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St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-08-18

An envious man repines as much at the
manner in which his neighbors live as ii he
maintained them.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-08-18

AIRS. Smith, did you say in the
hearing of my little girl, that was a
great rusty cat 2" "No, my dear Mrs.
Jones said you We're great aris-
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-08-18
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St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-08-18

Jones, in dilemma, said that he
was at his wits end. Smith sarcas-
tically remarked that it would not
take him long to return-he had not
come far
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-08-18

The taste of beauty. and the relish Of what
is decent, just and amiable, perfects the char
acter Of gentleman.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-08-18

Women and young men are very apt to tell
what secrets they know, from the vanity OF
having been trusted.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-09-01
oTTUMwA IOWA, THURsDAy SEPTEMBER 1, 1859.

touched hers before we kga ~
this moment, Tom Eaton, ~ gunner, gave
them the contents of both ifSkftzers, doing
terrible execution; for dheR were at least
thirty men (more than thewhole complement
of our little craft collected in dense mass
on her quarter in readiness to board. Their
intended manoeurer was hus defeated, and
nearly half their number Hlled or wounded.
The result was fortunate FIR us, for if they
had succeeded IN boarding. the tables might
have been seriously turned ,as their numbers
greatly exceeded ours. Aslhe vessels touch
ed, Bill dropped the whs rand sprang on
the taffrail of the brig. Ebllowsd with our
whole boarding party, taking thsastonished
and confused Mexicans in ue rear. We had
not time to cut down more han half dozen
of them, when the poor fellows, finding them
selves overmatched, threw down their arms
and cried for quarter. The brig was OURS
the prisoners were secured, Aut treated with
the utmost kindness and Hmanity, and ev-
erything in o,ir power vas done for the re-
lief of the unfortunate wounded si
Concluded merit aeek .s,
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-09-01

She sees him as woman always sees the
man she ioves,-noble, great and good for
when did loving woman ever believe man
otherwise too noble, too great, too high,
too good, she thinks for her,-poor trivial,
ignorant coquette,-p childish, trifing
Virginne Has he not commanded armies
she thinks,--is he not eloquent in the SEN
ate and vet, what interest has he taken in
her, poor, uninformed, ignorant creature,-
she has never tried to improve herself till
since she knew him. And he is so consid-
crate too-so respectful, so thoughtful and
kind, so manly and honorable, and has such
tender friendship for her, such brotherly
and fatherly solicitude and yet, if she is
naughty or imperious or severe, how grieyed
he looks. How strange that she should have
such power over such man.
1t is one of the saddest truths Of this sad
mystery of life, that woman is often never so
much an angel as just the moment she falls
into an unsounded depth of perdition. And
what shall we say of the man who leads her
on as an experiment-who amuse himself
with taking woman after woman up these
dazzling, delusive heights, knowing as he GER
tsinly must where they lead.
We have been told in extenuation of the
course of Aaron Burr that he was not man
Of gross passions, or of coarse indulgence,
but in the most consummate and refined
sense, man ofgaiantry. This, then, is the
descriptive name which polite society has
invented for the man who does this thing.
Of old, it was thought that one who had
administered poison in the sacramental bread
and wine, had touched the very height Of
impious sscrilege but this crime is white
by the side of his who poisons Gods eternal
sacrament oflove, and destroys q woman's
soul through her uoblest and purest affection.
--.Stoee ia Minister'S Wooing.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-09-01
ssThe PIOw Handle Ticket"

| This ticket is winning favot on all sides.
The Democracy of Iowa nevei looked quite
so chapfallen before-until aftSr the election
Their leader, the gentleman wlp has recently
returned from the Court of lhe Queen of
Spain, to rule over the people pf Iowa, has
proved signal failure The slcond man on
the ticket, stands in the positih of Gov
ernment defaulter Two of thar candidates
for the Supreme Court stand on the record
as opposed to the leading prirtiple of the
Democratic party in Iowa. Tho third cam
didate for the Supreme Bench has within
two years sold his slaves in Kentucky to
come to Iowa for Office, and is nGy tramping
oyer the State enlightening the rnorant peo-
pie Of Iowa on not only national hut even
on the affairs of tneir own State, ana telling
them in .ar~.--~ sts opinions of the constr
tutionality of certain of our laws. But "The
Plow Handle Ticket is growing more popu-
lar. Our Democratic friends have even
ceased to sneer at 1t as ''the Plowl Handle
Ticket" because it is headed by farmers,
and now absolutely declare they never called
it that at all Next thing they will be
swearing that they never doubted that Kirk
wood and Rusch were farmers and very ex-
cellent farmers. We are glad to see that
many Republican papers are RI inning up the
Plow at the head of their Stte Ticket
This is approprate-not onlNto show that
we accept what was intended hs an appro-
brious name by the Democraticjournal which
first used it, "The Plow Hahdle Ticket"
but because the Republican party is the
friend of the farmers. The great majority
of the farmers of Iowa are Republicans, md
many who have heretofore been Democrats,
will this year vote 1.-The Plow Handle Ticket
The ticket headed by two old Office holders,
the first a man who has been in Office. living
at the public crib, and supported by the
Peoples money, for nearly a quarter of a
century--eannot prevail against 'The Plow
| Handle Ticket" with the farmers of Iowa.
l-Darenp0rt Gas.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-09-01
OLD SERIES. VOL. m, NO. Is
TERMs--sl,5O, In Advance.
Betsey Smiths 1l1Riculty.
THE LAwYxn's Ss0f

Squire Wheat told me to come and see
you, about my case," said arather pretty girl
to me. as she took her seat in the Office, one
dsy during court
"Ah! yourcase well, what sort ofa case
| is it ="
"My narne is Betsey Smith, she replied,
evssively
"Well, Miss Betsey, ifyour case is State
case. tell me what sort of case it is I hav-
en't the docket here, and we'll talk about it,
Betsey lodged behind the wild turkey tail,
which she carried by way ofs iau, and then
lodged out for moment to exhibit pair Of
pouting lips and angry glancing eyes. ~
think you ought to know" she said, s"its
your business. ! suppose its some badness
they've sworn agin me" and then she again
retired behind the fan for . second, but i'm
rhediae4x emerged and commenced biting
the tips or the fea,hers.- y ss's =
"You say Sam Wheat sent you to me- Is
he your lawyer ~ }
"Yes, he's my lawyer, and I wanted hin,
to come himself but he said must come.
for you would be certain to do as wanted
you to do but don't know how it'll be-.
| wish people could attend to their own bu.
siness n H f.# %f3
'But, Miss Betsey, what is your case.''
Have you been beating anybody littles Or
perhaps" a} at k.' #Gf5 5
mo faint that It's about me, and John
Buce, Squire Wheat said you'd be sure to
throw it outer court, for he never know'd
solister that wouldn't take gals part, if she
came to him herself So you see that's the
reason come" #sa
"Well, Miss Betsey,"I l replied, that is
weakness most solicitors have but unless
you tell me what you've been doing, or are
charged with doing, can't tell you what
'Utn sorvr yvu. ne rruru- ,s - nyr -szT,,s,
mlsglVings or Jlfos c:.z.ys0s~. .>-.--..A =
fence, but there is nothing like bringing ones
female friends to the confessional.
Squire can't you guess ?" queried Betsey,
as she nibbled the turkey feathers. r
mo, | can't-nor can't imagine that a
pretty girl like yourself should have commit
ted any sin worthy Of grand jury's atten-
| ton ?'' ..- s....
"Pshaw, now pretty girls amt no more
than other people. But if you must know
here the young lady crammed half the
turkey tail in her mouth and blushed very
deeply-''ef you must know, me and John
Buce amt married Thar it's out now r.
You and John Buce amt married | Why
Miss Betsey, there's no law that know Of,
requiring you and John Buce to marry and
the fact is, that unless John is . devlish,
t-i---- v--I -
such luck .
"Lord-a-massa, Squire, how you talk
Looks like you mout understand me, you
would. tell you, me and John ain't mar
ried-and we oughter been long agor'
As Betsey nurriedly uttered these last
emphatic words, she hid her face and hands
in her apron, and commedced sobbing very
energetically. The upshot of it was, that I
told Miss Betsey, in the words of the Scrip
ture, to ''go and sin no more'
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-09-01

WHOLESOME EDUcATIoS.--Of all the know
nothing persons in this world, commend us
to the man who has ''never known a days
Illness" He is moral Ounce; one who has
lost the greatest lesson in life, who has skip
ped the finest lecture in the great school OF
humanity, the sick-chamber. Let him be
versed In mathematics, profound in meta
physics, ripe scholar in the classics, bach.
elor of arts, or even a doctor IN divinity, vel
is he as one of those gentlemen whose educa.
ton has been neglected. For all his college
requirements how inferior is he in wholesome
knowledge to the mortal who has had but a
quarters gout or a halfyear of ague how
infinitely below the fellow-creature who has
been soundly taught his tic douloureux
thoroughly grounded in the rheumatics, and
deeply red in the scarlet fever! And We,
what is more common than to hear great
hulking, ford fellow Dragging of an ignor
ance, a brutal ignorance, that he shares in
common with the pig and the bullock, Tho
generality of which die, probably, without
ever having experienced days indisposi
ton Thomas Hood.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-09-01

ssss-.sra<a .--
HERE sweep these foolish leaves away
will not crush my brains to-day -
Look are the southern curtains drawnf
Fetch me fan, and so begone -.g .
Not that,--the palm-tree's rustling leaf
Brought from parching coralreef!
Its breath Is hatred IL would swing
The broad gray plumes,-the eagles wing.
hate these roses feveiish blood -
Pluck me q hslf-blown lily bud,
A long stemmed lily from the lake,
Cold as coiling water-snake. .s-...... .s.
Rain me sweet odors on the air. rE -.
And wheel me up my Indian chair. ...
And spread some book not overwise
Flat out before my sleepy eyes.
Who knows 1t not,-this dead recoil
Ofweary fbres stretched with TOLL
The pulse that fstters faint and low
When Summers thing breezes blows
0 Nature bare thy loving breast r
And give thy child one hour ofrest,--
One little hour to lie unseen
Beneath thy scarf ofieafy green!
So, curtained by singing pine,
It's mnrmnrins woiceshan blend With mine,
Till, lost in dreams, my faltering lay
In sweeter music dies away .. ........
The Afy0nkic Moo,by,
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-09-01

Mr.. G. G. Cole, while making his speech
at the Courthouse on Last Saturday night,
seemed to think that the election was ali
over, and he was really seated on the Sat
preme Bench. Laboring under this delusion
he proceeded to deliver opinions touching
the school law and the liquor law. He de-
cided what would be proper evidence aud
what would not be--what might be done un-
der this portion of the law and what under
that, &C. Every man who heard the speech
can tell just how Cole would decide the
points touched upon in the event OF his cleo
ton.
Now we ask the people of iowa, in all Sc
riousness, whether they want candidate
for the Supreme Bench to go blabbng over
the State, during political campaign, how
he will decide questions If elec tied? Is that
the kind of a man you want to preside in
your Supreme Court? We hope aud trust
that no candidate for Supreme Judge on the
Republican ticket win so degrade his position
as to engage in a canvass which necessarily
involves an expression ofopinion upon many
questions which may be presented befol'
the Supreme Court: If either of the Repub
lican candidates should do so, we promis,
to give him our opinion of such conduct
But we have no fears that either Of our can
didates viii do so. We know them to b,
men of sense, possessed Of a due apprecia
ton Of the dignity of the position they occu
py.
Let Mr.. Sharp practice Cole be marked
Let the people spot him.--Fairyisld Ledger
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-09-01
THE NEWSPAPER.

Lo-l when It comes before the cheeful fire,
Damp from the press In smoky curls aspire,
. AS Tom the earth. the sun exhales the dew, IS
Ere We can read the wonder that ensue .#
Then eager every eye SURVEYS the part
That brings its favorite subject to the heart;
Grave politicians look for facts alone, ss~a
Andgavey addconjecture TO their own
The sprishtly nymph, who never broke her rest
FeT te4ts-s~s crowds or mighty ianss- eressssea,
Finds brails and battles, but neglects them all,
z For songs, and suits, . birthday, or q ball;
For "Monies Wanted" and ESTATES on Sale :"
While some with equal minds to all attend,
Pleased With each part, and griev ed to find an end
To This al readers turn, and they can look.
Pleased on paper, who abhor book,
Those who ne'er deigned their bible to Peruse,
Would think II hard to be denied theii news.
Sinners and saint, the wisest with the weak,
Here mingie tastes and one amusement SEEK
This like public inn provides treat, #
Where each promiscuous guest sits down to eat
Aud such this mental food, as we may call,
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-09-01

PRAYER.-Prayer is ever profitable; at
night it is our covering; in the morning it is
our armor. Prayer should be the key of the
day, and the lock ofnight. Prayer sanctities
all our actions. He is listed in all Gods
service and protection, who makes it his
first work to be enrolled by prayer, under
the standard of the Almighty. He carries
an assistant angle with him for his help who
begs his benediction from above; and with
out It he is lame and unarmed
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-09-01

In view of the rotten bridges on the New
York railways, the managers Of those corpo-
rations might announce that Passengers
would be dispatched in the cars"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-09-01

The London Times says that our Sec'y Of
the Treasury "has woven some strange f.
nancial webs" We guess they are very
much like other Cobb-webs," says Prentice.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-09-01

Education used to be regarded in its per-
lection as "a sound mind in sound body"
But this eccentric notion prevailed before
the modern times, which seek to develop
prodigies and precious Juveniles.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-09-01

Down ON THE FAT FELLERs. Look at
the busts and portraits of Cicero, Demosthe-
nese, Shakespeare, Voltaire, Pope, and hun
dred others. The most eminent living au-
thors are all men Of temperate living, and a
spare bodily habit. A corpulent intellectual
ist is contradiction of terms--a palpable
catachresis. Obesity is deadly foe to gen.
ius. Let no man attempt to write who has
a protuberant stomach. Let no man reckon
on immortality who cannot distinctly feel
and reckon his own ribs. Nothing fat ever
yet enlightened the world. Even in a tai
low candle the illumination springs from the
wick.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-09-01

A Turin letter in the Patriot Of July 26,
says that the Hungarian legion is dissolved,
ard that Kossuth has gone 70 Aix-les- Bains
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-09-01

We are informed that much sickness pre-.
walls among cattle i'm the snelghborhood, Of
Reservoir. Yesterday morning, three Ger
mans living in the neighborhood, heard. that
the COW of a companion was very dangerous
ly sick, and all three proceeded to the spot,
and began to examine the animal by milk
ing, &c. Later in the day two Of them died
from pisoned hands, and the third person
is not expected to recover. II appears thaa
after examining the teats, milk, &C., thsd
hands, began to swell, and every symptom
of poison was apparent. IL Saint Loril
Nescs.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-09-01

"Just step into the strsss and TN giss
you . cowhiding." sF. et.g
"Bs jabers ! an l wouldn't II you'd give
me two Of them"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-09-01

Let Mr.. Sharp practice Cole be marked
Let the people spot him.--Fairyisld Ledger
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-09-15

TnE TRUE SYSTEM OF ADvERrIsING.-
Ono of our exchanges discusses ques'
ton OF interest to business men, as the
method Of advertising. The merits Of
circulars, bills, &s., are conceded, but it
is held that the handbil, to be convey.
ed about by men, or TO be sent into tho
country, is not the best vehicle for ad.
verlising for merchants. Let them uss
the newspaper. Not only is the adver.
tiscmcnt circulated by the newspaper
free Of all expense, but it is done moro
speedily and thoroughly than can be
done by the advertiser. The newspaper
is already an established system; thou.
sand doors are opened to welcome it;
thousand messengers are daily and weekly
seeking the post office TO receive it,
thousand families look for its coming and
a thousand read when it does come
Again, those who read the newspapers
are the very persons the advertiser wish.
es to reach; they are the intelligent and
wel.to'do, the enterprising citizens Of
country, and are, therefore, the most like.
Iy to buy that which is worth buying"
-PHSburg Post.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-09-15

A BAD BREAru.-The other day an
Irishman, late from Erin's fair turi,
while Mt work in stone quarry, near
the city, found skunk under a fiat
stone which he was raising. Catching
a glimpse of the animal, he stopped
lifting, called to companion to hold
the stone while he got the kitten, rs
he called it. out, and not kill the poor
thing. jamie came, held up the stone.
while Patrick got down on his knees.
reached his hand under, and pulled out
the animal. Handling it little TOO
rough for ordinary occasions, he all oil
sudden let 60, sprang up. with one
hand to his nose, and saying out
"lIowly mither Of, and what mas
that cat been catching;'-Miluaukie
| Ners.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-09-15


ADVICE GRATIS. exchange pa.
per thinks it wrong for people to
watch what their uci ghbors do that
they ought to attend TO their own bu.
sincsS, and leave that Of other people
alone.
This is poor advice TO give in thi,
day and time. We can do better
than hat-that is, we can give advice
that will be more readily taken and
acted upon. We say, watch your
ncishbors--kccp your eyes on them,
They will be cc,tlin TO DO something
wrong, if you do not. II you do not
keep Il watch over them, and exercise
u kind care for them, they may DO
something wful. and disgrace them
selves lorcVer. Never mind your own
business. If it does not take care OF
jtScII, ii is not worth pursuing,
lomdcr goes Il young gentleman
with q young lady. Tell all your
friends that he is dead in love- with
her, and that she rcciprocalcs his at-
,cc,iocatc regard in the highest de-
gree. 1t is plainly to be seen that
they are going to marry right Soon.--
II not. why does he notice hcr, and
why should she acknowledge his attpn.
tions ? What business have Young
ladies associating with each other if
they are not in love! TIL it every
where you 20 ihnt they arc engaged:
and if you can induce others to watch
them and talk about them, be sure to
do it. Young folks Of the present
day have no business to do as young
folks did in days oryorc, for the times
have changed. What right have they
to enjoy themselves together? What
right has any young man TO the ad'
yantagcs afforded by female society
in the cultivation Of good morals. re-
fined manners and becoming graccs!
Let him so to the grocery aud gam
ing table and learn how TO be Il "prr-
feet brick.' Talk about him til! you
drive him there. 1t is pelectly right
to talk about your neishbors, and you
ought to do it, il it is possible to ruin
them. II you cannot see or hear OF
anything wrong about them, take it
for granted that they are not half as
good as they ought TO be, and throw
out institutions that they won't begin
to do.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-09-15

DrtTn or JUDCE UNpERwoon.--Judgc
Underwood, II we'll known member of
the bar in Upper Georgia, and father
Of ]. w. II. Underwood, candidate
for Congress in the fifth district, died
in Marietta on Friday last. The Judge
has for several years resided in At
lanta. lie was widely known as well
for his high legal attainments as for
his lacctious qualities, and up to the
time Of his death kept everybody in II
good humor with his sharp sorcasms
and quaint conccits Few men pos.
scsscd finer legal talents, and without
the intense application with which
most men purchase success, he occu-
pied ii high position at the bar.
The death of the Judge at Marict-
ia calls up "A joke Of his, which we
must be pardoncd for Introducing
perhaps--in connection vith this no.
iicc.
Many years ago, when Marietta
was Il rustic village, compared to its
present condition, the Judge was pre-.
pairing to leave town, after II long and
| t,,,l .,,.,..,,,, tl, Sn,t ,I
in his buggy. he called to a brother
member of the bar. now distinguish =
ed lawyer at that place. who was Of
ten boasling of the attraction of Ma
rletta.
general" said the Judge, 81 intend
to come to Marietta to die
Struck with the serio comic man
nrr in which the remark was made
General Il replied
"Then you have changed your mind
in reference TO our town, Judge"
mo, General but | do not know
place on the green earth that could
leaYe with less regret" and with a
gracious nod of adieu, he rode OIL
amidst universal laugh at the ex-
pcnsc of the General.
It is singular coincidence that, al
ter the lapse ofmany years, the quaint
prediction of The Judge should be lite
rally verifed.-Augusla Dispatch.