Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1843-03-11
EDITORS AND PROPRlETOEs.

bed, Jack Tat, the bow|i burglar, showed
the skiH OF a high practitioner, Tor he
I'iescendh@red the stairs backwards. j.
''Backwardsm said Larry Hogan, '.what's
tina, lor?" oa'u see by and bye" said
G,ogalns; she DIES .rndheced buck wards,
when suddenly he I,"aid q door opening,
and ii 'aynlalc voice exclaimsn.. s:W here
are you going with that bed!' sim
going up stairs with It, ma'an," said
Jack. whose backward position favored
his liz; aud he began to walk up again
..Come down. said the lady. ''we want ne
beds here. man.. '.Mr Sullivan. ma'am
sen, me home with it himscil,: sail Jack
still mounting the stairs. Come down
| tell you,'' said the lady. IN a great
rage, "ttere 5 no Mr.. Sullivan lives here
"a beg your pardon, ma'am," said Jack
turning round, aud marching of with the
bed, fair AMI aisy. Well, there was u
regular sh!!oo in the house when the
,hag was found cut. anl cart ropes
would hcwid the lady ior the rage she
was IN at being d.idicd. Lapcr's Hanay
iady.
MAMMOTH muFss- The Lowell Cou
rier. speaking OF the useless size ol
ladies muii.s, says: .rhcy Look very
/ pretty; bat as we are a practical nsa. il
seems II great waste Of lar that /. ,nutl
as large az a -four barcei-llned. and
stuffed, and quilted. we snppose-should
! be deemed necessary 10 keep warm the
deiicace ltfl.. soft. white fingers Vi our
delicate pretty linIv bellies, anu our nacrc
stately n,atroas. YET We DO MT find fault
We 20 for the largest liberty for the
| ladies'. X ii take, The .yss Of five dead
! ladies', It takes the cunning OF ten live
] foxes to 81 ne money to pay for them
sometimes"
! INDIVIDUAL RE5PoNsIDlLlrf.-We 'ini
our exchange papers, from Oilio aud OH,
Eer Western States. pretty generally en-
gagged III discussing he pfoprlety OF ma
kiag stockholders IN aii banking las.ita-
lions Liable for the debts O! the ips;i,u
,iua. We never could understand why
/ Individual responsible iy i'll banking ma,
tiers should no, exist rs wGii as in other
business relations. Wherever sncIl is
the case, it has Iuvarls;,iy Wor.,ei We,
| for the honor and s2aeli' OF all CONGO rnel
il, cesi,..'".S has 4 nawer!sl ;enieacy to
j., strrng.h hen :onlidenta, W.l'eh is 30 abso-
iuteiy necessary tof u successful ascsscu-
ton Of any bas.;isss; and we hope 10 seq
the dry wien ~ corporations VIII be
..n.ad. III a::s part Of tic Unioa. where
~, >. oe... holders are NJ. made liable 10
n,.,,.,t, So the debs Of tie lnstitutioa.
rney reap lit '.sn,:ti1 i al'y: and sno;..d
st,ar. ,ne losses, y &C.. the, nlty occur.--
IL NORTH Caroi,p,, n -. liiefs are but
three blnas, the c,lltf,,f u -. " 'aei''
contains Il provision making INC go.
holders res .,onslble for the l.s5.' y 80
bank Ills bank has never sust thGed
specie paymeiifs al any t'sns; Wilde t!s~
o;her tive, hayiny no s..cli Swing Cause
have suspended twice. So in Rhode Is
land, wilety, sluce 1888, there have been
eleven banks incorporated, as we'll rs
manufacturing COM .a;lies, IN which ihls
individual resp visibility is part OF their
charters; anU, ia all Ut them, the system
is represente as working perfectly salts
factory no suspensions D!owinS W. ab-
squatala,lng, OF bursting. These facts
arc worthy Of serious consideration. In
all OTHER matters OF business, lnl.vtnuss!s
arc responsible; and We cannot see the
p,s,.ce ol cIcmp'ia., corporations iron
SO wholesome il law-BaA. hep.
Feglaze Dcjauliers lit has been the
practice in the post n!!iee department TO
appoint the wives OF deceased postmas-
tiers as their successors, IN those cases III
which it was agreeable to the people.
TINS practice has been III operation IL
grsa, many years, and the number OF te-
males VINO have thus hele: oillta IS quite
large. During all ti,is lin.e there has not
occurred slugc instance OF Gs!alcatlon
among them. Though it is no compli-
mentto person 10 be honest aad faith
ill. (ior tins is i matter oi duty,) yet tits
especially honorable 10 be SO amid those
times and temptations in which many
fail aslray.-N. Y. Er. Post
HARD I'lMEs.- Major Noah, in his own
quaint way, thus discourses oil tac hard
tines i'll New York;
.'!'ye got q turkey Tor tomorrow. said
rough looking a5orln. man to his com
panlon on Saturday, III weighs eight
pounds, and cost NE hall, !, 4 las Sand
have GOT said his companion, '.iour
pounds OF yen!son Steak, which cost me
TWO s!,Iiings in FultoE Aiahet.n Tur
key and ycnlson steak for Two men carry
ing in coal! What will the lahorlny clas-
Ses Of merry old ,.noland saw 10 :hiS2