Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-05-08
SPICE BOX.
Little drops ofwater,
Little grains Of sand,
Make Q mighty ocean
And the buunteOuD land -
Little nlps Of whisky,
Little horns of beer,
Make the high old bender
And the drunk n0vere.

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I'll Little horns of beer,
IL Make the high old bender,
And the drunk severe.
, They have no base ball in Gel
many.
Every woman can be good COO
If she tries.
i Anewspaper, to be successful mus
tell the truth.-Leavens0orth Times.
Temper is so good thing that VI
should never lose it and always. com
mand it.
A Rhode Island sparrow has whip
ped rat. The fight was about SOM
crumbs.
The poorest girls in the world ar
those who have never been taught t,
work.--Woman's Journal.
A Rochester IN. W physician ad
vertises that baseball accidents viii
receive his prompt attention.
The London Globe AYERS tha
blighted affections have Q beautifyin,
effect on the human countenance.
The Washington (Kan.) Republtca,
publishes list of blue ribbon wear
ers of that town as long as tax-list
"Dying in poverty" says moderl
moralist, .'is nothing-it is living il
poverty that comes hard on q fellow.
There is difference in milk
maids; the milk made in the country
are not the same as the milk made il
the city.
A Michigan Judge decides that .
law prohibiting BARRIERS from pursu,
ing their calling on Sunday is shea,
nonsense.
| A man who breaks the Sabbath ex.
cuses himself thus :"If fish are wicked
enough to bite on Sunday they ough,
to suffer for it.
Chas. A. Walker, of Ossian, Liv.
ingstone county, N. Y, recently ejec.
ted from his stomach a live lizard
seven inches long.
| A Connecticut firm has lately beer
detected in selling q barreled mix.
ture of sand and mud for q valuable
fertilizer at $32 ton.
To thrive well line officer in the
army ought to have q good income
from outside business or be good
poker-player.-Cheyenn Leader.
"Mum sociables" originated in
deaf and dumb asylums. 1t is NOT
true that they were introduced by
barbers.-Norristoun (Pa.) Herald.
A musical sociable is an entertain.
ment where one poor person plays on
an unoffending piano, while all 9th.
er people present sit around and talk
The Supreme Court of Alabama
has decided that physician may be
called upon to give q medical Opin-
ion in trial without . compensating
fee.
1t turns out that q man in Michi.
gan who "lived forty days on water
had plenty of provisions in his boat
all the while he was sailing around
the lake.
We might as well have all the sore.
head confessions" at once, and il
there are any more brewing they
should be brought out right away
Toledo Blade.
Narvaez was Spanish soldier and
devcut Catholic. As he was about
to die the priest asked: "Do you for.
give your enemies ?" The reply was
agrim one :"I havn't any shot them
all"
The breakfast table asks: When
you look around you at church, dur.
ing q dull sermon, don't you find it q
little difficult to realize that thousands
of people die every year for want of
sleep?
j. G. Dawes, of Canada, has closed
a contract for the building Of an oat.
meal mill at Cedar Falls, and the ma
chinery will be on the ground by July
lst. The capacity of the mill will b.
100 barrels per day.
A London policeman, aged %, re.
ported seven fires within thirty hours,
and it was discovered that he started
the fires himself to get the inform.
ants reward. His sentence was fit.
teen years penal servitude.
Quite scandal has been caused al
prominent Boston church because q
quartette of young fellows from one
of the lowest variety theaters in the
city appeared at recent entertain.
ment and sang some Of their songs.
You blame the papers for publish
i N do 10 hvrH al
pers, save one, should refuse to pub
lish anything improper, you would
drop your present paper and buy
that one obnoxious sheet.-Talmaqe
just back from trip to Havre
"You will catch me travelling by ar
excursion train again. Why, sir, a,
the station at Havre lost my cane
and my wife," Then with his utter.
ance choked by tears--"A new cane
too"
The editor of the Glencoe (Minn.
Enterprise having received present
OF q lot of garden seeds from Con
gressman, is emboldened to hin,
that the present ofa garden in which
to plant them would be more accept
able.
Two youths in an Ohio town, aged
respectively 8 and 10 years, quarreled
and popped at one another with pis.
tolls. One lad was killed and the 9th
er winged 1t is next door to 8
crime for parents to permit childrer
to carry pistols.
tits well enough to hang up chro
mo with "God Bless Our Home" OF
it, but it will do no harm to help OF
the matter by little less fretting
A great many ask the Lord to DE-
what they won't lift their little fin
gers to do themselves.
If anybody can step forward anG
inform the great body of American
women of certain prescription tha
will dispel well-developed freckle
they wont trouble themselves mucf
about the possibility of voting next
fall.-On City Derrick.
Says the Faribault (Minn.) Demo
crat: "Any decent looking and res
pectable man can get q wife for tn,
asking who will stay by him; bu
nothing short Of cash will secure
hired girl, and then che is not liabl,
to stay over two weeks.
| In San Francisco, . Chinaman be
camo the father of an American borr
son, and as he danced about, swing
| ing his pig-tail, he said: "Me Nell
can man, all samee old Grantee. M,
heap Washington. Ne lightning roc
agent. 60 way. Whoopee? ?"
| An India rubber baby that squeal
like human infant has been invent
ed. We don't know whether thi
fills long felt want or n OF. but whe,
it comes to falling out of the third
story window it certainly possesse
one great advantage over the flesl
blood article.
A Young gentleman Of Connect
cut was Tilted by his sweetheart. HI
committed suicide after writing tn
following card; when the devil ha
time to kill fiies with his tail, thel
will l believe in the truth and love o
. woman He is now probably see
ing the operation.
The Frankfort (Ky.) Yeomdn saws
l.