The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1849-04-05

A SWEET PICKLE!

/ A SWEET PICKLE!
The following scene, which we have de.
nominated as above, would do credit TO :
Yankee reporter
The other day, in the port Of Shields. n
hogshend OF treaclo "burs,," while beinC
rolled from draw in front &c grcccr's
premises. The Gdtcshcad Observer, de-
scribing the scramble that ensued, snys:-
"Nesrly one tun Of liberated trcnclc had
oheycd the lsw Of liquids, aud found its lev
oil on the street. now in the bed Of a yellow
river, in which the grocer stood aghast, knee
deep. CONSERVATION, however, gave place
TO action. An empty cnsk was got; aud
into this. with spade and shovel, basin and
bucket, assisted BY his man, his maid, and
his mother, he poured the golden food
The women and the buirns, also. got 10
work with grent activity; but, to their dis
may, a Enactment IL police camo upon
the ground-bcnt back the rebels befurc
the Juvenile portion Of them were half sick
and formed s'cordon HUE" round the
groccr's treasure, that he might pick il up
all himself. BIT the urchins were not to
he hatfield. They held conference, and
laid plo; by which, through the instru-
mentality OF the simplest Of their number,
they should secure a fair share of the spoil
Tommy wns to be taken 10 the out side Of
tho ring, and, in favorable moment. thrown
in among the sreaclc his "friends" piedging
themselves to lick him clean, and assuring
him "his clscs wad be nae wnrser--his
muthcr wad nivvcr knaw ony difference"
Tommy required no persuasion; he sncakcd
close 10 the heels Of policeman; his CON-
panions rushed upon him, and in moment
he was immersed, Being still in pe,,iconis
he presented q vast surface, compared with
whnt my ri his breeched brethren would
have done. 10 the sweet substance in which
he WINS rolled; and burst Of triumph, loud.
long and lnughable, hailed him 40 he O.
merged, esclniming, to keep up the trick,
"Bau, gum! who did i?" The innocent
police. never dreaming Of deceit, instead of
nrrestinE him for felony, helped him out 81
the mess. ard scolded the wicked rogucs
who had pitched him inioit These, seiz-
ing their prize, hurried him into convc-
niens corner, where his worshippers were
MS numerous mr. a queen bee's. Swearing
etornal friendship to Tommy, they licked
him inside and out, and then sent him
home all clnmmv. To he "licked" again by
his mother. "-Hull Eng Eastern Coun-
ties Herald.
The BATTLE or LlrE-Obscrving what
Is daily passing before w, with no limited OBJ
portuni,y to learn mankind, in various re-
lations, and to form our judgments, We
consider tho following remarks SO just, SO
saiuiary IN their moral, that we copy them
with pleasure, from the Boston Traveller, Of
the 2eih uItimo:
Life 10 n battle. The field 10 the world,
and every son Of Adam has his pnrt to nc,
in the great struggle. But, Of the vas, hos,
engaged, no two have, in all respects, the
same posts assigned them, though every
one post that is Of the creates, Importance
10 himself and others. The battle Of life,
like all other battles, is wagcd with vary
ing success. Now victory crowns q CON-
Blatant; and anon, the victor becomes the
vanquished. Here, one 6gh,s with the un-
flinching ardor Of assured success; and
there, noothor but languidly repcls the
iierce assaults Of his enemies, % il Jus,
ready to yield in the hopeless contest;
while all around are to be seen tho melan-
choly fruits Of the hard-fonrhs battle.
Who, that Inns looked out upon the world
with thoughtful eye, has 90, realized tina,
life is even so-n battle. Who can have
failed TO see, in every man around him, .
combatant-men fighting for honor for
distinctions, socis! Or political; for wealth;
for business prominence! How keen the
encounter! how fierce the contest! and bow
many, after struggling Tor awhile, are seen
to fall down, weary and wounded; their
courage gone, their hopes forever blasted.
BIZ, why shodld il thus be! Why need
mon thus bite and dcvour one another like
wild beasts! il there not room Tor slI?-
May not all live, and let others live around
them? Doubtless, IL the spiri, of brothcrly
kindness was possessed and cherished ss Il
should be. But j, il not, and therefore ma n
wages war on his fellow man, ~ though
no were BY nature his enemy, rather
than his brother.
SUPERIOR GRATING WAA.--The follow
ing mixture, viz:
pint linseed oil,
6 pounds rosin,
pound besswax,
makes better and cheaper wax, than any