The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-01-13
A MAN.

! u thousand clocks ticking together.
A MATTER-0F- MAN.
Here il a very amusing picture OF tnat
species Of odd fish known as natter.oJ
fact man.
am what the women call ian odd fish.
| do nothing under the heavens without a
tnotiye-n never. attempt nothing unless
there is probability Of my succeeding. i
Isl, no fipors when think they won't be
granted. grant no iavors when think
they are not deserved; and, finally, don I
wait upon the giris when think M aiteh
tions would be disagreeahle. lam mat
ier-of fact man--am l. lido things serious
lis. once offered to attend Young lady
home--I did seriously that is. meant To
wait on her home if she wanted me. She
accepted nv offer. lwent home with her;
land il has ever since been an enigma TO nt
whether she wanted me or not. She took
ny arm and said not word. bade her
good night" and she said not word. I
tnei her next d1y, and said no, word. /
met her again,a nd she gave me two hoaf
talk # struck me as curious. She ieared
/ was offended. She said, and couldn't tor
he lie of her conceive why. She begged
ne 10 explain, but didn't give The ghost
chance TO d. it. Sae said she hoped !
wouldn't be offended; asked me 10 cal ) ana
il has ever since been my s'ery whether
-he wanted me 10 call or net.
once saw lady at her window.
thought would call did. enqaired
for Inc LADY md was told that she was not
II home. | expected she was. went a
wav thinking so. rather think 50 stli
mat her again She was nife ended said
lhad .snot been neighborlv." She reproach
Cd me for my negligence; said she thought
! | had been onkind And ! have ever since
wondered whether she was sorry or not
i A lndy once said 10 me that she 'shonid
: like to he married'' il she could get 2 con
! genisl husband. who would ~ Ike her happy
4. or at Ieas, try TO. She WAS not difficult T.
:. please, she said. | said, 81 should like 10
get married. too, il | could get wife tha,
would trv to make me happv.n She said
s.tTmpbl' and looked as il she meant what
she said. She did. For when asked her
If she thought she cpuid be persuaded I"
marry me. she said She d rather be excused
| | excused her. I've often wondered why !
excused her.
A good many things of this kind have
Ihsppened 10 me that are doubtful. wonder
Itul. mysterious Whit, then, is il that caus
es doub, and mystery in The ways of men? p
II is the raat offact! This Is ma'ter.oi
fact world, and 10 order to act well IN tive
uust deal in matter-of-fact.
| AN EXTENSIVE BAKE-We hope thai
the following, from the Newport Herald
viii find place in every newspaper IN
he country 1t is no fancy sketch:
| We once haard of fashionable young la
| dy in the metropolis who was led TO the by
meniaI alter by thrifty Broad street mer-
lchaut, lie casually expressed wish one
ldav. that some brown bread might be ba-
liked. The girl in the kitchen was ordered
| 10 bake the bread. She knew her duty, but
| At the same time knowing that her mistress
did not know hers, simply enquired bow
much meal she should bake. The lady
hestated moment, but the enquiry must
be answered. "About three pecks OF each
Abigail went at il, and next morning the
gentleman had a specimen Of twenty seven
leaves OF brown bread, made by the dlrec-
ton Of bis wife.
THE GREAT CRAIG TELESCOPE sci
en,ic gentleman Of fortune in England,
he Rev. Mr.. Craig, has nearly completed
| M enormous telescope--a much larger ond
better Instrument, it is supposed, than that
| If Lord Rose, as all the new improve
meats have been added II is eighty five
feet in eugth. The object glass is twn
iaet in diameter. The London Morning
Chronicle saws, that its capacity is such,
that il will magnify the moon forty thou
| sand times, and it is positively asserted,
that on a favorable evening, If there is
building or object on that planet of the
size of Westminster Abbey, the whole of
It's parts and proportions would be distinct
liv revealed. The trials which have alrea-
dy been made Of its extraordinary power
are ef the most satisfactory character.
PRAcTIcAL lNpEPENpENc En- the srt
Gle on the Australian gold mines IN the
London Rericte, the writer gives rich
and ludicrous account Of the practical
equality which the abundance of gold
mines makes between masters and ser
wants. We laughed heartily at the follow
ing
.One stockmastsr. whose bands had de-
serted him went to the diggings to induce
them t. return and shear his docks, and
made up his mind to submit to their own
terms. swell, master" said the fellow.
'we'il return aud do the Job, provided
sYes, interrupted the master ioyfuily, ~
agree. - Prorided ice hare the mcolm
A he was turning away they offered their
old master fifteen shillings per dav to STAY
and be their cook!"--Ohio STATE Journal.