The Iowa patriot. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1839-1839, 1839-08-15

city was taken! Princess Isabel was
present at the siege, which, notwith-
standing. her royal necessities. lasted
three yeGrs-so that remarks Barten.
her Highness's garment took a vel
IoWish tint. After the place capitu-
lated, the ladies in the suite of the
Archduchess, in order to make their
court to her, adopted in all their dress
a kind Of half-color, between white
and yellow, which in honor of their
mistress, they called Isabel. The die
tionaries inherited it from the maids
of honor, and the term, invented by
this extraordinary object of flattery,
came into universal use! One cannot
help admiring the frmness and perse-
verance exhibited by the Archduch-
ess ON this trying OCCASION Boston
Journal.
CONFESSIONS OF A BEGGAR BoY.-
New WAY TO RAISE THE WIND.-Mv
father then went into a grog-shop
hard by, telling me I must get him
some money some way or other. 1t
was late, and as | thought, too much
trouble to beg what he wanted. l
was therefore exceedingly put to it
for some successful expedient. At
length a happy thought struck me,
and went into drug store in Mar
ket street, a few doors east of How
ard, and called for six cents worth of
cream of tartar. 1t was soon weigh
ed out and handed to me. Just at
that moment person came in, and
soon after three more. The young
man in the store was of course soon
busiiy engaged in serving them.
stood still at the counter, with my lit
tie package in my hand, waiting with
seeming great patience. After all
were gone, | remained, standing there
and at last the clerk asked me if
wanted anything else. ssNo, sir,'
said |, Il am only waiting for my
change "Your change, oh! what
did you give me?" "a half dollar,
SIR" He looked at me for some mo-
ments, and then said, s.Are you right
sure" ''Oh, yes, SIR with apparent
righteousness, 81 gave you half dol
lar just as that girl came in for the
castor oil, and you put it in the draw
err, and forgot to give me the change
''W ell, | am sure | forgot all about it,
but | suppose it is right" said he as
he gave me forty-four cents change.
| walked quietly out of the shop, but
as soon as was round the corner,
threw the cream of tartar into the
gutter, and ran off as fast as could to
JOIN my father. He was of course
delighted with the large supply | had
raised, and when | informed him of
the trick to which | had resorted, he
patted me on the head, and said | was
a sad one: and then laid himself back
TO enjoy hearty laugh at the joke.
"Money is too scarce now, Charley"
said he, ''to afford to buy nything to
eat with it. You can easily get enough
cold victuals. So do you 60 out and
get something for us to eat, and we
will go home and take our supper
We will take bottle Of gin along and
some beer, and fare sumptuously.
A MAGNIFICENT TERRIToRY.-George
Selwyn, the celebrated English satir-
lcal wit, was once made resident min
ister at one of those little one-by-two
principalities, SO common in Germany,
but where the exercise of his peculiar
talents soon renderd him very unpop-
ular, and he was accordingly ordered
to leave the country. 81 have it in
command from his royal highness,"
said the pompous official who bore the
order to the offending ambassador,
''to announce to you that you must
leave his dominion in twenty-four
hours" ssReturn to your master," re-
piled George, in tone of huge dis
dain, ''and tell him that l shall look
back upon his dominions in five min
utes from this time"
''When my husband comes home
drunk on brandy said an afflicted
wife, she goes to bed and snoozes it
out, but when he gets drunk on wine
/ and my children have to flee for our
lives" The intoxication of wine, in
many cases at least, is worse than
that Of rum or whiskey.
Colonels Warren and Mills, experi-
enced commanders of militia regi-
ments in Florida, write to Gen. Ma
comb, under date of June l5th-that
the great body Of the people Of Flori-
da are satisfied with the Provincial
treaty with the SeminoIes, and con-
vinced that it will require time for
their peaceable removal; that the ex-
elements at Tallahassee and st. Au-
gustine, against the treaty, proceeds
from persons interested in prolonging
the war.
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