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The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-01-18
WHOLE NO. 17O.

New Year," and the spirits from the world
of pure delight, will echo and re-echo the
gladstone welcome to the young and prom
ising 80. OF the past we may converse
but what the future he's in store for the
myrials of those who welcome the New
Year, is mystery, deep, impcnetrable and
unfathomable. While we are sorrowing
over the tomb of so, and bidding adieu to
all that is fair in its appearance, turn we to
its successor, and award to it the compli-
ments of the season. Happy voices, happy
hearts, happy faces and happy looks, should
be the sentinels to guard every doorway,
and our word for it, the sympathy that will
be created will warm the coolest heart into
new existence, breathe new life into the dull
and misanthropic soul, and fill with delight
a mind ever morose and cheerless. The old
year has perhaps been . good friend and
true, but still the wake the World holds over
it is an hoit Of high glee. 1859! Think
how much is crowded into its history
How many pages Of lively interest, all writ.
ten over with joy and sorrow, are pressed
between its snow.white covers.
As ever. NELL.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-01-18
McGREGOR IOWA. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 49, 1860

present or future greatness discernihle in X.
Noble, confess my powers of diagnosis
have never been able to detect them.
Honor! Gloryv' and r. Noble! What
a striking exemplification of the poetical
figures of antithesis!
lie closes his communication by saying,
However potent DR.. AS influence may be
with Sheriff Kaufman, It Is quite feeble in
Garnavillo." On this point I shall not take
issue with the gentleman, for l am well
aware that we live in progressive age-the
day of small things and small men is rapid
ly passing away, and the influence that
Noble once had in this place 'is growing
small by degrees and beautifully less" and
it is loudly whispered that even in McGreg-
or, the place honored as the residence Of the
gentleman, there are many who have the te-
merity to doubt whether he is ever consult
ed about, or has any control over, our vary
ing seasons!
Man is said to be ''the creature Of cir
cumstances," and, under the peculiar cir
cumstances, Noble is excusable for anything
he may write or say. Writhing under the
defeat of his fondcst hopes in the State Sem
atorial election, the United States Senator
ship reccding in the distance, and finally his
unsuccessful attempt to def>at DR.. Parker
all indicative of his waning greatness-
he dies hard. No doubt he suffers, for l
have somewhere read,
"The smallest insect that We tresd uron,
Feels panY as great when giant dies"
F. ANDROS.
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lid Bachelors.
"Anni. Trevor"-wehther she is maid;
wife or widow, old or young, we cannot
say-thus expresses her opinion, through
the Philadelphia Press, of that class of USE
less men known IS "old bachelors:''
hate bachelors! There's bold, un-
qualified assertion, right in the teeth of eve.
ry bachelor living Did ever anybody see
such cross, selfish, surly set as they are?
Why, never put my foot into a passen.
ger car, that | can't tell, at the very
first glance around me, who are the bache-
lors and who are not. You can read it in
their faces, and their actions show it plain
ly enough. A married man invariably re-
signs his seat, ,smilingly, if the car is crowd.
ed; but, We gods if bachelor has to get
up to give a lady his seat, such look as
she gets, and such time as he has grumb-
ling about ''hoops taking so much room,"
as If it were any business of his how much
room they take, and as if passenger rail-
way cars were not intended to accomrno-
date hoops as swcll as the dear creatures
who occupy them. Married men arc
always more polite, because-because they
have wives to teach them-ahem!
Can't tell when man is going home
to pretty cherry-lipped wife, and when
he isn't! And can't tell when a man il
going home to- lonely dinner, and his
newspaper, and when he isn't! To Ss
sure can.
Incver go the theater, that, looking
down into the parquet, don't see whole
rows Of gloomy-visaged bachelors, whs
come there to pass away the time betause
they havn't wives aud babies to keep them
at home, and they don't know what to do
with themselves. Poor fellows how l pity
them!
If they were all like Ike Marvel-blcss
his dear old bachelor heart we might tol-
crate them; but save me from them
as they are! l habitually make for the
other side of the walk whenever see one Of
the tribe coming, for had rather encoun-
ter score Of married men than one gloomy
ur-visaged old bachelor.
Out upon old bachelors! say.
Court ship and marriage to every mothers
son of them! ANNIE Trevor.
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A MISERABLE TnIEF.-The Northern
Journal, published at Yreka, has the follow.
ing:
Some wretch who would rob the contri
button box of a charity hospital, and showed
his want of sense by robbing the printing
Office, came into our sanctum last Saturday
evening and stole three thirds Of all the mo.
ncy we had, consisting Of two ten dollars.
May the big dog of Mahomet forever bite
that fellow, and the eagles on the coins piek
his eyes out; while the goddess of liberty
fails him over the head With fet staff, and
when he dies, we hope the devil will put
him in the hottest furnace in his shop, with
a placard nailed to his back with the words
written on it, "this fellow robbed u printing
Office"
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GARNAvILLo, Jan. 7th, 1860.

Deputy Sherifi-Lester II Om Goodrich.
Editor 7imes:-In reading your last is
sue find my name mentioned in conncc-
ton with certain proceedings, which think
demands from me brief explanation. I
will, in reply to DR.. Parker's article, make
plain statement Of the facts relating to my
application for appointment to the Office of
Deputy Sheriff.
Some time before the Democratic Con-
vention was held at Garnavillo, was urged
by several of my Democratic friends Of this
place to apply for the appointment, provided
the Democracy were successful, and at the
Convention my name was presented to Mr.
Kaufman, Immediately after his nomination,
so was Informed. l understood that Mr..
Kaufman thought favorably Of my appoint
ment, and of course did all could to Sc
cure his election. did nothing more than
allow my name to be presented to Mr.. X.
until heard that there were other appli-
cants for the appointment. I then went
down to see Mr.. Kaufman. After making
myself and business known to him, he said
that my name, with others, had been pre-
sented to him, that he had made as yet no
appointment, but intended to leave the Sc
lection to the Democrats of McGregor, and
that he should like an expression Of the
wish of the citizens Of McGregor. He said
that he was not mnch acquainted here, that
he had long known Noble & Drummond,
and esteemed them much; he said further,
that he would make no appointment until
he had had an expression of the wish of the
people here. returned, and petition for
my appointment was passed around among
the professional and business men of this
town. There was no attempt made to can
vass the township, my friends saying it was
not necessary as l had no opposition. The
lawyers and business men, being the parties
most interested in the appointment, were
the only persons who were applied to to
sign the petition.
1t is true some Republicans signed the Pc
tition, but Mr.. Kaufman said he wanted an
expression of the wish of the citizens OF
McGregor, and believe the Republicans
are not disfranchised yet The petition was
presented to only ninety-six men, and only
three declined to sign; so that the Doctor is
mistaken when he says that ''the township
was thoroughly canvassed by Mr. Goodrich
and his friends to obtain signers to this pa,
per-" do not censure Mr.. Kaufman for
appointing DR.. Parker, but if he did not in
tend to be governed by the expressed wish
of the people of McGregor, he should have
said so, and this would have saved me some
little trouble and expense, and good dea
Of annoyance.
Knowing your aversion to long articles
I close. CP. GOODRICH.
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Gbe 1lortb Sopa Gimes.
For the Times.


Letter from DR.. AndrOs.
An article published in the McGregor
Weekly Press, on the subject of the Deputy
Sheriff for McGregor, over the signature of
r. NOBLE, in which my name was freely
used, requires from me passing notice.
That part of his communication relative
to the right of interference outside of the
town of McGregor, has been replied to by
DR.. Parker, and in manner which leaves
nothing further to be said.
Noble says that ''Dr. Andres has stated
that he procured the rejection of the peti-
ton of Mr.. Goodrich, for the reason that
Noble 4 Drummond signed the petition;
that he would not tolerate the appointment,
by Democratic Sheriff, of man suggest
ed by them. In imagination, he had fought
terrible battle against n. & D., and had
come off victorious-he had had battle
with Noble & Drummond, and that was
honor and glory enough for him."
To the above will simply reply, that
never 1 sed the language imputed to me by
Noble never arrogated to myself the
credit e influencing Sheriff Kaufman in
the appointment of Deputy Sheriff. The
Sheriff elect is a man Of too much indepen-
dence Of character to he influenced, by any
man or set Of men, to swerve from what he
conceives to be just and right. In con-
versation with Mr.. Kaufman, previous to
his making his appointment, understanding,
as did. that petition in the handwriting
Of Mr.. Drummond and signed by r. Noble
had been presented to him, asking the ap-
pointment of Mr.. Goodrich, did say to
him that the fact of the petition having its
S tE.dahcs IL ths 9ss thst IF xas Rfs
rotten in Denmark" that did not believe
ANY (politicaD good thing could come out
of Nazareth" that we all knew DR.. Parker
he had borne arms in the conflict, had la.
bored indefatigably in the Democratic cause
during the late canvass; that l recognized
the doctrine that Ito the victors belong the
spoils," and thatin justice the Doctor ought
to receive the appointment. l had no i'll
will or unkind feeling against Mr.. Goodrich
believing him to be gentleman, and vel
qualified to perform the duties Of the Office
But did suspect that he was not "sound
in the faith," knowing that "birds of q
feather" &C. /; and if | am correctly inform
ed by prominent Democrats of McGregor
my suspicious were we'll founded. Wheth
er my conversation with the Sheriff elec,
had any effect know not; it was my owr
opinion, Honestly conceived, and fearlessly
expressed"
I come now to tie "Great Battle.'' As
Democrat, party triumph is always graf
flying to my feelings because we war fol
principle, but l must be victorious over :
political opponent of larger calibre than r
Noble before should ever think Of ''honol
and glory" In this part Of his article h
shows his inordinate vanity. "a battl
with Reuben Noble!'' and that, too, couples
with the words ''honor and glory!' Oh
Modeay! where is thy blush? Honor
Gloryt REUBEN NOBLE! No associatio,
of IDEAS would ever bring those three word
naturally together. Honor and glory carr
with them the idea of something good, grca
or gmnd, and if there arc any So "ptons (
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Wilkie, of the Dubuque Herald
in allusion to choir singing "frem the 200
of the fremont Temple to the cracked-voic-
ed soprano and bull dog base Of the village,
says:
The only singing that was not either a
farce or failur--that seemed to be reall.
and truly divine worship, and stirred up
the devotional emotions Of the heart, and
that seemed to float directly on its way
heavenward, was tlrat where it was done by
congregations. There may be discords-
voices which are ahead or behind time, but
yet there is 50 much reality AMI so much
appropriateness in all joining in the act Of
worship, that it atones for all such objec-
tions.
But every one to his ancy-some peo-
pie prefer to hire their worshipping done
for them, others to do it themselves, al
though they may not do it quite as much
according to rul', although more in spirit.
We prefer the latter by all means.
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Letter from Nell.

Letter from Nell.
OAK GLEN, Jan. 9Th, 1860.
Friend Tmes:-To-day has been one Of
those warm, bright days which are ours,
sometipas evn. mid tho dnenlotien Of min;
ter. The sky has been resplendent with
brightness, and clear as the blue eye of one
we love; and coming after season Of such
intense cold, how it makes us wish for the
spring-time, when such days shall follow
each other in close succession, when such
sunshine shall call up the sleeping flowers,
and bring the birds again.
But now the day is gone, and the twi-
light is deepening. The distant hills are
blue and dim, while nearer, broad patches
of brown earth and withered grass appear,
where yesterday the snow lay. In the east
the moon is rising; the caves are dripping,
still. And yet, after all, there is more full
ness of delight, more love for all living and
all inanimate things, to be born of snow
storm. How stirs the fancy, and brightens
hope, and warns the heart, and sings the
spirit within us, at the mere animal joy
with which we watch the snow-hakes de-
sccnd from Heaven. And yet of this ex-
quisite capacity for pleasure we take so lit
tie care These seasons afford one plenty
of breathing, thinking and feeling time
time for reflection, when one may pause
thoughtfully, and gaze back over the way
he has been led
And what time more suitable for such re-
flections than this-the commencement OF
a New Year? Oh, that we might all awake
to ''newncss Of life;" that we might &C
forth with more unsolfsh aims, purer hopes
lofticr anticipations, and a stronger and more
patient courage for the work, however hum
| lie, to which we are called.
Upon the whispering 81 chs Of the depart
| ing year there seems to come Happy
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How many money-loaners would be vii ;
ing to embark in almost any kind Of busi
ness and Undertake to carry it on with a
capital for which they would have to pay
two per cent per month (isff yearly in id
vancc9) Would they not say that tste very
idea was preposterous, that no one could a.
business for any length of time and pay
such ruinous rates of interest. If they
were in the same snap, and ground down a.
thousands are in this State at the present
time, they would groan beneath their chains
and curse the tyrant that fastened them or'
they would plead usury with 1 vengeance !
and never question the morality Of it.
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0rioinal goetrg.
Write, for the North Iowa lines.
TO MY SISTER.

Write, for the North Iowa lines.
TO MY SISTER.
SYM Z. B. ruRrELorrs.
We have met again. my sister,
Long weary years have passed
Years fraught with many changes
Since stood beside thee last
have elasped thy hand In silence,
And mutely kissed thy cheek,
Thus giving thee the welcome
Which my lips refused to speak.
could breathe no words Of greeting,
For memories Of the rast.
Awakened by thy coming,
Swept Ger me thick and fsst.
Again stood, ip fancy, =.
Within our fathers cot,
And years OF separation
Were for time forgot.
And thou vert with me sister,
As thou vert in other years,
Ere thy heart WAS touched by sorrow,
Or thy dark eye dimmed with tears.
And those We lsved were with US
Pai ents aud brothers dear,
And . younger sisters merry laugh
Fslljlightly on the ear.
But soon the vision vanished,
And knew. that never mere
I'd be the happy, careless girl
Twas in days Of yors;
For childish forms are near me,
Soft arms my neck entwine,
And lips like dswy rossbuds
Are ofte1 pressed to mine.
And thou art, too, mother,
But Of those who claimed thy love,
One In her early childhood
lfa. sought her home above;
Thy heart has known earth's sorrow,
For in anguish thou hast given,
With tear, which none but mothers weep,
An angel back to Heaven.
But on no earthly pathway,
Does the sun in"louded shine;
And have ta.ted sorrow,
Though none 20 deep as thine;
But youth still glow. upon our checks
And sparkles In each eye,
For Time. on tireless piuion,
Has lightly passed Us by.
But he has flung around Our brothers
A shade OF earthly care,
And shining threads OF silver
Are glist'ning in their hair;
And the one We loved most fondly,
Is sleeping in the dust,
Ills heart l. cold and pulselsss,
His voice forever hushed.
And years have bowed our fathers form,
And deeply marked his brow,
And his hair once dark and glossy,
Is white - snow dahes now;
And our mothers cheek l. furrowed,
And her voice Is weak and low,
And her step which once fell lightly,
Is feeble now, and slow.
All those We love are changing,
And soon will pas. away,
But We hope at last to meet them
Where youth will ne'er decay.
United there forever,
Aud free from grief and PAIN
No link shall then be broken,
Ia loves eternal chain.
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The Dead OF 1859. z
The year now past away has been re-
markable for the number Of distinguished
men who, in its course, have ceased their
earthly labors. All countrys and avocationss
have contributed to swell the list of the de-
parted That prince Of all modern Scholars,
the Illustrious Humboldt, has been follow
ed into the realms of infinite light by such
congcnial though humber stud.nts as Pro-
fessOr Olmstead, Dr. Abbott and Horace
Mann. History loses the immortal names
of Hallam, Prescott and irving--the last
being also an irreparahle loss to literature;
which has likewise been deprived Of De-
Quincy, Leigh Hunt, Robert Walsh, and
Lady Morgan. From political life have de-
parted Prince Metternich, Richard Rush
and Senator Brod rick The law loses
Rufus Choatc and Counsellor Phillips The
modern science of engineering loses two Of
its brightest ornaments, in Rohrt Stephen
son and I. X. Brunei. Among the others
whose departure is felt by the public may
be mentioned DR.. Nichols and Dr. Kendall.
| divines, Joseph Surge, and Sir Jamstee
Jeebhoy; philanthropist; T. X. llervy.
poet, Madame Bosio, singer; and Charles
Leslie, painter.
"Do THEIR OWN WoRK."-Rockford, like
all other Western towns, suffers for want
of good ''help;" but we are glad to See that
many of our women are taking the remedy
into their own hands; BY doing their onn
pork, very much to their own pleasure, and
| satisfaction, and that Of their husbands
Where the size of the family, ill-health, or
the multiplicity of cares does not forbid it,
| there is no greater happiness for a woman,
than in attending to her own house, and
the wants of those nearest and dearest to
| her. 1t is, or should be, a perpetual labor
Of love, tightening care, driving away tho
annoyance of little perplexities, and throw.
ing the radiance of the brightest hopes, and
sweetest, most sacred emotions, over tho
dull, and common routine of every day life.
Young wives do not know what they sacri-
| fee, when for the sake of style, and to in.
dulge disgraceful laziness, for which
mothers are responsible, they 'hire girl"
to stand perpetually between them, and
the interchange Of those small offices, which
do so much to cement and make perfect the
happiness Of newly welded life.
A little more simplicity in food-good
bread, fruit plain meats, and less Of the
vile salaratus mixtures, and we should have
| better health, better telnpers, less work and
more happiness in our households, and
smaller need Of those housekeeping disccm-
forts-"hired girls.'-Nrs. Croly.
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%.A writer of the last century quaint,
" observed that when the cannons Of
princes began war, the cannons OF the
church were destroyed. 1t was, said he,
first mitre that governed the world, and
then nitre; first SAINT Peter, and then
saltpetre.
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w"SARAn' said young man the
other day to young lady of that name.
"why dou't you wear ear-ringsg' "Be-
eause havesi'. had my ears picrced." II
Ii bore them for YOU, them Thank you,
sir: you have done that enotigh"
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dissolution NOTICE.

DISSOLUTION NOTICE.
nIIE co-partncrship here oorc ex ting in the Black
L smith bu ineSs. under the sty 10 OF Harrison X
Wood Is this day dissolved by mutual consent. NJ.
VI Wood will ray al debts and collect all outstanding
account. due the firm 81. NJ. WOOU.
J. q. HARRISON.
McGreeor, Oct. II, l.59nlwl
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yJNIIE best FLOUR in town, is to be had at
FRANK HiEFAH'S.
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beef It~was thought that the earlier the
milking faculty was educated, the more pront
able the animal was for milk. The masculine
develops unless the feminine is drawn on. A
hefer coming in early acquires peculiar fem
mime look easily recognized One member OF
large experience lets his heIfers calVe as early
as they will, and gives them rest and growth
afterwards He prefers to have them give
milk, and go farrow year or two after their
first calf. Another member, in correlation of
the same fact, stated that he kept choice heif-
er, from good stock, till she was four years old,
and MIXED her eighteen months before calv-
ing again. Beef and size are of small account
in an animal that was to give daily profit of
milk for several years. Coming in too early it
was thought would undermine the constitution
and dwarf the animal. To avoid this and get
maturity is desirable, as our cattle like horses
are designed for all work. Mr.. Norton of Far
mington, Ct, of Attorney fame, advises bring
ing in heiters at two years and so do Ayrshire
breeders generally The small size of both
these last mentioned breeds may have origina-
ted i'll the fact, that the dairy qualities have
been Of the first consideration. 1t is believed
to be fact that Attorney calves are difficult
TO raise, and their slender constitutions are at
tributed to early breeding.
Milk may be made without feed, and hence
small cows giving large quantities of milk are
called extravagant feeders. Small cows were
thought to give more milk in proportion to
large ones, though the examples adduced did
not clearly prove this. On the one hand VIM.
Brine cited his two Ayrshire cows, one of them
weighs eight hundred pounds and the best
mixer in his herd, that in five summer months
gave on an average nine hundred and fifty
pounds of milk per month, and the other
weighing five hundred pounds, that has given
ten quarts of milk daily since last summer
On the other hand Paoli Lathrop cited
thorough bred short horn COW, now owned in
Worcester by Mr.. fainter, that gave sixty five
pounds of milk in day, and twenty,six
pounds of butter in ten days last summer, or
at the rate of one thousand nine hundred and
sixty-fve pounds of milk, and seventy EIGHT
pounds of butter per month. This latter COW
came in at two years and eight months old.
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n d w G A S L l G H t
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Cosr OF BRITISH RoYALTY.-In the last
year, the outlay by the British people, for roy
al establishments, amounted to 9546, 591-
making about 81, 1921 55. The leading items
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QUINCY MUTUAL FIRE INSUR-
W ANCE COMPANY of QUINCY, MASS,
Available and Cash Capital 100000 dollars.
STEPHEN BATES, Secretary. WIN S. MORTON President.
CHARLES A. Rowland, Adiuster.
lnsures buildings merchandise and personal property
generally, the most favorable terms
N. B.-There is tockdepartment in this Company,
and the profits returned to the insured in dividends
from 25 TO 50 per cent on premiums paid
S. A. ROWLAND, Agent. Office in Mechanics Hall.
els deodly