The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1839-09-12
SUMMARY

SUMMARY.
| VI 1913 deaths in this city last week.
81 were by Cholera Infantum. Is hy
Diarrhna, 9 by Dysentery, and / BY
Cholera Morbus. Under five wears
OF age, 100; or almost two-thirds of
the whole number.-N. Y. Journal
of Commerce..
Sir John Colborne has been recall
led from Canada. His successor. the
Earl of Clarendon is expected to ar
rive in frigate at Quebec within
fortnight or three weeks.
A Cheshire auctioneer. while en-
gagged the other day in his avocation,
exalted the merits of a carpet; aGen-
tlemen and ladies', some folks sell car
pets tor Brussels which are not Brus-
sells, but can positively assure you
that this elegant article was made by
Mr.. Brussels himself.
Typographical errors are some
times very amusing I've once read
IN an English paper, an account of
fashionable party, at which one of the
most distinguished persons present
was the ''Duke of Pork" A CITY pa
per report the s'Court of Common
FLEAs," and Southern paper con-
talns an account of an ssatrocious
BoBBERY!'
Accompanying a marriage notice
sent for publication to the WATERFOWL
Jefersonian was five dollar. bill for
the editor. This is a leetle the great
est compliment any publisher has yet
received.
The Secretary of War has been ex-
aiming the public works at Oswego,
Lake Ontario, with view to the con-
struction of additional forts under the
Congress appropriation.
"Never go claiming at high water"
was the reply of an old fisherman to
his son, who had written him, request
ing the loan of twenty thousand dol
lars, to enter into the -four specula-
ton at ten dollars barrel.
The clearinghouse of Mrs. Broome,
IN Hartford, was set fire on Sunday
last, by the sun, and several articles of
clothing, chair, &c. consumed. The
lire was communicated to partition
IN the attic, by pane of glass in the
fan light, which formed convex lens,
and brought such a focus to bear on
some clothing hanging on the parti-
ton, as 10 set them on fire. By time
ly discovery the building was saved.
At the anniversary celebration of
the Wesleyan University, last week,
the Rev. DR.. DIN, of Virginia, now
travelling in Europe, was elected Pre-
sldent, to supply the vacancy occa-
stoned by the death of the late DR..
Fisk. One of the Connecticut papers
remarks, CDR. DIN is a very superior
man, and we doubt not but the insti-
tuition will increase in popularity and
strength under his care"
A bright and beautiful bird is Hope;
it comes to us mid the darkness and
the storm, and sings the sweetest song
when our spirits are saddest; andwhen
the lone soul is weary, and longs to
pass away, it MARBLES it's sunniest
notes, and tightens again the slender
fbres of our hearts that grief has been
tearing away.
When Paddy O'Raferty was put
into sedan chair which had no bot
tom, he said, 6 If it were not for the
name of the thing, he might as well be
walking" The same might be said
of the ladies' net work gloves.
The St. Andrews Standard SAYS
i" Our bay and coves have been lite
rally swarming with mackerel during
the past week. Large quantities have
been caught in the wiers at Bocabec,
and along the shores" The fishermen
on our coast complain that the macke-
rel are all gone away. 1t appears from
the above that they are on visit to
the British Provinces.
TALL WINDows.-A waggish neigh
Dor Of ours, speaking Of windows
which he saw in Boston, the other
day, said the squares of glass were so
big that it took four men to look out
of them!-he saw three men try and
the couldn't do it!-[N. H. Tele-
graph.
A Coop SENTIMENT. - In King
James's speech to the Parliament Of
England, in the year 1909, occurs
the following remarkable passage:
ga king ceases to be king, and de-
generates into tyrant, as soon as he
leaves off to govern by law. In which
case the kings conscience may speak
to him, as the poor woman to Philip
Of Macedon, Either govern by law
or cease to be a king.'o
TRoUBLEsoME Fellows The Eel
lows Of the Colleges in Great Britain
and Ireland, are exceedingly anxious
to get married - and supposing that
Queen Victoria may have a fellow
feeling with them, are Fostering her
to repeal the statute Of celibacy,
which prevents them from marrying.
"a petition of this character was lately