Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-08-29
Thk wonders OF Davenport.
Ry A fEAvELER.

1nE W OHuCIS W A1ssvOAxVAs'
BY Traveller.
Some wicked wag, who rejoices in the in
ttials "a. B." has lately indited the com
mnnication below, to Porter's Spirit Of the
Times. 1t is truly a graphic picrure-espe-
cially that of our excellent friend, Mayor
Sargent, although we opine his "Dutch" is
rather of the North River species, and tAat
his acquaintance with "dratts" is more ex-
tensivc than with "draft horses" but he
will admit the good natured sketch good
one and his company Exceeding pleasant
and the satire capital although OF some
what exaggerated sort.
The fact of it is, some of the good people
over there and down in Muscatine, need Il
little fun poked at them occasionally, on ac-
count of their Tremendously grand preten-
sions: and all who can't laugh at it had bet
ter call an "indgnation" meeting, appoint
brother Sanders, patriarch of the press end
Prince of Puffers) the chairman and pass
resolutions denouncing Porter rs a tantalia-
ne old "brick." Here is the fun.-IOuc
City Crescent.
? DAVENPORT, Iowa, July 9th, '57.
Dear Spirit:-I am at last in the Far
West, in devil of place. AS you will
perceive by the title, | am in what the in
habitants call the pride of the Union Ga
name, by the way, which is given 10 every
city Of four hous es-by the inhabitarts-on
the banks Of the Mississippi beginning with
Cairo, and extending each way. Well, it's
devil of 4 place, and no mistake, and looks
rs if they expected az incursion of the In
dians every day, from the fact that they are
at the present time paving the streets, and
the Jobs are let out TO Dutch contractors, who
with pig-headed dutchness, pave all the
streets and all parts of the streets at one
and the same time. The Mayor is a retired
yDutch of course) drayman. The Aldermen
[ditto) keep beer shops, and doze away the
afternoon over their councils. 1t Is, how
ever, quite a place of business, for no less
than three loads of lumber were brought up
the river on flat boats to-day, and the crews
spent successively four dollars and three
d,llars and half.
1t is sleepy as one Hollow told Of by Irv-
ing, and they ha2e'a sleepy looking billiard
table at whiclsI played game of sleepy bill.
lizards with the bar keeper. | drank a glass
of rum punch, which%made me so sleepy,
that [ Immediately went to sleep, and was
carried resy woman, who mstook me for
her hra M hos as [ afterwards found ont. |
TOM o,r o;,v :, headed Porter's Spirit Of the
T%I,a .,a no.. Thought 1, here is something;
b. ~. ,;,he first number. | board at
i: "s' - iel, (over the sft.) and pay
come views U, .bpard! ard | should
rcS'aences. ~ COrned- dog bacon, cut off
near tie 6ye-teeth, and they gave me the
snOut. Suck the water through my teeth:
and for ale it's red ink diluted with brine,
to make it keep, suppose
There is q candle factory in town. | was
invited to walk over his establishment; did
So in about three minutes: Asked him ii he
did any business.
"Wall, some days he didn't do much. that's
fact. Yon see, now, this ere city is with
some prde)-tlis ere city is (here he looked
ut me with some pride, and not unmingled
with condescension) supplied with gas.'
"Good heavens! where from ?"
"Wall, stranger, they make it them
selves.o
The travellers (they are few,) | have no.
ticed, ali seem to think the place (city, they
all say they come from, to be the principal
one III the Union. Well, one night we were
setting fronting the river, and they, as usual,
were telling where they came from. One
from Pikesnipe, another from Sheiadsville,
and the third, most ferocious- looking suck
er wide Missourian, from Catawo,npo,i:y-
WILEY When thinking to astonish them, |
remarked that had come from small place
which they had doubtless all heard Of
''Whare nout that air place lie; stranger;
and what mout be the naIne?"
"New York." said |, as calmly as possible,
determined to control myself, till the out
burst my remarks would cause, had subsd-
ed, when, qnoth he Of Pikesnipe:
NW hat Stnta Sfranrary1 A;
"THE BARKs IS IN HIM"-The New York
Examiner publishes a communication which
opens with the following pithy anscdote.-
1t is fitted to point more than one moral;
MANY years ago, an amusing incident oc-
Cured in our small village, which, from its
applicability to things Of more importance,
impressed itself on my memory. A little
lad, in crossing the street in front OF my
hncle's house to small dry goods aud gro
Gerry store on the other side, was frightened
by the violent barking of a large deg near
the shop; aud had not the courage to proceed.
The owner silenced the dog; and then bade
the child come on, as there was now no dan
ger: "Ah but,'' said the little fellow, cast
ing dubious glance at the object OF alarm,
ssths bafks Is In hin 10 The expression pas
eed into sort OF proverb III odr faiirilY, AS d
pithy statement Of the truth that the nature
remains the same; whatever the outward
seeming and may be expected to manifest
itself at any favorable opportunity