Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1837-10-14

II 70. ~, 20 s.a.g II SO, Will return to m
story, though may not stay there. &, s
was IN a high flow Of spirits. and givin
vent 70 my thoughts, my master received N
|smail degree of good character, and withou
fued: ~ ''''
u suppose my Goa. won't bear any compa
lris e with the one heard you speak Of gettin.
last week; the fit or adoption OF which 10 YOU
outW ard man, You have no doubt had the sa
Itistactlon of testing today
AZ this remark Joe smiled as good .nature,l.
~ as ever had seen him do before. and he
was always good natured iellow,) atiudgt
Iof my surprise when heard him say that he
had not purchased a new coat. candidly avow
his Determination not TO do so, and positively
asserShis intention to ,cear his old coat /, yea,
longcs Upon demanding an explanation O
what considered nothing more than wllim
steal freak, he related tae circumstances civ.
en- in thecommencent ofthis article, and fuTlh.
iermore stated that he had already ,co,n his OLD
coat t,co years.
Next day, being Christmas, we visited GU,
old friend, and spent a most pleasant and de.
ilightful lime in the company Of his two love-
lily and Interesting daughters. Joe and Miss
Sally, Thought, kept rather too much BY
themselves, leaving Miss Mary and myself
in the company of the old man. Ofthis, how
lever, had no reason TO complain, as his con.
'versatioh was Of a highly intellectual and in
Is:ructivS nature, and Miss Mary proved her.
self MOTTO have been dull scholar of SO good
a parent and instructor. A short time before
we left The house observed Joe and the old
gentleman closely engaged in conversation,
and as lhey spoke very low, l suspected tina,
something serious was going on between Joe
and Miss Sally. On our way home told Joe
what Thought, when he frankly acknowledge
ed wis right, and that he had actually, tina,
day, received at the hand of his old friend, a
Chri.thas gift, with her consent, in the per
son Of bis lovely and loving daughter. In one
month from that time ! had the satisfaction OF
seeingIJoe Willing made the happy husband
of us beautiful and aniiabe wife as man
could desire; and what was as singular as it
was utfashionabla, he was married Il. Ills old
coat!
Sooh after Vikings marriage, which took
place about nine years ago, he cnigra.cd to
the West. Last fall, while travelling in the
State IF Illinois, and being in the neighbor-
hood where he lived, paid him visit, and
found him the owner of a tirst-rate, well-stock-
ed farm, Of five hundred acres, which yielded
annually an abundant harvest, and surrounded
by cv&y thing that could have a tendency to
renderslIle comfortable. But the most inter-
estug sight Of oil was, his his family. Mrs.
Willing, although now the mother Of four fine
healthy children, and much larger than when
las saw her, was still as cheerful and rudy,
and looked as youthful as ever. Mr.. IL Mrs.
Willing cntreased me TO spend several days in
their house, but being anxious TO get home,
and business demanding my return, / was
compelled, reluctantly, to refuse their kind in
vitation. During the few hours spent with
my friend Joe, learned from him that he was
not only the proprietor of the farm on which
he lived, but also possessed property in Van
dalia, the capital of the State, to the amount
Of fifteen thousand dollars. In answer to the
enquiry how he managed TO accumulate SO
great an amount Of property, he good-huInor-
eddy remarked, that he had never forgotten the
advice given him by his first employer, but
had continued to carry out the principle in
more ways than one, ofweoring his oM cont a
year longer, and added, "it is the sure Day to
aoeaAh."
OLD FiLEs.---We have just risen from an
examination of orr old files Of the Wheeling
Gazette, from 1919 and 80 down 10 the pres
eDt time, and must acknowledge that il proved
to us one of the most interesting treats that we
have for a long time enjoyed. In undertaking
tive had no specific object in view further
than to while away a few leisure hours, "a
luxury that printer does not enjoy any the
less on account Of its novelty but before ris-
ing we became convinced Of a fact that il is
merely our object at present to urge upon the
public mind, viz: That every man who values
the government under which he lives, and
takes an interest in its political or commercial
welfare, ought to keep file Of at least one
newspaper during his life time. We shallno,
stop 10 demonstrate this truth. Its force will
reach the convictions Of all, who devote mo.
menfs1 attention 10 il. Imagine if you can a.
ny thing more important, or any undertaking
ffaught with more interest than that of follow.
ing the steps and tracing the career of public
men, detecting all their vacillations. marking
their Inconsistencies, and in short, forming al
infallible estimate ofthcir characters as states
men and qualities as individuals. Again: wha
can be so instructive, so useful or so entertain
different principles, the spread Of various doc
even the effects Of particular laws, from tn
tiuio VI iHeiI PIoiHulRdtioH uowH 70 INC peIioe
Of examinatiQp, What can enable US to un
derstand and perform our duties as American
citizens, enjoying the high immunities of free
dom, with so much confidence, 80 much cor
rectness,, as review7 What can enable u
to discriminate so nicely or decide with sucl
accuracy in every thing relating to our countr,
as such retrospective glaDce1 Let the wis
dom Of every man answer, and we feel conf
dent Of its import. We hope then, most sin
cerely hope, that more attention will be pai'
to the fling and preservation Of papers, thai
our own observation convinces us has hereto
fore been done, not only in Wheeling bu
throughout the whole country. We hope, al
80, that the pIess will take the subject up ant
urge its importance upon the minds Of the PEG
Iplc. Wheeling Gazeste.