The Iowa patriot. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1839-1839, 1839-07-04

.nS ~ wi sweet VOlce-Lnlng near
him singn yanky-doodell as he kums
from his plow now. Mary melden has
got baba! oh my deer henry do cum
out and lets git marrud.
SO no more at present but remain your
loving KATHRUN AN TILDEN.
10 my sweet henry.
i. S.--Pdrt Sekkund.-Jeems Baslett
has raised moo house, and Sally does
live so snug; but she flies him sumtimes
when he's a little Anthony over. My
sweet Henry let us keep house, and If
you luv me, I wont whip you indeed,
nor | wont look atnobody else, so wont.
Dady sails as how must git married, be-
kase I've let it run OH too long already.
so no more at present, K. A. T..
p. S.-Payt 1Aurd.
my pen is bad, my ink is pail
my luv to you shall nuvver fale, III
Tor henry is my own true luv,
my Larc, my Duck, my Turtle Duv.
so no more at present.
TX. A. TILDEN.
P.-S.-Noty Beng. M other's ded, and
Robert has the fever.
so no more at present from your luvving
CATHkUN AN.
To my Dere henry over the Nally-
ganees in the Pensilveeny State.
A W1rTy BuTcHER.-During the late
election in Connecticut, violent Tory
went into the shop of wing butcher ~
"What is your pleasures" demsnded the
knight of the cleaver. 81 want calf's
head" was the reply. The butcher hav-
Il ing two, inquired Of his Tory customer
which he would prefer--a Tory one or a
Wing one. GA Tory one to be sure" re-
joined the customer. every well, Sir,
I'll send it home for you.' When the
cook proceeded to dress it, the brains
were missing, and the master was speedi-
ly made acquainted with the circumstance
when he returned to the butcher, and in
dignantly inquired Of him what had be-
come of them. ssAre you not aware,
sir,' replied cleaver, .that Tory heads
do not contain brains? And did you not
choose Tory calf's head in preference
to a Wing one!'
The Van Buren, men at Harper's Ferry
| Virginia, before receiving returns from
the whole State, actually got up barbe-
cue and ate sheep, oxen, pigs, and poul.
try, in honor Of their imaginary victory.
! The poor fellows will bitterly repent the
killing and eating Of the birds and beasts
Of the field in such an unholy cause. To
the latest day Of their lives, every OK will
, below at them, every sheep will bleat al
them, every pig will squeal at them, and
every hen will cackle at them.-Iouis.
pi7le Jour.
: Every thing satisfies us that the people
are up. -Adcertiser.
1 That's just as it should be. The ad
lninistration has been up and the people
have been down long enough; we are glac
to see the positions reversed--LouisuiNt
Journal.
: A Wn1G SUR.TReAsuRER DIR. B. F
Edwards, late Receiver Of the Land office
at Edwardsville, i'll, is a Wing. The ad
ministration therefore not only turned hin
out of Office but sued him as defanltel
for large amount. DR.. Edwards stood
a trial, and the case was decided at the re
cent session Of the U. S. Circuit Court in
Illinois. The decision was that DIR. E.,
instead of being indebted to the Govern
ment, had just and very considerable
i claim against it.
/ If there's to be any running to Texas
in this case, the administration must dc
the running--not DR.. Edw ards.-D.
! We are now looking down upon the
I Wing party.-Irenton Emporium.
Looking dorm upon the Wing party;
We have heard Of fellow so drunk as to
look down for the sky and feel upwards
for the ground. 1t must have been thu
,.leditor Of the Emporium.--Ib.
The HARVEST IN VIRGINIA. The
Richmond Compiler of the 18th says
ssHarvest partially commenced last week
) and will be general during this week ane
the first of next. The Crops i'll the James
River district are partially damaged by the
clinch bug and fly. In the Valley they
are uncommonly fine; and if the weather
holds out as favorable as it is at presen
until Harvest there, the Wheat Crop il
! / Virginia will be at least an average crop
and speculations as to prices sales vii
commence with, are various
j A CoRpsE-L1GHT.--The loco focos o
! Harpers's Ferry, Va, had an illumina
ton on the LIST onaccount of their late ter
EIrible defeat. It was all of no avail: tn,
! blaze served bat to give a still ghastlie
expression to the livid features of thu
corpse of loco focoism.