Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-03-03


write. rr-ss'y ~ the Dneupar; naii1 c09r'ts
Ii 80 Hurther proof oithe .ujurs the
Io,oq .}eucetu j. doing us abe, ,r,.
require he iol'ow.ag statement
for hy one Of the most estiIuabe citizens
Davenport, would cary conviction WI Il
We learn that tAe son Of ore Of oar u-,.t
respected fl herla,n, youth Il - or !.
years Of aye, was recently III New Iark, al4
with the curio,itg ofa 10y, stro.iyl filou J.
that part Of the ely known IS Cha'han
street. Directly opposite the NationaI 1t.-
atre, lie espied a venerable lady, evidently
of lrj-h birth, sitting by the 80" os q ss,tal
on which were spread apples, round hearts,
and those temptations to the Sot,J.3.-4 a....
t.te-peanuts After scanning the peanut
with an anxious eye Tor more than tw,uty
seconds, hc approached their far II. .se-
tress and began negotiations Tor thc pu.-
chase of cents worth, 1t took ba :, sa8.,
time to empty -it'ie siil measure of tic
precious edib.cs into the pockets oar
youthful tow 4snan, ana SO eiated wss he
IL the anti ,.l a.4luet, that he was on
the point . having without paying for Il,
fruit Being reminded that one cent, coD-
per coin, woul. be acceptable. he fu.nble>
in his pockets for some time before he could
realize the fact that he had nary rcd
with him-he had left his portmoLaie ut
home. But, accustomed to The beauties .,
of the credit system, he was not al all dauut-
ed, but proHtss that the ancient fruit yenJ-
er should tges. i'm for time, and alluded
to four mo- j. Graft on Davenport. CON
Davenport, did you exclaimed ,u4
proprietress of the peanuts-"on Davenport
Oh, no sir know oil about Davenport
and she drew from under the folds ol iler
somewhat tattered cloak, "a y ell thuu5ed
copy OF the ioua State Democrat, which sne
forthwith proceeded to read with rich
Irish brcgue." 10 be brief, she had lost her
confidence in Davenport four months drafts
by reading the Io,ca Stote Denaorrat, fifty
thousaiu eof les Of which are distributed
every Gay in the city Il New York ,.oue-
We lament to add that our spirited Young
Davenporter was compelled TO give back
the peanuts
\ gentleman of color, who practiced the
profession of boot polishing IL davenport,
about year ago, wooed saucer eyed,
thick Tipped beauty, who oficiated IS cham
bsrmaid in one OF the palaces that adorn
Mercer street, and WAS accepted. He left
this city for New York on the 22d day of
February last, with tie fondes. hope. Of an
early consummat.oa CT his happiness. and cn
the morning OF the 10Th, presented himself
His fancee drew from her bosom a copy OF
the io,ca State Democrat, and, after reading
two columns, in freezing accents declared
that she could never condescend to marry
the resident of town whose monetary con
dition was so deplorable. The boot pol!sher
swooned.
We are credibly informed that in all the
large hotels, and counting rooms of be
East, en.issaries are employed to circulate
the Io,oa State Democrat. We dislike to
lnent' on names, but we publicly charge Rob.
ert c. Winthrop and Henry j. Gardner, OF
Boston, George Law and jacob Little, OF
New Yolk, John Grigg and David Paul
Brown, OF Philadelphia with acting as car
riers for the Democrat. q. d dropping copies
Of that infamous sheet in all the public pla-
go Of their respective c.ueA Every man