Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-11-01
Fooling with the Built.

FoOling with the Buil.
The portion Of the Abolitlonists who
are getting soft soaped up BY the cunning
wing Taylorites just now, will be after
the Election good deal like the honest
old fashioned Yankee farmer who had an
unruly bull, which had 4 remarkable love
for the old farmer, Sin horn and a sim
gular penchaat for giving his acquaintan-
ces and friends diff in the world" One
dayth farmer was driving the bull home
much against his inclination, and getting
enraged he suddenly hoisted the old man
across the fence into the road but fortu-
nately only slightly hurt him. The old
man gained his equilibrium, and then he
saw the enragcd animal saving the air
with his head and neck, and paving the
ground. The good old man looking stead
lily at him moment and then shaking his
fist at him exclaimed: "Darn your apol-
ogies-you needn't stand there, you tar
nal critter, q bowin' and scrapin'-you
did it O. purpose, darn you J!
So it will be with these poor deluded
mortals after their overwhelming defeat in
November, and when the honest Iago
wings with all their power Of soft solder
undertake to explain, you will find out,
gentlemen, they, adid it a. purpose, darn
them. Detroit Free Press.
The Elaeute AT st. Petersburg.
A letter from St. Petersburg Of Sept.
10th published in the English papers,
gives the following account Of the late
emeute in that city,
1--WE have just had a little instruction,
and even barricades. 1t became rumored
that the noble and the rich, in order to
get rid Of the poor, had engaged the
physicians to give poisoned medicine to
those attacked with cholera; the inferior
classes became SO irritated that they in
suited physicians and all well-dressed
persons in the streets. On Wednesday
assemblages took place on the Neva Pros.
pect. At the moment hetroops were
about to commence the attack, the EN-
peror arrived on horseback, accompanied
by single aide-camp. He ordered the
troops to retire little, and assembled the
first barricade, and made sign that he
would ha ngue the insurgents. These
insurgents, on seeing the Gar, knelt
down and joined their hands as if about
to pray. The cholera, my children,
said the Emperor, is chastiscment which
God inilicts on men, and which must be
submitted to with resignation. All the
runners Of poisoning are pure falsehoods.
invented by the malevolent and enemies
of the people" Two Of the insurgents
commenced a reply to the Emperor, but
he interrupted them, and told the other
insurgents to arrest them. The Emperor
then ordered the troops to 60 back to their
barracks, and he withdrew. The insur-
gents Immediately arrested their two COM
panions, and gave them up to the police;
after which they demolished the barbados
and peacefully dispersed"
u Thoughts, ever occurring, amid
the din of business and stiffness, Of repose,
are beautifully expressed in the following
effusion from the Auburn Daily Adver-
tiser:
Toll-.oll--toll. The grim king of
terrors is again among us-the death bell
rings out, and its iron voice speaks cut of
its triumph. Some mortal's brief soiourn
in the '.vale Of tears" is ended Who is
1.-THE high or the humble? Is it white
haired age with its burden of years. and
its hatred of garnered grieis and faded
dreams; or youth arrested in its strength,
its glowing frame robbed of its manliness
and vigor, its cheek ofhealth and its OPEN
ing heart of its bright young dreams?-
Or infancy-some fragile bud withered at
the first contact with the winds of life, its
wall changed to an angels hymn-trans-
planted to bloom unfadlng in better cline?
Toll-toll-toll. That heavy peal vi
brates sadly upon our heart-how much
sadder upon those of the bereaved. 1t adj
lnonishes the living while it knells the
dead and heralds an unfettercd spirit to a
shortless world! And yet unheeding, the
time Of life flows on. Tramp, tramp,
tramp, moves the living throng-tcll, toll,
toll, says the bell for the gathering dead
A world Of life, and a world of death
The earth is passing away.
A SAGAcIous WoMAN.-LOfallth the look
ahead people, says the Raleigh Register,
that we have heard of a certain lady, who
was in the habit Of buying things she did
not want merely because she could gel
them cheap, hears off the palm. On one
occasion, she brought home all old ast-ofi
door plate, with name engraved on it.
"Do tell me, my love- inquired her hus-
band, on being invited to applaud her per-
chase. "if it be your intention to deal in
brass? Of what possible use can this
be?" "Bless mel" replied the wife, "you
know it is always my plan to look ahead
and buy things against the time of need.
| Now, who knows my darling, but YOU
may die, and marry man with the same
name as that on this door-plate!' Only
think what saving there would be!''
+ A SrRose ApoLoGY.-Th September
| Knickerbocker has rich editorial table,
from which we help ourselves to a dish
or two, for our readers benefit.
Mr.. C, who had by degrees be-
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