The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-03-05

| should think your father cannot be
IN such circumstances as to make it
!. difficult to procure the few shillines
left unpaid on this bill.
Young Lady. Appearances are OF.
ten deceitful. 1t is equally distress
ing to my father and myself to ask
even Tor one day; but unexpected
Sickness in our family has totally ex-
hausted our means.
Baker (pocketing the money! Twa
and saxpence week is not enough.
Ye gang about toon via grand boa,
and fine silk dress, while my wife
maun wear a plad shaul and cotton
COON, because the likes 0 We will eat
an honest mons bread wi'out paying
fort. That fine tippet ye haze COTTON
on maun haze cost may be sax gowden
guineas.'
1T is true,' said the young lady CO.
loring, my dress may appear rather
extravagant, and if | could with pru-
dence, dress at less cost, would do
SO: but upon respectable exterior
on my part, as teacher of music, de-
ponds the subsistence Of a sick father
and two young sisters. (The baker
shut his book abruptly, and thrusts
his papers into his pockets.) As for
the boa you allude to, that was pledg-
ed this morning to raise Il few shil-
llngs to pay you the five you have
just received, and to provide food for
those who have tasted little else be-
.yond dry bread for the last week.
The tippet | have on was kindly lent
me by my landlady,as the day is wet
and cold.
Well, Mr. Baker, said the Chairman
in tone of compassion, perhaps
you will agree to the young lady's
terms?
Oh, ay, said the baker, twa and sax
pence month. Pit it down if you
wull.
Chairman.-Two and sixpence. a
week was offered. @ UaI
Make it just what you lik, said the
baker.
The order was made and handed
to the young lady. As she was leav-
ing the court the baker stopped her.
Gle me hand O. that bit of paper, said
the baker. The request was compli-
ed with. Moo, said the baker, thrust
ing some silver into her hand, take
book yer croon-piece, and dinna fash
yersel at a WI the weekly payment.
Ye shall haze four pound loaf ilka
day at my shope, and We may pay me
! just when ye're able, and if | niver
git the siller, may be I'll niver miss it;
bat mind, young Teddy, said he angri-
ly, gin We deal WI ony ither baker.
lse pit this order in force agin yere
father.
) The young lady looked her graft
tude. The baker had vanished.
\ From the Harrisburg hatelHgeucer.
}, GENERAL HARRISON AND HIS REvIL.
: ERs.-Calumny like the King of Ter.
, rors, always loves a shining mark.
4 Detraction is its handmade, and can
; not perform its work unless there be
| merit to undervalue and disparage.
| Both calumny and detraction have
$ already been called in to aid the
: cause of Van Buren, against the can.
I, didate Of the people, General Harris
r on.
] We will not undertake, during the
S Presidential canvass, to notice all thu
falsehoods that will be circulated
: against General Harrison, as wei
: with regard to his civil as military
S career. We shall occasionally, how
e ever select some of the most barefac
e ed, among which we may select thu
= following cut from an article in u late
J, number of the Baltimore Post. Hav
! ing spoken of the troops raised ant
r placed, in compliance with their owr
r request, under the command of Har
: rison, then Governor of the North
! western Territory, the writer pro
v ceeds:
!. "With this force Gov. Harrison
:, marched within sight Of the Indial
i towns and halted. Daviess, Taylo
is and others held conference with thu
Indians, whom they found in no con
siderable alarm at the imposing fore
j, before them. This fact was commu
:. nicated to Gov. Harrison. Neverthe
t. less, after some delay, during whic
.f the Indians were permitted to strena
then themselves by accessions Q
o neighboring tribes, Governor Harris
e on was induced to encampon groun
e pointed out to him by the Indians
n and most felicitously adapted to tn
IS purpose for which they had chosen il
v On this spot his whole force encamF
ed, in sight Of a willy, deadly an
a treacherous foe. They encampe
y without the customary precaution {
Of throwing up common log breas
ri work, which an hours time migf
II have accomplished. The commant
II draeeod ond ra4,rod ~ r,na,