The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-02-13
The terrapins and soup you ordered

Herald office, 81 finn st. Dec. 9. 1879
Mr. Bennett will be obligedto Mr. Dow
ming to send up as much terrapln an
soup, as will suffice for ten or twelve pee
pie, on Wednesday evening, the ILL
instant not later than p. NJ.
1Nr Downing, S Broad street.
Take it back; its a hoax. The sou
at the Aston House is the only soup ea
These had scarcely left with the load
before some three or four fellows wit,
ladders, paint pots, brushes, and Who'll
lot Of apparatus, came numbering in L
paint the office, pursuant to the followin!
note; and could hardly be persuaded tina
their services were not needed:
Herald office, 81 finn st. Dec. 9, 1910
Mr. Bennett will be obliged to Messr
Lawrence and Lugan to send couple o
men TO paint the office, on Wednesday
morning the 10th inst. Please not let il
be later than 10 o'clock, A. ~.
Messrs Lawrence and Lugan, 60 Hous-
ton street.
Immediately after this, two police Off
GERS entered, with large sticks, and near.
Sly brea.hless; exclaiming-Has he escap.
ed; is lie armed! How is it done!
Who7 How? What the devil do YOU
mean?
The ruffian alluded to in this letter, ius,
semi BY you TO justice Merrit:
Herald office, 81 Ann ST. Dec. 8, 1899:
Ar Bennett will be obliged TO Justice
Merrit. TO send two officers Immediately,
TO apprehend a rascal, who has inflicted a
DANGEROUS wound on one of his compost
tors.
Please send Immediately, as he may
make his escape.
never sent the note and have no one
stabbed. don't allow any ruffians or
loaiers to come here.
The officers as they took their leave,
like true business men, expressed their
great regret that there had not been rob-
berry or murder committed, by which
their professional services might have
been required.
After they left, Parson Williams came
in, requesting to see the person who was
dying, and who had sent for him to pray
by the bedside. Then came negro to
black all the boots in the establishment.
Next came note from Niblo, saying he
would be punctual to the hour appointed
for taking a ride, and have the carriage
ready. This was followed by the arrival
of six barrels of Venice mills flour with
anote from Duff and ivers, apoIogising
for the delay. Next came Mr. Marsh, Of
the Castle Garden, announcing that the
sail boat was ready and dinner would be
served npin his saloon. He was follow
ed by large cart load of ice, this was sue.
ceeded by the arrival of several carts
with coal from various yards; next came
a large dray with quantity of clapboards,
sutflclent TO construct small house; then
came the carts and casks of the Poutl-
rette company. then followed ladies' silk
stockings, confectionery, several gross of
backing, kegs of printing ink, hats,
cheese, umbrellas, upholsters. carpenters,
and all kinds OF goods and people. a
dray came with three barrels of beer, and
a rope TO let them down into the cellar:
another came to take measure for suit
of mourning; and at last came the climax:
A second doctor had scarcely left the
room, before lawyer came in TO make a
will. He was still present when Mr.
Gillespie entered and observed
Mr. Bennett!
Yes.
It's all right | suppose!
What's all right!
Is he up stairs or down!
Who!
The dead man that am to measure for
a coffin.
We've no dead men here, we are all
alive, and likely to remain SO. This is
no place for dead men.
Well, l received this note:
Herald office, 81 finn street.
Mr. Bennett would be obliged to Mr.
Gillespie to call at the Office on Wednes-
day morning to take the measure for
coffin of yonng man who has died sud-
denly.
lisa hoax, we replied, but had scarce
ly uttered the words, when six carriages
and heasse drove up to the door with an
undertaken and all the materials requisite
to conduct a highly respectable funeral;
and the conductors of the carriages could y
scarcely be persuaded that there was not
corpse in the place, that was essentially
necessary to bury right Of. This ended
the hoax; which, although it p rhaps af.
iorded amusement to some one idle scoun.
drel. was source Of annoyance ana in
convenience to "a great many respectable
tradesman. II was, however, on the
whole, Of TOO ludicrous nature not to
cause hearty laugh at the Ingenuity of
the fellow who planned and perpe,rated It
The Pit,sburg Advocate of Wednesday
the 10Th, gives sad account ofthe break
ing up Of the Allegheny and Mononua-
hela rivers. Each had risen about seven
feet, and the out rush of the ice had been
attended with disastrous consequences
1.-The first movement Of the ice onno.
site the city. was from the mouth Of short
street and SO great was the strength of
the floating body, tina, it crushed and
sunk large number of coal ho.,. ,,b;ol,