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The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-09-04

BEAUTY USADoRNEp.-A correspon-
dent of the Daily Times, writing from
Newport, says IL strolled down to
the beach this morning, and amused my
self in watching the beauties Of Nature.
unadorned with red flannel bathing
dresses. There were mer-maids and
mer-men-the former shorn of their ex-
pausions and reduced to painful reality,
and sad exhibition of the DEFICIENCIES to
which physical humanity is subject
There were bellies that yesterday, at the
Bellevue Hop, b.ushed at the praise Of
their own loveliness. know now why
they blushed ; ttey had consciences,
and knew that all charms in these days
are hoops, cotton. and CANNON. They
rode down to the beach in the vastness
Of expanded dry-goods-two filling a
carriage completely. Ten minutes later
it wouli have taken a dozen. It's a
painful fact that an angel of last even
ing's hop is positive flight in the surf
this morning. l advise any young gent
in love, to follow his inamorata to the
beach, just once. Perhaps it is fancy,
but it strikes me all the women at New
port, this year, are wonderfully thin; as
the jockeys say Of horses. very low in
flash.' Thor, is a strong delegation Of
the Bony.partes. I frequently stop
these windy days and watch the pro-
gress of some of these frail forms sur
mountel with most euormouns flats.
expecting to see the tops of their heads
come off, OF else the whole affair, body
and all, rise and be waited off balloon
fashion. It's the agony of fashion here
to wear immense fats Enthusiastically orna.
mented, with a fringe of lace, or string
in front with the end in the mouth
which deoresses the front ad Hbituna. the
scale of depression being regulated by
the length of string swallowed. For full
particulars aud the very latest fashions
see--not small bills-but the feminine
colored population that promenade Toure
street, between the Ocean House and
the Bellevue
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-09-04

The DEAD ALrvE.--I saw three pris-
oners standing at the bar who had given
circumstantial confession of murder.
and pointed out the very spot where the
bones of the murdered man would be
found. These We're produced in court ,
and part of the clothes, and the cast
thread of murdered man, were identii
ed by his friends and relations. Yet
the doctor, my intelligent friend D..
Kirk-who accompanied Sir w. Harris
to Abyssinia--on examining the bones,
ascersained that they belonged to three
or four different corpses; and as this
incident gave sort Of hitch to the pro-
ceedings, and prolonged tho trial, the
result was, that before it was over, the
murdered man himself walked into court,
and, it is said, was seen to examine his
own bones with infinite curiosity, The
story which he told, and which account
ed for his remarkable disappearance
from the village on the night Of the sup
posed murder. was not the least remark
able of the tale, and is good illustra.
ton of the manners Of the East. He
had been seen somewhat near the house
Of the prisoners and he stated that as
he was going homeward he met four OF
FIVE Arab soldiers. who pressed him in
to their train to carry a bundle. and whe
made him accompany them for sis
weeks march into Q the interior, some
where beyond Poona. When they dis
missed him. he was taken i'll of fever
and laid some months sick at village
in the Deccan. When. at last, after foul
months absence he got back to his OWL
village. he found that three of the neigh
bors stood near chance Of being hung
for numbering him 90, like an homes
fellow, he made his way to the crimina
court. which. luckily for the prisoners
was not above ten miles of. II woult
seem most probable, that the confession
in question. had been extorted by th
violence Of the subordinate native pc
lies. --Psrrg's New " Ndia. .osg, ~
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-09-04

The Green Bay Advocate has nice
little chapter on girls names-here it
is:
The fashion of girls names changes
almost as fast as the fashion of dress
From the good old Puritan times, when
our great great grandmothers were Per-
severances, and Patiences, and Charitys,
and Freeloves, and so forth-all illus
trative of the straight and rigid ways. OF
those days-there have been many gra-
dstions down to this time. When we
were boy. We recollect that the rage
then was for "novel' names. The girls
we used to go to school with were Amo-
rillas, Amoretts, Emmogenias not Imo-
genes) Evelinas, Rosalinas, and all that
sort of magnificent thing. Since then,
there have been many variations, unit.
now the rage seems to be for something
merely pretty--not magnificent or des'
criptive--but simply taking"
We have been looking through the
First Annual Report Of the Board o.
School Commissioners of the city oi
Janesville." a pretty good report, we
reckon, containing 32 pages, and neatly
printed at the Daily Standard Office
which establishment will please take
this AS our notice IF the book. The
names of the girl pupils give a pretty
good insight into the present style
There are Lizzies, Carries, Libbies
Hatties, Jennies and Fannies. We dc
not find but one plain Elizabeth, ono Of
two Carolines, aud one Harriet. Blu
We will take the liberty to guess that al
these Lizzies we're christened Elizabeths
all these Hatties were once Harriets
and so on. The Adde'S were once
Adalines the Maggies once Margarcts
the Matties once Marthas. They have
all emerged from that chryaslis ane
come out butterflies. Well, that is al
right enough and we have no fault t.
find with it. It only pains us that there
are some of the dear little creatures VIII,
cannot adopt this ie termination. Now
Mary would have to be Marie, and th'
significance of that, though probabl,
not unpleasant to the owner, would b
considered forward. Eellen, would b.
Hellie, and that would be bad. Angus
ia would be Auggio-not at all pretty
Henrietta would be Hennie, having {
Shanghai flavor. And Catharine woult
be Cattle, Caroline having appropriat
ed Carrie, certainly not an improve
ment. .,.,.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-09-04

GRAND HAVEN AND MILWAUKEE,
Grand Haven is becoming a place Of in.
terest in consequence of being the ives.
tern terminus of the Detroit and Mil
waukee Railway. The construction Of
this road, which is rapidly going on and
will be completed to Grand Haven in
time for the Spring traffic. will make a
material difference in the travel from the
East to Milwaukee, Minnesota. Iowa
and other western regions. This will
be the terminus OF two great lines oftra.
vel-one the Canada route from Port
land, or from New York via the Sus
pension Bridge, connecting with the De-
troit and Milwaukee road, which viii
reduce the distance to travel from the
Suspension Bridge to Milwaukee from
500 to 43O miles. s fa sGa 2"
s The Railway will be opened to Grand
Rapids in few weeks. Grand Rapids
is within forty miles of Grand Haven
and steamers run every day.-N Y
irl0al12e. .-saaats, --. a. sza,-----,-aa.,
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-09-04
MGREGOR, FRIDAY, SEPT 4, 1857

Listz withdrew, in order to deliver the
prisoner, and was accompanied by the
jeweler. , s- ..-l a -.
Grieved at his mistake, the worthy
merchant sought to repair it by inviting
the two musicians to supper. The hon.
ors of the table were done by his ami
able daughter, who appeared no less
touched at the generosity Of Listz than
astonished at his talent.
That night the musicians of the city
serenaded their illustrious brother. The
next day the mobiles and most distin-
guished inhabitants of Prague presented
themselves at his door. They entreated
him to give some concerts, leaving it to
to fix any sum he pleased as a
remuneration. Then the jeweller per-
ceived that talent, even in a pecuniary
light, may be more valuable. than the
most precious diamonds. Listz contin-
ued to 90 to his house, and, to the mer-
chants great joy, he perceived that his
daughter was the Cal use of these visits
He began to love the company of the
musician. and the fair girl, his only
child, certainly did not hate it.
One morning the jeweler, coming TO
the point with German frankness, said to
Listz. =. .s...... ..ls s... ..v ...
elbow do you like my daughter o.
. "She is an angel ~
"What do you think Of marriage" ?"
II think so we'll Of it, that have the
greatest possible inclination to try it."
"What would you say to fortune Of
three million francs %
II would Willingly accept it," .su
"Well, we understand each other. Ny
daughter pleases you, You please my
daughter. Her fortune is ready; be my
son-in law" "~.
"With all my heart" .'-
The marriage was celebrated the fol-
lowing week.
And this, according to the chronicles
Of Prague. is true account of the mar
riage Of the great and good pianist,
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-09-04

the style and comfort in which it is nec-
essary to live are formed on a conven-
tional and unreasonable standard. They
will not condescend to tie fancied indig.
mites. or they cannot endure the trivial
privations, of economy. They will not
ask the woman Of their choice to share
with them any homo less luxurious than
what she has been accustomed to, and
they condemn her to live without love
rather than expose her to live without a
carriage. God only knows how many
noble creatures have had their happiness
sacrificed to this miserable blunder -
How many pine away existence in desc.
late and dreary singleness, amid luxu-
ries on which they are not dependent,
and splcndor which confers no joy, who
would thankfully have dwelt in the
humblest cottage, and been contentcd
with the simplest dress, and have blest
the one and embellished the other, if
only the men to whom thcy have given
their hearts, had possessed less false
pride, and more true faith in woman's
love, and sense. and capacity of self
abnegation. A higher and more just
conception Of the materials which really
make up the sum of human enjoyment
"a sounder estimate Of the relative
value Of earthly possessions more
frequent habit Of diving down through
the cow sntional to the real, and knowl-
edge Of how much refinement, how
much comfort, how much serene con-
tent, are compatible with the scantiest
means, where there is sense and cour-
age to face the fact and control the fancy,
would. in half generation, reduce the
million and quarter of spinsters in this
county to few hundred thousands, and
raise into the condition Of honored,
happy wives. the vast majority Of those
beautiful lay nuns (as they have been
called, whose sad, unnatural, objectless
existence--whose almos. wasted powers
of giving and receiving joy, it makes
the heart bleed to witness"
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-09-04
EF The Editor of the Lansing MIRO,
hus writes of the Alamakee county lead


EF The Editor of the Lansing Msrros
thus writes of the Alamakee county lead
mines: e7e+sa."@. s.'. a-r "a
A pleasant drive of eighteen miles
brought US. to New Galena, and thence
three miles to the mines. A great deal
of labor and money has been expended
in prospecting principally, and we arc
assured with good success. Accom-
panied by Mr.. Edwards, a practical.
miner. we examined the "diggipgs."--
Several shafts have been sunk, and in
every instance, but two, more or lcss
mineral has been found. Three largo
excavations have been made in the sides
Of the bluffs, vhGn were examined thor
oughly by the party. crawling on hands
and knees, from thirty to sixty feet
Abundance of mineral was seen adher-
ing to the sides of the excavations. or
"drifts," and in pockets. almost from
the entrance along the whole LENGTH
The whole earth seems to be impreg-
mated with mineral, and were attention
paid to gathering it as it is found, We
have no doub: enough could be procur-
ed to pay we'll for the labor. But the
miners are pressing forward to find tho
large bodies, which they feel confident
a little more labor will bring to view. ri
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-09-04

DECLINE IN RAILROAD STocK.-Pres.
ident Litchfeld, of the Michigan South
ern Railroad, has resigned, and the stock
has declined from SO to IS. 1t is ru-
mored that the notes Of the company
have been protested. ,a sns bam
bA,Sats in the banking Office Of Locke
and Boyd, in Lyons, Iowa, was recently
blown open, and about, 81 600, aud .
considerable amount Of silverplats were
taken out. assa tssjga yasas sas.a s.s
|. Tho Masonic Order in the United
States number three hundred thousand
persons, aadincludes a large proportion
of all the distinguished ciyal, military
and professional men $50 al .la.g..,1sT
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-09-04
ARTIFICIAL NEcEssITIEs.--A recel

ARTIFICIAL NEcEss1TlEs.--A recent
writer justly says: q Na5.ts
"Numbers remain unmarried, espe-
cially among our upper classes, from ne
cessi.ies artiiicially created, or gratuit-
ously supposed. Younger sons are con-
s,autly doomed to celibscy. not because
a marrying income is unattainable by
them, but because prejudice, custom,
pride, OF, laziness forbid them to toll for
its attainment. BY Inheritance. or by
public employment, they possess, per-
haps, just sufficient to permit them to
enjoy tho pleasures and amenities OF a
city life /; miscellaneous society stands
them instead Of, a domestic, circle |; the
club supplies the place Of A home; va
grant aud disreputable habits make them
unannbitioussof and unfit for-wivss !; and
they prefer to rest satisfied with pleas
ant, rather than. labor for happy and
worthy. existence. 8 Others, again, pos
sess an income amply sufficient for the
support Of wife and family, but viii
mot believe TITO be sc.' Their idea o
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-09-04
.WAVERLY HOUSE.
GEO. UPRIGHT, PROPRIETOR,

NcGregor, - E-- ~ Iowa
The proprietor has leased and fitted up, the
building, recently known n as the "cslifonia
public patronage. His experience in the busi-
ness eastward, enables him to fatter himself
that he cnn render satisfaction to those who
may make the Wdueriy their temporary home.
An entire absence of Alcoholic drinks, strict at
tention to the TABLE and BEDoINa, and a per.
sonal devotion to the comfort of guests are the
principles upon which success is expected.
The Wavcrly is situated near the business Of
McGregor, but Eve minutes walk from the
Steam Boat Landing. r.a- Il esr's. .n- AZ
Baggage will be handled free. t... ...
Boarders accommodated by the day or week.
Good stabling convenient TO the premises.
....-....-.-s -, l.. Gro. UrMaar,
xcGrcgor, June Is, 81. l37-6m
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-09-04
An Anti-Tobacoo Law.

The temperance principle having bee,
pretty we'll used up as political auxili
ary. certain Republican" journals ar.
casting their eyes around for some new
foray upon social enjoyment, calculated
to make good ballot-box capital. They
are looking very hard at tobacco y
They fancy if they can only get W
against tobacco an excitement similar tt
the one they fomented against ardent
spirits. they may succeed in accomplish
ing what is, with them, two grand de-
siderata. A prohibitory tobacco law in
the north west-a law, that would yex
clude the use and sale Of "the wce1" IL
every shape. whether as snuff, as fine.
cut, as cavendisf, as material for the
pipe or cigar-would be a severe blow
at the prosperity of the south, and a,
the same time would bring into the ere
publican" ranks every branch Of moral
fanaticism now longing for anothe,
chance to make a dash at the spirit oi
personal liberty. The Tribune. there
fore, pronounces the use Of tobacco a
practice ''unft for scholar and gen
tleman, insists that tobacco and strong
drink are twins" and evidently prepares
its readers to expect an effort for ad-
ditional sumptuary legislation. We
must confess that the Tribune is not ex-
actly practical authority in regard to
matters eft for a gentleman" however
we may choose to accept its dictum on
the subject of twins. But the point is
this: its political friends have quite as
much right to legisla:e tobacco, as wine
and spirits, out of the market; and
when they shall have effected both. they
will have the same right to legislate out
of use all hats. boots, coats, and "un-
mentionables," the cut, color, or tit OF
which may not accord with their par
ticular standard of the moralities. Nay,
more-they may pronounce hoops and
curls, brooches and rings, fans and
smelling-bottles, as "lewd abomina.
tions," unfit for christian community
There is no limi: to the progress of this
species of Praise God Barebones politi.
co-morality, the moment its propriety is
recognised in single instance. Its
righteousness admitted as a principle
and away go all private rights, all per.
sonal immunities it may touch in its
operation. When King James got up
his famous "Counterblast, "and assailed
the precious s.inke," as he termed it,
as one resembling the horrible Stigian
smoake of the pit that is bottomlesse, -
he little dreamed that centuries after.
ward he should possess such disciples in
this country. How the ghost of his
majesty must enjoy the flatulence ot
Messrs. Mann, Greeley, Hildreth & Go.
on this topic And how truly "repub
lican" it is to initiate the royal madness
of silly British monarch !-Sunaay
Times.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-09-04

HIau AND Low FoREHEADs.-A con-
temporary says;--"The notion that high
foreheads in women are indispensable to
beauty. came into vogue with phrenolo-
gy. Not long aSo. many fine lady
shaved her head. to give it an intellect
ual' appearance; and the custom OF
combing the hair back from the fore
head probably originated in similar
manner. When the somewhat peculiar
fact is considered, that great expanse
Of forehead gives bold masculine look
and that from .frons( forehead) comes
the word effrontcry, it will not be Won
dered at the ancient painters, sculptors.
and poets considered a low forehead a
charming thing in awoman. and indis-
pensable to womanly beauty. Horace
praises Lycoris for her low forehead.
and Martial commends the same grace
of feature as decidedly as he praises the
arched eyebrow. Nature, a higher au.
thority still. has distinguished many Of
the most beautiful Of the sex in the same
way" When we add that some Of the
most intellectual women wto have lef,
the world mementocs of their genius,
have been remarkable for low, broad
foreheads, and that high forehead is
by no means sign of intellectually,
nor a low forehead of the lack of it; but
that, on the contrary. the manner of the
hair growing low on forehead is purely
feminine mark--the intellectual facul.
ties of the brain frequently lying above
the dividing line of the hair--we hops
ladies will hereafter not mar their fair
brows by that remnant of barbarism. q
razor. The face denoting intellect can.
not be mistaken, let the hair grow ever
so low or high on the forehead. The
expression of the eyes, the cast of the
countenance, the breadth of the brow
all speak unerringly Of the capacity o.
the brain, and where Nature has set he
seal, no ingenuity of art can effect any
thing but to mar her divine work.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-09-04
~A bow nsmed Keity. about IA

kTA boy named Kelly, about IA,
years old, recently undertook to ride =
blind horse in a scrub race round ths
Metairie race-course at New Orleans;
and after going about half way round
the track, the horse bolted through the
picket fence and killed both himself aud
rider. The head of the boy came in
contact with post, and was crushed in
most frightful manner, SO that he died
Immediately, and the horse fell dead
just after passing through ths broken
fence.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-09-04
q II lotion.

M NJ. r q T T L f has established at
~ M'Gregor, an Auction Room. for the sale
of Merchandise, Household Goods, Real Estate
and all kinds Of Property measurable with
money. He is experienced in the business
aud by strict attention to the orders of
those entrus'ing them with business they hope
to be advantageous to buy ers and scllcrs. Con-
sign men.s made to this finn will be attended to
strictly to the letters Of instruction, and FRO.
ceeds promptly RENTED.
Merchants wishing either to buy or SELL
owners or purchasers Of Real Estate will find
this Auction and Commission House conyc-
nicnt institution and worthy of their patronage.
- References Of the highest character given
on application by Mtil or Otherwise. n37tf
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-09-04

EFThe state of Ohio counts among
her honors that she opened the first fs-
male college; introduced or rather cres-
ted the culture of the grape in America.
discovered the true method of taking.
magnc,ically, the ascen;ion of the stars:
and gave birth to noble series pain,
ters, poets sculptors. and men Of science.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-09-04

WurAT Down SourH.-The Wheat crop In
Central Kentucky has been harvested and ia
coming into market. twenty-five cars, contain
ing each three hundred bushels of wheat, ar
rived at the Covington depot Wednesday. from
the interior of Kentucky. It Is delivered at any
station OH the hue Of the railroad ut 81 lOx
81 is per busheL -
THE ATLANTIC TKLxoaHPH-The Atlantic
Telegraph will be thrown open to the public, for
messages of not more than twenty words, at
fifty shllinss a message, or sixty Two and half
cents word. Add to this the expense of send
ing dispatches from the West to Newfoundland
and it viii make tclegraphing across the ocean
a luxury that few will care to indulge in, and
we have al idea it will have an unsavorable Of.
feet upon the receipts Of the company.
ALARcE EsrArs-Thc Worcester Spy loarnis
that the estate of the late ex-Goyernor Srragus
of Rhode Island, amounts to over six millions
of doliars-a most rcMsrkable fortune to he
accumulated by single family in one genera.
| ton.
Missouri ELEertox--The St. Louis Repub.
lican publishes official returns from all but two
counties and they give Stewart (Dcm) THREE
majority. The counties to hear from gave Ba-
chanan about 900 maj. Close work hat
TIE LATE Gov. MARcY ON GamsIixa.-Ihe
Governor was rresentat . dinnerparty, and after
dinner, cards were introduced. The Governor
was invited to game of whist. to which be
had no objection, but when money Was named.
though sit was only small sum-. to keep the
game," be replied: ssNo, gentlemen, NOT ix
csnts, to save the city from SINKING, Once
only, when young man., he had played for a
quarter Of a dollar he was startled BY the
error, and had never repeated it. as6tSasA
/ pThe ice crop OF New York, which Is chief.
" gathered at Rockland Lake. Highland lake
and Kingston Greek, Is estimated at 5G0, 900 tons
nearly all of Which is consumed in New York
and Brooklyn.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-09-04
Fnou R,o-GnrAx Risr N CORR

FaoM R1o-GREAy RrsE IN Corrrk
-Advices from Rio to the Goth Of July
confirm the great rise in coffee. The
market was excited and loo, 200. bags
had been taken in a. few days for, tho
European market, and $4,000 bags for
the United States. Flour is improving
in price. .1'5ase y q bae szai Is "a
EThe Russian Senate has just is.
sued ukase ordering general census
|of the Russian Empire. which will Be
the tenth since the reign Of Peter the
Great.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-09-04
II. G.. Case,


u ECENTLY from Indiana, would respect
IN fully announce to the Ladies Of McGreg-
OF and vicinity, that abe is now prepared to
Bleach. Repair and Trim BoNsErs at short no.
tice and in the latest style. She is also supplied
with Material for making Ladies' aud Misses
Bonnets and Hats Attention paid 10 Cutting
FitGng aud Making Dresses and Capcs. !
Her place II Business 10 near Mr.. ArnoMt
rssidenc on Main. Street. Please give her Z
cAl', b dag la Sc tL-H A j
q VEG. .egor. Msy l5.le51. s3amc. 81