Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-09-11

1t is estimated that at least 10 900
victims of gas generated by sewers
alone are slain every year in this
country.
France is a star, and the boot of
it." is the imagery of new Hungar-
ing poem.
A curious new fact in natural his
tor is that the spits dog is "a domesti-
Gated sub>arctic variety of the prairie
wolf"
The British medical association now
numbers thirty three branches, with
IL 249 members, and invested funds
to the amount of ELS, 541
Buffaloes are now bread at Good
night, Kan, and buffalo calves sell at
$50 head where once the esrLh shook
beneath the onward tramp of 10000
hoofs
Say" said the editors bright little
son, as he entered a store, do you
keep knives?" Goa, yes" responded
the storekeeper, "we've kept them for
years" well" returned the boy.
starting for the door, you ought to
advertise and then you wouldn't keep
'em SO long"
is he dead2" was the inquiry made
about an lrishman, who, in company
with hod Of bricks, had fallen to the
bottom of the ladder.
"Oim not dead" exclaimed the in
jured man, feebly, 'but Ot'm knock
ed spaichless
The last number of the statistics Of
tie German Enire gives particulars
as to the manufacture and sale of
playing cards in Germany lasl year.
The number of manufactures was,
as in 1888, sixty one. and they turned
out 3, $50, 010 packs of thirty-six cards
than thirty-six cards, or total Of s.
83S, 249
Scene-English primary school.
Mistress teaching her class the alpha
beD to Johnny aged f1ve) Now,
Johnny, lets hear how we'll you can
say your letters right through John
ny-"Ha, be, Sc, de, he, hef, &c.
haitch," School ma'am-"Can't you
say 'aitch,' Johnny2' "Johnny-''
Yessem-haitch, hi, ia, ka, sheol-"
Schoolwa am,-"Whatl There's no
such letter as that. You mean L."
Johnny-"Yessem hi know; but ma
says you mustn't say hell any mere,
coz they calls it sheol now"
According to a correspondent of
The Baltimore Sun, an old hotel pro-
proprietor says no greater humbug ex
lists in hotel keeping than the bridal
chamber" business, and SO far as he is
concerned he proposes to abolish all
such arrangements for the future. He
says bridal couples will take just
what you give them, and will submit
to almost anything without mar-
nur. They are too much occupied
with themselves to take any note
of their surroundings 1t is the PEG
pie, he says, who have been married
long enough TO get over the honey
moon, and in the intervals of fussing
with themselves fuss VI th everyone
around, who give the hotel-keepers
trouble.
A man went into the country last
Sunday for walk. He carried his
overcoat on his arp, but, finding 1t
burdensome, hung it on the fence.
Taking a card from his pocket he
wrote: do not touch this coat; in
fected with smallpox" He came
back two hours later and found the
card, upon which was written, under
meath the warning: Thanks for the
coat; I've had the smallpox"
Herman Peschel, of Grant county,
Wisconsin, who claims that his legs,
arms, face, back, spinal cord, knees,
and other parts of his body were in
jured by an accident while he was
employed by the Chicago. Milwaukee
& st. Paul Railway Company, in
August, 1882, has sued that corpora
ration for $40, 900 damages
a farmer was hoeing hard on his
patch of land when one Of those town
loafers approached the fence. Hello,
Farmer B., what do you think of the |
outlook" what outlook" why, |
the business outlook Didn't know |
there was one" I'VE are all talking |
about it down at the store, and they |
sent me up to hear what you lad 10 |
say" 'Oh, yes, see; well, tell EN-
if they would stop talking and go to i
hoeing that the country will prosper |
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