Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-07-19
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pnvcnporl, JuIy -, 1855.
LOCAL MATTERS.

ur6l v.slt w tutS OEo0tIns S-Se W sobut
and we must say we admire the taste that
muIe the SELECTION oflhe ground; as body
of sixty acres Of more delightfully."- rolling
prairie cannot be foundin Scott county
II is all enclosed with good fence and laid
of with wide avenues, along which the
choicest varieties Of shade trees have been
pl.n,ed. Hitching posts have been placed
al regular ipterssis to protect the trees
from horses, pIbieh their ihoughiless dri-
ysrs would AsEe sslsaed .hen,
A number Of bodice hsyc aIreudy been in
tered in the Ceme,ry, and the relations Of
the deceased have had the taste 10 mark
Interesting places with marble tombstones.
One corner of these gro unds has been pur-
chased ty the Episcopal Church, who pre-
fer buryi y their dead separately. Outside
Of the Cemetery the Jews Of our city have
purchased three acres which they have fenc.
ed 10 separately; their laws prohibitD g them
bury.ny their dead, e,cn ih4t OF u ehfid, in
th. same enclosure with Christians. The
boJy OF ch,ij from Rock Island already
occupies taeir little burying ground. Years
hence when The trees snail have grown,
end The birds o. the ar shall have come ~
baiil til cir nests in the branches thereof
and the grounds shall have been adorned
with many rich monuments, and hallowed
as tae resting place Of some object around
winch the heart te ndriis Irvine. then Pine
lliIl Cemetery will become the resort OF
our citizens and the gay and the sad, the
lover and the mourncr, viii wander through
its avenues und seek that happy or IN urn.
iul consolation which the abode OF the dead
il alike so we'll calculated to iDPad.
In the vicinity OF the Cemetery We saw
one of Manny's Reapers in operation
With two horses aud couple OF men, one
to trive AMI the other 10 rake, ii cut swa,h
oJ iJgf feet, IN !knssts II sc OF ten acres 4
per day We were pleased with the sim
plciY oi its operation and the ease aud !
cleanliness with VIII ca il performed its /
work aud concluded that every farmer vino /
mikes any pretcnsions to the business.
should prov de himself with this, or better 4
vet, an, OK Atkins Self X ikers, or Meteor !
mick's ReHpers, 10 facilitate his work. AL I
,h1ush intentionally warn IN the city we
found delightful breeze stirring on the prai. I
RES, and OF the men we siN at work, in
dastrousiy harvesting ~ {, the machines /
or binding aud shocking thu grt n, MT one !
reemetrequIred TO exer, himself sufficiently I
ostsr, aperspiraton.
"A man was bitten on tie hand BY
rsttIesnake nile bindug wheat in Mnsea.
tine county on Sturdy last. Although \
sa1erias great paia he was still alive on
Sunday. 4
We direct the attention OF our read
ers 10 the advertisement of Saratoga Salt.
Accompanying each bottle are the ccrtih- ,
Gates a,tes,ing It's virtue Of two Of the prin- /
cpil chemists ia the Uaion. Prof. Bosth,
Aualy,ic Chemist and Reiner at the u. I
States Mint, says:--'.lt is not partial rep /
rssen,a,iys ut the solid constituents OF
Congress S2riay,' but minute and exact
copy OF the sam-, according to the most ac-
cprate chenncai analyses. II may there
fore be unhesit4tingly employed inste9a of
tali tier, and viii daubtlesi result ia the
same beneti :ial effects"
We have heard some Que mention
that tae Indians iaiend giving at Leclaire
Hall an exhibition consisting Of the dances
and Other peculiar customs of the red men.
lfthey rant little money, tina, would be an
easy way or tn I'm to get il, as they would
doubtless have a full h use. Few would
refuse to give them qu.r:er, both from
motives 0 curiosity aud in consideration oil
their correct demeano; since they have
been here.
We hive little incident which Sc
With to relate exclusively fos our Juvenile
readers and ii we cannot adopt our language
10 their comprehension, their mothers must
read and explain il to them. A pair oi
swallows built their nest iii our chimney;
they constructed i, OF sticks nicely woven
together and strongly cemen,ed with hind
OF glutinous substance which, naluraiists
inform US. the parent bird obtains from
two glands in i.s head. After they had
fastened it nicely-;hgugh as will be seen.
+ not very securely Ito the inside oil nue.
with the same adh .siye material, the female
bird laid three eggs anl in a few weeks was
the happy m,ther OF the same namoer
Of little uni dyed birds. The little ones
grew, while The parent birds were asslau-
Gus in their nigh, labors of providing them
with food
On Sunday evening las, there was
crash in the FIRE place and then tlu''eFlns
and noise aud upon peeping IN over s"o
Grebosrd, we sew the nest and the threh
birds on the hsartk A. the next morning
they were yet there and entirely out OF 1each
Of the old birds, we had them taken 10
shady place on the roof near The chitn'
ney, hoping the mother would soon h"o
them and provide them with food. At even
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