Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-08-10

LOyE LAUGHS At LoCAsMiIhe.-Ous
Our readers doubtless remember the tr'aIs
of those turtle doves from Ceneseo. whose
drsam-of bliss vas % rodely terminated
by the uuc~remouious intrusion Of the Sons
Of Malta. st the Burtis House. on the last
&c lorious Fourth. Comstoek vss the name
Of the youth. 4. tall, slabsided Yankee ped.
agogue. snd the confding Juliet. (who
would never be suspected Of travelling on
her beauty, rejoiced 10 the euphonious ap-
pela,ion of Terpenning 1t will he recol-
lected, that the extremely inopportune ap-
pesrance Of the damsels big brother, who
wss escort.d d by detachment of the Sons
of Malta, prevented the loving twain from
being made one flesh and transformed The
would be bride into "the maid with the
milking pail in her hther's barn yard in
Illinois. Although the course OF true love
did not run smooth, love. who laughs at
Iocksmiths, in this case. INDUCED bis risibil
ities in the faces of big brother and argus
eyed "parients." Hardly had the maiden
reached the psternal roof, when the iude-
fatigsble Comstock returned to his school.
and resumed the ferrule. His visits to his
inamorata were Of course prohibited. but
faith which moveth mountains. is not more
effectual than the wiles of Venus naughty
boy. One Saturday morning, when the
pedagogue was at leisure. and the big broth
er and inexorsble father we're away in the
harvest field-chsnce gave the lovers an
unexpected interview. What trsnspired
between them. what vows, what pledges.
what sighs what tesrs-we leave it for our
readers to imagine, but certain it is. that .
plan was contrived by the union of loving
hearts and willing minds, which rivals in its
.agacity and skill the strategy of the Hsf-
rican Eortrch, vich ven pursued by the
Epiphracan inter, ides is cad in the sand.
forgetting that hother parts Of is person is
hexposed to view" Hear it, and Judge for
yourselves. In the ternoon, the smorous
swain goes to the Terpenning farm, and
letting down the bars, drives q drove Of
cattle into the corn 6eld-then with con-
fusion in his eye and distraction in his as.
pect he rushes into the house and hur-
rieCly shouts, "Cattle in the corn ma.
ternal solicitude is dislodged by the appre-
hension Of damage to the cIops-Mama
hastily runs to one side Of the field, thought
less.y sends the damsel TO the other, and
urges the youth into the corn to drive the
cattle out-the lovyer pushes straight for
his hearts idol, leads her to the buggy, and
drives off at the rate OF 1.-TWO forty" to-
wards the cars. The old lady gets out the
cattle, and then for the first time thinks Of
her daughter. Pursuit is resolved on, the
big brother mounts his feetest horse. and
arrives at the depot just in time-to be too
late.
How the now happy couple got on board
the boat(they occupied separate state rooms)
and reached Hannibal. Mo.-how they
were married and what happened thereaf,
ter, 1--WE mean. of course, their return homs)
may, to uae an extremely novel phrase-be
better imagined that described The sue
cess of these lowers under such difficulties
affords another proof of the wonders per-
severance and sweet oil can accomplish.
The EXCURSION TO MUsCATINE.-
At precisely five o'clock on Monday after
noon. the atesmers Ben Campbell and Black
Hawk, lashed together and under the COM
mand Of Capt Haight, started for Muse tine.
crowded with the youth and beauty of Ds-
venport and Rock Island and small de-
putstion from Moline. bent upon having
good time and enjoying mseIvee.individ-
ually and collectively. The excursion was
gotten up by the Greenbrs sh Mission Sab
bath School of Rock Island. but q large
proportion Of the company were outsiders
Who went down on their own hook-eeduc.
ed by the temptation Of fifty cent excur-
sion Awaiting curself Of an invitation AMI
Complimentary" We joined the happy
crowd and were coon steaming down the
river at the rae Of fifteen miles an hour
Dewitt Waugh's Brass Band furnished the
music for the occasion, without which there
would have been q great blank in the pro-
gramme.
As soon as the boats got fairly under way,
the band was called into the cabin >of the
Ben, violins substituted for the wind instru>
ments and 'the merry merry dance" COM
menced. which was kept up until We came
i, view Of Muscatine, where tho band came
on the hurricane deck. and We made the
landing to the music Of martial air.
A fight took place on the levee as the
crowd vas about leaving the boat for
walk through the town. Some one on shore
attempted to pu.h his way up the plank
while it vac crowded With women and chii.
dren, and the mate Of the Black Hawk or
dered him to leave. This he vas not for
doing. when he Was forcibly elected and
put on shore, where general muss follow
ed, 10 which several .bystanders and some
from the boat got mixed together. and had
not an officer made his appearance and
walked the beligsrent party Of to Jail, the
result night have been serioua
While the fight was progressing. the com
1pany on the boats were kept back, but ~
soon - order was restored the stream poured
forth agsin, and in short time the boats
were alm,st entirely deserted. and the
steeets Of Nuseatiue swsrmed with the
"fair women and brave men" children and
babies Of the excursi lon.