The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-09-07

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1tAs Deslsa TsNasssiS4 i rsaindsd, By the
- lum6nsoE1kseA ovef.tAe ooocso6fal lay
ine1fnA Atn1ie OAb1e Nf ~ 4EciesmentI
VkicA pteva1Sd BungeoW1, on he occasion
efthe completion of tAe telegraph line be-
oupoa BungpoWno and HaEdScrsbbls,c some
yoars aea His style i almost q folicitous
9 that Of he individual who rhapsedised
- Oahlo n Wioconsin:
We, q The BnngtoWn ed Of the line,
aads . No lees inpoein9 ahow. The horns
end tails Of the oxen were braided with rib
hons Of ovoIy hue pennAnts auttered from
ne plough handles and from the hats of men;
- whole populat;on Of BungtowA turned
.Sat n lsMsp, and forming in procession, un-l
der the marshalship Of Squire BodAsh, head
"a BY BALKAN Brass Band, escorted the end
Of the cAblo n triumph % the station house,
where they soon received The gratifying in
tslligencs that Peggy German had unearth.
q her end safely. Then cheer upon cheer
shook the smpyrean, and drowned the whis-
sls ofths locomotive:
The dogs did bask, the children scream, up
- dew the windows all;
And every soul cried out well done; a. loud
- they could bawl.
Deacon Tuttles horse ran away with him,
and Marin Dobson ejaculated-W-w.weel
n.n-neyer! The excitement bsggarsd des-
eription, % that the description went into
Bankruptcy. Az the Bungtown Daily Phe-
nix remarked, in . brilliant leadsr-''Oh for
link of chain lighting that We might
forge mighty psn which should describe in
burning words, and thunder tones, the glo-
. siss Of this day! From this moment Bung-
town 10 cheek BY jowl with Siam. Hard
scrabble and the isles Of the Pacific shall
shake hands; and what though the Khan Of
Tartary after finishing his dinner of asses
nilk, dess give notice 10 the rest Of the
world that the Khan having dined, they can
now dine. Such are the wonderful achieve
Msnts Of science, that We shall actually dine
several hours before him. Puck must hide
his diminished skull instead Of forty
minutes, forty seconds will b. too long
70 put on that girdle. Japan shall be open
Cd unto 10. yea, even the very pigtails shall
knock for admission TO our glorious Union
AZ night came on, huge boD6rss lit up the
darkness, tar barrels blaxed from every
height an incsssant rear Of fire crackers fill
Cd the streets, and an incessant gurgling Of
pocket pistols was heard in the houses. On
the front Of the Phoenix Office was huge
transparency representing that noble bird
soaring like martyrs spirit from the funer-
81 pyre, and bearing the civic seals Of Bung-
town and Hardscrabbls, connected by a
piece Of "cable,' and hung around his neck
underneath, the motto
Nopent up hemisphere contracts our powers,
But the whole globes circumisrenceiS ours.
On the front Of the City Hall, was the first
message over the wire, from widow German
Of H., 70 Mayor Oldbird Of B., and his an
sWer:
HARDsCRABBLB, Aug. III. SO.
Mr.. Oldbird-I avail myself Of this op-
portunity to demand what your intentions
are toward me. have waited long e
nough. Yours truly,
clock, pm. PEGGY GoRMAN.
BUxerowN, Aug IL, SO.
Mrs Gorman-Your dressmaker says
you pad with cotton, and wear wig am
% my name implies, not to be caught with
chat. Very respectfully;
JONATHAN OLDBlRD.
4:10 o'clock, pm.
The Phoenix has just issued third extra
on double sheet, filled with editorials from
oil parts Of the country and the Canadas,
congratulatory on the successful termination
of the enterprise. The noise and coniu-
sion" is SO great, can't write more.
AGRIcoLA.
MORE ZEAL THAN DISCRETION joke is
told Of one of tho New York night inspec-
tors. 1t happened few evenings since,
shortly after the wharf watch was set, that
. plain looking countryman was seen to
leave brig lying at pier No 6, with sus-
picious looking bundle in his hands. TWAS
. large package and heavy one, and the
strangertugged along up the pier with it, and
turned the corner sweating under his load.
AHA my fine fellow, calculated the lynx
eyed inspectors sharp set official by the
way--'aha I've got you this timer and APP
preaching the eountryman, he said: Good
evening. Let me relieve you of that load my
friend. Eth ? responded the man uneasily
I'll take that bundle if you please Thank
you It's heavy isn't itY said the officer
'Yaas. Which way you going nabur p
Come along-its al right; I'll take care Of
this--come onr 'Edzactly-much obliged
Its tarnal heavy, an I've got to git it up 10
the Howard House Come along contin-
ned the officer, knowingly we'll see about
that | and in a few minutes they had reach
ed the Howard, when the stranger observed
that the Inspector had no idea of hating
Halo which way, friend? I'm stopping
here, said the countryman. It's no matter
I've seized this property, and you can ex.
plain matters at the custom house, toner
row, continued the shrewd inspector LUX
here, friendl Not tew fast if you please
I've paid my dooties on that ere lot o goods.
Jest you look at this, meow, and he drew
forth q bit Of paper from his vest pocket,
signed by the collector. why, you scampl'
said the inspector, this is a permit for your
goods Why didn't ysu show that before 2
why, in the fnst place. you didn't ask me
tew; and in the next place, Of had, you'd
seen me break my back aforelyou would ha'
brought that bundle clear up here for me,
knowr The Inspector blowed his nose, and
eursing the countryman for q fool, turned
down Pine street instantly, to resume his
lonely round. The stranger put his parcel
in the charge Of the servant and grinned
CHASTITY grin, rs the over Jealous Waterman
departed.
Williams in one of his charming letters to
the Utica Herald, from the Holy Land, writes
Of place at which he stopped, between Da..
mascus and Baalbec, thus:
II was sometime after dark, when reach
Cd the petty village of Zebdany, and paused
before one of the most respectable looking OF
ito houses. Ny application for lodging was
smjlingIv answered BY tidy little woman
with face round 40 the full moon and twice
% rosy Her unveiled face and frank man
hsr bespoke the Christian. She was mere
child in ysars, and could hardly have seen
over sixteen summsrs; and yet couple Of
brightsyed little chsrubs chung lovingly to
her maternal skirts. Presently her husband
came in, who bade me welcome with . heart
insss that made me for the moment forget
that was in the heart Of barbarian land.
Divans were spread, . narghileh was brought
followed by coffee, and ere had been there
half an hour, felt - much at home 40 if
had been there month. And then came
suppsr-ssrved in the simple fashion Of the
East There was isban and eggs, and Arab
cheese, and wafer-brsad, and flour and milk
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