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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-01-17


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The Kanzas news., 1857-08-22
How to Make a Horse Draw.

EDS. COUNTRY GENTLEMAN:-i once knew
a man who bought fine looking sorrel mare,
that was as false as beast could be, but he
finally cured her to perfection in the follow
ing manner: He geared her to the cart, and
went to the cornfeld to get load of pump
kins. After he had got some ten or doz-
en- on, she thought she had too much load,
and refused to pull. He coaxed and petted
her for some time. but all to no purpose
He next got stick and thumped and thrash
ed with the same success. He then thought
he would try another plan. He got a wheel
barrow, and wheeled pumpkins enough to
make full load, and put them in the cart,
when he took her by the head again, but it
was no 90. He then started home, and con-
cluded she might either pull the load or
stand there until the day of Judgment
But when the sun began to get low, she be-
gan to think about her supper and started
for home, passing skillfHlly through three
sets of bars, and arrived at the barn in safe
ty with her load. He put her in the stable,
and fed her as if nothing had happened
She refused to pull at two other times, but
she got the same treatment each time, so
she found it was no use, for she had to pull
the load in the end. After that she became
as good beast to work as was ever hitched.
H. WILLIAMSON, Chester Co., Pa.-Coun-
try Gentleman.
The Kanzas news., 1857-08-22

Here she said, .sis the charge for ma
king the dress-that is, for fitting and sew
ing it together, two dollars. Now I'm
sure, '' she continued appealingly, 'that's
reasonable for it takes Just as long, you
know, to fit and sew together cheap dress
as costly onei It's the time that has to
be paid for. Don't you see, dear?"
was forced to nod assent to the fair To-
gician though it was with an internal groan.
''Then here's the Innings, buttons, and
other small items, one dollar, which Is low,
very. Consider how these matters count
up. Besides, it takes time to go about
among the shops, matching the buttons to
the Dress
eI could not gainsay this either, but 1
said to myself that there were five dollars
still unaccounted for, and that it would puz
zle a :. Philadelphia lawyer" To reconcile
this sum to any rational beings notion OF
economy.
e.There's FIVE dollars left resumed Mrs.
Jones, (which is for the Valeneiennes-''
'sThe what ?'' / exclaimed.
"The Valenciennes, with which the cape
and sleeves are trimmed"
.tOh that common looking lace l'' said I.
Common looking!'' cried Mary Ann,
her eyes sparkling. Then she laughed COM
ically. 'sThat shows what you men know
about laces. Why, Smithy, dear, it's real
Valenciennes, and very cheap; and what's
more, can use it on something else, after
the dress.is worn out"
''But why put real Valenciennes, as you
call it, on so cheap dress 90 [ asked in
tone of yexation.
s.It's that very Valenciennes that gives
the dress such stylish look;' said my wife.
s.Every one knows it's cheap material and
its only the trimming that redeems it. All
that l require is Valenciennes collar to
match il, and | shall be complete.
I could not speak for amazement. I was
dumb, not merely at this strange notion of
an economical dress, but at the utter un-
consciousness my wife had that there was
anything extravagant about it. She availed
herself of my silence to expatiate on the
beauty of Valenciennes laees in general, and
on that which trimmed her dress in partic
ular; and, warming with her subject, made
it finally appear that we were under infinite
obligations to Madame Flourish for the op
portunity of paying this bill and buying a
collar to match her Valenciennes. Mrs.
Jones was so earnest and sincere, that l
thought it would be a pity to break her
charming delusion. I resolved, therefore
to smoke second-rate cigars for the next six
months. and indulge the dear creature in
her wishes; and she looks so lovely, and
seems SO happy in her new dress and collar,
that, to confess the truth, I don't regret
what I've done.
Nevertheless, as an abstract proposition,
| still hold to the secret opinion, that pay
ing eight dollars for making and trimming
a dress that costs only nine, doesn't ex-
actly show a knack of economy.
The Kanzas news., 1857-08-22
Mr.. Buchanan on Polygamy.

Major Jack Downing thus relates a con-
versation he had with Mr.. Buchanan on
Utah:
'tOld Buck is good deal riled with Brig
gam Young who, with his one hundred
wives, have created rebellion-when the
old Buck has not one that he can call his
own. If one woman created a rebellion in
the garden of Eden when she had man and
ought to have been satisfied, it is not won
derful that one hundred should do the like
in Utah, having one man among 'em all !
Says l, Bucky, did you ever see union and
harmony where there was hundred wimen
and but one man-it's agin all natur to ex-
pect it-and the only way to bring matters
to good starting point is, each woman has
her man. Yes, but said Buck, then every
man would be obleeg'd to hev his woman
Yes, sartin, sell. Well, then, sez he, they'd
blame me fur the hull of this trouble, and
say I'd set 'em bad example. That's so,
sez l, and since you druv so many women
to take up with one man bekase you refus-
ed to take your sheer, its your duty to make
'em live peaeeable as they are, or else break
the hull thing up by reforming and setting
every old bachelora good example by taking
one of these deluded women for your sheer,
to once.
The Kanzas news., 1857-08-22
winter Onions and Lettuce.

You like onions, either as salad or other
wise? Would you like to have them fresh
very early in the Spring, before they could
grow after Spring planting? s'Of course
I would Very well, then perhaps we can
help you to them. Selecta good spot Of
ground, prepare it well, and make one bed
of onions about the 10Th of August. Make
another about the 1st of September. Sow
the seed quite thick Let them grow till
Winter, keeping the beds free from weeds.
and thinning them out very little. When
Winter comes, cover them over with good
coat of coarse litter. Further south, the
covering may be lighter. You may thus
have the onions for use in March or April
next year. They viii be excellent then, If
you Ike onions.
Sow bed of lettuce in the same way, at
the same time or later, and protect it in the
same manner, and you may have that lux
ury also very early in the Spring. Try
both of these operations and you viii prob
ably thank US next Spring for these hints.
Agricuktgrist.
The Kanzas news., 1857-08-22
A Domestic Row.

Morton, the editor of the Nebraska News,
thus describes domestic row and subse-
quent reconciliation, of which he was a
witness:
Coming down the Missouri, near Bean
Lake, between Weston and st. Joe, our boat
was hailed by woman on shore. The Off
GERS of the craft, with their usual gallantry
rounded to- headed up stream, and stop
ped. The lady informed them that her ''duds
and cooking consarns'' were all packed in
the cabin hard by, ready for removal, and
that it was her desire TO take passage with
them down the river. Immediately the duds
were under way, and fast coming on deck;
when a man blowing in an adjacent field,
was seen to drop the reins, and mount the
horse, and come charging and yelling to-
wards the boat. The captain waited until
he had arrived, and then putting and blow
ing, said: ssAnn, where ON earth are you
going tew?"
Said she, "Joab, allow to 60 where I
amt to be cuffed, and cursed, and mauled
every day, by such brute as you are
Said he, in very melancholy tone-"Ann;
farewell
Said she, doubtfully-'sJo if you'll
treat me better, II stay ana I'VE with You
until the breath is clean out of my innocent
body"
And Joab promised that he would, and
that he hoped to be eternally dog-on-ed to
thunder if he wouldn't pay the captain for
landing, and treat all around, if she would
just stay, and so she stayed. And the last
seen of this nearly separated couple, they
were affectionately embracing each other on
the bank of the ''big muddy surrounded
tails, like the banners of Macbeth, were hung
upon the outer walls, and whose eyes were
full of gum, dirt and wonder.
The Kanzas news., 1857-08-22

A HARD Casa large bridal party,
including two couple of matrimonial candi-
dates, came down from the La Crosse valley
on the Fourth, and put up at the Augusta
House. The parson was called in at about
four o'clock, and the first couple was made
happy as easy as falling off log" The
game, however, was blocked with the other
couple, by the brides refusing to be mar
ried in such warm weather The poor
groom plead-he would 'sdeed her all his
land and she needn't do a stitch of work.
Ii was no use; the girl was obstinate; she
"wouldn't be married, no how, before next
October" Hole your grip, sonney.-La
Crosse Democrat.
The Kanzas news., 1857-08-22
My Wife's Economy.

Mrs. Jones is jewel of a woman. The
dear creature lately came home from shop
ping excursion In the most extravagant
spirits.
al have made such bargain. to-day, -
said she; '' have bought such beautiful
dress for nine dollars only. So I said to
myself, even if 1 get Madame Flourish to
make it up, it will be economical"
Now Madame Flourish was French mod
iste who lately came from Paris, and had
really great taste, but was most extravagant
in her charges and 1 never heard her
name without shudder. A few months be-
fore she made brocade for Mrs. Jones,
which everybody said fitted beautifully. "It
looks as if you were born In it." enthusi-
astieally declared a friend, 'tand had grown
with YOU But my pleasure in eontenn-
plating this masterpiece, must confess,
was somewhat diminished when the bill
came in TO the tune of ten dollars, for max
ing and trimming it. However, sit wasn' t
SO astonishing after ALL as my wife rea-
soned, t'that dress which was worth thir-
ty dollars should cost ten dollars to make it
up" and with this reflection l consoled my
self. So when heard the proposal to take
this other dress to Madame, I argued that,
if she charged in the same proportion, her
bill would be three dollars, which struck
me as not excessive, and accordingly
made no objection to the suggestion, but,
lighting cigar, sat thinking of Mary AIMS
many virtues, and especially her knack for
economy.
In about fortnight the dress came home
it was pretty, blue affair, with palms
set in stripes, and Mrs. Jones really looked
like summer cloud in it, as she fioated
about the room, displaying it in every as
pect, expatiating upon Its merits. The
sleeves, which were short, were neatly
trimmed with a sort of narrow lace, and the
cape, for it was cut low on the shoulders
and dear Mary Ann always wears capes
over such dresses-was embellished with a
wider lace of similar pattern; thought to
myself 1t was the cheapest dress for twelve
dollars, making and all, that had ever seen,
and as l smoked my cigar, said mentally,
'Ah Jones, what happy dog you ara to
have wife with such knack for economy"
Two days after the bill came in. Ny
wife opened it first, and / saw her draw a
very long face as she ran her eye over it.
However, she rallied Immediately and hand
ed the missive to me. glanced over it.
"Whewr, said l. Eight dollars for
making dress that only cost ninel Surely,
Mary Ann, there must be some mistake
here?n
"Oh. no, my DEAR" said she briskly.-
my broeade, yeu know. cost ten dollars to
make and trim, and this is two dollars
cheaper"
s.But this dress only cost nine dollars" ;"
said /.
1.-The cost of the dress, my DEAR she
replied, smiling benevolenay at my igno-
rance, ..has very little to do with the cost
of making and trimming it.''
1.-The dickens It hasn't !" began.
"Hush F' said my wife, playfuIly putting
her hand over my mouth, s'Smithy, dear,
you nusn't swear" And taking the bin.
she commenced going over it item by item
The Kanzas news., 1857-08-22
Early Rising.
BY JOHN G. SAKE.

ssGod bless the man who first invented sleepf''
So Saneho Panza said, and so say l;
And bless him, also, that he didn't keep
His great discovery to himself; or try
To make it-as the lucky fellow might
a close monopoly BY 'spatent right
Yes-bIess the man who first invented sleep
q really can't avoid the iteration:l
But blast the man with curses loud and deep,
Whate'er the rascal's name, or age, or station,
Who first invented, and went round advising,
That artificial cut-otf-Eariy Risingt
.eRise with the lark, and with the lark to bed" )"
Observes some solemn sentimental owl
Maxims like these are very eheaply said;
But ere you make yourself q fool or fowl,
Pray Just inquire about the Kise-and faH,
And whether the larks have any beds at all
The estirne for honest folks TO be abed,"
Is in the morning, if / reason right;
And he who cannot keep his precious head
Upon the pillow till it's fairly light,
And so enjoy his forty morning -winks,
Is up to knavery; or else-he drinksl
Thompson, who sung about the Seasons" said
1t was glorious thing to rise in season.
But then he said it-lying-in his bed
At 10 O'Clock 4. M.-the very reason
He wrote so charmingly. The simple fact is,
His preaching wasn't sanctioned by his practice
'Tis, doubtless, well to be sometimes awake
Awake to duty and awake to truth
But when, alasi nice review we take
Of our best deeds and days, we find, in sooth,
The hours that leave the slightest cause to weep
Are those we passed In childhood, or asleep
IT'S beautiful to leave the world awhile
For the soft visions of the gentle night,
And free, at last, from the mortal care guile;
To live, as only in the angels sight,
In sleeps sweet realm so costly shut In,
Where, at the worst, we only dream of sini
So, let US sleep, and give the Maker praise.
like the lad who, when his father thought
To clip his morning nap by haekneyed phrase
OF vagrant worm by early songster caught,
Cried "seryed him right-its not at all surprising
The worm was punished, sir, for early rising!'
The Kanzas news., 1857-08-22

TIr FOR TAT-Parker Pillsburv, the
Apollyon ofthe Garrisonian pilgrims, told an
anecdote at the Melodeon, which told pretty
well upon his audience. 1t was in this wise;
Some time ago one of the churches in Salem
had a misbehaving brother up for discipline,
and were about to excommunicate him,
whereupon the worlds people held meet
ing outside and voted not to receive him un-
less he should be returned in as good condi-
ton as when delivered to the church,
The Kanzas news., 1857-08-22
Chickens VS.. Chinch Bugs and Plum
WeevilS.

We see it reported In the Southern Plant
er. that a hen and chickens placed In coop
IN the corner of wheat field, where the
chinch bug had commenced its rayages,
proved to be an effectual check upon the
insects thereabouts, though they did con-
siderable injury out of the range of the
chickens
The chinch bug is only one of the de-
structiye insects which chickens are ever
ready to pick up. In our yard stands a
blaek-heart cherry tree. the fruit of which
was quite wormy last year-as is often the
case with this variety. This Spring we
placed chicken coop with its occupants
near the tree, and secured full crop OF
fruit, showing no appearance of worms
The insects, as they emerged from the
ground in a winged form, were SO efectu-
ally picked up that they failed to deposit
their eggs in the fruit. Of course there
viii be short crop of scorns next season.
The Kanzas news., 1857-08-22
CIV. ESKR RIDGE,
GEN NERAL LAND AGENT.

Agent of the EmpOria Town Company.
TNOWN SHARES bought and sold-Lots dona-
Il ted to persons putting certain amount of i'm
provements them. Declaratory statements for
Pre- Emptors made out and all business in relation
bought and sold. Claimants desiring to sell their
claims, by registering them at my office, will be
furnished with purchasers. Land Warrants dis
posed of, aud investments made for capitalists in
any part of the Territory Legal instruments
Deeds; Mortgages, Contracts, Conyeyances, Co.
partnerships, Notes, dc, &C. carefully drawn up
OFFIoE-At the store of Hornsby d Fick direct
" opposite the Emporia Hotel, Emporia, Kanzas.
iuly4-3m
The Kanzas news., 1857-08-22
THE NEWSPAPER RECORD.

WORK VALUE TO
Editors. Publishers, Advertisers and Bu-
sinesS Men.
4 Nd of great interest to Printers; containing a
I complete list OF Newspapers IN the United
States, Canadas, and Great Britain-the only work
of the kind in the World. 1t also presents an es-
say on the History of Newspapers and Printing,
from the earliest ages to the present time, compar
ing the past with the present, and giving much in
formation that can be obtained from no other
source. Various improvements in Printing Ma
ehinery are also described and illustrated.
Sent by mail, prepaid, the receipt of 80 90.
Address, LAY G BROTHER, publishers,
-aug1 No. 80 Dock Street, Philadelphia.
The Kanzas news., 1857-08-22

A little fellow, from four to five years
old, having perforated one of the knees of
his trousers, was intensely delighted with a
patch his mother had applied. He would
sit and gaze on it in a state of remarkable
admiration; and in one of these moods sud-
denly exclaimed, Grandma must put one
on t'other knee and two behind, like Eddy
Smiths
The Kanzas news., 1857-08-22
JAMES TODD,
Steam Engine Builder and Machinist

Corner OF SeceRtb aad Smith SIS, Cincinnati, o.
MANUFACTURER of MOVES NEW IMPROVED
vi planning MACHINE, on Iron and Wood Frames,
for Tongueing, Growing Flooring, and any other
kind of lumber Also-Sash, Muley and Circular
Saw Mills, and Mill work generally-Portable Corn
and FIGURING Mills, Horse Powers, Cotton, Hay,
Lard, Tobacco and Wine Screws. Also-Castings
of every description, furnished TO order. Stock
Mills, Tor Cutting and Grinding Corn and Cob.
june6-3m
The Kanzas news., 1857-08-22

''I say, Paddy, where did you raise that
loafer-like hat Pit must have belonged to
some scamp
"Och, an it's there We are Troth, an
you're right, yer honor it's an ould one
ov yours that Missus gave me yesterday
when yer honor were to town.
The Kanzas news., 1857-08-22

Some persons think it is necessary to study
Latin in order to speak English with ele-
gance and accuracy. A man who reasons
thus, says the Edinburgh Reyiew, either
'tnever has conversed with an accomplished
woman, or does not deserve to have con-
yersed with her,
The Kanzas news., 1857-08-22

There is compensation, as Emerson
says, for every Ill as well as every blessing.
For instanee-persons who experience the
miseries of being in debt are seldom afflicted
with Bilious Remittent Fever.
The Kanzas news., 1857-08-22

AN OPISIoN AS Is An OpINIoN.-''What a
lovely womanr" was the exclamation of Lord
Chancellor Eldon upon passing a frst-class
beauty, when pacing up and down West
minister Hall with his friend the Master of
the Rolls, previous to the opening of their
respective courts. s'What an excellent
judge" said the lady, when her sensitive
ear caught the fiattering decree of the Lord
High Chancellor of England.
The Kanzas news., 1857-08-22

That was a very pretty conceit of ro-
mantle husband and father, whose name
was Rose, who named his daughter wild,
so that she grew up under the appellation of
.sWild Rose" But the romance of the
name was sadly spoiled IN a few years, for
she married man by the name of s.Bull."
The Kanzas news., 1857-08-22

A NECESSARY INeuIRY-"Sambo, s'pose
dere is six chicken in coop, and de man
sell three, how many is dere left?" ''What
time OBJ day was it?'' s.What hab dat to do
wid it?'' "a good deal; if 1t was after
dark, dare would be none left !: dat Is if you
happen to come along dat way
The Kanzas news., 1857-08-22

''Pray, Mr.. Hume" said Lady Wallace
to the philosopher, 'fwhen am asked what
is my age, what answer shall give?''
''Say, madam, what believe to be truth,
that You have not yet come to the years of
discretion
The Kanzas news., 1857-08-22

1t Its bitter reflection to an industrious
man to be thought indolent when he cannot
help himself; and it is very wrong in those
having plenty, to taunt the poor man for
his poverty, and vet refuse to help him.
The Kanzas news., 1857-08-22

Did ysR ever hear of the wife that wrote
to her husband in California, and commen-
eed her letter thus:
"Oh, tell me not that absence conquers
love! the longer you stay away the better
I like you.''
The Kanzas news., 1857-08-22
BOOKS, STATIONERY, &C.
o, WILMA ARTH.

IAWRENCE, kANLAS.
NTOULD inform his friends and the public gen
w orally, that he keeps on hand good as
sortnent of articles in the above line as can be found
in the Territory, consisting of School, Chidrers'
and Miscellaneous Books; also, Blank and Memo
randum Books; Writing Books, States, Pencils,
Musical Instruments, Musical Merchandise, dc
HIS CIRCULATING LIBRARY is supplied
with some of the most popular works published.
nd is constantly receiving additions from the East
iune6-6.
The Kanzas news., 1857-08-22
Straved---$10 ReWard.

4 DARK BAY STALLION PONY, three years
N old, with white hind feet, saddle marks on
his back, and shod all round, strayed from the
subscriber, living on the Cottonwood, five miles
west of Emporia, on Wednesday night the 5th
inst. The above reward will be paid for the re-
turn of the Pony to me or to the Editor of THE
News at Emporia.
Aug. 8, SIT. c.. F. ". LEONHARDT.
The Kanzas news., 1857-08-22
EMP0RIA AND LAWRENCE
PASSENGER AND EXPRESS LIN

j. D. d G. NJ WALKER, PRorR1EToRs
A HACK will leave the Emporia House, Empo-
"a ria, for Lawrence, every Monday morning at
Emporia; every Thursday morning at o'clock
Passing through Bloomington, Twin Mound, Bur
lingame and Kanzas Centre.
AGENTs-N. s. STORRS, Emporia House, EN-
poria; 7. L. WHITNEY, Whitney House, Law
renee augl5-tf
The Kanzas news., 1857-08-22

PoTATo DIGe1ss BIZ MAcHfEKRY.-Cap-
tain Taggart, of Roxbury, Mass, has paten-
ted plow-shaped machine, with double
set of revolving metal fingers, which take
up the potatoes, winnow them from the earth,
and deposit them in baskets hung on each
side, or in couple of rows upon the earth.
With pair of horses, it is calculated man
can dig from six TO eight acres per day.