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St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

This is the most important river III
its principal conlfuent, is the largest
in the world 1t extends 3,l00 miles,
and if we regard the Missouri as its
continuation it is $500 miles long.
1t would reach from New York across
the Atlantic, and extend through
France, Germany, Austria and Turkey
in Europe, and penetrate the remote
Caspian sea in Oriental Asia. The
average width from the Falls of St
Anthony, in Minnesota, to its delta on
the gulf of Mexico, is nearly half a
mile its average depth 10 feet. 1t
is always navigablc to the mouth of
the Ohio, and the upper part for seven
or eight months in the year. Its
course is from north to south, and the
trappcr descending the river may take
with hin the furs OF the animals that
inhabit its source, and exchange them
for sugar, and tropical fruits that are
gathered ON its banks below.
Again, the floods produced by
winter SHOWS and spring rains cannot
be Simultaneously discharged Spring
advances in II reverse direction to the
current of the stream, releases in sue
cession the waters of the lower valley,
then in the middle section, and finally
of the remote source of its tributaries
in the Rocky Mountains and hills of
the North. 1t takes over a month for
the floods to travel from its source to
its delta.
The total value Of steamboats, ahoat
Oh this mighty river and its tributa-
rics, is estimated at $4,000, 900, and
their number 500, with an aggregate
bufthcn Of more than twice the entire
steamboat tunnagc of Great Britain,
and probably equal to that of all other
parts of the world 1t drains an area
of 200, 600 square miles, which from
its unexamplcd fertility, has obtained
the title, "Thc garden of the New
World" In extent, fertility, variety
Of scenery, and diversity of climate
its valley surpasscs any other on the
! globe. 1t receives score of tributa
ries the last of which is larger than
the vauntcd streams ofmighty empires
| 1t might furnish natural boundaric
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08
''ALL-ABOARD." -

The most insignificant tword-couplct.
All-aboard,' uttered thousands of
times every day in depots and upon
docks, is always the prelude to a long
psalm of sorrow. OF itself it is a mere
business bchcst in its bearings it in
wolves regret, suffering and oftcntimes
despair. Not an hour glidcs into the
great sea Of the past--not a moment
leaps to the surface, and then is lost
forevcr-but some ear listens to the
kncll for the last time! .
If your heart has become dissatis-
fled with its treasures, and You are
disposed to grope among the shadow.
OF dcspondcncv, go where friends are
parting. We know not of surcr re-
ceipt for kindling the flame Of sympa-
thy, and making Richard himself
again. than this. No one with even
fragment Of heart in his bosom can
see the warmth of those who arc to 90
and those who are to stay, and hear the
tremulous but earnest Goodbye"
and " God bless you," uttered by lips
that trcmble with the frcightagc, with
out blessing of his own
n few weeks ago we were witness
of parting that touched us nearly.
1t was between two who were newly
welded, and who, since the sweet day
of their nuptials, had not been parted
for a day, hardly for an hour Nothing
short of sheer necessity could have
called the husband from his idol now !;
but the necessity came between them,
and he must not shrink. We saw the
long, wild embrace, heard the clear
whisper, BE of good chccr-I will be
home Soon," and in a few moments
more the pillows rolled between the
hearts that SO lately God had joined
together.
| will be home soon.' These were
the words-thc only consolation left,
and so much bitterness. Perhaps the
pangs of parting were sharpencd
by the vague prcscntimcnt that they
should never meet again And 50
she turned from the spot, that sad,
young wife, and went back to home
whose light had departed.
Il will be home soon"--and so he
was home, before he expected
home, ere the tears were dried from
the eyes Of the .wccpcr whom he left
behind. But, alas how did he come ?
Encompasscd in shroud that crowns
the mountain monarch of Switzerland.
Sure cnough-hc was home soon"
They dug but one grave then, but
since another has been demanded, and
now the young husband and young
wife sleep and dream together.
We shall all abe home soon." What
that home will be, rests with us.
"IIomc soon." So he was; and
having waited but little while, she
went home also.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08

ToucH THE RIGTr CHoHp. Water,
cold and clear, distills from the hard
and rugged rock Perfume, rich and
sweet, steals from the sharp and
prickly bricr! Music, soft and low, is
whispered by the wild and restless
waves -andruggcd, and unapproach-
able, and restless, as is mans heart,
it yet has its jewels, even though the
casket in which they arc held be oft
so strong and rough. Touch his heart
with true loves magic wand, and it
will send forth stream which will
fcrtilize the wilderness around ap-
proach his heart with u careful hand,
and he will yield it the pcrfumcd leaf,
and yet leave it unhurt by the pier
cling thorn hcarkcn with the car OF
charity to the tossings to and fro OF
his restless course, as they are mel
lowed in the distance, and are there
not some waves which are interested
with foam, and witch break softly and
musically on lifc's long shore! Fol
every heart there is an influence t.
every heart there is an entrance
touch but the keystone and the fabric
/ will always yield
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08
Autumnal Musings.

Eornll beauties without number
Summers charms so fair and gay,
All have gently gone b slumhcr,
All have quickly passed away;
Liz" bright phamtnms,
Or sweet anthcms,
All have quickly passcd away.
Sud AMI lonely l. the calling
orautpmnal hrczns low
While the leaves are lightly FILLING
While soit evening rnurmurs flow:
Family cleaning,
Stars are dreaming,
While soft evening murmurs flow.
Soon Will Winter, cold and dreary,
Usher on his dismal train;
Chilling blasts, with wings awcary,
Now proclaim his cruel reign:
Nature sigi.ing,
Boanty dying.
New proc.aiM MS cruel reign.
So IS life. though now aiornmg
With it, hopes our humble lot.
Transient as the dCws of morning
Like summers dream f.rgot.
Oh, how flccting,
Soou retrclting--
Like 4 summers dream forgot.
May VIC learn that we are mortal.
That from ea! tn we soon remove;
Soon We pass deaths narrow pnrLtl--
rass from tolls In jrys above:
Oh, how cheering!
How cudearing
Ia from tDils to ioys above.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08

sm. -a5ss.oy AT SEA-" There's
ADssS >sasncc called again ~ says
( - Arlington on a trip 10 Boston.
The wind was ahead, and the vessel
had to beat up, and the order TO put
the helm "hard lee" had been heard
through thcnight. Hardy Lee again!
declare; | should think the poor
crcetur would be completely exasni-
rated with fatigue; and Pm certain he
hasn't cat u blessed mouthfnl of any
thing all the while. Captain, do call
the poor crcctur down, or human natur
can't stand it,
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08

1t is curious fact that the warm
est friendships are among persons of
opposite qualities. The very singu-
larities of character that are most IA
tai to mere companionship, seem to
bind friends more closely together.
Give us for friend not ono who is a
mere copy of oursclf, of which we
have too much already, nor one whose
character has no distinct individual
points presenting only an unmcaning
superficial smoothncss. Give us one
rather whose moral fame is all cl-
bows--stuck full of salient points,
from crown to sole; for, as it has been
truly said, pair of minds thus made
up may "closc into each other as
thoroughly as a pair of brushes"
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08

Be CAREFuL.--Sevcral anecdotes
turn on that incxlaustiblc theme for
mcrrimcnt, the sorrows Of matrimony.
In passing through the streets bier
was struck against the corner of q
house, and the corpse terminated by
the shock. Some years afterwards,
when the woman died III good earnest,
her husband called out the the bearers,
. Pray, gentlemen, be careful in turn
ing the corners"
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08
loNCINGs FoG EET =

loNCINGs FOR EEsT -
When behold this fcklc, trustees state
bl vain worlds glory lifting tD and fro
AMI mortal men tpSs'd by troublOuS fate,
In restless seas "f wrotrhc,incSs aud woe,
wish might thi' weary lilr forrgo,
And shortly turn unto my happy rest.
Where my ire" spirit might mot any more
Fc NtA'd with siSlt' that do her peace modest.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08
poetru.
A Farewell TO Summer.
By EiSIH GREY.

Farewell, bright summer Aye, I call thee bright,
Though tn my du dark soul the word il strange
Let Hope soft breathe il but not cold hsnir
Farewell, say yet would find some word
~ deeper woe tn speak my PARTING now
Will thee, OSnmmcr, passing here away.
Summer, thy last mild moon hath ri.cn and waxrd
And wancA sincc that dread hour when IN my soul
Hopes list fainttapcr. dying long expired.
Summer, farewell yet not for aye, for thou
Wilt come again, and Thy warm breath will pass
Der frozen trros and flowers and they shall live.
But To my dark, dead, icy heart thou c,,ast
Not como, nor thy soft breath shall kindlc moro
That light of Hope forever now gone out
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08
Ayers Cherry Pectoral,

> ~
NOR THE rapid cure Of Coughs, Colds.
llnarscncss, Bronchitis, Whooping Cough
Asthma and Consumption, is universally known
as the best remedy ever vet discovered for every
variety Of Pulmonary disease. So wide is the
field of its rscfulless and numerous the cases
of its cures, that almost every section of the
country abounds in persons publicly known,
who have been restored from alarming and even
desperate diseases of the lungs by its use.
When once tried its superiority over every
other medicine Of It's kind is too apparent to Gs-
cape observation, and where its virtues are
known, the public no longer hesitate what an
tidotc to employ for the distressing and dan
gerous affections Of the pulmonary organs
which are incident to our climate. by its
timely Use many. nay almost all attacks OF
disease upon the Lungs or throat, are arrested
and thus are saved many thousands every ycar
from a premature grave. No family should
be without il, and those who do neglect to pro
vide themselves with remedy which wards of
this dangerous class of diseases will have caus,
to deporc it when it is too late. Proofs OF the
surprising efficacy of the Cherry Pectoral ncct
not be given TO the American people,-thc,
have living proofs in every ncisshborhood. Bu
those who wish to read the statements of thost
whose whole health has been restored anC
whose lives have been saved by its Use, vii
| find them in my American Almanac which tn,
agent below named has to furnish gratis TO
| every one.
| Prepared by Dr. J. C. Aver, Lowell Mass.
and sold by Hildreth & Carver, and \. T. & u
! L. Fessenden, in ST. Charles. 3mi5
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08

Hearts, we have reason to believe,
arc made like iiowcr-pots in nests
so they are not all of size. The
larger the heart, the more it will hold,
and the power Of receiving or reflect
ing happiness, is like the capacity of
a planet for shedding light the broad
CT the world, the gramdcr the moon.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08

Gray, the author of the Elcgy, who
found Immortality in a Country
Church Yard,' and owes his fame to
the fact that other people died before
he began to live, was as cold as ''thc
stone beneath yon aged thorn
Who would dream that he who
wrote these lines, was suspected of
never having had a heart
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08

Flowers have bloomed on our
prairics and passed away, from age
to age, unseen by man, and muItitudcs
Of virtues have been acted out in OBJ
scure places, without notc-and yet in
memory of Him "wlo counts the
sands" all are registered.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08

The estate of Matrimony' is ono
of the United States. Ii is bounded
by ring on one side and cradle on
the other The climate is sultry till
you pass the tropics of housekeeping,
when squally weather sets in with
such power as to keep all hands as cool
as cucumbers. For the principal roads
leading to this interesting state, con-
suit the first pair of blue eyes you run
againSt.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08

\ sailor looking serious in chapel
IN Boston was asked by u minister if
he felt any change? "not q cent"
said jack.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08

Squattcr Sovereignty is the entrance
OF SIX full dressed ladies into large
and taking exclusive posses
SION thereof, while eighteen spare gen.
tlcmen are forcibly expelled.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08

Reading makes a full man" says
Bacon and Fashion makes full
woman says Punch; for certainly
woman dressed according to tho
present fashion, could not be made
much fullCr.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08

The man that was drawcd on,
has been pulled off by the united
strength of four brace of Thomas cats.
two yoke of oxen and rhnoceros.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08

Traveller" What time does tho
railroad get in sir ~
Loatcr,-" Same time that the dcpot
goes out " .
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08

SO necessary is fun to the mind,
that a late philosopher says, that if You
should build school houses without
Fairgrounds, nobody would get be-
yond " short division y in % lifetime.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08

The man that "cut a DASH has
been trying to sharpen his knife Oh
. the rock of ages At last accounts
nc had it so sharp that the shadow OF
it cut his finger.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08

The man who tied a knot in cord
OF wood, wishes to know if you ever
heard hay-cock crow.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08

An editor Of an exchange says ho
never saw but one ghost, and that
was the ghost of a sinner who died
without paying for his paper.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08

OrR LIES NoYAGNG.-Wc love to
contemplate this life, this world, and
our passage through it and to com
pare it to the ocean, and to the mari
ner urging his way across its troubled
and evcr-varying waters and then to
consider heaven as being family shad-
owed by the port Or haven where re-
side the dearest friends or kindred OF
the voyagcr, and where his heart and
best affections are continually flying,
and where he fain would himself be
Now and then
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08

There Is man in Massachusetts
who feeds his geese with iron filings.
and gathers steel pens from their
wings. That's one of the notions.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08

The man that "stolc an hours rest"
is now on trial for grand larceny.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08

VIRGINIA PoIlrENEss-An old gen.
tleman in Virginia, priding himself on
his excessive politcncss, went to spend
the night with friend. who was equal
ly polite. Each being too polite TO
mention going to bed,' though their
topics of conversation retired, the ser
want found them in the morning still
sitting over few Goals.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08
ddtstpara tbt Courst Of Gulpire takes its dolap"
IS CITY, FLOYD COUNTY, IOWA. THURSDAY OCTOBER g. 1851
Sentiment.

We cannot do evil to others with
out injuring ourselves.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08
ELOQUENT EXTRACT.

The following passage on Shak-
spcarc is from lecture on the philos-
ophy of life, by VIM. Winter, Esq, of
Cambridge:
"For the grandcsts human intcllccts
there is no exemption from the com
mon doom. have sometimes thought
how sad, yet how sublime, must have
been the emotions of that man, whose
priril cgc it vas to stand by the coffin
of Shakespeare, and gaze on that sweet
noble face, when death had called out
all the strange beauty, which nevrl
lives till then. 1t was worth lifetime
to have laid your hand ON that dread
brow, and started at the cold chill, and
so pausing to have called up in memo
ny all the magnificent creations oi
his genius, and worshipcd him there in
the silence and the gloom.
ssl,t he Is dead and gone,
At his head grass green turf,
At his heels a stone"
So they all go. Man dies, but ma
turc is eternal. The seasons keep thcir
appointed time. Day rcturnSwith his
golden splendor, and night with its
eloquent mystery. The same stars
which lit the ghastly battle field o
Troy-rough with the dead bodies o
ancient heroes; which shonc on tht
marble streets of imperial Rome, an'
ON the sad eyes Of Virgil, slccplcss il
the glow of ofinspiration-thc watch-fr
of the angels, which through ccnturic
of devastation and change, have still
burned on unceasingly-sp speaking t
us as they did to Dante, Shakespeare
and Milton of the glory, the beauty
and the omnipotcnce Of God.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08

Every man has something TO do
which he ncglcctcs; every man has
faults to conquer, which he delays to
combat.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08

A coquctte is a rosc-bush, from
which each young bean plucks lcaf,
and the thorns are left for the husband.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08

When Milton was blind bc NnS uac.:
rled to a shrcw. SONG one told hise M.
was a rose.
/" | am no judge of colors," said n Y,
ton, "and it may be So for feel -
thorns daily" a.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08

An eastern editor lately called his
devil" to him, and told him he oculd
not afford to hire his services any
longer, unless he would agree either
to take nlncpcncc q week for them, or
share equally the profits Of the paper.
The boy concluded to stay, but unhes-
itatingly chose the ainepeace week for
his wages. That boy is destined to.
be a great man.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08

Ertcrnity has 10 grey hairs 7"
The flowers fade, the heart withcrs,
man grows older and dies but time
writes no wrinkles on the brow of
eternity.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08

SouND LoGIc.-Nlrs. Partington, on
reading an account of a schooner hay
ing her iib-boom carried away in Long
Island Sound, one night last week.
wondered "why people would leave
such things out o'doors, nights, to bo
stolen, when they was SO many bug
lars about, iiltcring everything they
could lay their hands TO-"
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08
NUMBER 3.
@(it ano Dun,or.

The man that "smclt rat" was
almost suffocated with the eifluvia.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08

How TO GER \ HAr-" Say, Pomp.
you niger, where you get dat new
hat
" Why, at the shop, to be sure.n
" What is de price oh such an arti-
Gle as dat
81 dunno nigger-I dunno, de shop
keeper wasn't dar."
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08

CONVERSATIONAL bysfander sed
one OF two gamcstcrs on board XS
Mississippi steamer cheating at pluy
whispered to the other that his adycl
sary was packing the cards. "Don'
be uneasy on my account was. til,
reply, Il have got the four aces ant
jacks in my sleeve
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08

"on some fond breast, the parting soul relies,
S,Iae Iii0us drops the closing eye requires
Ev N from the tomb, the voice Of Nature cries,
Ev IN our ashes live their wontcoi fires
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08
Scott declared of these four lines bv
Burns, that they were worth a thou
sand romanccs

Had we never loved sac kindly
Had We never l6ved sac hitndly-
Never mnt-or never parted
We had nc'cr been broken hearted"
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08

Read not books alone, but men, and
above all read thysclf. ..
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08
Business Iirtttorp.

Business Cards Of i've lines or less will he Inserted in
this column for S. 90 per annum. For each additional
line over five, one dollar will be charged.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08
SPEAK NOT lIARsHLY.-Thc genial and
beautiful sentiment expressed in the
rnlloMinG stanZaS we commend to all

"Spak not hlrShN-mnCh "t Gttfc
Every human heart must bear;
Enough of shadows darkly liz
N,il,ri within the sunnicSt eye.
i;y thy Chiidhpol's gushing tcarS,
i}y thy grieIS al altnr Sulrs.
Ibv the anguish tlou duet know,
Add not 10 auuthCr's Woe.
Speak not har,hly, much nf sin
pw"llrth every heart withia,
In il, closely ceyrrl cells
Many wayward paSsiln dw"lls.
liy the mluy hours misspcni,
liv the giitS tuurTurS lnIt,
Nv the wranss thou dii-t not not shun,
By the g:,ni thou has, not done,
Nitha lrHirut spirit sean
The weakness Or thy fellow man."
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-08
" By faith we scr that land,
That port oi' cn,llc IS rest -

and every glimpse we are able 20
catch through the mists and clouds OF
frail mortality, only serves to cndcar
that land to the soul, and to make us
still more desirous to be gone.