The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-12-09

Full, rounded limbs it doth reveal,
For fancy's eye to trace.
Ifvour foot is pretty, show il,
Yes, show it when You can;
Twill help your other lovely charms,
To win come nice young man.
The practised eye may we'll distrust
A nicely padded breast
But whom it rests upon your foot
1t knows Of all the rest.
Western correspondent of Harper's
Magazine writes 40 follows:
Il was once present on the hustings ct
discussion between two rival candidates for
Congress in IN excited election contest in
Tennessee both gentlemen are new in high
station one Of them for twelve years was in
Congress, and has been Postmaster General,
and the other hes gained reputation for
brilliant and classical oratory almost as wide
% that Of his illustrious kinsman Of the same
pAtronymic in Virgins. But to the discus
sion. Mr.. u had been rather equivocally
complimenting his opponent-who was called
the Eagle Orator-on the remarkable suavi-
" Of his manners, and his aiiability with tho
people and went on 70 say that he had an
irresistible way of seising the hands of his
constituents between both his own, and bow
ing 10 ahectionately - to secure their whole
heartI / must confess, continued Mr..
H., that have practiced for hours be-
fore looking-glass to acquire that fascina-
ting manner, but without success. l must
yield to my friend the pain. in shaking hands
In reply, Major H said:
elf my honorable opponent wishes to
make himself agreeable to honest people, he
must leave OFF practicing before the glass,
and cultivate more assiduously the kindly
feelings of the heart lie is tho last man
who should accuse me of practicing behavior
to win votes. will tell you little anccdote
illustrative Of the peculiar electioneering
abilities Of my honorable friend in his inter-
course with our intelligent constituents We
were canvassing in remote part Of the dis
trict, and, having an appointment to speak
near the house of . very influential Squire,
We spent the previous night at his house to-
gether 1t was well known that the Squire
controlled all the votes in that precinct, and
his better-half controlled him, SO that it was
all-important to get on the right side Of her.
We had agreed not to electioneer with the
| Squire while we etaid with him but did
not think this forbade me to domy best with
his family So rose about daybreak the
next morning, and, thinking that should
make friends with the mistress of the house
by bringing water to cook the breakfast, /
took bucket and started OFF for the spring.
was tripping off on "a light fantastic toe, .
singing mcrrily as went along, when wha.
ON earth should | see as looked into the
barr yard but the old woman milking the
COW, while my honorable friend, with his
face ruddy with morning exercise, and his
| long locks streaming in the breeze, was hold
ing the COW by the tail saw in On instant
that it was all up with me. | returned to
the house discounted, and abandoned all
hopes of . vote in that region"
In Saintsville, q very quiet town in one OF
the Middle States-we do not like to spot il
exactly--Squire Williamson reigns as the
supreme Judge in all matters Of taste, es-
| pecially in the fine arts. He sets up to be
the most knowing man in town, not in law
| only, but in I'LL departments of science. Now
and then he overshoots the mark. One of
| the neighbors an intelligent mechanic, hav-
| ing fine taste for natural history, spent q
good deal OF time and labor in preparing a
cabinet of stuffed birds, arranging them las
natural as lila on perches around hia shop.
The Squire was fond OF dropping in from
time to time to find fault with the arrange
ment OF the specimens. He admitted the
skill of the man in sxinning and stufing
them, but the habit of the bird was not hit
in the way he stood.
"Why don't you follow Nature ?" the
Squire would ask, and grumble at the work,
TO show his own acquaintance with . subject
of which he was totally ignorant
Rogers the bird-fancier, was vexed at the
a. =.
solved upon fixing him. A friend from the
country brought him one day a live owl Of
beautiful plumage, and Rogers gladly took it
OF him, and set it up in one corner of the
shop on shelf Presently, as the Squire
was Passing, he asked him in His eye
caught sight Of the new addition to the cabi-
net, and he exclaimed:
"Hey, hey. Rogers splendid specimen
that and elegantly stuffed, tool But Rogers,
who ever saw an owl with his head tucked
up in that kind Of way? Follow nature,
man"
Perhaps said Rogers. "you could FIX
the head as owls are accustomed to hold
them
TO be sure l can, replied the Squire
bird to str;s -hten out his head but his
owlship did not wait to be pulled; he iarted
out his bill, and gave the squire's forefnger
grip that he will carry the mark of FOR
many day, Falling back out of the chuir
in his fright, and seeing smile Of satisfac-
tion on Rogers face, he saw at once he had
been sold Therowl looked on as ~ise as .
judge, and the Squire was compelled to give
in; but he insisted that owls in the woods or
in the barn do not hold their heads as this
oocu lIv TalloU 0ooa in tho Cuhinnt
IA blooming daughter Of Erin" speaking
Of one Of our citizens being pursued q few
evenings since, said; q an shure he was
chas'd by two Irishmen and another dog
1t lisa good sign to have ones feet grow
Geld when he is writing. A great writer
and speaker once told me that he often wrote
with his feet in hot water; but Tor this all
his blood would have run into his head, as
the mercury sometimes withdraws into the
ball Of a thermometer.
People that make puns are like wanton
hovs that mt cOnners on the railroad tracks