The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1839-09-19
VoL. I.......No. l6.
SUMMARY.


rubric ''Salta per trial. meaning skip
over the pages, took three leaps in
front of the alter, to the great aston
ishment Of the congregation.
PowERs.-An Oxford student join
ed, without invitation, a party dining
at an inn; after dinner he boosted so
much Of his abilities, that one of the
party said, "You have told us enough
what you can do, tell us something
that you cannot dop'-'sIndeed," said
he's cannot pay my share of the
reckoning"
The Lower Sandusky Wing says:
''Honey Dew, so inexplicable to ma
ny, has been unusually abundant in
this section for the last few weeks;
indeed we do not recollect of ever
seeing it more SO. Upon examining
some leaves upon which this sub
stance was discovered, we found it
very palpable, quite thick, gummy,
and yielding an agreeable saccharine
TASTE"
We are now told that the great fire
at PASSPORT, broke out in grog shop
and is believed to have been the work
OF incendiaries. Some men were turn
ed out at late hour of the night, at.
ter quarrel in the shop. In which
a man was stabbed. Threats of ven
geance were uttered, and were prob
ably executed, as the fire was found to
have been kindled outside the shop.
The Turkish law against duellingis
very severe. The survivor in a duel
which took place at Constantinople,.
was found guilty of murder, and de-
capitated. The parties were rival
lovers.
DIALoeuE.--ssPapa, one of my
schoolmates says his brother wears
mustachios! What are mustachios.
papa?"
"Mustachios, my son are punches
OF hair worn on the lip by certain dan
dies, as a substitute for brains'' a
''Well, papa, are those who wear
mustachios, what are called hair-brain-
ed people!
Talleyrand said in the Chamber of
Deputies-''I know where there is
more wisdom than is to be found in
Napoleon, or Voltaire, or any minis
ter past or PRESENT. is. in PUBLIC
opINIoN.'
1t is stated that ssof one hundred
and eleven voters who testified upon
the contested election in North Caro-
lima, for members of the last Congress
twenty-eight could not write their
Names" The schoolmaster being a.
broad, will account for his not being
at home in that section of country.
The reception of Mr.. Webster in
England has been more like that of an
emperor than a citizen. 1t is hon.
age to genius and talent, which, while
it reflects honor on himself, adds hon.
or to the escutcheon of his country.
The official list of the Dutch NAVY
shows that the number of men-of-war
Gncluding those now building) is 81,
carrying in all 2,377 guns. Of these
there are two of "a guns, six of "a,
one of Cd, two of 60, nineteen of So
to 80, twenty-eight from 20 toals,
and sixteen from to guns. Among
the latter are five armed steamboats,.
"What is rebus?" innocently ask
ed lovely miss Of a black eyed lad.
1mprinting a kiss on her breathinglips,
he replied: eff you now will return
the compliment that will be a re-buss!'
She was satisfied with the information.
At a feast of animals, who sets at
the head of the table? The cow-be-
cause she CALVES.
There now resides in Indiana a man
named Andrews 100 years oId--1O7
years older than his youngest child,
who is 13.
Several thousand laborers on the
Indiana public works have been dis
charged, the State not having means
to pay them any longer. All classes
of society must, sooner or later, suffer
the effects of the present unstable con-
dition Of the currency.
A correspondent of the Hartford
Patriot states, that, within four miles
around the city Of Hartford, there are
at least, one million of Multicaulis
trees for sale. s
The Bangor Wing says: 1--WE learn
that our city collector Of taxes has
sold nonresident lands to nearly the
amount Of $4,000, for non-payment
of taxes for 1889. The law in this
State allows an interest of twenty
five per cent, and only two years re-
demption.
1t is conceded on all hands that la,
dies are FAIR, and that chickens are
FoWL-that the money market is TIGHT
that the morals are LOOSE, and morn.
ing gowns too.
Those habits which dignity or dis.
honor manhood obtain their shape and
complexion during our earlier years.
The fruits Of summer and autumn We
getate in the spring, and the harvest of