The Cedar Co. news-letter. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1853, 1853-11-26
The incorporation.

Last Saturday while standing upon that nice
plank side walk fronting the Bazaar and cast
ing wishfnl eve over TO the second DIVISION OF
,le same, extending from Friends Gull =, south
ward--be,weenw which and ourselves intersenea
vas, seas of fathorloss mud and while hnser-
inr upon the brink Of the las, plank, as Il wait
ing for boat TO ferry us over, the benefits OF
Incorporation dawned upon our minds.
Individually, we advocated the measure OF
Incorporation, upon the ground that it would
be instrumental in Improving the town, partc-
ularly the side walks, streets, etc. Now, we
stretch ourselves up to our full height, and with
the qualification of Lochiel's Seer, after the de-
feat of that chieftain; or. that OF the old wo-
man. when her husband informed her the COW
had swallowed the grindstone, and choaked to-
death and with the dignity Of Napoleon, we
can say-.Did'nt we tell We SO" Our words,
like those Of the Witches in the tragedy of Mac
beth. have been verified and we feel as though
our prophetic vision possessed the faculty OF
seeing and giving the true oracles, and ought
not TO be '.sneesed at"
True it is, that our town fathers; since their
election, have done nothing save to bear the
weight Of honor hus thrust upon thefn-that
they have not even sufficiently organized to
do business---and as body corporate, have not
done single '.haighp' But then the facts, the
naked truths, speak for themselves. Look Ia
front of the Rail Road Bazaar, and still further
down Cedar street, Amt there good spbsta ntial
side walks sin course there u.s." then give the
fathers credit / never was believer in mag
ic, till now, but now my old inhielity to super
natural power has s.csvad in''---and here is the
demonstration that induced the conversion.
! The council have done nothing. in their corpo-
rate capacity, then how could these walks be
built unless il was by the mcantations, guided
by the wills of the town .caciques" or through
the influence of their spirits, separated from
themselves as in the holy trinity. We are in
clined to think the latter. Their spirits hav,
not been idle If they have, but foreseeing th'
mud to come did systematically instigate thu
construction of said walks. What other exposi
ton of their origin would bear the test of human
reason we answer none; hence we are forced
10 weld our old convictions TO the force of evi
dence and say our Puritan Fathers held eorrec
ideas of witchery and that as we prophesied be
fore election, the Incorporation does improve
the town.
II is true it wculd be very agreeable if thei
l'.spirits" would do so MORE" but then We mus
not grumb.e, for what could human frailty q,
more, than has been done By our "town dad
dies" They have done truly nobly -! Civ
the dancing master his due, and also on
town sachems. II is true couple of the bfldg
es in our town are dangerous if left in thei
present condition, bat then tie spirits of GU
Viziers are not intuitively uoicquitous, but on
" instruet:ycly SO, aid as these bridges at
other matters which need attending to, have no
as vet fallen under the notice of the coancilmen
no blame should be attached, because as soon a
discovered by them, their spiritual incarnation
will cause repair. Bat for what they have done
is now, in these needy tunes, So highly appreci
ated, hat we know all good citizens, will SAY
with Us, Praise be to the town council.