The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1849-11-15
DAVENPORT SCOTT THURSDAY NOVEMBER

her Aunt Lynch wns dangerously i'll, she
not having the cholera bot attacked with
dysentary. But she died The next day as
stated.
On Sunday afternoon, Mr.. Daniel War.
rem, a very worthy religious man, who has
been much among the cholera patients, and
feeling, perhaps little moved by curiosity,
called to see tho little girl, and addressed
her cheerfully md told her that she appear
ed better and would soon be well and get
out in day or two.
But I'm going to. mother again at o
clock she quietly and softly said.
i when, to-morrow9'
! mo, to-day
/ Mr.. Warren endeavorcd TO turn her at
tention TO hopeful prospects Of recovery
but the little sufferer was fast sinking away
The death ra.tle was henrd, and she soon
ceased to breathe, her pulse stopped, and
the fixedness Of death was impressed upon
het beautiful couniensnce. She was
dead
Mr.. Warren looked at the town clock in
the distance, from the window, for there
was 40 clock 10 the house, aad il was O
cloek.
While bordering upon, to him, the singn-
lar coincidcnts in this case, and about half
an honr bad passed, new signs Of lie ap-
pearcd, and again the spirit Of the sweet
girl returned. She asked for water and
said she was tired, and sunk away into a
quiet sleep.
Since then she has been gradually re-
covering, but her eldest sister, who watched
her so tenderly, and who would so willingly
have accompanied her blessed mother in
heaven, was the mex, taken with the chol-
era, and the following day died and was
buried.
The father Of this girl is ignorant, vet
fine specimen Of pure, warm heart, with
all the unsophisticated simplicity and truth
fitness Of nature. He is poor. lie Ind a
large family and he says that for the whole
season he had but Obs. Of butter in Ills
house, and they only had meat but twice.
They had lived almost wholly upon bread
and tea.
sThere were many Of Them he said, sand
his own hands must earn their living, and
BY prudence barrel of -four would las,
them four weeks, and he must do what he
could for himself, and the children, and
they all were quite happy.
The little boys bad by their labor picked
up The boards out Of which his dwelling had
been constructed, and he hoped, after n
time, to have il all Of their own.
Perhaps more united, loving and con
tented family, where all were willing to do
and suffer for each other. cannot be found.
Such are the simple facts in the case,
which we leave, for the present, without
comment or attempted explana,on.-B Ban
gor Wing.
4 PROGRESS OF Iowa (U. s. THE Dar-
export (Iowa) Gazette Of the 9TH u!t., for
warded 10 US by its obliging editor, contains
notes Of AIT excursion through Scott and
Clinton counties, in that state. We notice
various evidences ot improvement, the re-
suits Of the gradual settlement Of the state
by cnierprising and order-Ioving cmigranls.
Mention is nude Of "thc erection Of u bet
Ter class Of dwellings and the increased
providence for stock" during the severe
winters. Tho settler is reminded (and
NO copy The observation for the benefit Of
The emigranD that laziness and Indifference
that lead him to reside m a dwelling from
which neither wind nor wet is excluded,
are the main causes OF the sickness which
is experienced, and which is attributed by
The unreflecting 10 the badness Of the coun.
try and its climate. The want Of mcchan-
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,nrds the improvement Of the state: il is a
circumstance, too, which ought to be borne
in mind BY those among our own readers
who experience limited and uncertain de-
mand for their skill and labor. They are
supernumeruries here, and suffer accord
ingly: in Iowa they would be welcomed as
valuable additions 10 the means Of increas.
ing nations greatness. Amongst the i'd
vcr,isements in the Gazette are two rela-
ting to colleges at Davenport, Scott county,
and West Point, Lee county. The former
publishes an excellent list Of textbooks 10
use in rhc institution and the second boasts
Of Professors Of Languages and Mathemat.
ics. The terms are low-relnarkably low,
il Judged by the cost required 70 procure
4 similar tuition in this country. five mis- :
take not, there is third university al Iowa
city. Three universities, and large num-
her ofpublic schools, with an entire popnia-
lion not exceeding, probably, 10000, in
dictate highly creditnble degree Of ni'en-
ton to the means Of instruction, and prove
Tint the people Of this favored portion ofihe
\ Far West arc not so absorbed in the pnr-
sui, Of dollars, or so Indifferent TO social duty,
as Mr.. Sidney Smith and other ''pubIic IN
s,ructors" on this side Of the Atlantic have
represented them to be.
Eastern Counties (Eng.) Herald.
/ A STRANGE WANT.-A Bremen journal
contains the following advertisement:
"a young gentleman on the point of get
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