The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1858-09-29
Correspondence of the Times.

Correspondence of the Times.
| Concord, Sept. IS, 1853.
Eds. Times ALL is quiet here now, since
the eruption on universal-cablc.a,ion, anG the
adjournment of our Superior Court. A few
days ago young man came to this place, went
steadily to work as q painter for one of our
business men. Soon after, thefts multiplied
rapidly. Suspicion rested on the young painter,
but an arrest showed only that he had been
out late o'nights, which is not considered
crime among young men here, and hc was dis
charged. But "Murder will out" and the top
of the shop where he had worked was found to
contain the missing articles. He had left, but
was brought back from Nashua and confessed
that he had broken into seucn houses in one
night. He is now in Jail. Have you any smar-
ter thieves in your place than that We have
to import such genius. How would it do to
export yours
Not long ago you published m anecdotc of
old Priest Searles, the Parish Priest of Daniel
Wcbster's boyhood. A rcminiscence, connect.
ed with his family, may serve to point moral. (.
Franklin, where still exists the old homestead
80 dear to the great mans heart, and which
with its broad highways. its beautiful, grassy,
level lawns, shaded by patriarchal, majestic
elms, is enshrined in the hearts of our people
as the "Webster Place. is a new town created
out of part Of the ole town of Salisbury,
which is situated some twenty miles north OF
Concord. In Salisbury was the old Priests
Parish. In those days, when the birthstone
doctrine red-hot was preached, the Minister
was great man. In the devout eyes of the
multitude, he was invested with many of those
powers SO beautifully displayed at Horeb and
Sinai. He seemed to hold the keys of para
disc" and the "Inferno.' When with his
cooked hat erect, he walked with a solemn
stride to church, of afternoons, the hungry
hind stopped munching his gingerbread, and
little children were dumb with awe, at the ad-
vent of the 'anointed servant of a God of love
and tenderness. In those days, all were taxed
for the benefit Of this church. The poor man,
who had no money, had to pay in produce or
work on the Parsonage" and many DOOR
woman, has spun for days her skeins of yarn
from the wool Of the 'glebe," while half clad
and half fed, that she might buy ticket of
admission to Heaven Still Parsot Searles.
though much like the Pharisee, was kind old
man. Through the means I've spoken of. he
obtained (for those days. handsome property.
His was select circle. He had daughter-
She was the belle of the town, fine looking
educated, we'll dressed End went in the ssbcst
society," to use fash phrase of the present
day. She was educated in the belief that she
was too high-born and good, to be poor man S
wife, so she turned up her nose' ut those Young
men who had little save energy and character
to commend them. Exclusiveness soon forced
her off from the deserving. Nature, as she
neared the dark lines in woman's life: assert
ed It's power over reason and hotbcd aristocracy
combined. "Tho' no wife, she was yet a
MOTHER The old Priest became insane and
wandered about an object of pity and charity,
while she went down into the deep pits of deg
radiation. by death Of her relatives thousands
came to her. She mended not her ways, but
died III the public asylum for poverty and mad.
ness And to-day, the Judges of our highest
Courts, are plodding over "briefs,' to settle in
what town her oldest daughter is pauper-
The sons and daughters of the despised "mud
sills, - stand high in position, while upon those
descendants of the once arbiter. "proad wealth
looks down, and honor shuts the door," So
much for the lineage of him who, inspired 5y a
'oasp, said "The word of the Lord is in my
mouth but the Devil is my breec6es.'
! have endeayored to post you up Oh the
'Iocat" of one of our isms-A boliionism, and
Will now turn to another, Spilitualism. This
new faith, shorn of many of its ridiculous con. |
comltan's, is quietly but steadily spreading. 1t
already embraces many of our strongest minds |
and most sceptical thinkers, strange as the last
assertion may seem. The following incident |
has made some stir in such circles Not long
ago, the wife Of Esq. F-s of A.
citizen somewhat noted in legal and rolitical
circles in this county, died. He being curious
upon such points, wrote letter to the spirit of
his wife, put it in his pocket, and went to Bos.
ton, to Mansfield, the so-called-letter writing.
test-medium. With a noted sceptic friend,
who knew that he had such letter. but nothing
OF its contents, he sat down with Mr. Mans
field. The friend insisted that as test the
written letter should be given Up to him and |
destroyed. that he should then, alone, write and
seal new one, and then Mr. NJ should answer
it If he could. Esq. F--s reluctantly con.
sented. Mr.. d took the letter, with writing
materials, and went out into another room, to
Destroy as he said, that letter and write another
In about half an hour he returned with a letter
in tight envelope, ,oithout any superscriptiou.
in presence of both. it was placed under Mr..
Mansfeld's hand. He at once wrote out what
proved to be full answer. to the letter, of
Esq. F--s, to which his wife's name was
signed, the letter of d. being all this time
sealed. Mr.. D. then stated that he carried the
letter OF F--s into the room, and without
looking at its contents, tore off the enyelope
and put it in another. Mansfield supposed
some trick was to be played upon him. b. was
wholly Ignorant of the contents Of the letter
II F--s, and F----s really su, posed
his letter was destroyed. This question is. how
could Mansfield answer that letter? was
curious enough to examine the letter of
F---s and The reply. The reply is direct
'esponse. F-s and d. are both men
whose word is unquestionable.
see in your issue of Sept. 8. another proof
hat your Legislature is "Republican 1t
vas stolen from Us. In 1857 an act was passed
II this State, that call notes DC, Sc, which
hall become due by their terms. OIL any Sun
lay, 4th of July. Fast or Thanksgiving. Shall be
lue on the day preceding. &c" BY this act
when the 4th Of July comes on Monday, or
he day after Fast or Thanksgiving, OF on the
lay before the two last, then notes DC, de-,
became payable and the steps necessary for the
must be taken on the very day which tho law 4:
vas intended to blot from the business calen- {