The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-03-14
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| The Republican Convention met Mt Most
rose in pursusncs Of the call o. the Central
Committee, and organized ~ the appoiaI-
ment Of the Hon. Philip visle, President,
and J. b. Howell, Secretary.
Nominations were made for Delegates to
the Judicial District Convection to be held at
Burlington, Tuesday next, and the following
persons were selected as Delegates to repre-
sent Lee county, in said Convention
Amos Townsend, NJ. ID. Elgin, DR.. George
Shedd, Timothy Fox, John Brown, +. o.
Dorr. d. F. Miller, Thos. Hale, S. B. Espy,
John winterbotham, r. Semple, NV. Dean,
NJ. P. Sharts, J. b. Howell, Saml. F. Mil
Ter, II. Taylor, and Geo. W. MeCrary.
A resolution was adopted authorising del
egates to substitute other persons in their
stead in case they could not attend. And
also resolution empowering majority Of
the delegates present representing this coun-
ty to cas-, the entire vote OF the county in the
District Convention.
John Hart of Pleasant Ridge Township,
was nominated a candidate for County As
SCISSOR at the April election.
j. b. Howell resigned and Philip viele
was appointed Chairman Of the Republican
County Committee.
P. vIELE, President.
J. B. Howell, Sec'y.
- H. Wilt -
entertaining letters to the Home Journal.
writes thus of the regular habits Of snow
birds:
CAS- the sun gets fairly up, and their break
warm southern side Of the thick hemlock,
close to the window, and commence their sun
bath and their toilet. 1t is always in the
same tree that they thus gather, and invari-
ably 1t the same hour. have often called
my children from their forenoon studies in
the adjoining room, to look through the
muslin curtain at those bird laden branches.
The backs Of the little tittlers are Of pencil
brown; but, with their white breasts relieved
upon the dark foliage Of the hemlock, as we
lock up at them, the CLEAN at ffst sight 10
like the confectioner's Christmas tree, with
BY khs Va SNVt hoa ehUh Vuloy-
ment Of the sheltered warmth, while they
stroke down their wind -tumbled feathers, is
curious to watch so closely! We could look
under the lifted wing, as the busy head piled
its combing beak, and see every fold Of down
that was so dainty smoothed into ito place.
And when the combing and sun bath were
ever, Ia full hour, by their testimony, being
natures allowance for toilet time they gave
themselves apparently . waking dream
With their little heads almost sunk out of
sight between their feathery and fat shout
ders, they sat motionless in the sun for half
hour or more-an after breakfast reverie,
apparently, while the cup of existence Was at
the full. Happy birds, to have the privilege
Of this hush nerve idleness of morning-the
instinct for which, 80 unforgottsn even when
long unlearned by habits OF industry, is 80
prophetic Of q life perfect with toil.'
MoRx TRACES or Sin Jous FRAxKLIS's PAR
rr.-Capt- Sherard Osborne has forwarded
to the editor Of the Times the following ex-
tract Of letter, dated Red River Settlement,
Hudson Bay Territory, Dec. 6:
81 received letter from Roderick by the
last mail, and he expresses . wish that |
should write to you the first opportunity, and
state more particularly about the reports we
heard last summer about some traces of
whites being seen in the North. have lust
returned from -, who was 1t Norway
House in July, and saw the man who brought
down an express to Sir George Simpson
from Mr.. Anderson, in Mackenxie's Rive,
(district), stating that Indians had brought
over reports 10 one Of the trading posts in
that quarter that the Indians had seen two
or more encampments OF whites on an
island on some point, where Anderson and
Stewart turned back, Tin 1852 and that
ore OF the encampments particularly, was
quite fresh, supposed to have been abandon
ed day or two before the Indians saw il,
ard from the traces they thought there
might have been about ten or twelve men.
could not hear Of the exact locality, fur
Their than that Anderson and Stewart were
within very short distance of the place
where the traces are said to have been seen.
hope you have heard more particularly
about the report"
FASHIONABLE AxrsgAESrs.--A correspon.
dent writing to rural paper from Albany,
thus refers TO new amusement introduced
at fashionable parties in that city:
"New fashions have been introduced into
Albany by the wives Of Hon. gentlemen
from New York city. After shop at the
Delavan the other night, one of the ladies
who give the fashions which are followed by
the country girls, rode the elephant for the
Of the party. This is performed thus: Two
gentlemen stoop down on hands and knees
pillows and blankets are piled on their backs
FOR saddles 5tail and trunk are made OF
/ suitable msterial-when the rider-css 10 plac-
ed upon the saddle ION the back OF the ele-
plant We presume,) and carried around the
room! expect to hear that riding the ele-
plant is 'all the GO in the rural districts. %
The Albany Atlas admits the fact, and thus
describes the modus operandi Of the per-
| formances
''Ths gas in the parlors 10 partially turned
Oh, so as to produce sort OF twilight dark
ness, when two gentlemen, the tallest pres
ent, are requested to take their position in
the back parlor. Their position is tina,
adopted BY boys when playing leap frog. A
large cloth, Of some subdued color, dark
grey, for instances then thrown over them,
and another rolled up, is attached to the front
which constitutes the trunk Two sheets Of
white paper are then rolled up and tackled on,
one on each side Of the trunk. These repre-.
sent the ivory tusks. The Albany Elephant
is now complete. The lady rider takes her
seat on its back, amid cushions, &c. and un-