The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-11-18

in Punch. A little boy is seen holding biz
dog by the collar. Three young ladies ap
proaoh, and this dialogue ensues.
Boy" you please, M, was you look
ing for little dog ?"
Young Ladies.-"Yes. Oh, yes!"
Boy.--"Was it spaniel, mum p,
Ladies.-"0h, yes most beautiful little
spaniel, with very long ears 20
Boy.-"Ah, then, mum, it's the same al
flew ut masters big dog here, wot's been and
swnllered of it,"
GT Three hundred Irish laborers were ad.
vertised for on the railroad work at st. An.
thony, Minnesota, two weeks before thu
election. They came in by platoons, and
were put under pay for the season. They
were all marched TO the polls by their Dem.
ocratic overseer, and used in electing the
Democratic ticket. The very next day the,
were discharged and paid OF 10 bad money
and the wheelbarrows and shovels used or
the job, were sold at auction.
CO Speaking OF trouble, Henry Word
Beecher remarks:
AS the Gun converts clouds into gloriou.
drapery, firing them with gorgeous hues, and
draping the whole horizon with its glorious
costume, and writing victory in fiery color.
along the vanqnished front Of every cloud
80 sometimes radiant heart lets forth it.
hope upon his sorrow, and all the blackness
dies, and troubles that trooped to appal seem
% crowd around ~ triumphal procession,
following the steps. of avictor.'
HE LAsf observation-disclosures dead
blackguard has been carried in procession,
shrouded in the tag Of our country. Pierce,
the late President Of the ssRough Skins. u
was buried in Baltimore, on the 9Th, with
great pomp and circumstance. His cofin
was shrouded in the American standard, and
the Plug Ugiies, and other organisations OF
rufhans followed. Pierce, il will DO remem.
bered. was shot dead few nights since BY
persons unknown. According 70 Baltimore
tastes, he Isl martyr.
Ucn. In looking over the schedule OF mr.
ticles to be presented to the different Indian
tribes, for which the Secretary Of the Int.
r'or invites proposals, we observe the item,
two hundred dozen scalping knives" Our
hand went up inyoluntarly to the place
where the hair ought to bel Butler County
Telegraph.
CT A clergyman consolng young
very serious tone, remarking that he was
zone Of the few. Such a Jewel of a chris
tian. You cannot find his equal, YOU well
know" To which tho sobbing fair one 70.
piled with an almost broken heart, "I'll bet |
will!r
SARCASTIC. = We see il reported that to the
question why ~ ship always called shc2''
put BY young lady to a sailor, his reply
was, "Beaansc the rigging costs more than
thu hull 2"
INFORMATION is wanted of Mrs. McKisher,
formerly Mrs. Foster, Of Beaver County,
Pennsylvania. Any information concerning
her will be thankfully received BY her anx-
ious son. J. MckIsuEs,
Camanche, Clinton County, Iowa.
CT Editors please copy.
f"Tesar, what's become oh dat darkey
who stole de tallerYo a
''lie has been taken up on an a!fadavy,
and carried up to de sperm court to hab il
tried"
son an afadayy, Casars''
"fes, seed de handle OBJ it,"
Mr.. Henry String. OF South Carolina,
huvertlsed lhst mouth that gay young fellow
had run of with his two daughters. This is
the most reprehensible instance Of two
strings to one bow We ever heard of.
CO Always do as the sun does; look ut
the bright side Of everything It is jus. as
cheap and three times as good for digestion.
eTlt is a fact that some voices, generally
very disagreeable, sound an exquisite music
when they say goodbye"
C1T A great man is one who cannot make
his children obey him when they are out OF
his sight.
| eT-Diogenes being asked of what beast
the bite was most dangerous, answered.
"Of wild beasts, that Of the slanderer of
tame, that OF aatterer."
i GO Why is pretty woman's foot like n
Romantic tale Of olden time?
/ Becauseit is most truly an interesting leg
end.
+ GT- knowledge viii soon become folly
when good Judgment ceases to be its guar.
dian.
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nj a