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Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1841-08-13

girls must al be beaux and bellies. None
can be admitted to "good society,"" who
have not graduated at dancing school,
who cannot parade in superine broadcloth,
ruff1es and gold watch seals aud trinkets.
Ships, we are told, are reputed to be OF the
feminine gender, because their rigging
costs more than their bodies. The innu-
endo is severe one upon the ladies-we
have few scomen in these days-but we
fear there is some justice in it. We have
fallen upon extravagant, and therefore up
on evil times. That tickle goddess FASH
ION, will yet make US nation Of bank
rupts, so that we shall all need Congress
to pass a universal bankrupt law. Well
would it be for us, if those who are looked
upon as patterns in society, would patrioti-
calIy Withstand her power and set a timely
example of temperance in all things. For
ourselves, we respect the man in home
spun, whilst we can but view with unuttera-
BILE disdain the fops and dandies whom too
many are so foolish as to initiate. Maine
Cultivator.
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General rules don't apply to all cases.
We once knew man that was so careful
not to give offence, that in speaking OF
general faults, he would qualify his re-
marks by saying, "present company ex-
cepted." He CHANGED to be in company
with some ladies', and spoke of an absent
one as the ugliest person he ever saw, pre-
sent company excepted.
Now this mistake was prehaps worse
than that made by the boy, who, speaking
of the greatest man he ever saw, was told
by his mother, he must always except their
minister. A few days after he rushed into
the presence Of his mother and exclaimed,
"Mother l have seen the greatest hog
down town that ever saw, except our
minister.
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AMERICAN HOTEL,

Corner of Second and bwa 44penue-one scam
from the Steamboat Landing
yHVHE PROPRIETOR of the above estabGsl.
u ment would respectfully inform his friends and
the public generally, that it is open for the e
ception of all those who may wish to patronize him
Having incurred very heavy expense in the ere.
ton of commodious Hotel, (where one has been %
much needed,) he hopes by personal attention to b.
sness and strict regard for the comfort of his guests
to merit remuneration through the patronage Of 1,
generous public.
His TABLE will be provided with the best tie
market affords. His STABLE is commodous. and
will always be attended by trusty Oslers. In short
every exerton will be used to suit the taste. comor
and convenience of all who may call on him.
Il. s. BATTEILE.
Bloomington Nov. IS, 1910. 3u
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PROCLAMATION


by the Governor Of l0scn Territory.
MI HEREAS the Legislative Assembly of the
w Territory of Iowa, passed an act which was
approved the 18th day Of January, 1871, fol-
lows to wit: "An act fxingthe time for the annu-
al meeting of the Legislative Assembly,"
"Secton l. Be it enacted by the Council and
House Of Representatives of the Territory of Iowa,
that hereafter the Legislative Assembly Of this Ter
ritory shall commence its annual session on the first
Monday of December.
"Scc,ion 2. That the next meeting of the Legis-
lative Assembly shall be held in Iowa City, on con-
dtion that the public buildings at Iowa City shall be
far constructed that the Legislative Assembly can
be accommodated in said buildings or that other
sufficient buildings shall be furnished for the accom-
mediation of the Legislative Assembly, rent free and
in either case, the Governor shall issue his procIama-
tion informing the members ofthe Legislature of the
fact.
"Section 3. All acts and parts of acts coming
within the purview of this act hereby repealed"
And whereas, satisfactory assurances have been
given that the conditions of said act will be fulfilled
and that in the public buildings should not be
sufficiently completed at the meeting of the Legsla
ture for their accommodation that other sufficient
buildings will be furnished for their accommodation,
rent free.
therefore, in discharge of the duties enjoned on
me by the third Section of said Act do issue this my
proclamation, informing the members of the Legisa-
ture of the fact provided in said act and in consi-
deration thereof do hereby declare and make known
to the members of the Legislative Assembly, and to
all other persons concerned therein, that the next
Legislative Assembly ofIowa Territory, will convene
in Iowa City, in the county of Johnson, the first
Monday of December next, required by the Legis-
latvc act aforesaid.
IL TESTIMONY WHEREOF, l. ROBERT
.....x. LUCAS, Governor of the Territory of
las: Iowa, have hereunto set my name, and
'"**s** caused the Great Seal of the Territory
to hereto affixed.
Done at the City of Burlington, in the Territory
Of Iowa. the 3Oth day Of April, A. D. ls4l, of the
Independence of the United States the sixty fifth
and Of the organization of the Territory the third
ROBERT LUCAS
BY the Governor:
JAMES CLARKE, Secretary Of Territory.
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A SINGULAR TowN.-A correspondent
of the Fayetteville IN. C.) Observer, in
noticing the census, says: sin the juve-
nile department, find 2e7 unmarried la
dies between the ages of sixteen and thirty,
and 4O5 between the ages of ten and six
teen.-To counterbalance that, we have
but 4s young men of d manageable age !;
but ten out of that number are in situation
that would justify their stalking the re-
sposibility;" five out Of that number have
determined to lead life Of single blessed
ness. and the remaining five are not worth
having"
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] 80 .1rSehn.fc,. sotvrdsv Jv.sxAs.

re .a1eskastc's Saturday N1SAt. -.
Oh, sweet is the home Of the toil-worn Mechanic,
When labor il hush d in the stiffness Of night;
When the hum Of commotion, disaster, and panic,
Il still as the stars in their orbit Of light
But sweeter by far is the neat little mansion,
When o'erfowng boards Of his industry speak;
When the swea,-covered wages by widest expansion
Replenish his stores at the close of the week.
With plenty all smiling in natural splendor-
With products Of Nature, delicious and sweet,
And the choicest Of viands his earnings can render,
All clustering high in his lowly retreat.
How rich is the banquet-how great the profuslon ;
How happy the man when his laboring cease;
When his efforts are yielding the greatest diffusion
Of harmony, happiness, pleasure and peace.
oh bright is the hearth of the workman at even,
And kindly the feelings his bosom must know,
When his generous heart in its fullncss hath given
The bread he has earned by the sweat Of his brow,
And how sweet is the scene OF the family Of pleasure
The holy affections they fondly retain
When he clasps to his breast his own loving treasure
And fondles his little ones over again.
Ye spirits Of mercy, look down on his dwelling,
And guard his abode in the midst Of alarm
When the surges Of poverty frightful are swelling,
Or frowns Ger his cottage adversiys storm.
Oh! come like pilot of truth on the ocean,
And guide his lone bark to the haven he'd seek
And render his life in his country's devotion,
As sweet as his home at the close of the week.
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Of you being made happy IN the holy
bands Of wedlock look rather scrumptious,
must confess. My heart is full of the
soothing syrup Of sympathy for you but
that can never alter the decrees of fate. If
it is ordained by Providence that you are
10 die old maids, my preaching can 20
more avert the doom than it can abolish
the everlasting established system Of fu-
ture punishment. When the summer Of
your lives is drawing to close-when
your rosy charms are beginning to fade
like the sprigs upon your calicoes-and
when, like leahess, vineless squashes, you
have grown wi,hered and yellow in the
dole October of your existence-you will
find that Cupid will disdain to frequent
your autumnal bowers and the shrubs OF
hope that line your pathways to the tomb,
may put forth buds in abundance but.
depend upon it, they never can blossom
in the frosty atmosphere Of age. Never
theless, my dear feminines, if you do but
attend we'll to the garden Of the mind, in
life's early spring-plant in it the seeds OF
virtue, modesty, and wisdom, and orna-
ment it with the flowers of learning, it will
present greater attractions for gentlemen
of worth, than all the silks, kids, ivory,
paint, curls, gum, whalebone and hogs
bris,les, than ever a nymph of the pave,
lugged down the lane of sin TO perdition.
If you only behave yourselves, and keep
letting out hem at the bottom of your
frocks as you grow tall amid the vices of
the world, and don't firt too much while
the feathers upon the wings of vanity are
beginning to start-you will, in all prob>
ability, be lucky enough to amaigamate
according to your individual desires, and
put forth sprouts that shall bear sprouts to
sprout again from pos,erity to postcrity.
So mote it be T!
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STORE HOUSE TO LET.

NHE STOKE HOUSE now in the occupan1
II Of Messrs. Van Antwerp & Warfeld, at AM
werp, Cedar County, will be for rent, and possess
given on the first day of April Lext. This is one
the most desirable situations for store, in Ced,
county, being on the main road leading from Bloos
ington, via Moscow and Rochester to Marion, d
county seat of Limbs twenty-six miles north
Bloomington, and in the heart Of one of the ID
settlements in the Territory. There is comforas
two story dwelling house, which will be erected if
quired. The store house is Is by &c feet, with
counting house and warehouse adjoining. Appys
Jas. w. Tallman, Esq. of Antwerp, Cedar COUNT
or the subscriber near Bloomington.
CHAS. A. WAKEFIELD
March 2 6 22-tf
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Como TO TExAs.-The Yazoo Wing
gives the following account Of family on
lis way to Texas. We don't blame the
visitor for declining TO travel with them:
Not long since might have been seen on
the Vicksburg road staid looking old
gentleman on horseback, with his coat but
toned tight around him. and an umbrella
hoisted over his head, protecting him from
drizzling rain that had that evening "set
i'm with every indication ola continuance.
His horse moved sluggishly along. as tho
faded by long journey. The rider seem
ed anxiously looking for a Whereabouts to
pass the night, when fire short distance
from the road attracted his attention.
He rode to the spot, and beheld what
is very common in this section OF the
country, an encampment ola family "a-mo-
wing" By the fre- with logs Of wood for
pillows, and each wrapped in blanket,
were lying two females-near them
small child. Leaning against the fore
wheel of the wagon was lad ten or twelve
years of age; he wore pair of linsey-
wooIsey trowsers, too short for him, and a
roundabout that reached down half way
from his shoulders to his waist, no hat,
and possessing one of those tow heads OF
hair so frequently to be met with among
the piney wood nondescripts of Alabama.
There he stood, crying most vocilerously.
bal a-a-a-Ba Ala y roared
piuey wood.
The old gentleman rode up to him, and
in voice calculated to soolhe the boys
distress, addressed him -
What's the matter my son :"
"Matler! Fire and d-n, stranger J!
Don't you see nanny there, shakin with
the ager.-Daddy gone fshin !-Jim's
got every cent of money there, playin po-
l:er at bit antee Bob Stokes has gone
on ahead with Nance Sails so cornea
she don't know that stick of wood from
seven dollars and half Every one Of
the horses is loose There's no meal in
the wagon The skilet's broke the
baby's in bad fix and its half a mile
to the crick land don't care d-n
if neyer see Texas !"
"Ba !-a-a--a-Ba! LA"
The old gentleman gave spur to his
horse and again moved forward, not hav-
ing a desire to prolong his chance visit
with family going to Texas.
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iowa CITY LOTS.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN to all those
IN indebted to the Territory for Lots in Iowa City,
that unless payment is promptly made within thirty
days after the notes become due, the lots for which
they given will be regarded forfeited, and re-
sold to the highest bidder, in conformity to the re-
qurements of law and the conditions of sale.
JESSE WILLIAMS,
Territorial Agent.
Office Of the Territorial Agent, 23-tf
Iowa City, March %, ls4l.S
nTTerritorial papers will please copy.
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LIVERY STABLE.

n.rz THE subscriber keeps con.
AtA SlsesslI4AA@=zA stantly on hand for hire, ii,
: the town of Bloomington
@lzaaE1sl1 Muscatine county, Saddle
Horses Horses and Carriages and all the apparatu.
of Livery Stable, with which he will accommodate
the public at all times.
He will also hold himself in readiness to trans
polt passengers in any direction, without regard to
mail routes or stage hours. VIM. ST. JOHN.
April 9.-24-tf
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crime and he did tremble and turn pale
when he committed the offence. Il dis
.Irbed his sleep that night, and when re
met his employer the next morning. ne
thought he was suspected, and trembled
again. But that step taken, the next was
easy.
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"Pa, has the wind got mouth -
s. No, my DEAR
"But, pa, didn't you say it whistled-and
how can it whistle without a mouth -
"SaIly, put that child to bed.''
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Sale Of Lots

IN THE TOWN OF PERU, IOWA TER.
I'm ACCORDANCE with the provisions Of the
u Act of Congress, approved March sr1, 1887, the
aforementioned Town Lots in the Town Of Peru,
will be exposed to PUBLIC SALE to the highest bid
der, commencing on the ninth day Of August next,
and continuing until sold, to wit:
Lots No. A; s; Z; s; 8; 10; IL; ~; 13; Ia; 10
ls; 10; %; 80; SO; 49, so; 81; 50; So; Sd; IS
Sc; 81; So; SO: go; 81; 62; So; "a; So; n; 70
70; 80; SO: 81; IS; sc; 81; SO; 81; 90; 90; "a
95; 90; 100; lOl; l05; LOG; LOT; I0S; 100; ITO
Ill; l42; lI3; ia; lis; ll6; lit; lis; ll9; 100
l2l; 1872; 1913; 1874; 1875; 1876; 1877; 1913; l29; 100
l3l; 1875; 1875; 14O; l41; 143; IA; IDS; LAG; l47
l4S; l49; $50; ISL; 49,; 1853; l54; 1885, l56; 1877
1853; I59; 100; l6l; 1862; 1853; 1874; l65; l66; l67
1853; 1859; ITO; III; l72; l73; ia; IT'S; l76; l77
l7s; I79; $50; lsl; 1872; 1873; 1874; 1875; 1876; 1877
1873; 1879; 100, 1911; 1872; 1913; 1874; 1876; 1876; 1877
1893; 1879; 200; 2Ol; 2O2; 2O3; 204; 205; FOG; 2O9
2O9; 2lO; oil; 2l2; 213; 2l4; 2l5, ZIG; 2l7; 2lS
219: 22O; 22I: 222; 223; 224; 225; 226; 227; 22S
229; $50; 23l; 232; 233; 234; 235; 236; 237; 23S
239; 249; 24l, 242; 243; 244; 245; 246; 247
24s; 249; $50; 25l; 252; 253; 254; 255; 256
257; z5s; $50; 260; ISL; 262; 263; 264; 265
266; 267.
Als., the following the claimants having forfeited
their right to presumption by non-entry, to wit:
Lots No. /, 2, 3, 6, 20, 25. 26, 81, 81, SO
81, 80, 45, 10, rs, 80, 81, SO, 80, 81, 90, SO
lO2. lO3, lO4, 1872, 1873, l42, 2O7.
B. RUSH PETRIKIN, Register,
THOS. MCKNIGHT, Receiver.
Land Office at Dubuque, LTD
May l, lS4l. 5 29-ts
NJ The above sale of Lots in the Town of PERU,
is postponed until the SECOND MONDAY OF
SEPTEMBER next.
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A CATALOGUE OF SCHOOL BOOKS, to-
N gether with few copies of the Journal of
Lewis & Clarke to the mouth of the Columbia river,
edition, with plates, just received and for sale
at ap2I CLARK'S Commission House.
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The best way to keep shippers out Of bacon
is--to eat it before they get in.
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ExcHASGEs.-W We often hear it argued
that a United States Bank is wanted to
regulate exchanges, if for no other purpose
Although arguments as strong as holy writ
may be used to controvert this assumption
by many federal wings, yet if used by a
democrat, they avail not, so habitual has it
become for the mass of that party to take
for granted the assertions of their leaders
We now present them with the following
Just remarks from federal wing source,
the Boston Daily Advertiser, generally
characterized as "respec,able" paper.
At all events, it stands high with its party
in the eastern States. We commend it to
the especial attention of the wings.
Zone great falacy of the late U. S.
Bank was the idea Of regulating the ex-
changes. 1t will not bear a moments
examination. Exchanges are regulated
by the course of trade and there is not
and cannot be in the nature of things any
other regulator. Put the laws in force,
and make people and banks pay their debts
in money and not in broken promises to
pay, and the exchanges arc regulated. All
other interference deranges them. 1t is
like interfering with the order Of nature
and of the seasons. 1t can do nothing but
mischief. Who has not seen, that has
looked at the course of the late Bank OF
the United States, great mistake and mis-
chief under the pretence of regulation.
And what can be more certain and inevita-
BILE than that great and powerful lns.itu-
ton can create temporary arrangement,
and rise and fall for its own purposes.
This, however, could be endured, if the
only loss to the community were the gain
of the Bank. But the difficulty is, that it
disturbs the natural courss of trade, and
battles all calculation; it is like the vice of
over-legislation. constantly and inevitably
mischievous and baneful. Nobody can
doubt this. There is no regulating ex>
changes in Europe, and the problem in
England is, how to place the bank of En-
gland SO that the exchanges may regulate
themselves. Who does not see that the
bank of England is constantly making
mistakes and creating difficulty, and in the
nature of things it cannot be otherwise"
MoRTGAGEs.-It is humiliating-but
true as it is lamentable, that nearly one
half of the beautiful estates Of New Eng
land are under the whitening incumbrance
of mortgages. There is a cause for this
state of things. and wha. is it! The an.
swer is to be found in growing extrava-
gance in the style and expense Of living.
Before the expensive fashions of the pre-
sent day were introduced, when our fathers
dressed in linsey woolsey, and our virtu-
Gus mothers adorned their comely bodies
in homespun from their own looms; when
their sons were taught to work, and their
daughters were not suffered to spin street.
yarn-m those days, mortgages were little
known. The owner of a piece of real
estate would be fiorror- struck at the very
idea of a mosh,age on his farm. But this
age is monstrously given 10 vain show and
display. The simplicity of former times
has sadly given place to the extravaganza
of modern fashions. Now our bows and