The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-10-03
Anythings.

Anythings.
Maria Mgnonette' of La Crosse hates
Crochet work and fillagree embroidery
She says she'll have no ghost of an old skirt
dancing around the death bed exhibiting it's
eyelet-hole ornaments and approaching her
for waste of time Miss Sylvester rode
horse, at the Madison Fair, without sad
die. Mrs Gum drew the fourth premium
and this discharged the committee. Two
Blacksmiths of Brooklyn had duel with
sledge-hammers. Very appropriate l....
The deficit in the p. o. Dept. for 1860 will
be seven millions Half of this is charge
able to that cursed franking privilege which
the House declined to repeal. All the
western Railroads are doing good business
now. -. Cash. Clay says when he COM
menced preaching "anti-slavery" the Ken
tuckians told him that to be consistent he
should free his slaves. This he did, and
then they said, as he had no niggers, he
should not meddle with the subject! Pref
ty good for Cassius, whether true or not.
A ballet girl of Cincinnati was won and
probably ruined by Mr. Glass, a member
Of the city counsel. A few weeks ago he
quit speaking to her and last week she
hunted him up and shot him, the ball pass
ing into his mouth without making fatal
wound. She immediately took poison, but
at the latest accounts she was getting well.
Poor girl L.. "A correspondent of the N. Y.
Herald says that Gov II. V. Johnson's wife
is one of the best politicians and most esti-
mable ladies he ever met. :. Clifford is to
be hung at Dubuque on he 10th, for kill
ing Wood. :. "A fellow in Stanton, Tenn,
left his wife and elopcd with young school
mistress of the neighborhood. On the boat
down the Mississippi she encountered an old
beau in the clerk, and in less than an hour
she sacked the deluded chap and advised
him to return to his family "Oh wasn't
she darling" Our friend, T. NJ.
Atherton, Esq, first wrote an article of 81
columns and then one of 81 columns to
prove that he was right in leaving the
Democrats of Mitchell. A Republican of
prominence told us in the Iowan Office at
Usage that Tom was promised some leak or
vacancy or prospect in the county Office and
that he told his friends he "could make it
pay better to be Republican We hope
he will do well in the experiment because
we like him socially, but it will take more
columns than nine to satisfy even himself.
that he had cause for change on principle.
Better quit writing, Tomuel!... see
from the Fayette Observer that Mr.. Shannon
is still there as it's Editor. Our informant
of last week must have been mistaken; we
retract our statement relative to the Editor
and take back our puff Of the Prof the
jour, and the Devil. =. Jack Berkey, Esq,
of West Union, a first rate young man, has
commenced the practice of Law. When
we quarrel with Gharky we will employ
Jack. We had a suit with John once and
Berky helped us out admirably. All the
on the occasion to which we refer. !. i. The
N. Y. Sunday Times says, "Miss Flora Nc
Flimsey is just getting back from the water
ing places. She looks pale, bejeweled and
wearied. She expects an invitation to the
Royal Ball and if she was not, as usual,
caught with nothing to wear" she might
stand chance to pirouette with His Roy
al Highness. What pity the poor girl has
no clothes! i. . Lady writer's are driving
males from the field of novels. Mrs. Stone,
Charlotte Bronte, Miss Muloch, Miss Evans,
Miss Werner are named among the bright
est stars in the world of picture. y. :. The
Mrs. Quincy Letter. apologising for her
elopement, proves to be a splendid hoax.
1t was smooth enough to be true, at all
events. 80. Hecnan and Jack Mcdonald
lately called on Beecher. Henry told them
he believed in boxing but not in fighting.
Heenan handed him pair of gloves and
the Rev. gentleman showed admirable sci
ence in handling his 'maulers." :. Douglas
in New York, by the Union, will secure Is
votes, Bell 10 and Breckenridge b.. The
Burch divorce case comes on at Napiers-
vile, H., in November. John F. Miller
of South Bend, Ind, is Republican can
didate for the Senate in our old district
The Goshen Democrat says "Miller will
be an ugly customer for the Democrats
We know better. John is good looking
young man and cannot be "ugly" to any
body. Lord, don't he hate an 'Abolitionist,
though? He might be a little wicked at
one of these canting, hypocritical knaves
who are beginning to infest the society Of
decent Republicans and arc tolerated only
because they can vote. =. Hon R. L. Farms
worth has delivered at South Bend and had
published in the Forum very lengthy
Democratic speech. 1t abounds in valua-
BILE references and quotations but it is so
''eternal long, that nobody can spare time
to read it. Why, in the name Of Procrustes,
don't politicians learn to cut their speeches
and editorials in shorter slices p. .Lallah
Rookh is dead she was only one of Dan
Rice elephants. :. !. i. The Ladies Democratic
| Association of Urbana, ILL.,, recently raised
a Douglas & johnson pole 100 feet high and
covered it with flags. At night some very
mean men bored it down.. Bayard Tay-
lor Sin the last Is months has delivered 24O
lectures, travelled $4,000 miles, published
two books, written 4s Mercury articles and
built one house." If Mrs. T. has had a
baby in the time, Bayard may pass for the
greatest man in the world.-Col. Rose Of