The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1839-10-17
1GToN, l. T., THURSDAY, OCTOBER II, 1899.

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S es around me, that there is no occa
$ sion at the present day in the OF,
: Colony, for any such Legislation a
g this; that, law or no law, that man i
: held to bea villain, on Cape Cod, wht
5 raises his hand toward woman, ex
cept in kindness; and that, in return
no man is in danger of being smitter
[ by the gentler sex, with any Other
weapon than the bright glance which
heals while it wounds. Again, the
learned and eloquent orator of the day
has reminded us that it was deemed
necessary to provide, among the first
acts Of legislation in the Old Colony.
that IF now or hereafter any were
elected to the office of Governor, and
would not stand to the election, nor
hold and execute the office for his
year, that then he should be anerced
IN twenty pound sterling fne.' All
trouble upon this score, | believe, has
dlsappeared-at least since the hap
Ipy period when the Old Colony was
united with Massachusetts. But |
cannot answer for it, Mr.. President,
that this will always be the case, if
things continue to be managed, as
they have been to-day must can
didly tell you, that, when found my
self moving along to this pavilion in
solitary grandeur, excluded from that
part of the procession which was hon
ored by the presence of the ladies,
and when | perceived that my posi-
ton here, on this elevated platform,
was to be one Of like privation, Ito
say nothing of the natural misgivinr
which may well come over one, who
finds himself directly in front of his
honor the Chief Justice and the Sher-
iil) | say, sir, when | found that these
were the consequences of official dig
nity,l had some thoughts of taking
advantage of the Old Colony law, and
paying my fine.''
SrArUAnY AND Wrr.--Among other
toib|es of Lord Timothy Dexter, of
Newburyport, was an imaginary
taste for statuary and wit. To prove
his claim to the former, he had large
yard in front of his house filled with
statues, including gods, demi-gods, he
roes and great men. among the latter
of whom he ranked himself, and had
his statue placed accordingly. And
to make good his claim to a taste for
wit, he used to encourage jokes, even
at the expense of being himself the
butt of ridicule. He was very vain
of his statues. and vain of the rank
he held among them. Seeing coun-
tryman one day gazing at them over
the fence, he popped his head out Of
the window, and said:
Friend. | suppose you are from the
country, amt your
why then, | 'spose l am. And
what o that?' .-...s............. .....
Don't you think Eve got little
paradise here?
why, yes, | should think so. if !
didn't see the deuil looking out of the
Windov.'
Good! good! come in friend and
take something to drink a-
The man went in, and got so we'll
paid for his sharp-shooting, that in a
short time he found himself as drunk
as Bacchus. 49,.
The DEVIL TO PAY.-This phrase,
doubtless, originated in a printing-ol-
flee, on some Saturday nights settle
ment of weekly wages. "John,' says
the publisher to the book-keeper, show
stands the cash account?' s:Small bal
ancc on hand, SIR "Let's see,'' re.
joined the publisher, show far that
will go towards satisfying the hands?"
John begins to figure arithmeticallv;
SO much due to Potkins, so much to
Grubble, and so on, through dozen
dittos. The publisher stands aghast.
"Here is not money enough, by Il Jug
full" "No, sir; and, besides, there is
the deuil to pay.''
s'Friend," said the smugg|er to the
Costonl-House officer, elf should put
a dollar on each Of your eyes could
you see" NO. replied he, -''and if
you were to put one on each of my
ears, could not hcar.'
CATCHING SHARxs.-There seems to
be fine sport for amateurs Of shark
fishing, in Charleston, IS. co. and ex-
perlence assures us that it is quite an
exciting amusement. One of these
man-eatlng gentry, was captured last
week by a gentleman which measured
I1pWoo1c IF ton foo+ -, lo,rtb