Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-12-02
FACT AND FANCY.

thick In various parts OF the state.
Jones Qeading sign)--'Whisky
sours." wonder what IL soursp
Brown-Sours my wife's temper, gem
orally.
Large numbers of horses are being
stolen from the white settlers near
Utica, Montana, by bands Of travelling
Indians.
An organization recently formed by
q dozen or more fashionable New York
people Is styled tho "lndian club, and
proceedings are devoted to storytelling
and descriptions of the life and customs
of the people in that far-away country.
Citizen Ito farmer)--How are things
out your way, Mr., Hayseodp Mr. Hay
seed (gloomily)--They couldn't DO
much wuss. NV wife and three cows
arc down with pleuro pneumonia |
refused 800 apiece for EN- only last
week.
Wonderful thing tho electric light.
'Spose they'll soon use 1t to ripen tho
corn instead of the sunP' "Well. some
crops are already sown by It's light"
"Nonsenscw "Yes; know young fell
lows who SOW all their wild oats by
that light"
Tho female oyster-shuckers OF Can
ton. Md, have organized protective
association, with membership Of five
hundred. and ono thousand more arc
expected to join within short time.
The colored oyster.shuckers have also
formed an association for protection.
An organization has just been found
cd In Now York city which meets with
guarded approval. II Is composed of
men exclusively. and Is known as tho
Kissing club. Its members are pledg-
cd to attend, as appointed by tho ex-
ecutivo officer, all first performances
for the purpose Of using the sibilatiou
of disapproval II 1t becomes necessary.
In Charlestown, Mass. there Ia fam
lily, tho paternal head of which is con-
nected with the city works, two sons
are policemen, one son occupies posi-
ton in reformatory belonging to tho
city. ono Is II letter-carrier, two daugh-
ters are clerks in tho employ OF tho
city, and one daughter, tho youngest,
hopes soon to obtain position M
teacher in public school.
Calvin Harris, u colorod mnn in
Wilkes county. Georgia, was rummag-
ing In the drawer of table In his
house. the other day, when he acct
dentally fired pistol which happened
to DO there. The ball struck his hand
and lodged In the joint OF his forciin-
ger. 1t wedged itself In 80 tightly that
1t was with considerable difficulty that
it was extracted by tho physician.
Broncho John, who has been show
ing his pet bear in New Haven, Conn,
went chestnutlng tho other day with
citizens of the place. The bear enjoyed
the ride to the grove, and while there
at once climbed trees and ratified down
the nuts in great style. Tho owner OF
the trees, who had hitherto kept close
watch over them to keep away boys,
beat retreat, when he saw tho bear
and did not modest the party.
Monkeys are the latest fashionable
pets in New York. One devoted owner
had representative Of the marmoset
species out for nm airing on Broadway
Sunday. Evidently tho atmosphere was
too chilly to suit his monkeyship. for
he retired to the seclusion Of snug
pocket in tho breast Of tho woman's
wrap, from which he would furtively
thrust his head, and only deign to como
to her arms when tempted by u sweet.
meat.
The Sharon, Pa, doctor who some
time ago created q sensation In tho
medical world by tho alleged discovery
of nutriment which will sustain life
to the exclusion Of food, has announced
that he will make a public test OF his
discovery within a few days. He will
employ number Of patients, and.
placing them on an absolute fast, will
guarantee cure for whatever disease
they may have. His experiment will
take place in Washington.
They don't do business as they used
to-" observed the old gent, as he
wheeled his chair around. Twenty
years ago q man who failed in business
had some honor left" Yes" replied
the man on his right MY son was in
business in Chicago. lie failed and set
tied for 25 cents on the dollar, but af-
terward paid every creditor In full and
went into business again" 'How
much did no fail for the first timer"
Fifteen thousand dollars, sir And
the second timer" "The second time
ah-hem for 5000, believe" After
which the old gent suddenly turned tho
conversation into other channels.
A crime under peculiar circumstances
was recently committed at Birming-
ham, Ala. Late Saturday afternoon
Fannie Davidson, a nurse OF Mrs. Smith,
took the baby in the yard and remained
about half an hour. When she re.
turned with the baby it was asleep, and
Mrs Smith in few moments discov-
cred its unnatural action, and hastily
sent for neighbor The child grew
worse, and, Notwithstanding the efforts
of good physician, died within two
hours after The nurse had made an
engagement to go to party, and could
not leave until the child was asleep, and
it is supposed that she used method
to make it go to sleep earlier, SO that
she could leave. She has been arrested.
The daughter of the homing pigeon
Wichita, that recently few from Wieh-
tia, Kan, to Wheeling, W. Va, a distance
of one thousand miles, in twenty-four
hours, arrived at Wheeling Tuesday in
somewhat damaged condition. 1t
had evidently been attacked by hawk
or cat, probably while resting at night,
and all its tail feathers pulled out. One
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