The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1855-09-22

| Inc lll We must undergo,
And shun il 30,
Then !; wee well to know
Blt II $50 mus, undtrgJit IL,
Although We know II,
NAa BIOS 70 know IL
we must undergo H..
| LOTTERIES AND BREwEREEs When saot-
teries" were being diecussed in the British
Parliament in 1919 (savs Dir. Lees in "A specify
Il celebrated ph;lanthropic brewer, Mr.. (aftcr-
wards Sir Thomas) Fowcll Buxton, had to
meet objections precisely similar to those
used against the Nam Law; in fact substitut-
ing the word dram shop for s.otterv." the
same arguments hold eoodSn one case rs in
| the other. Sir Thomas Buxton, referring to
the history Of LOTTERIES IN Il village in his own
county, says, thoY DESTROYED every princi-
| pie Of industry, ana gave rise to ii spirit Of
gambling which did not before exist Now
90 into any village or street where, before
/ hcer-houses existed, the population were
foand to be comparatively sober ana indus
trious look to their history few wears af-
ter public houses have been introduced, and
you will find that their industry is paralvzei
ana their means OF living expended upon the
qualification of the appetite created bv the
temptation Of these drinkng-houses. Indus
ny will have cease ana degradation, pau
persm, riot aud crime takes it, place Sir
Thomas Buxton goes on u observe that '.the
spirit Of gambling (lke the spirit Of drink
ing) rs latelt, inert and lurking until hro't
into action, fostered and cultivated into fruit
fulness by the stimulus Of the lottery" Now
IT it IL not TO be permitted that the lottery
should stimulate and call into action this evil
spirit Of gambling, why should that be al
lowed which stimulates the desire for drink
and produces three-fourths Of the pauperism.
disorders, taxation AMI crime Of the country?
VoIcE or FATnKR OF THE CorvTRY.-
James Madison, in the convention which
/ framed the Constitution Of the United States,
objected to the word slave being used n
the clause which was inserted for the rendi-
ton Of fugitiyes His objections were agreed
70 by the convention, and the milder term Of
persons owing service or labor," applicable
alike 10 white apprentices or black slaves,
WAS put in our constitution. NJ. Madison
SAID on that occasion;
Il object to the word slave appearing in
Constitution, which, | trust, is TO be the
charter OF freedom u unborn millions nor
would willingly perpetuate the memory of
the fact that slavery ever existed IN our coun-
try. 1t is "A great evil and under the Prov
ldcnce of God. ! look forward to some scheme
Of emancipation which shall free us from it,
DO not, therefore, let US appear us il We re-
garded 1t Us perpetual, by using in our free
Constitution an odloas word opposedt to every
sentiment Of liberty"
FIGHTISG on Equal TERNs.-I will tell YOU
little incident that occurred IN Georgia
many years ago. Judge I. Il celebrated du-
cllst, who had lost his leg and who was
known TO be dead shot, challenged COL D..
gentleman Of great humor and attainInents.
/ I'll tic friends tried to prevent HE meeting bat
to no effect. The parties met on the ground,
wtien col. T.. wt- a-ked if he mae feadr,
"No," he replied.
''What are you waiting for, then ~ in
quired Judge It's second.
"Why, SIR said Col. D., Il have sent nv
boy into the woods to hunt bee gum to put
my eg in, for | don't intend to give the
Judge any advantage over me. You see he
has wooden legl''
The whole party roared with laughter and
the thing broke up the fight. Col ID. was
afterwards told that il would sink his rcpu-
tation.
"Well,'' he replied, cit can't sink me low
er than bullet can y
But urged his friends, ''the papers will
be filed about YOU"
"Wcll,' said he, . would rather fill fifty
papers than ill II coffin y
No one ever troubled the Col. after that
FACT.
ANOTHER DEcIINE IN BEEF. There was
another decline in the price Of beef in the
New York market on Wednesday last. The
price of such cattle rs were really good beef,
did not exceed ten cents per pound for the
meat, while, according to the Tribune, good
fair stock sold for much less, running down
in the small trash and lower grades 10 seven
cents. This is a variation, upon an average,
OF about six cents pound from the highest
market day of last spring.
A PUMpKINs.--The most ctlectual method Of
/ preserving pumpkins, during the winter, is
to select the largest and most perfectly ma
tured, and having deposited n stratum Of
dry straw on a close floor, place them there
on-not SO near as To touch each other and
cover them carefully with straw, taking
special care 10 fill in the interstices, or space
between the pumpkins, till the receptacle is
( filled, or until you have laid by as large Il
quantity rs your inclinations or necessities