Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-08-30
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,.. -, August 30, 1853.
LOCAL NATTERs.

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AGENT, year OF the Davenport Weekly Ga
,ye ssy sNps Time glides away 50 rapidly that
llset e,;S .c,rcely larry to number the years as
and sel .... We are disposed to ruminate
isa =. mast and, if not to ask Of the years
Second a, 80 cone "what report they bore to
oHT' low nv a, least to speak Of the progress
.o,. .a,oe things; but we are admonished
.SlUEncef !, ,u.ce is lin ned, The circumstance
or Ren. ,.,;op upon a eftssath year having
y d even our menoy, iaterested as we
.sS.as 4 the growth saa prosperity Of the
,Ia,.i,s.,sssss ,.e Steadily siiessr paper was IN
,s,ss hv is EARLIEST reader. Ia this sparsey
-. e.. "a norton Of country, its progress has
'H-ssie onward. Starting out with only about
III Stree, b. hundred and fifty subscribers and in
''"e'N viii sar, falling short Of four hundred. the
,,e ,o. her has since rapidly augmented, until
~ =. subscription list is inferior to none
'dainst How in Iowa, while its daily advertising
street "a image is larger Manony paper in the
s'aeta. outside Of St. Louis and Chicago, So
n. an AID saas As we cap make arrangements we in
"'' 'hl charging our weekly, and as this is a
the PA. aopuor,unity. we would remind those
III '04Ss reus, who are worthy tillers Of the soil
-. who this year have been blessed with
as s; ss VIM abundance ,na. now i. good time
'' 's;'s. % '' :" ala account. and eSmmence
MS a,r, We adopt the following paragraph
re,. soa,,, the Chicago Press as our own, on &C :
n. ARE as eaas o(is applicability to this place
srRs RoAp TO WEALrH.-Every body,
Al -,
be eev,, and be ready to exclaim, "What is it
~ iT,.rs'is re isitm We answer Raise fruit and
elsblesn "Oh, is that all,' That is
= Hs.scv u1h to mike good all We propote to say.
Hou,s :, be brief aud come at once to the point,
manner Of fruit and vegetables in this
y Wood Ia se, are mons,rously high, and have been
kea.on. They ARE at least three times
ere, in Sci. rer tlan they ought 10 be. and if the
s ~oni es lars in these articles do not get rich, j.
d be .becau e they do but little business
sGror, /. ny much more than we suppose they do
a : u ~ hose who raise them.
The Galena Advertiser remarks, and
aoprehend with a considerable degree of
4, It,ae,, ,eetness that two kinds of currency,
,,s az ~ M add u bad one never long circu-
p'. q aa in community together, but that kind
o..,. ich is Of The least caiue will dispiace tina,
art. ,.ss lch is of most ualue. The reason is that
lin N - chasers wish to pay the least possible
,,in ass Uunt for what they buy, and il sellers
olS, 1's q accept currency worth less than 100
bis on the dollar at par. oil course they
be paid in that, and the buy er pocket.
aHiFaa at lea., conclude that he pockets. the
Athta ference The result is that, the best cur
by is certain to be eventually to great
rrs,osl gree worked out.
VIC = Ne presume there is not community n
Unted States worse off 10 the matter OF
-. -. currency, than the people Of Davenport,
indeed We may say of the State gener-
- 's'' h. Ii there be any truth in the rumors
d reports which We hear almost daily,
se,at pod portion of the paper which passes for
tIs' uney anon gst Us has but the tiimsiest foun.
81 ,usJ, kiion " support IL, and in fact II may be
lid there is no certainty Of its continuing
ale bod from day to day. Although some mer-
hans may attempt TO combine Tor the pur-
bse OF receiving only those notes which are
nown to be good, there will always be
ID ia lumber Of others who will take all the cur
etting il off their hands before they be-
rsL one losers by the transaction. Thus any
i, IL foH TO exclude the suspicious paper is rem
PPM ered abo:tye, and purchasers are necessa-
C HAIR the sufferers, because no sensible man
BRO who does legitimate business, will take
The chances TO which we have referred,
us I'D without placing on his wares proportion
nhlv hiuher s,,1,, lint
WAN Fave him al least from being the eventual
=, loser. All business is thus more or less re-
VI vi. tuced TO a consideration and calculation OF
u dc's chances, and is necessarily condu tied in
manner that is unsatisfactory both to
:, The buyer and the seller.
co The only true and eifectual method for
. remedyng the evils of which We complain
ltd Is by establishing safe and sound State
banking system OF our own. The State
cr would then not only derive revenue from
banking institutions under its own control
bu, our people would then have currency
!,,. conveniently convertible into specie, which
I5a" ida; they would know to be good, and which they
Rsa could carry with them, without the momen-
tary apprehension OF hearing it pronounced
He "'''' zra
NY --SEwIsG MACHINES We direct at
&c. iention to the advertisement Of Mr. Nourse.
lie is Agent for the best machines, which
~ he sells at New York prices. The follow
ol. ing extract from a letter he received on
- Saturday from a lady, attest the value of
these machnes:--
tents
b. IL have for the last week put my sewing
:" muchin" to extraordinary uses, and ma "
~, fully competent. l have been making "wed-