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The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-08

GROWING PorAroEs.-An excellent
farmer says regarding his method, which
has been successful to a very great de-
gree - s#
'.In the first place, I plow deep and
harrow, and then make the drills by run.
ming the plow each way in the same fur.
row in order to make it as deep as poss'
ible. and then draw my manure, which
consists mostly of refuse cornstalks that
have been fed to both cattle and horses
and spread in the furrow-drop the seed
potatoes and cover. The after culture be.
ing the usual practice of cultivating,
blowing and hoeing. In speaking to my
neighbors of the system l intended te
pursue. they said you will fail, as we have
tried the practice Of manuring in the hill
and although We could grow plenty o.
vines. yet in harvesting. the potatoes were
wanting. After the result Of my system
of growing potatoes was ascertained. my
neighbors said to me, your success wal
all owing to the fine shower we had JUS
after planting. by which the manure wal
wet. and being buried deep. is kept mois
during the season. Be this as it may
the result was entirely satisfactory, boil
in quantity and quality. for which realiz
ed over one dollar per bushel."
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-08

A PICTURE OF SUNDAY LIFE IN Chr.
cAoo.-Here is picture of Sunday life
in Chicago, furnished by the Times:
Here in Chicago, on Sunday. we have
fifty six churches open during the FORE
noon and evening, but at the same time
there are no less than eighty bathrooms,
in each of which the "band" plays from
morning till midnight, and waltzing goes
on without intermission. In addition to
these festivities We have two theatres.
each with their performers in tights and
very short garments, rivaling Ellsler in
their graceful evolutions. ...
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-08
M'GREGOR, FRIDAY, MAY g. 1867.


| The following stirring appeal to tn
Christian charity and sober sense of th'
clergy Of the northern Methodist church
is from part of letter from the editor o
the Nashville Christian Advocate, t.
Bishop Morris, Of Ohio:
"Will you, reverend sir, interpose p
Will you and your colleagues throw oil
upon the troubled waters and strive tc
calm and quiet the prejudice of such o.
your preachers and people as are warrins
against the interests Of the church o1
Christ? They know not whereof they
affirm. They do not know the condition
of the South they are unacquainted with
the element of Southern society, and are
misled by designing men who cater to
their passions and prejudices. They
judge Of slavery by the representation OF
irresponsible writer's who caricature
southern institutions and slander southern
Christians. Will they be persuaded to
let us alone? We are doing great work.
We preach Christ, and not Politics.
We are looking after the sheep in the
wilderness, not as wolves to scatter, tear,
and slay, but as shepherds, to feed and
provide for the flock of Christ. You
have full enough to employ all your men
and your means instructing the ignorant
and inidel men who throng your cities,
skirt your prairies, dwell upon your sea
and lake shores, build your railroads, dig
your bitches and serve in the house and
on the farms of your wealthy citizens.
What is your church doing for the free
blacks at the North? Sir, was sur
prised when l looked at the statistics of
your Cincinnati conference. The: returns
show that you have in the bounds of that
conference, ninety eight colored members.
My dear, sir, how many thousand colored
people live in your grear Queen City, to
say nothing of the country around p
and with all the sympathy of your preach
ers and people for the black man, you
have less than one hundred members in
your whole conference. Cincinnati with
the city of Charleston-a city with pop
ulation not one-third so great as yours
and there you will find a colored mem
bership in the Methodist church,-of not
less than five thousand. In the South
Carolina Conference alone, there are not
less than forty thousand colored people in
communion with the church! Well
may ask who cares for the son of the
negro? All, sir, it is easy to say, BE ye
warm: and be ye fed;' but the good
Samaritan ministers to the wants of the
suffering. Say to your brethren, Let
them alone; they are following the exam
pie of Jesus, and the instruction of the
inspired Apostles. Let them alone, and
go and preach tho gospel at your own
door.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-08

PAINFUL AccIDENT-On Wednesday,
Mrs. Chase, wife of John Chase. of Kin
sington, N. H., met a singular and pain
full accident while watering horse. She
was leading the horse back to the stable,
with the halter somehow tied around her
thumb and when she had entered the
building the door swung to with violence,
leaving her within, and the animal on the
outside. The horse was frightened, and
ran. taking off her thumb. and drawing
the cords from her arm up to her elbow.
New6uryport Herald.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-08

''PRISTERs CAN READ ANYTHING, -
This remark is often made by correspon-
dents and advertisers as an excuse for
half spelling words, abbreviating tech
nlcalities, and slovenly, unreadable writ
ing. There is no doubt that printers are
better decipherers Of bad manuscript
than any other class of persons but
when, for instance, a merchant writes he
has received FIVE Bts., ten lbs. Clar., it is
somewhat difficult to tell whether the
merchant really means boots. biscuits, or
butternuts chalk, cheese, or churns
cloves, clocks, or CLANS.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-08
Phenixiana.

Phonixiana
The redoubtable John Phoenix, in a
late letter, gives the following account oi
the meeting between Memphis man and
his better half, at the St. Charles. in New
Orleans. Comment is useless:
Accompanied by my old friend But
terfeld, who had joined us at Memphis, /
landed at New Orleans, and proceeded
forthwith to the St. Charles Hotel. AT
this great tavern Amos expected to meet
his wife, who had arrived from California,
to rejoin him after three months, sep
aration. l never have seen man so nerv-
Gus. He rode on the outside of the coach
with the driver, that he might obtain the
earliest view of the building that contained
his adored one. 1t was with great diff
Guilty that kept pace with him as he
''tumultuously rushed" up the steps
leading to the Rotunda. In an instant
he was at the Office and gasping "Mrs,
Butterfeld." "In the parlor, sir" replied
Dan, and he was off. l followed and
saw him stop with surprise as he came to
the door. In the centre, of the parlor
stood Mrs. Butterfeld. That admirable
lady had adopted the very latest and
most voluminous style and having on a
rich silk of greenish hue, looked like a
lovely bust on the summit ola new mown
haystack. Dutterfield was appalled, for
a moment, but hearing her cry "Amos, -
he answered hysterically, "My Aman
der!' and rushed on. He ran three times
round Mrs. Butterield, but it was of no
use, he couldn't get in. He tried to
climb her, but the hoops gave way and
frustrated the attempt. He extended his
arms to her; she held out hers to him
tears were in their eyes. 1t was the
most affecting thing ever Witnessed
Finally Mrs. Butterfeld sat down, and
Amos got behind the chare and kissed
her, until their offspring. by bowling,
and biting the calf Of his leg, created a
diversion. They were very happy; SO
were the people in the parlor. Every
body appeared delighted and small
boy, year or to older than little Amos,
jumped up and down like whip-saw,
and halloa'd "Hoop eel" with all his
might,
"Butter6eld," said I, an hour or two
later. I suspect that Mrs. Buttcrfold has
adopted hoops.'
"Oh! yes," answered he,,' I saw that
sticking out. Perhaps it will obviate the
little tendency she had to blow up ! an
glad Of it"
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-08

BEWARE OF LUclFER MArcHRs.-A
GERMAN paper relates the following -
Two men, entering tavern in Cambria
France recently, ordered some coffee,
and after drinking the first cup, both
dropped down dead. The landlady
fetched the police /; they talked of poison.
ing. "How is itpossible p exclaimed
the landlady; ''they only drank one cup
of coffee, and that could not have hurt
them" Thus saying. to prove the harm
lessness of it she herself drank cup
Hardly having partaken of this, she drop
ped drown dead too. On examining the
coffee pot, they found a packet of luciter
matches at the bottom of it .u
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-08

A RACINE LEDGER FOR SCOTLAND
MR. BoYNroN's BooK.-Yesterday we had
the pleasure of seeing the Ledger order
ed by the City Bank of Glasgow, Scot
land. of our fellow townsmsn, Mr.. Boyn-
ton. and which he has just completed.---
We will not do this superb piece of art
the injustice to attempt description. and
will merely say to our citizens it is on ex-
hibition at the Bindery in Durand's
Block, where fo- few days all who de-
sire to do so may see it. ..... ..
The whole book in its finish, both bind
ing and ruling, is original. 1t contains
1900 pages. and on its cover are blazsned
the arms of England, Ireland, Scotland,
and Wales. most beautifully interviewer
with the Rose, Shamrock, and Thistle.
and in the centre of all is the coat of
arms for the city Of Glasgow.-Raeins
Adsocate.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-08
The Lake Michigan Steam Ferry.


The Detroit Daily Advertiser, of Fri
day last, contains the following welcome
item:
New STEAMERs.-We learn that con.
tract has just been completed between the
Detroit and Milwaukee Railway Company
and G. Campbell & Co., ship builders,
for the construction, at their ship-yard,
near the water works. of two new steam
ers, to connect the D. & NJ. Railway will,
the Milwaukee and Mississippi Railway
They are to receive the engines, machin.
cry, cabin fixtures. furniture, &C., of the
Great Western steamers Canada and
"America," which are now lying at Ham.
ilton, and which are soon to be taken to
pieces, The furniture, &C., of these
boats being marked, the new boats will
also be named respectively, Canada
and "America." Their dimensions are
to be each as follows: length, 275 feet
breadth of beam, 81 feet; depth of hold
10 feet. Their carrying capacity will be
about 1900 tons. They are to be con-
structed in the same style as the ocean
steamers, to be finished in magnificent
style, and furnished with every means of
comfort and luxury, and to be completed
and to be in readiness to take their place
as soon as the road is completed to Grand
Haven. The model of these boats was
drawn by Capt. Wolverton, Naval Archi-
tect, and may be seen at the Office of
Mcssrs. Campbell 4 Co.
We trust our Detroit friends will hurry
up both their Railroad and Lake steamers.
Milwaukee longs to see both, and would
rejoice to do so, before the close Of the
year. Additional value is given to the
Seam Ferry by the fact that the Mlwau-
kee Harbor was the only Harbor, in the
entire range of the Great Lakes, which
kept open aNthrough last avinter-a season
ofunusual severity. Our Straight CUT
did the business. There is no other Har-
Dor on the Lakes at all comparable to it.
MI. ISentiuel.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-08

A BLESSING IN DIsGuIsE.-The Apri
snow storms have added about 80 pei
cent. to the production of maple sugar,
in all the Northern States.
A correspondent writes from Madison
county, N. Y. as follows:-
The maple sugar crop is enormous
The average run for years back has been
three pounds per tree; this year it goes
from four to seven pounds per tree. One
man has thirteen hundred trees tapped
and has made already five thousand
pounds, and the sap is still running freely
The sap is sweeter by fifty per cent, thar
for some years previous.
During the present enormous prices
of Cuban and New Orleans sugar-the
production of maple sugar. is matter o
national importance.-Eleven millions O
dollars is not considered too high an
an estimate for the Spring crop of sugar il
all the northern and western States. WIS
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-08
re- A few nights apo. in Pbiladelphi.

ga few nights ago, in Philadelphia
an operat night rained early in the
evening; but the Academy was crowded,
and before the performance was over the
rain ceased and the stars came out bril-
liantly. When the audience were about
to leave, half dozen young scrapegraces
planted themselves along the curbs.onc
in front of the theatre, and stood there
with umbrellas up, in full view of the
main entrance. The consequence was
a general hosting of umbrellas when the
audience reached the door. The SYM
pathetic putting up of silk and gingham
caused considerable merriment among the
dupes when they discovered the stars
shining brightly over their heads.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-08
Dirt and Beauty

Dirt and Beauty
| Such is the title of an article we fne
in an exchange, and AS it contains some
good sense and some interesting the
oretical consider ations, says the Buffalo
advertiser, we introduce it to our. readers
And first upon the subject of
LEas.-The handsome and well-de.
veloped legs of the Persian women, SC
boldly displayed to be admiration of the
traveller, have been attributed to the
dirty streets, by DR.. Arnott, who is an
excellent authority on female and male
anatomy. He tells US that the effort Of
the pretty little French feet to pick their
way through the mud, and the habitual
posing the whole body upon the toe,
causes powerful muscular strain, and
consequently a large development ofthe
female calf.
Now this is interesting, if true. The
present style Of skirts, and the universal
prevalence of muddy pavements afford
large opportunities for study of the object;
and it would be we'll to watch the gradual
development of muscular extremities,
under the present favorable circumstan-
ces.
We close with the following "compara-
tive statement" Of two methods of eros
sing a dirty street:
l. How THEY DO 1T IN PA1Rs.-Mark low
with one hand she gathers up her drapery,
fairly lifting it from the ground, but still
allowing it to hang with a graceful neg
ligence So as to show with an artistic
irregularity. her well-turned feet and
ankles. You might suppose she had bor-
rowed living grace from the famous
Venus of Milo, in the gallery of the
Louvre.
g. How THEY DO IT IN New YORK;
Now look at the New York belle, clutch
ing her gown with her two hands, as if
afraid of the tunbling away of her hoop,
and crossing the street like a blowsy
country-woman fording a creek. The
newly adopted female boot is not favora-
BILE, we fear, to either feminine grace or
the picturesque in woman's steps. 1t
justi6es agreat deal of duck-like wading;
and as we look upona pair of female
boo.s plodding through the mud Of
New York, we are reminded of negro
Pompey's legs in pursuit of woodcock in
the swamp. The exercise is good and
healthful, but it must be confessed to be
rather trying to the taste for the beauti-
full.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-08

SCARCITY OF FooD IN WESTERN Iowa
A correspondent of the st. Louis Repub-
lican, writing from St. Joseph, Mo-, under
late Of April 18th, says that while on a
recent visit to Western Iowa, he met long
trains of wagons going, as the driver
said, "into Egypt to purchase corn"
The severe and protracted winter had
pressed hard upon the newly arrived
immigrants who had not had time to
prepare for its rigors, while the almost
entire consumption Of flour, corn and ba
con, had presented the alternative o
famine, or sending into Missouri for sup
plies.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-08

DISTRIBUTION OF THE BIBLE.-The
Financial year of the American Bible
Society, closed on the 3lst of March last,
and a statement of its operations shows
that the receipts for the year foot up
S441 ,8O5, which exceeds by nearly forty
nine thousand dollars, the income of the
year ending March, 1856. Contributions
have flowed in from every State and Ter
ritory, but New York heads the list, her
share having been one third ofthe whole.
During the year. seven hundred and forty
thousand copies of the Scriptures were
issued by the society. being an excess of
one hundred and ninety eight thousand
over the previous year The prosperity
which has attended the society, must be
very gratifying to all who are interested
in the spread Of the Gospel Wis.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-08

| We clip the annexed interesting facts
and surmises respecting the Great Eas.
tern, from letter written by the CORES.
pondent of the Carolina Times, who has
had an "interview" with her: ...
The Great Eastern is of two hundred
and twenty-five thousand five hundred
tuns burden. When you remember that
the Persia and Adriatic, the two largest
steamers afloat, do not exceed four thous-
and tons, you have small data upon
which to base your ideas of this wonder
full conception. Her length is more than
the eighth of mile-being six hundred
and eighty feet, her breadth eighty three,
and her depth of hold sixty feet. As
she stands on the stocks, SO great is the
elevation of her decks, that fine view is
afforded from them of the surrounding
country and city. Her engines are Of
three thousand horse power. One thous-
and horse power will be provided for-the
side paddle wheels and the remainder for
the screws. The paddle wheels them
selves make respectable sized ampithe-
atre, being one hundred and twenty feet
in circumference. One hundred furnaces
are required to heat the ten hoilers that
will generate the steam necessary to driv-
her through the water. Besides her enc
gines she will have seven masts, several
Of them square rugged.
She is calculated to carry ten thousand
persons, but the company hope to clear
expenses if they can average four thous-
and. She will carry ten life boats, but
each Of them is to be complete screw
steamer. If she is safely launched it
will be as great a wonder as her erection
Her entire weight is to rest upon two i'm
mense cradles, upon which she is to be
lowered to low water mark by hydraulic
pressure, and then, at high tide, she is to
float away, the queen of the seas. Her
speed is estimated at an average of fifteen
miles an hour, which will take her to
America in four days, and India, by the
Cape in thirty, or to Australia in thirty
five days. Her first trip is to be to Anne.
rica, where the directors expect to make
a speculation by making her spectacle.
But what does the conception necessitate
on the seas. Already it is determined to
issue daily paper on board, and will there
uot be a necessity for police, lawyers,
doctors and may be hangmen Will it
not necessitate Mayor and Aldermen to
issue tavern licenses and an armed force
to put down rebellion =? If she will not
carry steam cars she will carry steam
boats, and telegraphs are necessity, for
1t is arranged that her officers will COM
municate by telegraph. Her launch is
|enpected to take place in the coming fall.
An old lady once, in taking passage across
the ocean, was very careful to ascertain
the thickness of the ships planks, and
this has been omitted above. The Great
Eastern has no planks about her, is en-
tirely of iron. the sheets of which are all
three quarters of an inch thick, and as
she is double cased, a ship within a ship,
in case of accident to the outer shell, she
is still safe with the inner.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-08

9ALERATUa.

None could make shortened cake
As good as could my mother,
do not know why it is 90,
As well as any other;
Because, since then, some wicked men,
The better for their purpose,
Have made stuff, their bread to puff,
And call it Saleratus.
Don't ask me why so many die
That some should live surprising,
Since now our food. is made from wood,
And salt is used for rising"
Ihope our cooks, with their good looks,
Will not extsrminate US.
With cake and pie mixed up with lye,
Reduced to Saleratus.
May every pot in which they've got
The stuff be burst to atoms;
May every tin in which it's been
BE minus tops and bottoms;
May every store, on sea or shore,
(What else could more elate US y
By e e or food or in the mud
Lose all its Saleratus.
And now ye fair little care,
What else may be the diet,
Though made Of rye and hard to dry,
The big loaf III try it;
With cabbage G!cd, and t.rnips piled,
You're welcome to come ut us,
Yes, anything but poisoning
With cursed Saleratus
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-08
G. II IL ID .

Having purchased the interest of Messrs.
Evans 4 Conkey, of this place, in the Grocery
Business, we are prepared to furnish goods in
our line at prices that cannot fail to suit. We
expect in a few days to open full and complete
assortment of Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oil,
Glass etc., to all of which we invite the attention
Of all old customers of the house and as many
new ones as may favor US witha call.
HOFFMAN, BENTON & co.
Notioe.--Referring to the above we take
pleasure in recommending our successors to our
old friends and customc rs.
.as-...... EVANS q CoNKEY.
McGregor, April 10th, 1857, n27 If.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-08

RE- Never marry man until you have
seen him eat. Let the candidate for your
hand pass through the ordeal of eating
soft boiled eggs. If he can do it and
leave the table spread, the napkin. and
his shirt unspotted-take him. Try him
next with spare-rib. If he eaccomplishes
this feat without putting out one of hel
own eyes. or pitching the bones into your
lap. name the wedding.day at once ; his
will do TO tic u.