The Iowa patriot. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1839-1839, 1839-08-08
SUMMARY.

priated the trifling sum of Ssoo,ooo
for the erection Of stables at Windsor
Palace, in order that the queen may
enjoy the exercise of riding.
81 fear,' said a country curate to
his flock, ''when explained TO you
in my last charity sermon, that Phi
lanthopy was the love of our species,
you must have understood me to say
specie, which may account for the
smallness of the collection. You
will prove hope, by your present
contribution, that you are no longer
laboring under the same mistake
A virtaous man, who has passed
through the temptations of the world
may be compared to the fish which
lives all the time in salt water, vet is
still fresh.
The New York Courier says that
the Secretary of the Treasury is cor
responding with some distinguished
fnanciers of that city, on the subject
Of debasing the silver coin, SO as to
prevent the expectation Of it being a
profitable business. The Secretary
is in favor of retaining the silver coin
in the country, by debasing it to less
than its full value, as has already been
done with the gold coin of the United
States.
The celebration of the Fourth Of
July at Trenton was splendid affair.
The soldiers encamped there made
general parade through the city, and
thousands were in attendance to wit
ness it. During the day an Grafton
was delivered and national salute
fired.
1 The secret Of Dante's struggle
through life was in the reckless sar-
casm Of his answer to the Prince of
Verona, who asked him how he could
account for the fact, that in the house
hold of princes, the court fool was in
greater favor than the philosopher
'Similarity Of minds said the fierce
genius, s'is all over the world a test
Of friendships"
An English paper says, in the
course of trial at the Old Badey, Mr.
Justice Patterson remarked upon the
evidence of a linen Diapers assistant
which was given in a very inaudible,
voice: that linen Diapers men made
the worst witnesses, for that being
constantly in the habit of talking soft
things to ladies about silks and vel
vets, they acquired a way of speak
ing SO gentle and lisping, that in a
court Of justice the evidence was with
difficulty heard--there was no getting
them to 'sspeak up
! The editor of the Steubenville Her.
aid says, "a subscriber who has been
patronizing us for several years with
out paying, and whose lovely wife,
not long since, broomsticked our col
lector out of the house for presenting
the bill, wanted to know of us last
week, avhy we stopped his paperw
A HINT 70 Law MAKERS IN Iowa.
Not far from two centuries ago, the
Scottish Legislature enacted that "a
good and sufficient school shall be
erected and maintained in every par
ish.'' To these five little words "a
good and sufficient school, introduce
ed into an Act of Parliament, not Ion
| ger than mans thumb, is Scotland
indebted at this day, for nearly every
solid glory she possesses.
4 A man aged seventy-seven who is
living with his sixth wife, and has
twenty-six children, has lately NOV
ed from Buffalo, N. Y, to Iowa, be-
cause he thinks that the increased
value of land in the new country, in
the course Of twenty years, will en-
} able him to live free from toll after
that period !-Poston Post.
It appears that Gordon d. Boyd,
!; the great sub-treasurer and defaulter
, of Mississippi, is a locofoeo stump or
ator. In public harangue the other
day, he exclaimed at the top of his
lungs-ssNo man in the nation is more
| indebted to the people than ] am"
Except Swartwout," retorted by
} stander; che owes a million and
quarter, while you owe only seventy
!, thousand.''- Lou. Jour.
}, Ono RIVER. The larger class of
boats have all laid up. The Madison
: Courier says, it was with extreme DIFF
/ ficulty that the mail boat, the Gene
: raj Pike, made her trip on the 18TH
She struck several bars. Lookout
5 now for failures Of the mail.
: Said a fellow to a jew, while ago,
Iadid you know that they hang Jews
: land Jackasses together in England?'
|ssNo did'nt," replied the lsraelite,
: ssbut if it be true, it is fortunate that
E you and / are not there, for one of
| us might be hung for his nation, and
the other for his nature, and there
S would be the end of BOTH .
& Pm not fond Of catnip, as the little
$ girl said, ven pussy bit piece off her
nose.