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Burlington tri-weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1852-1855, 1855-06-25
OVER THE FALLS.

NIA0AKA ALL8. u n0 70.
A man xs.t ever the American Falls to-
day this AN. He was in the act of landing
from skif justaabove the the Rapids when
he was carried away BY the current. H 5
boat capsixed. Ills name is unknown but he
is supposed to have been on his way from
Canada with Vegetables.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-09-13
Ar IMPULsIvE EDITOR.

The Albany Register lately in acknow- Iedging clever hit from the Albany Atlas, came out in an explosion of gratitude, offer ing to give the editor hat provided he would accept on. .and find halter willing to charge the expense to the Register To his appa- rent surprise. however. the offer was accept
 d new beaver graced the head Q! the Atlas man, and in due time the bill of costs was handed in si the Register of6ce.- Whereupon the editor of the Register con fesses that he had forgotten that competition in business often drives man of trade to accept risky bargains, and acknowledges the corn in the most approved manner giy- ing an additional instance, in which, in his zeal to keep up appearances, he had driven an unpso6,ab!e trade. He says:
 We were great Jackson man, we were, the last time that the old General ran for the Presidency. and whenever General Jackson runs for that office shall be so again. We lived in the country then, and had a neighbor who was on the other side of the political fence, who was great dealer in horses. We'll, we got into m argument with him one day, and so sure was he of success that he offered to beta horse against $50 that the old Hero of New Orleans would not he elected. We took the bet. The ar. gument being one that had no end, was re- newed from time to time with the same re- suit, until five horses on one side and S250 on the other were staked on the issue of the election. We won. But we had forgotten to designate the animals, and such lot of horses as was tended in paymen. of the be, was sight to me. Ii there was an ailment to whicl, horsefesh is subjec; that was not exhibited by one of these five horses we should like to be informed of it's diagnosis. There was ringbone, and spavin, and spring halt. and blindness, and heaves. and one venerable old roadster had all these. and in addition was deaf as post. We kept,hem a week as collection of cariosi,irs in the animal line. and then sold them at auction. According to our recollection, four of them sold for SfO. in the aggregate. and We gave a iin-pedlar SI0 for taking the other. We have not bet on elections since, and don't want to win any more horses"
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-09-13
LIFE IN CALIFORNIA.

The editor of the Golden Age, an excel lent San Francisco paper very neatly hits off Eas.ern ideas of California civilization. The following. he says, is specimen of the dai- y routine of an editors life in San Fran cisco:
 First, he gets iip in the morning at ten o'clock; dresses himself, puts on his hat, in which are six or seven bullet-holes, and goes to restaurant for breakfast After breakfast, starts for the office to look over the papers, and discovers that he is called scoundrel in one of them, . liar in another, and puppy in another; he smiles at the pleasing prospect of having something to do; fills out and dispatches three blank challen- ges, a ream or two of which he always keeps on hand, ready printed, to save time com menees writing leader, when as the clock strikes eleven, large man with cow-hide in one hand, pistol in the other, and bowie-knife in his belt, walks in and asks him if his name is -; he answers by knocking the intruder down two pair of stairs with chair. Attwelve o'clock finds that his challenges have been accepted, and suddenly remembers that he has little af- fair of that nature to settle at the beach that day al three o'clock goes out, kills his man, then comes in and dimes on siewed grizzly. Starts for the office, and while going there gets mixed up in street row, and has the heel of his boot shot of by accident; laughs to think how beautifully 1t was done aF- rives at his sanctnm, and finds an .infernal machine upon the table; knows what it is, and merely pitches it out of the window {; writes an article on .moral reform,' and then starts for the theaier; is attacked on the corner ofa dark alley by three men, kills two of them. and takes the other to the sia- tion-hsuse. Returning to the office st eIev- en o'clock at night, knocks man who ate tempts to rob him, kills dog with piece of paving-stone. gets run over bya cab. and has the tail of his coat slit with thrust from a knife, and two buIIet-holes put ihro' his beaver as he steps within his own door; {; smiles at his escape writes uniil two o'cork and then turns in with the happy ca,i- scionsness of having two dueis to light the next day.n
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-09-13

of approaching night, the lulling sound of insect-voices and the signing of the sum mer breeze through the vines and crevices of the walls, gave wings to the fancy and re-peopled the now desolate abode with cowled monks and friars, and abbots, and nuns. Alas, for the instability of all things human! Their words of devotion. their deeds of charity and self.sacridce, their acts of shame and crime. are recorded only in the archives of Heaven. And that kingly mansion !--could its walls speak, what history could they not unfold ! what "state secrets" might they not reveal! The great men of the world once held counsel togeth- CT there; and schemes Of patriotism, of conquest, of sotdid ambition and of person. al revenge, were discussed and planned. From that chamber went forth the man. dates that reused and awed the nation. Bat " the glory of the house has departed" and it is only reverenced for what it once was.
 York lies on both sides of the river Ouse, which is crossed by six bridges and by sev- eral row ferry-boats. It is entered by four principal gates, or |" bars," as they are call- ed. Several of the streets, from their great antiquity, present very singular appear ance. York Castle'' and "Clifford's Tower" are ranked among the curiosi.ies of the city. The latter was built in the times when the Romans occupied the town -at what precise date is not known. I should do myself injustice not to acknow- ledge my qualification at having made the acquaintance, while here, of one of the most thorough and accomplished antiquarians and psychologists of the north of England-Wil- liam Payer, Esq, of York. He has compi- led with immense labor and care the pedi- grees of nearly every important family in Yorkshire, and all the names are so indexed as to be readily referred to. His collections embrace about nine hundred pedigrees, near ly all of which are consolidated from the visita,ions of Yorkshire, some two hundred of which cannot be found even among the numberless genealogical treasures of the British Museum. In the catalogue noticed several familiar Li,chfeld County names, such as Bennett, Jennings, Beers, Stanley, Sedgwick. Drake, Thornton. etc. He has also ia his possession several genealogies of the Washiagton's of Yorkshire, and he ex- pressed to me the hope that he might yet be able to trace the ancestry of the great Ame- rican Washington to the family which was once seated in that country. He assured me that the blood of many of the best York shire families now flowed in the veins of New Englanders. and pleasantly suggested that some par, of the credit of their achieve men,s was due to their origin--a proposition which no descendant of the pilgrims would wish to deny. IT a pride of ancestry is al- lowabie in any case, surely the sons of New England have legitimate right to glory in the descent from tha. ss,urdy stock' which sought tn resist oppression and difiase the spirit of liberty. The increased facilities ot intercourse between England and America are gradually uniting the two nations in spirit and in purpose, as they have ever been by a common origin and . common language. FIX.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-09-13

THRx. IN BED Emigration to the State of Michigan was 70 great during the year i6S5-36, that every house was filled each night with travellers wanting lodging. Every traveller ihese at that time will re- member the difIirulty of ohtsining . bed tn any of the hotels, even if he was willing to put ID with two or thFre strange bedfeilows.
 Tho Rev Hosea Brown, an eccentric Methodist minister. stopped at one of the hotels in Ann Arbor, and enquired if he could have a room and bed to himself = The bar-keeper told him he could, unless they should be 90 full as to render it neces- sary b pnt in another with him. At an early hour the reverend gentleman went to his room, locked the door, aud soon retired to his bed. and sunk into comfortable sleep. Along towards mid..ight he WAS asoused from his slumbcrs by loud knock ing at his door.
 :. Halio, you,shere v he exclaimed,' :. what do you want neU i'-parsicular stress on the last word.
 :. Yoa must take another lodger with you, sir, said the landlord.
 What another yet i''
 Why: yes-there is only one in there is there is'
 One! why here is Mir. Brown. and a Methodist preacher. and myself, already and should think that was enough for one bed, even in Mcknight" The landlord seemed to think So, too, and left them to their repose.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-09-13

THr GaHAr RUSSIAN BxLI--Affer three months incessani labor. the Russians have replaced the great bell in the tower of San Juan, on the Kremlin. which our readers recollecl. on being iolled for the late Czar. fell and broke through no less than ihree separate stories Of vaults, killing five per- sons on the spot. The bell is sxid to be the largest in the world, weighing no less than SO, 900 pounds.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-09-13

U The Boston Chronicle tells capital story Of shst delightful exercise. shopping. A lady In Bosson called for piece of green siIk. ssa deep, very deep green" was desired. Tho complaisanl salesman ransacked the store. pulled down Ill she s.greens'' from the shelves, exhibited all the shades poss:- ble, expalialsd and argued it was no go, the lady wasn't suited. At last, irrisased by her fassidiousness the salesman forgot his usual poliseuess and exclaimed 's Ma. dame. | do declare that, believe you don, know what shade of green you do want Instantly tho witty and critical lady replied' q Indeed, do cir, right we'll, l want pat. tern jass one shade greeaer than yoarssif!' ' The young man wil,ed.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-09-13

u \ f&ll||sr in soush-wcsiern Ohio be- ing asked if the rain had done much dam- sge. rsplied--" o yes, the cars of corn are so long and heavy shat they reach entirely across the rows aud very much impede na. vigaiion in the firlda.n The country is ia . dreadful condition.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-09-13
Oh, | Wish | Could.

What7 you envy that fashionably dress- ed man, who lounges so listlessiy along the street, iazily gazing into the store windowsl And for whatl Because he has such fine times of it. so little to do--seeking plea- sare, his whole occupation, and you. unfor- tunate man, toiling out your monotonous life-work-wofk--work
 How many are they who know not the pleasure of industry, who think having no- thing 10 do, being gentlemen Of ease. the very essence of happiness And how it would surprise some of these "wishers" if they only knew the affliction of fashionable indolence, yawning out it's useless life in wearisome ease. Let only industry for a week or two dress itself up as incidence, strut it's brief hour, and endure it's enjoy ments; and with what joy it will dofi the habiliments of idleness and renew it's rusty suit of work. Yes. there Is no greater mis- take than to suppose happiness can be found under the cloak of frivolity. Life without work; to breatle your existence into yacu- ity. dissipating your time, without useful action 10 achieve; 1; wasting away your en- ergies and allowing vitality itself to evapo- raie into inanision, may seem 10 the thought. less, enjoyment; but to the manly mind, u is punishment. No one feels fife 50 hur- densosae ss hs who has time Q do nothing. No ono feels mono.ony aud unhappy so much as your man of pleasure. A short lime serves to cloy to sasiesy, and 10 make his very leisure tha torment of his existence. Life. to be enjoyed, must be employed. IL is industry, aud industry alone, no matter in what occupation, that gives sest to life, and brings contrntment 10 the mind.
 Foil on and be happy. Work is the bless ing Of nature, crow ming man with dignity, and making him sovereign upon earth.- When the temptrr comes and seeks hy false views to iaxsie you into incidence. conquer him by self respect for that which is maa's duty and glory--..to earn his bread by the sweat of his brow."
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-09-13

EY When we are yonng, we are slavish- ly employed m procuring something where by we may live comfortably when we grow old; and when we are old. we perceive it is too late to live as we proposed.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-09-13
4 Harvest Incident.

The Detroit Adreriiser tells of a team oi
 bright bay five year old mares, fourteen hands
 high; long and tow built, sturdy. tough, and strong. recently matched by $. P. W, of Calhoun Co, Mich., for farm service; a better team never settled mould board into green sMard. wi had sixiy-fve acres of noble wheat, and he had purchased new
 McC Cormsck's reaper, to which in the pride of his heart. he hilched the mares, scoruinc to disgrace his fine crop and new reaper. by contact with anything in the shape of horse flesh, poorer than his very best.
 The mares were harnessed to the e mas chine" raw Duichman who had never seen reaper was put on to drive, and away they went at the first revolution of the big reel. which they saw over their binders, they became impressed with the idea that they were bound '' 10 run scid de mdsheen," and sure enough they did, through the big wheat
 field. in all possible zig-zag directions, cut ting some. breaking down the balance, and scattering the grain far and wide behind them--the Dutchman clung to his seat for a while, yelling :. weo!" in nineteen differ ent diales.ts, until the truck of the reaper struck a stone. whereat he bounded some ten feet into the air, describing paraboiic curve. with radius of inconvenient length, and finally brought up, hull down, in the middle of the field.
 The mares kept on as though Ceres had hired Bacchus for a car-driver and was bent on bus.-the machinery rattling, the great reel revolving with fierce velocity. and the knives gnashing away at the grain like the teeth of madman, until the breaking of a single tree ended over the machine, and ihe mares streaked it for the barn, where they remained at last accounts. The next day six remarkable old fashioned cradles were observed busiiy at work in that wheat field, and notice headed .Pafent Reaper For Sale" was to be seen. posted on the front gate.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-09-13

1 Conceis and confidence arc hoth of them cheats; the first always imposes on itself, the second frequently deceives others too.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-09-13

1 The truly great and good. in afilic- tion. bear counienance more princeIy than they are wont; for il is the temper of the highest hearts, like the palm-u tree. to strive most upwards when it is most burthened. k1 The editorofthe Rochester Democrat gives this recipe to kill fleas on dogs:- Soak the dog for five minutes in camphene, and then set fire to him. The effect is in- siantaneous.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-09-13

1 It is sound maxim. that every man is wretched in proportion to his sires and that the noblest ornament Of a young, gem erous mind, and the surest source of plea- sure, prof, and reputation in life, is unre- served acceptance of vir.ne.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-09-13


 REMARKABLs OccuRnENcE.-The Bed ford (Eng.) Times relates circumsta nee of somewhat extraordinary character which occurred short time since in one of the fourishing towns of the midland counties A clergyman died, and his wife and daugh- ters, on the third day after his decease, re- collecting that no likeness remained, 1t was agreed, ere the grave clos OCT him, that the body should be unshrouded and DOT trait taken. A young lady of some pro- fessional celebrity was engaged for the task. She, with tie assistance of the attendant, took of the shroad and placed the body in the requisite posture; but, other duties re- quiring the artists attention, tue sketch was deferred till noon. At I2 o'clock, at the foot of the bed, the lady commenced and went through an hours work on this image Of death. At this stage of the proceedings, by some unaccountable motion. the head of the deatl-like figure fell on the side. No thing daunted, the artist carefully took the head to replace it, when 10! the eyes open- ed, and staring her full in the face, .. the dead" inquired, :. Who are ycui' The young " professional" i" without trepida;ion, took the bandage from the head and rubbed his neck. He immediately saw the shroud, and laughed immodrraiely. The artist quietly called the family their joy may he imagined, hut cannot be described. That evening, he who had lain three days in his shroud. bemnaned by mother and sisters with agonizing tears. gladdenrd their hearts by taking his accustomed place al the tea- table, and at this moment is making an excursion in North Wales.
 THE SAME THINo.--A Cornish clergy man having dispute concerning different shares in different mines, found it necessa. " to send for London lilnb of ihe law, to have some conversation with the witnesses, to examine into .fks title-deeds, view the professional gentleman was descending the shaft by means of rope which Le held in his hand, he called out to the parson, who stood at the top:
 .. Doctor, as you have not confined your studies to theology. and know all things from tine surface to tue centre-pray, how far Is 1t from this place to the internal re- gionsi''
 sI cannot exactly ascertain the distance." replied the divine; < but let % your hold, and you'll be there in ininnie.' '
 THk PowER o. AN ELEPHANTS TacnK.- One has been apt to consider Nasmyih's sfeam-hammer. which can with one blow exert force of two tons. and with another break nut without injaring the kernel. as a triumph of human ingenuity, and so it is but how insignificant when placed in coin- parison with the trunk of an elephant; for not only can the latter strike a blow of n ton or so. and break an egg or nu;. hut It can pick np . pin from the floor, or pull down tree; project water with the force of 20-man power fo.cing-pumP, or uncork and drink bottle of soda water without spiliing drop l!
 B It is sound maxim. that every man is wretched in proportion to his sires and that the noblest ornament Of young, gem erous mind, and the surest source of plea- sure, prof, and reputation in life, is unre- .~e.x
, 1855-03-24

REsIGNED.-Col. j. PATTON ANDERSON,
C. S. Mashal for this territory has re-
signed his Office, and has, We are informed,
transmitted his resignation to the proper
department by the last mail Col. Ander-
son has been driven to surrender Of his
official position, as we learn, from the mea-
gre compensation and salary attached to
the oflice-the duties of which he has dis
charged faithfully, vigorously, and we be-
lieve, with universal satisfaction. No man
in the territory has warmer, or more sim
cere personal and political friends than has
Col. A, and as a genuine democrat, and
high-toned gentleman, he stands, a
No. L. MAY his shadow never he less"
and may his succcssOr4be worthy TO follow
in his footsteps.
, 1855-03-24
Your obd't. serv't.,
JAMES NJ. HUNT,
JOHN II. SCRANTON.

: FouHD.-The body Of the late GEo. w.
STEVENS, who was drowned some six weeks
since in crossing Skookum Chuck, was
found on Monday evening last, about three
quarters of mile below where the road
crosses that stream. His body was found
in an upright position-having lodged
amongst some logs and drift, and for the
length of time subject to the surrounding
elements, gave little evidence of decay.
His remains were deposited on Thursday
last, on the first prairie south of Olympia,
in the presence of bis relatives and a nurat
crous attendance dPour citizens.
, 1855-03-24


DE- II as"Latp ~ gna iIrh arEa w., AINtNSH
Steamship COMPANY merit and receive. the ccnsnrr
and condemnation of this Legislative Assembly, and
Sl Ihe people ol sns iert"ry or the repeated acts OF
o' In aup Thet ~, 'He PeoP,e o. oregon
many IN forwarding the Oregon mails uDon the on
condemned but now delunct "sou,herncr," was one
wItn% "' sau company out Il has satisfed m ieg
virtue.
RESOLVED, That the secretary Of the Territory he
and he hereby rcGGct'd To forward copy OF these
,stcr ,;norH ' al ,h, ~ pi, ~, ,I raie
Mail Steam hin Comp,ny.''
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, 1855-03-24
ssThe MRils.o

Under this head, in to-day's paper, will
be found proposals, from the Post-ofIice
Department, for carrying the United States
mails, on the different postroutes estab-
lshed by Congress in this territory, for
three years from the first of August next.
1t will he observed that the proposals
require all the bids to be received by the
18th day of May ncxt-thus cfieciually
closing the door to all competition coming
from this territory, as it will Le almost next
TO impossible for any of our citizens to make
their calculations, and transmit their propo-
sails in time 10 reach the department TO be
entertained within the time allotted-ho
matter how much they might desire TO do
so. But this is about in keeping, and is
perfectly compatible with the whole mail
system in this direction. The consequence
will be, in all probability, that for want of
suitable information in the premises few
possibly none of the contracts will be sought
after, and We must be content, for another
year, to be blessed with our present dear,
delightful, no mail faoilities al all.
1t will he observed that no proposal is
made, or invitation offered for bid for the
consideration of the department, for carry
ing the mail to San Francisco from the head
of Puget Sound by ocean steamers.
The proposals are published rertatim as
we find them, .(errors in spelling names
&c, ip order to prevent confusion between
bidders, (ifany) and the department, which
we do more for the information of the peo-
pie of the territory, than otherwise, as we
are restricted by the poverty of the depart
mcnt, to a mere nominal compensation for
the space occupied by the publication.