The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-10-17
MEACHER, THE IRISH PATRIOT.

1 MEAGHER, THE IRISH PATRIOT.
!. The following scene, transcribed from . re-
cent letter written from Australia by Thomas
Meagher, the .lish Patriot, will be read with in
teresf -
My landady is devout Wesleyan, an ama-
BILE female Of stupendOus proportions, and pro-
porionate loquacity her husband isa Wesleyan
TOO, shoemaker BY trade and spectre In ap-
pearance; 80 much NJ indeed, that the wife may
be styled, with the strictess geonetTcal proprre-
", his shelter haf'' and three quarters. Upon
coming to terms with them in the first instance,
that is, when had the two front rooms, and the
+ two back ones, agreement dialogue took
place, of which the following may be consider
ed fair report:
.sSir.'' said Mrs. Anderson, sticking pin into
the sleeve Of er gown, and spreading down her
spron before her
i "Weil, Ma'am," said I.
:. "Why, sir" says she, tsyou see how il is, me
and my husband be Wes!eyans, and we don't
:. like a-cooking on Sundays, and so if it don't
matter to yom sir, we'd soon not dress you any
meat that day, for we're commanded to rec.
and do no work upon the Sabbath, and that you
!, see, sir, is just how il is" ~
i, ssAs to thaf,'' replied, | don't much mind
!, having cold dinner upon Sundays, but then,
there are the potatoes! Potatoes, you know
Mrs Anderson, are very inspid when cold"
,l This was difficulty Of great magnitude
J. Mre. Anderson paused, and swelled up immense
lly. When the swelling subsidized little, she
cast an enquiring glance al her husband, as tito
imploFc him for text, note. or cominen', to
help her oil, Of difficulty in which, like sud
. den deluge, the conflicting ideas OF boiled pc-
tatoe and the day Of rest had invoked her.
The glance had the desired effect. Mr.. An
derson took off his spectacles, held them with
crossed hands reverensly before him, threw back
his head, threw up his eyes, and fixing them in
tentIy upon a remark able constellation Of flies,
close to bacon hook o. er him, seemed to In
qure from it, in the absence Of the stars, solu-
, ton Of the difficulty.
!. A moments consultation sufficed-a new light
descended upon Mr.. Anderson, and yielding to
TO be his opinion that boiled potato would not
break the S,bhath, and Sin that, or any other
way, he'd be happy TO ser"e the gen'l'm'n'
At the close Of the letter occurs this beautiful
passage:
Oh: should hearts grow faint at home, and, in
the cold, dark current Of despair or grief, fng
. down the hope they once waved, like sacred
torch on high; tell them that here in this stran-
ger land. and in the loneliest haunts and path
ways Of it-here, on the shores OF lake, where
, as vet no sail has spnrkied, and few sounds OF
human life as vet have scared the wild swan, or
startled the black snake from its nes,-tell them
that here, upon lone spo: in the far Southern
8es
faith and love, offered up for Ireland's cause !;
and that the belief in her redemption and her
glory has accompanied her cons 70 their place OF
i exile, and there, like some beautiful and holy
charm, abides with them, filling the days OF their
. humble solitude with calm light, AND Joyous
i melodies, and visions Of serene and radiant loves
: liness.
. SurroEr YOUR COUNTY PArER.-We regret be-
. ing unable to discover from which OF our ex-
| tI,a s. III onl,n oh nukh
like to give credit to the one who speaks our
, sentiments SO exnctly:-
, ''No,bng' affords us more unmistakable evil
denoe Of the liberality. enterprise and inteli-
gence Of the people Of county, than we'll filled
and well sustained papers. j is the best euIogy.
Hence those quite careless OF an injunction that
the laborer is worthy Of his hire, and those who
, are actuated eolel by selfish considerations, can
in no way so cheaply promote their local inter-
csis, o. by literally contributing to the support
of their county papers.
But this duty is particularly important in a
political point Of view. Without good county
press, there can be no thorough political organl-
, cation; and every county will be sure to have a
good press, lift is properly sustained. An edi-
tor whose whole time is occupied, either in eva
idine writ ofejectmenf, or in racking his brains
E to discover the source Of his next meal, cannot
be expected to set the nearest river on fire BY
, the burning eloquence of his editorials, nor to
/ the aspirations OF friend who cannot afford to
take his county paper, because OF his lberaity
to the press in Philadelphia or Baltimore. Let
an editor have the means to pay his deots,--to
settle promptly with his paper.maker, DC, and
, loose change enough in bis pocket to lunch
, friend, and he will have the heart to labor" "
WEATHER W1spon.-Dcken's .sHousehoId
Words" contains the following piece OF weather
philosophy -
A careful study Of the thermometer has shown
that descent of the temperature OF London
from forty five TO thirty.iwo degrees generally
r kills about three hundred persons. They may
not II die in the very week when the loss OF
warmth takes place, but the number Of deaths
is found to increase to that extent over the pre-
vious average within a short period after the
change. The fall temperature, in truth, kills
them as certainly as wel-aimed cannon shot,
The Rev. Henry Giles thus designates
the four great characteristics which have
distinguished mankind :--"The Hebrew
was mighty by the power Fai.h--the Greek
hy knowledge and Art-thc Koman by
Arms-but the might Of the modern man is
placed in Work. This is shown by the pe-
culiar pride Of each. The pride Of the He
brew was religion--the pride Of the Greek
was in Wisdom--thc pride Of the Roman
was in Power-,he pride Of the modern
man is placed in Wealth.
Il THE FIxcER OF GAliLEo = Leigh Hunt,
, in his autobiography, saya:
4 After all, know not whether tho most
interesting sight in Florence, is not little
mvsterioos Bit ofsornething like parchmen Mt
which il shown you under glass case 10
the principal library. It stands pointing
towards Heaven, and is one Of the fingers
Of Galileo. The hand TO which i belong
ed, is supposed to have been pm to the tor
ture by the inqnisilion, for sscroing motion
10 the earth, and the finger is now worship
ed for having proved the motion. Alter