegroom when asked
the important question IL he woult
take the lady for better or for wors'
replied, In . hesitating manner =
"Well I think I will" Upon bein,
told that he must be more positive il
his declaration he answered :
"Well / don't care If do."-Bosto,
Courier.
When the prodigal son was rea
hungry he climbed into q pig-pen ant
made good square meal from OLE
husks. To-day il . tramp asks fo
food and you give him . nice buck
wheat cake and lasses, he will turf
round and call you :sstuck up"
bloated old silver top and such names
More humility lie what this genera
iiou needs.
| G.. NJ. Westherby, a prominent cit
izrn Of Dubuque, who deserted Iii
wife and family ut that place within
the past year, to link his fortunes will
a magnetic healer" named Cor,
Spencer, died Of yellow fever in Mem
phis October 10th. His companion
In infamy, with whom he was livine
as his wife, also snccumbed to thu
scourge.
"Bub, said q Detroit man to news
boy whose bare feet were painfully
conspicuous, "if you'll only commence
now to sleep with your feet out of thu
window, you don't know how har.
dened they'll get before winter setl
in "Didn't y0n try that same 'sper'
iment on your countenance some
time p innocently inquired the lad, al
he looked up.
The Superintendent of tho Grand
Trunk Railroad of Canada has issued
another circular on total abstinence
congratulating the servants of the
company on the success of the pledge
system introduced i've years ago, and
urging the moderate drinkers to join
the temperance society, or at least to
assist and encourage the movemen,
by not tempting those who are
weaker.
Every day we have evidence thai
the small boy has no soul. The Other
day . crowd gathered around far
mer whose wagon load Of butter and
eggs was fast in q mud hole, and
while some suggested that he pull
his horse gee, and others that he pull
him haw, the ever-present small boy
yelled, "It's no use, mister. Yer old
horse amt stout enough. Take him
out an hitch in roll of yer butter :
oil City Derrick.
My Uncle Consider stood looking
At one of the new silver dollars, and
seeing "In God we Trust" on one
side, and the United States of Amer
lea" on the other, sadly remarked
"Well, Eli, l knew we were becoming
very wicked and worldly people,
but never expected to live to see the
day when God and the United States
would be on opposite Sides "Arise
and sing !"-EH Perkins.
Paradise, New, is not to political
candidates all that its name implies.
Two men who were running for Of
fee went there and made speeches,
after which they lodged in the only
hotel. In they morning they found
that all their clothing, except the
shirts that they had kept on their
backs, had been loosely taken by the
miners and pawned tor whisky. OF
course, any show Of resentment
would have been injudicious.
The Holly system of heating houses
with steam sent through street mains
has. just been established in Spring
field, Mass, where . gas company has
bought. the right. Springfield 10 the
second city to try it, Lockport, N. Y,
having been the first. At the present
time the Lockport works have three
boilers In operation, which carry
hest through three and . half miles
Of pipe, to eighty-five buildings, an
increase in buildings Of more than
forty in the last year.
The remarkable monstrosity at
Lakeport, N. r., 10 George Albert
Page boy of IL years with : big head
on him. 1t was go heavy that he
could not walk until he was ak years
old, and now, though he weighs
twenty-eight pounds his head IL
twice - large 40 r. average size,
measures twenty-eig fnches In cir
cumfcrence, and 10 still growing. The
boy eyes are inverted, 30 that he can
only look up. This has prevented
him from learning his letters, but 9TH
erwise he is apt enough, and 10 per-
fectly healthy.
A revival was in progress, and dur
ing the service one evening sailor,
seeing NO other place vacant "csme
to an anchor" in the "anxious seats, y
not knowing the special purpose for
which they were set apart. At the
close of the service the good pastor,
supposing him anxious for spiritual
comfort, took seat by the sailors
side and asked him how he felt
"Pretty well, thankee," said Jack evil
IDENTIFY pleased with the attention.
"But how 10 1t with your soul?" per-
sisted the kindly old man. "None Of
that" said Jack, hitching himself
away; "none Of your-conundrums
here. "-Cause,Ie Of the Boston Tran
script.
It looks as If we are tending toward
Solid North as an Offset to the much