The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-30
PLAIN DEALRR.
EVERYTHING IN 1HE LINE OF
JOB WORK,
Bill Heads, Cards, Pos
ters, Circulars.
saiistaetea b meliness, pTU0Daaess aoG
Pres eualaaieol.
~Giye Us 3 trial before ordoTng slzewh9Do.
MISCELLANEOUS.

MISCELLANEOUS.
One little creature can do great
deal of mischief. The Calusa (Cal)
Sun say there il no doubt but that .
squirrel was responsible for recent
break in the Hamilton levee and q con-
sequent loss Of $4,000 acres Of wheat
which became submerged.
-.'Erasnus, you are sure these are
spring chickens?" Yes. Missus. Dey
whar broughten up rite under my own
eyes, .'You watched them growing
all last spring?' "Yes, Missus-an'
all spring afore dat! Yah-dey u
spring chickens. Epoch.
A young lady being informed by
her beau that he intended to cease his
attentions horse-whipped him round
the room, and as he sprang through
the open window told him with part
ing whack that that would teach him
to be more careful for the future not to
trifle with q gentle and loving heart.
A man Of Orlando, Fla, is the
owner Of valuable Ceylon cat. The
principal Distinguishing feature Of
these cats is that they have no tail.
They are great rabbit catchers, being
able to effectually deceive rabbit by
feigning to be one, and being able by
reason Of having no tail to carry out
the deception.
In a swamp north of the town Of
AstOr, Fla, man lately cut huge
cypress tree. and was surprised to find
therein an alligator seven feet long.
The opening in the tree being not half
large enough to admit the reptile, It is
presumed it got in while young and
subsisted on small animals that therein
sought shelter.
you are late this afternoon" said
the music teacher to his banged and
powdered young lady pupil. YES"
said the damsel, swishing down on the
music stool. MA was 50 busy with
her household duties that had to wait
nearly half an hour for her to sew up
rip in one of my kid gloves. Morris
town Herald.
"A team Of four cows appeared in
Bellevue, Idaho, not long ago, having
been driven from Nebraska, distance
Of 1000 miles. They had acted as
motive power for prairie schooner,
and had also furnished milk and butter
for the farmer and his family en- route.
They we're in good condition, with the
exception of their feet, which needed
shoes badly.
John Hancock, of Worth County,
Ga. says that he can remember when
every member Of the Georgia Legis-
laturc was dressed in homespun. II
was in 1929, and the tariff had caused
woolen goods to reach such an exorbi-
tant price that the Legis lature resolved
As man to buy no more manufactured
cloth until the tariff was reduced; and
they kept the resolution.
-Ncllic-..Here comes our Sunday
school teacher, and she isn't as smart
as she thinks she is. My brother says
that story about Joshua and the sun is
all nonsense, because the sun doesn't
move, and Joshua didn't do any thing
at ALL" Fanny (two years older and
from Boston) '.Your brother evil
IDENTIFY is not acquainted with science.
The sun used to move, but Joshua COM
manded it to stand still. 1t did SO, and
has stood still ever since. Life.
Not long since, at the meeting Of
one Of our grand juries, one Of them
said to another: Very intelligent
looking jury; ! wonder how many can
tell us the name OK the Governor"
After a moments reflection No. 2 said
he did not know. ASK the next"
said No. l. No. could not tell, and
SO the question was passed around.
and but three Of the grand jury could
tell the name of the Governor 0f South
Carolina. Anderson Is. Co. -Intelli-
gencer.
Two strangers were talking on the
cars and one was a portrait painter. AZ
ter some time the other inquired the
painters business. Il am an srtist he
replied modestly. .Ah.' said the
other, .what do you draw?' Faces"
"And am an artist" continued the
other. .Ah!'' exclaimed the painter.
with smile Of interest. .'and pray.
may ] ask, what do you draw?"
Teeth" said the other; Il am dent
ist." Then the artist got up and left
the seat.
A Kansas paper says that prairie
dogs make excellent eating. ,though
there is a prejudice against their meat
as food. Two OF them were lately
killed for family that was short Of
meat. and they were fried for supper.
The family being ignorant Of what they
were. thinking they were cotton-tail
rabbits. ate heartily Of them. and pro-
nounced them the finest meat they had
ever eaten. Enough fat came from the
two little animals to make. almost q tea
cupful Of oil.
A resident OF Talbotton, Ga. says
that goats are spunky animals. He
says that his father had flock OF goats.
and that the goats while grazing came
to pond Of clear water. They went
to the pond to drink, and when they
lowered their heads they saw. their
shadows in tho water. They began to
butt at the goats in the water. and
failing to drive them away they con-
tinIed to butt until the entire flock
was drowned.
james Dawson, Of Atchitbn. re-
Gently from Nebraska, has been q
pioneer in railroad and town site busi-
ness for many years. A few years ago
he gained considerable fame and Gre
ated great furor among settlers by
plowing single furrow distance Of
over one hundred miles through Scott,
Greeley and Wichita Counties, Kansas.
and into Colorado. He said nothing,
but kept on plowing, and th5 people.
imagining that he was locating "a rail-
road. began TO take up claim& along
| the furrow. Afterward Jay &aul@ came
| along and bought the Dawson right,