Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-11-25
FACT AND FANCY.


wrong use of tea,
The mountains on the upper San
Joaquin river, California, arc covered
with deer, bears, and lions.
1t cost the government $1,000 to
bury the body of Senator Miller, OF
California, who died last spring
A farmer near Yorth Yakima, Ari.
IONA, has five acres Of peanut vines,
which are loaded with fine large nuts.
"Out of the tullness Of the heart the
mouth speakcth," as Fogg remarked
when hearts were trumps and he
''ordered it up"
II people who mean to begin to read
should read all the advice to readers
about reading they wouldn't have time
to read anything else.
Tho hop-growers of Mendooino
county, California are making pre-.
parations to gather their crops next
year without the aid Of Cinnamon.
Twcnyfour hours after recent
wedding in Walla, Wyoming terri
tory, the bride brought suit for n
divorce ON the ground Of drunkenness.
ibid you hear that Tompkins had
failcdP" HAS hep know hc has
been in bad odor for some time"
"lts all right now, for he hasn't got a
cent"
Tho annual revenue from the sale OF
leo harvested on iifty-four acre pond
near Truckec, New, Is $4,000. A sim
gle crop of ice averages fifty thousand
tons.
A bridge across n small river in Mid.
dleseX county, Ontario, has stood for
seventy-thrce years. and IL strong
enough to stand for fifty more, 1t is
constructed of black walnut tree.
"The numerous marriages in Oil
City and vicinity remind me of my
summer at the sea-shore." remarked
old batchelorc Bilkins. "How's thatP"
'Methnks | can still hear tho moaning
Of the tod"
Only seven Of the presidential post
offices in Tennessee now remain TO DO
filed by democrats. OF the two thou
sand fourth-class offices in the state
about thirteen hundred are now filed
by democrats.
The United States and Canada sent
forty-two representatives to the recent
congress Of naturaists IN Berlin. out of
n total of 429 foreign delegates. Eng
land sent seventeen, Japan sixteen.
Italy fifteen, and South America twelve.
Amelia Steele, who claims TO have
been tho wife of Joseph Gall, Brook
Ign optician, who died recently, worth
$3.50. 600, received hut 81, 600 from tho
estate, and proposes to begin nm action
in the supreme court for n larger slice
of the pie.
A small boy who was struggling with
large umbrella came TO his mother in
grief. Mamma" he said, cmphati-
cally, 'you must take mo downtown
at once and get me measured for an
umbrella. This one Is entirely too
large Tor me"
French wits are never tired Of throw
wing hot shot at their noighbors across
the channel, An Englishman thus
writes to French friend: IL am de-
lighted at the recollection of tho pleas
ant hours | have passed with you in
France. II you visit England come
at once TO my housc-and will direct
you to a very good hotel"
One day. when Mr.. Potts was being
shown the old Roman baths, the Mt
tendant drew ont glass of water and
handed IL to Mr.. Potts who tasted IT,
How old do you say this sprinng lisp"
about three thousand years DID," re-
piled the attendant. III you could put
drop of equally old whisky in II, 1t
would be decided Improvement"
Thomas Caldwell, of West Troy, N.
Y, recently traded horses with George
Brewer, of Smoky Tavern, and short
" after the trade discovered that the
animal he had traded for was balky
and wind-broken. He then traded
with the father of Brewer for 3-year-
old colt, which he also discovered was
Of no use. Then he borrowed rig
from farmer and went home, disgust
ed.
Allis Brown, a colored man of Nash
vile, Tenn. succeeded IN stealing
enough furniture to fit up house, to
which last week he took his newly-made
bride. The stolen articles, which were
afterward found in his house by detec-
tivos, consisted of every known house,
hold continuance. Among them were
a handsome set of silverware, four good
clocks, several carpets and chairs, ele-
CANT sets of bedroom and parlor furni-
ture, and bible.
II am afraid, Bobby" sad his moth
er, "when l tell your papa what
naughty boy you've been to-day, he
will punish you severely" Have you
got to tell himp" asked Bobby, anxi-
ously. "Oh, yes; I shall tell him i'm
mediately after dinner" (The look Of
concern on Bobby's face deepened. I'M
till bright thought struck him.
well, ma" he said, "give him bet
ter dinner than usual. You might do
that much for me-"
A man named Bonkin was fishing in
a Duchess county, New York, pond,
day or two ago, and occasionally the
bait was taken from the hook by
wild duck of the diver variety. 1t got
to be very bold and would come al.
most up to the boat and pull off the
bait. When stones were thrown at 1t
it would dive under the water, coming
up again in an instant to resume ope-
rations. Finally it swallowed the hook
and was caught.
The Widow Flapjack got new
boarder the other day. At the first
meal he took he choked and had ter
rible time trying to swallow some
coffee. Whats the matter, strangerp"