Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1859-11-23

THERE has been found, in England, in rocks
which were deposited long before the creation
Of man. a frogs bon es Of such size to indi-
cate clearly that the animal when alive, must
have W ighed from 500 TO 900 pounds.-Ex.
change.
Jewhillikens! What croak it must have
sent forth when it attempted to clear its throat.
Talk abou: frogs leap-why that old chap
could clear rod at bound. And what de.
licious frogs steak its hams would have made.
But We think the whole thing is fish story.
g" rnIs Is JosE." IF. at any time,
we have cast reflections upon the business
character Of the Gazette proprietors, we have
done SO unintentionally, aud we now apologize
| for any such articles we may have published.
We believe the Messrs. Sanders to be truthful,
honorable men, and abundantly able to pay
| all they owe AS for their water gas, the mind
| of man has never yet conceived its like, and In
| all human probability never will. If they do
not make fortune, it will be because an un-
| grateful public fails to discover lis many excel
lencies.
| WAsHINGTON AND EvERErT.-We have
Just received from the publishers, Messrs. Q.
H. BAILEY Il Co., of SAB Broadway, New York.
a pair of very large, full length steel engrav
| ings Of WAsulsGroS and EVERETT. So many
coarse, miserable pictures have been palmed
upon the public as works Of art, and especially
in cheap, black, and muddy ensravngs, that it
is difficult to convince persons Of taste that
they ere safe in ordering what they have not
first seen. We are happy to be able to say,
(, that 10 this case, the engravings are all the
publishers claim for them, really beautiful
uo, ks of art. that will adorn any parlor. No
American lone should be wi;ht ut good por-
trait Of Washington, and now, as Mount YER
non is about to be rescued by the ladies, it is
especially approx riate that the hero and his
home should be placed prominently before the
public.
Mr. Everett, from his position. fame and
worth, a. we'll as from his efforts in behalf OF
Mount Vernon, which have already contributed
over $4,000 to the fund, is we'll worthy be.
ing associated with the memory of Washing
ton The likeneeses are excellen. and spirited.
and both engravings are offered to be sent to
subecribers post paid, and any three dollar
magazine year for $4.oo. Or one engraving
aud magazine year for $500. We have
never seen anything 80 good at anything like
the price. We notice that leading New York
papers endorse the publishers as "fuily respon.
sible for all they promise" See Advertisement.
- -.
| (psrhaps excepting Chicago,) which get up bet.
tel; local columns than the Dailies OF this city.
We fear our citizens scarcely appreciate the
labors and Investigation" necessary to make
up every day, dull or bright, such quantities Of
| local matter as sre to be found in these papers,
If the "devil" gets his dues. why shouldn't the
| 'locals," who are immeasurably his superiors
in all moral attributes and general personal ap.
pearance ?-Ga.ette.
Very true. We have often wondered how
the editors in Burlington. Keokuk and other
points of importance in the State, manage to
get up such inferior local papers. Very often
We receive papers from the above points with-
out one item Of local intelligence appearing in
their columna The local of . daily paper is
one of its most prominent features. and should
receive great deal of attention from its edit
ora There is . class Of our citizens who do
not appear to have particle of soul in their
good-for nothing carcasses. They will 60 iato
stores in the morning and picking up the daily
papers. appropriate them for hours. the person
subscribing for them, meanwhile. having to
wait until these loafsrs get through They
should b. kicked out Of town 90 nuisance.