The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-04-17

- sPARTI.
y. ~ ALssar surLiYss..
bsn1lt Of historic Earth
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Vaet behind &kSsa u u. Y ss IL
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~ aropsits thr.aabsrs mantle stained Sittsa
Bpsn the age suocssdingi
The new year dances with it, mirth and DIN
On hearts Of last years hlee1s
There is DO great world time worn creed.
Bat holdsto truth miyros.
No specious truth Of worshipSd word or deed
Ungarmentsd with snsr. ~
IT'S AL antithssis beneath the sun;
Our souls Lfc proudly meek A
We kiss our wing neighbour npcn one,
And smite the other cheek. aM
Mankind is but sliding scale Of slaves.
Who bow their peasant knees;
Mankind Ii but > line Ok graded knaves,
| In high and low degrees. -. ss5sKs
III. ps,... a.~..l, pr.,... soon and q,
Hath the plAgusspot within zax1
The vilest feion peering through bis q
IL but our next Of kin.sssa Il Az
VI .Ip..r. pA,... u sfls,, cheer. I
We e. sear brother : ~ s.
tsW AilSS2Sur golfers, with 4ySyaeA Seer,
Z Va ShelR " house and 4
| xl q e. mouth j. ss,s.s ssl..
az ~ sheer !.
o. ]. only .ssr Thou fool. y
Oh Who .se ... ]. .l,.in Iii
TsAehiH lessons from tno1pns fall
And whe hsa sss nade. M
showing - ..uy part, Of dsysSinishs
! Make one uDtosR oSthy sin,
Proving viii 1g bold where ends the right
And v engs begin.
! For such, skSmS God, and know not what they d,
/ Pesriug into the gloom,
Who knows the false il false, the true il true,
\ Bsfore the crack Of doom
The following 10 from "Ncw England
Disaennsn preached IN Or. Hedge, at
Bs6Sksyn, Mass:
Is y.stl7Ss md foke.v
4xese 0nRious still ~ 0ontraA between
the manners here ohnsA6terixed a luxurious,
30 far asswc can infer 49, from contempo-
reEY 6t6ments, or the roC0iiScsions Of those
1t nsAos1 reaches farthest into the last
4 0yueqky, AnN 49, " 1s1gsSts ~ - V"u s'n0s'
i What VS. iuxury then, world be penance
laow. Picture to yourselves ~ style OF liv-
Il ine u family OF average means in those
LYcGRe, and compare it with the average style
Il 81 to-day. House unpainted, uncsrpetsd
1 dimly lighted; cavernous fresides, that ap-
propriated half the heat and gave out hall
the smoke furnaces and stoves unknown
gas light unimagined. For dress, the single
ssate-suit, that lasted lifetime, Of broad.
cloth OF brocades, for festls occasions, viii
homcspun coa4ssand stuff gso0s for ordinary
wear. For theb board, the inevitable porridgt
and sailed meats; coarse fare, served 10 coars,
dishes, eaten with coarse implements; NJ
grace Of the table, save always the custom
AIRY sgrace before meat that duly auspicatet
the homely meal. Such the prevailing STYLE
!. Of the middle class in New England 10 1853
Compare it with the way OF life, on the sam
plane Of society, at tho present day; with ou
upholstery. and warming apparatus, and gas
light; With our change Of raiment; with til,
wardrobes Of your wives and daS1hters, ~
aud your maid. rvants, the cO1o#Of which
, for single family, IL not for single mat
ron or miss, exceeds the entire sum nllottet
to The public expense Of this town-sehoois
. highways, coustables aud all--a hundre'
, years ago If40l Co1fee the everyda.
apparel of q woman in these days with thu
common dress of our modern dames;~ thei
silks, and laces, and French millinery; thci
steep oocipital bonnets, that defy St. Paul
. (See Cor. Ii. CD their prodigal spread o
s.oried drapery, in which the human almos
disappears, and one asks, - of some Philis
tine Dalila, what thing is this?
sFemsle Of sexsit seems
That 50 bsdecksd. ornate and oays
Comes this way sailing, ss MsSS n
. 49, Like n stately ship
OF Tarsus, bound FOR tho isles IL
y OF Jnvan or Godin,
with all her bravery on, and tackle tsilA,
al Sails filled and streamers waving, 81
Cuastsd ~ the Winds
u ssCompafs, | say, the two periods. Lool
on thA4 lOture, and on this. II that genera
ton Soald take to itself the blame Of luxury
who're, il the Judgment Of reas1n and con