The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-09-03

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The lassnanber Of Harper has ~ follow
| ing story: sAlsA s-e s.Aa Is
fhers was Miss BEL Jodd-nos ! say,r
girl on Al the Americas searsoast il he
month Of July. What On earth, said lie,
can men 6nd to ia1k about politics Always
politics and wine Who ahall be next Pres
ident and how old the bottle i'll Mem, aid
Miss Bel Jodd. are tho moat trifing and
ligbt.toned Of human bengal II 10 now not
two weeks since il came out that Miss Bel.
Jodd ID engaged 10 young Gruyere Lager.-
Sly fellow he was always slipping out from
tlgooe political and virsus debates and agree.
ing with Min Bal Jodd; driving her in the
dust riding with her in the dust walking
with her in the dust doing everything, in
fact, - everything L. done at Newport, in
the dust Scarce WAS she engaged, the wed.
ding day appointed, the bridal tour in golden
September to the banks Of the Rhine, TO the
| Hartz, to the Danube, to al delightful spots
10 dear Vaterland, arranged, than young
| Lager comes to her with dismal face.
'Shatz, he sAys.
| "What do you mean r Gays she.
"My sweetest Lisbehenl" he exclaims,
with clasped hands and look Of agony.
"What 10 your lesbshenf' she asks IN con-
sternation, thinking il was some precious
thing he had lost
my dearest Bel
"Ah Now understand. Well"
''Oh, dear mel 'ist 90 schwer" he said
again, with such an air that Miss Jodd en-
treated him to compose himself.
"Oh, my Gruyere, restrain yourself Are
your horses lame r.
He shook his head negatively. g.
us the wagon broken
He shook No again
Have you got to go in mourning for any
bodyT'
No
"Have you spent all your money! -
No.
Have you lost my diamond engagement
ring p
No. -
"Oh! well then" said Miss ,Jodd with o
relieved aspect, ''it can't be anything very
serious" and she grew calm agsin, for she
had been really distressed for a moment,
thinking that the horses had fallen lame, or
that some other catastrophe had happened
.s'We can't go!" said Gruyere Lager, bit.
tesly; 49,, -, =, - h.
1--WE can't take that European trip" shout
ed Mr. Lager. - -s@.,s.
"Then won't be married. said she sui.
lenly. @ ele ts53.
O" Web r said he, sadly.
At last it appeared to Miss Bel Jodd, who
is lady of much intelligence, to ask Why
Then NJ. Lager replied
Because am Prussian."
Fiddle, diddle, you are naturalized."
at makes no difference. Here is General
Cass' 8 letter"
And so saying, Gruyere Lager put a copy
Of the valuable document into her. hands.
"Pooh y said Miss Jodd, who is a lady of
reat energy; "If General Cass says that,
General Cass is an -" 81
She added something which sounded as the
Generals name might, if you didn't G it.
But it was all in vain. There was there
is, the letter. Gruyere Lager pleads in vain
for matrimony.. He proposes going to Nova
Scotia, and quotes Mr.. Cozzen's charming
"Acadia"-he proposes the Havana, and
quotes Mr.. Dana-he proposes many places,
and quotes Bayard Taylor. The obdurate
Miss Jodd, who has grown immensely politi-
cal within few days, and no longer laughs
at gentlemen who talk politics, but on the
contrary, has leased Mr. Gunnybaas to tell
her what the Easy Chair was saying to him
upon the rocks. has, as she says, communica-
ted her ultimatum to Mr.. Gruyere Lager
1t was, in fact, only last evening that she
said:
my dear Gruyere, agreed to marry you
under certain implied conditions. Item,
pair Of horses. Item, diamond solitaires
Item, new ring at least every two months.
Item, two months at Newport every summer.
Item, two thousand year for my wardrobe,
exclusive of jewelry and other gifts from
You. Item, and to begin with, trip to
Europe, and to 90 while there where Iplease.
ii you will conform to these coalitions, will |
marry you even before DR. Taylor returns to |
town. don't care if we have morning !
wedding at old Trinity here In Newport, and |
breakfast afterward at Selma Gunny |
Bring me, my dear Gruyere, the certificate |
OF passage, swear that you are dealing hon.
estly, and your fond Bel. is yours forever.
This is the celebrated Jodd ultimatum,
which is now the gossip of the selecter circles
of the nobility and fashion. Miss Jodd's &C.
ton is of course painful-very painful; but
what can she do2 General Cass has DELHI
erately thwarted her intention of comforting
nuptial happiness upon Gruyere Lager
Uatil the Secretary withdraws his letters
the young gentlemans happiness must re-
main thwarted.
And what situation his is 1t ia now well
understood why he has suddenly become SO
Indifferent to the set of his trowsers, and he
has even been seen in the evening in frock
coat Such reckless despair excites the live
Hest sympathy, and it was mentioned as an
added instance Of the extremity of his condi
ton, that he had thrown 2i bit upon the
table at Wilson's, and saw it swept away
uElfhnuk n schu.Sdor h,,S
MA ayidentya wild -ramort sefsing only to
show, the q eitementi in regard to the matter
that he had worn the same morning tie
twice The thing is clearly impossible, but
his situation is sadenough without that.
:. This is the way, ladies, in which you who
,neer At. politics and wish men wouldn't be
slways gossiping about them. may bs directly
affected by them-in this way even the Sec ,
'etary Of State may become ofinterest to you
md hisletters read by you. Innocent Sec
'etary How little he dreamed, when toss
ng OFT that easy going epistie to MIR. Hofer,
hat he was keeping young Gruyere Lager a
We are all Interested, ladies'. Down with !
he Hofer letter Who's for direct appeal ,,
o the President--alm man with heart Tor the |.
aides? AencefGrth do not plead that it is 9
lone Of your affairs Think how many Amer.j /.
can wives might be widowed, American
hildren orphaned, and American homes =
esOlated, if General Cass' naughty doctrine
hould prevail -Ds =
al b4 Blondin's Last Feat,
Not content with the unsurpassed and
thrilling feat of carrying man on his !
'aek, across the Niagara river, Blondin
las devised and executed new feat 9
IN Thursday in the presence of thousands i.
le carried cook stove over the rope on
lis back. The Buffalo Express thus des.
ribes the deed: IL
After a stay Of fifteen or twenty min !.