The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1858-07-22


accommodating for four or Eve years. She
has bore the operation well, and when finish
ed, said she felt 20 light she almost could fly.
It is the opinion Of the writer that this il the
largest quantity Of fluid that has ever been
taken from any person at one operation in the
Uuited States.-l Portland Argus.
A WHITE Caow.-A soa OF ours, while
picking blaekberrie,, a few days since, 10 the
Ineighborhood Of this city, Knocked down from
q small tree with a stone and caught perfect
ly white crow, II had lit with flock Of black
crows near him, in company with another al
most white. The one secured Is shaped and
had in every particular, according to Audu-
bon, oil the peculiarities of the black crow
It had been previously seeh in the flock. II
is the first white crow we had ever seen, and
his lllss was not known to the distinguished nat
Iuralist.-I Milledgeville (Ga.) Recorder. :
KEEP II BEFORE rHE PEOPLE, That the
Administss.ion when inaugurated into power
plede ed itself to the principles Of popular soy
Iereignity, and declared that under that princi-
pie slavery would never 60 north Of SO deg. and
30 minutes.
KEEP n BEFoaE rHE PEoPLE, That the At-
miuistsation has repudiated the principle Of
popular sovereignty and that slavery now OK.
ists in all the territory moth Of 80 deg. and 80
minutes. III
KEEPIr BEFORE THE PEorLE. That one hum
dred and thirteen delegates in the Democratic
State Convention at Iowa City voted to sustain
tina Administration in establishing slavery in
all territories Of the Union, and, ~,
KEEP 1T BEFORE THE PEOPLE, That the same
one hundred and thirteen Democrats support
the u minees OF said Convention. IL Consis-
tency is a jewel the Demot ratio party is minus
such an ornament.-De Witt Clntoni
"Why, Sambo, how black you aren' said a
gentleman the other day, to a negro waiter,
at hotel, show in the world did you get SC
black ?' afAas
"Why, look a-here, massa, de reason am dis
de day dis chile was born, dar was an
eclipse.' - AAtfsR ]NAsaAtft
The darkey got quarter FIR his satisfacto-
rs explanation, and after grinniig thanks, con.
tinued--
81 tell Won wot it is ma assa, di, nigger may
be bfack, but he aiIt green no how.,'
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The man who carries lantern in a darl
night can have friends all around him, walk
ing safely by the help Of its rays, and not b
defrauded. So he who has the God-giveu
light Of hope in his breast, can help on nany
others in this worlds darkness, not to his own
loss, but to their precious gain. i. Y
v tssa3s .e4.af
: TAKE oil sorrow ont Of life, ard you TAX,
sway all richasss and depth Of tenderness
Sorrow Is the furnace that melts Ael6sh heart.
together in love.
NEvEa consider that vanity an ofencs
which limits itself to wishing Cor the praise o
good men for good actions, next to desire ths
esteem Of others. -, M
.sJohn, what ere you swearing forp
ssDsddy, Pm not swearing. !" " :. :
"Whatwss you siying about the old eve
which broke It, neck butting with the cow p
0Why, I only said shs wss foolish dam
or : damned fool. and forget which, Is
N 1 tavern, In . small town, sat far
mar. wha was plagued and bantsred by about
q dosss losftss Who wsss present. 2 'oE''
= .1WeTlv ssid the fasner ssl'vs got the best
~ sli Of you." g kfssst al &C
g "Iiow sop they asked him.
sIn ms'' he replied, 'syou have only one fool
while In you ! have Dozen"
Col. Fomey, Preident Bucnanan's creator,
doss not seen to be relaxing ct all 10 his con-
tempt Cor Lecomptonism. He says.
Lscomptopiam j. not a virtue, but a lis-iti
not principle, bnts herssy-it 10 not even ,
decent expsdisat, but % fostering corruption.
Iiyss .ss.dis9li1edat a0Ethl.g, tsu % .Aeult
consider viii yoursslf, = the thing u tha
worth, that for Il should % disturb myself
and lose ny psaes aad tfanqaiiis. .'4
.swhaf timsis 4 TsnS'' =
"Just tine to pay that lilaisaaecount 20,
ON ine.n : I6eea p e 'ssisssss ssfs hiesI
.oh , Indeed. Well I didn't thiak i -.
half % lsts." I" .,s,.4 aslst,.ti 3, ,s
FATAL HsAs-At Indianapolis, on Saturday
the thsrmomstsrsin ~ saa. indicated 100 Do.
gress. Thars were 10 fewer than eight cassa
Of sunstroks, ave. OF which Terminated fatally.
Mrs. Part,nston says shswss much elucida'
ted last Sunday BY hearing : 6ns eonceurss o'
the parady Of the prodigious con. q -
laselEHcE and coocsit are two Of ths woss
qusItfsss p ecaabst. y b easier to dispute
With a statesman than . hlockhsad.