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The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-04-21
SQUALID MISERY.

Reader, when you feel inclined TO re-
pine at your lot, think Of the many-moEe
deserving mayhap, Of Heavens blessings
that yourself-who ara stepped TO the lips
in poverty, or have drankto the very dregs
the cup Of affliction. A correspondent OF
the N. Y. Enquirer, who has recently de-
voted considerable time to explorations Of
the abodes Of vice and misery in that city.
thus indicates some Of bis discoveriss:-
awe could tell of one room, l2 feet BY
I2, in which were five resident families,
comprising 20 persons of both sexes, and
all ages, with only two beds, without par,i
ton or screen, or chair or table, and all de-
pendent for their miserable support upon
the sale of chips, CLEANED from the streets,
at four cents a basket-ot another, still
more destitute, inhabited by man, woman,
two little girls, and boy, who were sup
ported by permitting the room to be used
as a rendezvous by the abandoned women
Of the Street-of another, an attic room
seven feet by five, containing scarcely an
article Of furniture, but bed, in which lay
4 fine looking man in raging fever, With
out medicine or drink, or suitable food, his
toll worn wife engaged in cleaning dirt
from the floor, and his little child sleeping
on a bundle of rags in the corner--ot an,
other, of the same dimensions, in which we
found, seated on low boxes, around can
die placed on keg, woman and her old
est daughter (the latter girl of fifteen, and.
as we are told, prostilute.) sewing on
shirts. for the making of which they were
paid four cents piece, and even at that
price, out of which they hadto support two
small children, they could not get supply
of work--of another, of about the same
size, occupied by street rag-picker and
bis family, the income Of whose industry
was eight dollars a month-of another
scarcely larger, into which we were drawn
by the terrific screams Of drunken man
beating bis wife, containing no artiele o
furniture whatever--another, warmed on
" by tin pail Of lighted charcoal, place,
in the middle Of the room, over which bet,
blind man endeavering to warm himself
around him three or four men and women
swearing and quarrelling; in the corner
on the floor, woman, who had died tht
day previous, of disease; and in another
two or three children sleeping on pile o
rags; another from which not long since
twenty persons sick with fever were taket
to the Hospital, aud every individua! o
them died."
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-04-21

Hints TO FARMERs.-Toads are the
very best protection to cabbage against
ice.
Plants, when dropping, are revived by q
few grains Of ulphur.
Pears are generally improved by graft
ing on mountain ash
Sulphur is valuable in preserving grapes,
&c, from insects.
in feeding with corn, 60 lbs. ground goes
as far as feeding 1876 lbs. in the kernel.
Turnips Of small size have double the
nutricious matter that large ones have.
Rats and other vermin are kept away
from grain by sprinkling garlic when pack
ing the sheaves.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-04-21

A PIONEER. lives near the
mouth Of the Great Miami, colorsd man
named Frank Malson, who has walked
from New Orleans TO Cincinnati seve nteen
times! Before the application Of steam ,e
purposes Of navigation. he followed the
plotting Of fatboats and keels down the
river and invariably walked back. On
one occasion, when returning be carried
with him skillet, handssw and an axe
the whole distance. He was one Of the
very first settlers on q tract Of land known
as Symmes' purchase, and witnessed the
erection Of the first building on the site
which Cincinnati now occupies. No man
perhaps, ever endured greater hardsbip'
and lived TO reach his age. Another yea
and he will have seen bis hundredth.-- --Ep
ansrille Jour.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-04-21

1t seems that Miss Lucy Stone has aP-
peared as public lecturer in mems clothes.
This indicates progress among the ne
uomen, as this class of reformers are get
ting TO be called, They aim a, having all
things common between women aud men; |;
empoyments, dress, political principles; |;
land the final consummation will probably
be community of ''bed and board" Fa-
n atieal reforms have always tended to such
results. ITO this complexion il must come
al last"
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-04-21

"MAsTERLY IN.cTIvITY."--Two or
three years ago some writer's were tracing
the orsina,ion of the idea used by Mr.. Cal,
houn in the words ''mastsrly inactivity"
sscribing il to Sir James Mcintosh, and
Edmond Burke. Perhaps it found ex-
preston in the 7th verse ofthe xxxth chap
ter Of Isaiah: "For the Egyptians sha
help in vain, and to no purpose; therefore
have | cried concerning this, their strength
is to sit still"
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-04-21

CALLS FROM THE HARNESS OR SAD
pLE.--Major Long, in his written and val
uabs account Of his expedition to the Rocky
Mountains, says that his party found white
lead, mois.ened with milk, to succeed bet
ter than anything else in preventing the
bad effects Of gals on their horses backs
in their fatiguing march over the plains
that border the mountains. Its effect 10
smoothing and soothing the irrta,ed ant
inAamed surface, was admirable.-Ameri,
can Farmer.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-04-21
WILD DARK STORM,
AS SUNG By DR.. ELLIOT.

Oh, tic the easement, father,
The snow falls on my bed;
Oh, tie the easement father,
II rattles DER my head.
Don't sleep so sound, my father,
Pm very numb and chill,
And cannot bear 10 listen,
With the room 50 dark and still.
The drunkard heard no plaintive voice,
For death enwrap't his form
Nor the child's moan, I'm all alone
In the wild dark storm!
The blast roared down the chimney,
And shook the fragile wall;
And the easement ratified louder
At the shrill and angry call.
The child in agony uprose,
And swayed its wasted form,
AZ she whispered, I'm oil alone
In the wild dark storm!
The light shone in upon her,
Her heart beat quick with fear;
She could see no torn around her,
Nor voice, nor football hear;
But whisper came unto her,
As zephyr's tones might be,
And its melody bresthei fairy like
NY child come home 10 me.
There's snow upon my bed mama,
My heart is freezing fast,
And shadows from the corner
Are fitting swiftly past.
I'll come to you, dear mother,
Ii you'll make me very warm,
For On Pm cold and all alone,
In the wild dark storm.
The little snow drifts blew,
And so silently they slept
Upon the ragged coverlid
The child no longer wept.
She said their must be warmth in them,
And thrust within her hand,
And drew il forth encircled
With a pale and icy band,
She shrek ed as wild and fr ntlc,
And shook the drunken form,
I'm dying, father, dying,
In the wild dark storm!
Poor child! her head sank backward,
Her eyes grew dark and dim,
Her voice grew stronger in deapair,
She could not wake him.
With red and frozen fingers joined,
She brenthed in accents low:
Where mother sleeps, where mother lies,
IT'S there want tog 60.
The dawn looked in upon her,
Stiff, moi,onless aud cold;
And the snow all laid around her
And dimmed her locks OF gold,
Beside that wTetched father,
She drew her quivering breath,
And there the two slep, silently
Within the arms OF death.
Poor child, no more she murmurs,
Oh, mother make me warm;-
And thus the drunk ards child did die
In The wild dark storm!
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-04-21

A BULL F1GHr INCIDENTAL few ears
ago the inha bitants of Saville read with
surprise in the advertisements of an ap-
preaching bull fight this unusual notice
"When the third bull shall have attacked
the picadores, and receives three pairs ol
banderilIas,a young peasant by whom he
has been brought up, will appear in the cir
Gus. He will approach the bull, caress il,
and after removing the banderillas one If.
ter another, will lie down between his
horns"
The announcement Of SO singular feat
attracted an immense crowd to the nmphi,
theatre. The third bull appeard, an AMI.
NAL with splendid horns, and very brave
he slew four horses, received the bander-
ilas, and became furious. Then, contrar,
to custom, all the torreors retired from the
ring, leaving the bull stamping about, and
shaking the bloody darts that hung from
bis neck. All at once . long whistle was
heard He Heapproached the barrier, and a
young man leapt into the ring, calling the
bull by bis name, "Mosquito! Mosquito!"
The animal knew its master, came to
caress him, and was appeased. The
peasant gave him his hand to lick, and
with the other began TO scratch it behind
the ears, an operation which seemed to af-
ford the poor brute much pleasure; he then
gently removed the banderillas which an
noy ed the neck Of Mosquito, made il go
down on ito knees, and placed his head be
tween it's horns. The grateful bull seemed
to listen with pleasure to pastoral melody
sung by the master. The admiration ol
the multitude, hitherto suppressed by sur
prise, burst forth with Andalusan violence
and shook the building. Hearing this
frenzied applause, which had accompanied
all his sutfering., the bull, till then under I
charm, appeared 10 wake and return TO 70
ali,y. He suddenly rose, believing; snd
the peasant tried to escape, but it was too
late. The animal, 40 though furious .
being betrayed, tossed the young man in
to the air, received him again on his horns
gored him, trampled on him, crushed hin
to pieces, in spite Of the efforts Of the tor
reros. The junction was suspended; ant
a phenemonon in Spain, the Mortified pub
lie quilted the circus in silence.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-04-21

A loving wife once waited on physi-
clan TO request him to prescribe for her
husbands eyes, which were very sore.
LET him wash them," said the doctor,
''every morning With small glass of bran
.dy." A few weeks after the doctor chanc-
ed to meet the wife. "Well, has your
husban nd followed my advicew "He has
done everything in his power to do il, doc
tor,n said ihe spouse, shut he never could
get the glass higher than bis mouth.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-04-21
TURKEYS.

Il has always been surprising to US, tina
so little should be said in favor Of raising
turkeys.
The turkey is the prince Of birds for the
table or the market, yet it don't seem to be
praised by the raisers Of poultry as il
should. This thing evidently goes BY
fashion, and we really wish those who sci
the fashion in such matters, would bring
about the fashion OF raising turkeys. They
cost less in food and care, according 10 size
and bring greater price than any other
fowl; yet our farmers neglect breeding
them, and pay all their extra attention to
the breeding of lean, lank, slooney, fowls
from China, that will consume twice their
worth in the season, don't come to maturity
till year and a half old, and when placed
upon the table, are neither good chicken OF
poor turkey, aud from the stringy flesh o'
which, one turns away without any sort oi
satisfaction. But says one they are des
tructire! and we would ask if China fowl
is no, destructive? Setting aside The iacl
Of their voracious ppetites,-bolting corn
at week old; just let them loose 10 your
garden or cornfield, and you will be salts.
fed of their destructiveness. They will
destroy everything that comes in their way
to the onions in your bed! And that a
turkey will not do. Turkeys ramb.e it is
true, but i. is questionable whether in their
very rambles, they are not performing a
valuable service. They are in pursuit Of
insects, and the farmer who has flock Of
turkeys is very little troubled with grass
hoppers, crickets and such vermin.
In raising turkeys we would recommend
cross Of the ,rild and domestic varieties.
Saw, put ,rild gobbler or ono a. near the
wild state as you can get, with domestic
hen turkey, and the produce will be good
cross. The young turkeys will have dis
position to ramble, but the old hens domes
tic education will keep them in check. On
the contrary, ifthe hen turkey be ,rild she
will lead her progeny in every direction
but the one towards home. Then our ad
vice is, to those who would raise poultry
raise more turkeys and less chickens, par
ticuIarIy of the lank, gawky breeds from
The celestial Empire, whose only good
quality is, that they are always blessed
with good appetite! Turkeys are essi-
ly raised, readily fattened, quickly sold,
bring good price always, and as friend
at our elbow says Of hand Of tobacco
there is some chaw to tbem!
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-04-21

A RIVAL OF MRs. STowE.-It is stated
that Rev. Mr.. Wood, D. D. 10 under re-
mand at Hull, England, on a charge Of OBJ.
taining money by false pretences. 1t is
alleged that he levied contributions on the
charitable for the alleged support Of q
church in Liberia, and told one Of the wit,
nesses against him that George and Eiso
Harris, mentioned in Uncle Toms Cabin
were members of his church. and that Gas.
sy died sir ueeks after her arriral in Libe
ria.
Mrs. Stowe must look to her laurels.-
The English parson exhibits capacities Of
invention which if properly cultivated
would throw our American story teller into
The shade.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-04-21

SEcoND slGur.-lfour young friend who
is in the habit Of taking social drop will
look for about ten minutes in the bottom Of
bis next glass, be will see the sugar form
itself into the shape of middle aged man
in the gutter. with a bloated idiotic expires.
sion, carbuncIod nose, and clothes dropping
off from rotienness, and il he will then fol-
low the back track, he will find to his hor-
ror that the fallen one originally emierated
from the boots then on his own feet!
s'Be wise to-day, It's madness to defer"
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-04-21

AILANTHUs TREE.--Congress has pro.
scribed this tree in an especial act To
the item in the Civil and Diplomatic bill,
providing for setting ou, tho public grounds
in Washington with trees, is this condition
That no more ailan,hus trees shs be pur
chased or planted in tho public grounds.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-04-21

"A real blessing to mothers" A phil
anthropist in Missouri has just invented .
cradle. which on being wound up like =
clock, will rock the baby twenty four hours
without stopping.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-04-21

DEAD LETTERs.-lt is stated that in the
Dead Letter office, in Washington, five
millions Of misdirecled letters are annually
opened and burnt. All letters containing
money are retained and filed. The
amount recovered last year exceeded $40,
OOO.-N. Y. Erdng.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-04-21

"This liulo fellow" said Martin Luther
Of a. little bird going to roost, "has chosen
his shelter, and is quietly rocking himself
TO sleep without care Tor Tomorrow lodg-
ing, calmly holding by his little twig, aud
!earing God to think for him"
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-04-21

The LAST CuRIosIry.-A piece OF the
poet Laureate.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-04-21
A CARD.
E. PESTER, TAILOR, sc.
No. 7 Davenport R Nv, opposite the Post Office

All orders executed in the first style OF fash.
ion and warranted to tit.
NJ b. Cutting attended to on the shortest no.
tice.
q Notice to wtoiesale clothing merchants. My
business position would ensure first rate sale on
Commission.
May ~ 1852 ~
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-04-21
AUSTIN C0RBIN
I. +. PARKER,

ATTORNEY g. COUNSELLOR AT LA"
BRADY ST, lsT DOOR BELOW SECOND,
DAVENPORT, IOWA.
CosyryANcEs and CONTRACTS drawn and .4c
In o,rLede,nsnts and .46dapits taken as
NOTARY PUBLIC.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-04-21
DOCTOK DALTON DOYLE,
HARDWARE ESTABLISHMENT

NEXT DOOR TO The fosl offiSL"
The subscriber confines his business 10 Hard
ware of every description, including Tools, Files
Fence. wire and whatever else appertains to The
business. w H. HlLOnI.n'
Davenport. Feb. Sd, 1853 22ly
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-04-21

DIR. I. LANCER,
AccOucher, Physician, Il surgeon
ILste.lat- -phy yncian ofthe Hungarian arny.]
Office end Street, opposite the Post Office.
DAyEsPoEr. Iowa.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-04-21

"Mr. Wilberforce's personal appearance was
precisely what It ID here described to have been.
TAT this time il was no uncommon thing fol
all the reporters, except one, to absent themseve
from the gallery for hoursat timeAthat one en-
lgaging to tell them oil that had happened on his
return.
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TPOISONING-O1

Thousands of Parents who use Vermifuce
composed Of Castor Oil, Calomcl, &c, are
not aware, that while they appear to benefit
the patient, they are actually laying the foun-
pations for a series of diseases, such as saliva
ton, loss Of sight, weakness, Of limbs &c.
In another column will be found the adver-
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We ask the attention of all directly interested
IN their own as well as their ChiIdren's
hcal!h. In Liver Complaints and all disordes
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l~E-"Be not dccciUed," but ask for Hoben-
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CIarb's Patent combined grinding and bolt
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