Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-12-23
FACT AND FANCY.

ulstfictS OF NoTth Sarohhu
Thirty fine, large foxes were killed
near Pawllng. N. Y, last year.
Single mills at Tacoma, Oregon.
are filing large order from Ohio.
A south polar expedition Is being ar
ranged for by party Of Australians.
A single hunter on the Antioch Cali
formal marshes bagged 1915 ducks in
one day.
Long Toe is the somewhat expressive
name Of mn inmate Of the Nevada pcni
tentary,
Over five hundred students signed the
petition inviting ID. l.. Moody to visit
Harvard
Five hundred tall ladies to wear
rubber cloaks rs an adyortisement' are
wanted in New York,
A second crop Of grapes will bs in
readiness for picking about Santa Rosa,
CAL, within q few days,
Recent foundations in the state OF
Tchuantepec, Mexico, caused loss OF
500. 900 to propcrty-holders.
A marriage occurred ut Erie, Pa, one
day last week, In which the bride was
90 years old and tho groom H.
O'Donnell, the antl.cooly candidate
for governor, received ll.i9l votes IN
the recent election In California.
Nearly thousand tons Of grapes lie
rotting in the vineyards about Hoalds-
burg. Cal, owing To poor markets.
IL IL now proposed TO make the Los
Angeles river California, nayigablo by
the construction of u series Of locks.
A carload OF fresh salmon. packed
in Ice, was shipped to New York from
Portland, Oregon, one day last week.
In Cuba soup is made OF plantaini
sometimes dried and grouud TO pow
der, and sometimes used fresh and
gr" Ga for PURGE,
There are 2, 1877 pcnsionersin North
Carolina, the smallest number In any
state OF the union. They relieve the
government of $50, 900 annually,
A California correspondent says that
votes were openly purchased at the
late elections lust rs n farmer buys
sheep, and at about the same price.
In speaking of the Harvard game.
The HRcetoRjdn says: ''Ihore were
two hundred seats ON the grand-stand
reserved for men with lady escorts.
Miss Estello Blaizen Is in jail ut Bay
st. Louis, Miss, for throwing u hand
full of pepper into her fathers face and
then giving him y dose Of raw-hide
medicine. She whipped him because
no made unkind remarks about her
Among the visitors at the presidents
reception, the other day, was woman
with pug dog, who, after shaking
hands with the chief magistrate, held
up the pug's paw for shake too. The
president however. refused TO shake
Candidate tor Coroner-Novcr mind,
wife, when | get elected my fees will
buy us all the comforts OF life, Wife
But, John. suppose there are 10 sudden
deaths. Candidate for Corondr--Oh,
well, wo won't look on the dark side.
How long since your father has Civ
ON you good licking, sonnyP "Ho
never did" "Iook out, youngster!,
You know where liars go TOP" 81
aim lynn. Ho never gave mo a good
lickin'; but have had plenty Of tother
kind.
A Lynn clergyman relates that on
one occasion, after marrying couple.
IN envelope was handed to hin which
no supposed Of course contained tho
marriage foe. On opening 1t no found
slip Of paper on which was written
1--WE desire four prayers.
1--WE propose having game supper
ut our church next week" exclaimed q
spinster ut an entertainment the other
night; "now, what kind of game would
you recommend" "Well, II you want
to draw all the boys, suppose you try
poker" calmly replied Joseph Pickle.
James," said one Of the bookkeep-
ers to the new porter in the store. you
are not expected to bow TO the head OF
the firm every morning when he comes
in and ask after his health" Very
well, then, you can cut my wages down
| 90 a week. It's worth that to have the
burden of my mind
"And so you think my voice isn't
good enough for the stageP" asked an
ambitious tenor to the operate manager.
mo, no, / didn't say that. IL Is musi-
cal enough for you to secure an engage
ment rs q call boy, or to help the stage
carpenter do the swearing, but both of
those positions are filed just now.
In the New Hebrides savage went to
TO the priest with his two wives to ask
his blessing. 1.-TWO wives. exclaimed
the priest, impossible; one Is all the
church permits" A day or two later
he returned with one wife. with the
same request. Where is the otherP'
asked the priest. 1--WE eaten her"
was the reply.
A Buffalo lawyer was under examina-
ton rs witness and had stated APP
proximately the time ut which some
thing occurred when he was sharply re-
quested by the examining attorney to
be more definite. "You ought to know.
II was about the time you collected my
costs in that suit and kept the money"
was the paralyzing reply.
Little Toty went to Sunday school for
the first time in her life, and heard the
teacher tell about Adam in the Garden
of Eden, and what an easy time no j
must have had OF it had he only re-
pressed his appetite for apples. On re-
turning home Toty said to her motheri /,
"Then Adam was all alone. on the
earth at first, was he, mammal "ies,
my child, all alone" "Poor mani;
How 'fraid he must have beerf of rob
| bers!"
Parson Spire--I understand, dcac1
that the church carpe. is being rul
by tho water from dripping umbrel
| Ia T.,