The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1849-01-25

TIE GUILD FEVER IN NEW lOKk.
'How is your he althg said we Ia bill.
ious locking friend tina, we met, after miss
ing him for some time.
Twenty three carais fnc.'
your health?' said we, again.
Worth sixteen dolinrs an ounce
We snid nothing more, and left him, per
icctly we'll convinced Tint he was troubled
with The 'CalI,furn, fever
'What is tho price 81 United States
stock' said We 10 celebrated Wall street
broker we jos.led agains. moment after.
Thirteen lbs. 1T pure gold in one lump!
New York Sixes?'
Perfectly incxhaustihlc, and more mines
discovered
We tremblcd for the fer shares we pos
scsscd, and passed on. Presently we came
across famous divine, who preached eve
~ Sunday against the greedy thirst for
gold and mnminon.
'rhnt WAS noble discourse Of yours lns,
Sunday, Doctor. II VIC remember Alright
The text wns, IL is ensier Tor camel 10
pass through the eye of needle, than Tor
a rich man 10 enter into the kingdom oil
Gody'
Establish mint, sir--cstablish a mini,
I've already sent out two sons and four
ncphews; and we're TO share and share
alike:
Tho text. Doctor--thc text
THAT hc--,h',ndered! The standard val
ne Of doubloons is sixteen dollars. A douh
loon is an ounce. Thirteen pounds Of COL.
make
We did not whit to hear the d;vinc's nm
swer, nor was il necessary; he Ind got III.
ydlicr fcycr.--Sunddy Times.
A VARIED AND ADVENTUROUS LIFE
The following extract from the untobiog
raphy Ola jonrncyman printer" is copiet
from ono oi our exchanges, aud is said Il
be strictly true. II there 10 TO mistake j,
the ngc u the individual, he must have le,
a busy life, and, for his years, has seen ns
much variety AS most men. lie doubtless
will be mn ambassador 10 some ioreigl
court one Of these days.
The life Of printer il, TO say the least
one Of variety. lett home u, the ugc "
nine and was nppren,iced 10 the printin,
business a, thirteen; since then have Wis
tied Europc--been in England, Ireland
Scotland, Wales, mud France--in Cans,la
Novn Scotia, Labrador, South America
West Indies, and all the Atlantic S.a,es q
, the Union, from Maine to Louisiana
l,nve lived in twenty -sevcn cities aud town
Of the United States. hnve beer sail
or in the merchant service. md have sale,
in all manner Of cral.--ship, brig, sloor
schooner, and sicsmcr-in the regular nj
nv as private soldier, deserted and 60
; sho, in the leg. have studied two Year
for the ministry, one year for an NJ. D..
; travelled through all tho New Enelan
States, New York. New Jersey, Pennsyl
vnnia, and Virginia, as journeymnl
printer, generally with little else than
brass rulc in my pocket. have been tn
publisher Of two papers in --, one il
Boston, one in Roxbury, Mass, ono in Nev
Hampshire, and one in Maine. At on
timo had 81 $50 in my pocket Of my own
have been mssried twice, and om nov
only tweuty-six years old! Was q men,
her Of Captain Qate Mnjor) RingQ,d
flying artillery. At the cncsmpment 10 'rrcn
ton, N. J. Ihavc bcen temperance Ice
tnrcr, md the proprietor Of Temperance
thestre.'
A Pooh ESDoRsER.---'A worthy, bu
poor minister writes friend from thu
country. requested a few days since thu
loan Of fifty dollars from the cashier Of ou
bank; and in the note requesting the favor
he said that if the cashier would oblip.
him. he would pay him in ten days, on th'
filth Of Abraham The cashier returned
word that BY the rule Of the hank, the en-
dovser must reside 10 the State r--Knicker
booker.