Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-08-29
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BYA Traveller.
Some wicked wag, who rejoices in the In
ttials "a. B." has lately indited the com
mnnicatiou below, to Porter's Spirit Of the
Times. 1t is truly graphic picturesque
cially that of our excellent friend, Mayor
Sargent although we opne his "Dutch'' is
rather of the North River species, and sAAt
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-
sons: and all who can't laugh at 1t had bet
ter call an "indignation' meeting, appoint
brother Sanders, patriarch of the press end
Prince of Puffers) the chairman, and pass
resolutions denouncing Porter rs tantaliz-
ne old 'brick.' Here is the fun.-Iowc
City Crescent.
f DAVENPORT, Iowa, July oath, '57.
Dear Spirit:-I am at last in the Far
West, in devil of place. As you VIII
perceive by the title, | am in what the in
habitants call the pride of the Union "a
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
uians 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
dutch of course) draynan. The Aldermen
(litto) keep beer shops, and doze away the
afternoon over their councils. 1t is, how
ever, quite place of business, for no less
than three loads of lumber were brought up
the river on flat boats day, and the crews
spent successfully four dollars and three
d,llars and a half.
1t is sleepy as one Hollow told of by Irv-
ing, and they haIera sleepy looking billiard
table at whiclr.L played game of sleepy bill.
lizards with the bar keeper. | drank Il glass
of rum punch, which%made me so sleepy,
that Immediately went to sleep, and was
carried off by Il woman, who mistook me tor
her husband as afterwards found ont.
toned paper, headed Porter's Spirit Of the
Times. All thought 1, here is something !;
bat no, it was the first number. | board at
Il first class hoteh lover the l,ft) and pay
~ so day for board B ard | should
think it was roas. corned dog bacon, cut off
near tile eye-teeth, and they gave me the
snout. Suck the water through my teeth:
and for le-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 if he
did any business.
"Wall, some days he didn't do much that's
a fact. Yon see, now, this ere city is with
same pride)-tfis ere cityis Olere he looked
ut me with some pride, and not unmingled
with condescension) supplied with gas.'
''Goo1 heavens! where from? ?"
"Wall, stranger, they make it them
selves.o
The travellers Nhey are few.) have no.
ticed, all seem to think the place Getty, they
all say they come from, to be the prin cpal
one in 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 Shetadsvile,
and the third, a most ferocious- looking suck
er wide Missourian, from Catawonpo>ity-
WILEY When thinking to astonish them, |
remarked that had come from small place
which they had doubtless all heard Of
''Whare mout that air place lie; stranger;
and what raout be the nalne?" le
New York; said l, as calmly as possible,
determined to control myself, till the out
burst my remarks would cause had subsid-
ed, when, qnoth he Of Pikesnipe:
"What State, stranger!" A. B.
"THE BARKs IS IN HIM"-The New York
Examiner publishes 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 a small dry goods and 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 babe
the child Come on, as there was now no dan
ger: ''Ah butt" said the little fellow, cast
ing dubious glance at the object of alarm,
"ths batks Is III hiM! ~ The expression pas
sed into sort ct proverb III otr fanily, rs d
pithy statement Of the truth that the natuFe
remains the same; whatever the outward
seeming, and may be expected to manifest
itself at any favorable opportunity.'