The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-02-13

ALL SORTb OF ITEMS.
| A wretch entered stable in Maquoko.
ia. a few nights since, and cut out by tho
roots the tongue of valuable mare
Hanging is too good for such tiend.
A teamster from Galena in crossing the
river between Grey Cloud and Hastings
mistook the road in conseq uencc of the
snow drifts, and drove into an airf,ole,
when his team and sleigh Immediately.
sank in deep water The teamster and
passengers had a narrow cscape.-Ex.
A man in Waterbury, Vt. after obtain
ing divorce from his wife, made him.
self a Christmas present of . girl
ofsixteen, whom he persuaded to Jump out
Of a window, elope with and marry him.
The Sheboygau Journal Wis, says that
nine miles of the grading on their road 10
completed, and more than half of the ma
sorry built. The bridges are to b. put
up early in the Spring.
Noticing the $50 counterfeit on the
Bank of the Valley. which is said to be
distinguished by ''the imperfection of the
likeness of Fillmore" the Warrenton(Va
Flag gets off the following sharp shot:
Fillmore has ever been a counterfeit. In
a political point of view, and we suppose
some of his admirers, failing in their late
scheme to elevate him to the Presidency,
have undertaken to swindle the commu-
nifty by altering his physiognomy, to try
it in pecuniary way.H
d, "Lucy Stone Blackwell has, we under
stand, become, within the last few days,
one of the mothers of America.
Well done Judging from analogy we
should suppose that the new somer- must
OF course be D ;ck."-Nort h West.
Society, like shaded silk, must be view
ed in all situations, or its colors will de-
ceiye us. ". Eata4 ~
A loafer was placed in the clock up"
at Bangor, Me-, one night last week, and
before morning the rats had gnawed holes
through his boots and the crown Of his
hat, but showing no taste for his high sea-
spned beef S@s T"H0r"
The Rev. Theodore Parker sent the
following sentiment to the Garrison Fes-
tival: as55'A s'S
The triumph Of Freedom in America
Peacefully if we can, forcibly If we must
How this blatant moon-calf would howl
and run were this question of"force" re-
ally to come UP !--Albany Atlas 4 Argus
The editor Of the Monroe Sentinel. in
weather" article, closes with the follow
ing allusion to the condition of the roads,.
naultua snowuna cum nulits dritlibus ma
kun bad roadi6us.
The St. Paul Times says that Mr.. An
drew Merrick. brother Of Nathan Merrick
of that city, was found dead on Monday
near Traverse de Sioux, he having frozen to
death on his way to the Sioux agency.
A lady being asked why she chose to
live single life replied, because l am
not able to support a husband. ''@r'7r
The Mitchell county Republican says.
that it is rumored, five men were frozen
near Bradford. a fortnight sincs. A. par
ty of eleven men were it is said, frozen in
western Minnesota A man was found
frozen below Usage. 1t is feared that
the destruction oflife by frost, in the &C.
dar Valley will remain unknown till the-
warm breezes Of Spring have freed the.
Earth of its ICY mantle. ,s.as
The Boston Post threatens to stop it's
exchange with the Albany Argus, unless
the latter holds up on the subject of skirts.
Missouri has pledged her State credit to
railways, to the enormous amount of 819.-
25O,OOo tits doubtful whether the roads
will pay the interest on the money.
There are upwards Of one hundred
thousand Germans in the city of New
York.
The New York Tribune, political ene-
my, and no great admirer of Mr.. FoRNEY
personally, recommends that j. w. For
NEy be appointed Postmaster General by
Mr.. Buchanan. The suggestion is a good
one, no matter whence it came or for what
purpose intended. Mr.. FoRSEY has the
right sort of qualifications for the place,
and no better man could be appointed to
fill it.-[Ex. d. Her. .A
4 The Irasburgh w.t. Standard chron-
icles the third trial in case Of trespass ),
verdict $40 and costs The case has
been in court more than three years, and
the costs will be not less than 81, 800.
| A contemporary, advances the opinion
that no woman who is formed to excite
general admiration is capable of confer
ing individual happiness. -
A BRowN SrUDY.-I sat me down in
thought profound, this maxim wise drew.
Is easier far to like a girl, than make Z
girl like you. s.' ...N e:.9
The Albany Knickerbockv give the
following recipe to destroy flies: r..
i "Take a boarding house pie, cut into.
thin slices, and lay it where the insects.
can have full access toAit. In less than
fifteen minutes the whole coboodle of them
, Z