Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-03-26

fruit trees Of this section of the country have
commenced putting forth their blossoms. II
the fine weather continue, the prospects, for
large crop of oil kinds Of fruits grown in Iowa
F." ofthe most fattering character. But should
the Gather take turn-a cold snao snsue
t fer largely.
BARBER TURNS BANKER, AND VICE
VERsA A-Life 10 uncertain human aspirations
don't amount to . row ofpoor pins, and white
man is mighty unsartin." Everybody has
said 80 every body knows it is 30, consequent
ly nobody can be mistaken abort it. Some
years-say ten years ago. perhaps less. posi-
bly, more, in the little snug city Of Poughkeep
sie, on the banks Of the raging Hudson, lived
our friend Mclean He was q good fellow
frank, cordial and Of winning manners-and
what is more did good-perhaps q thriving
business 10 scraping the faces of his fellow
beings, sLampooing and curling their beautiful
locks. dc. Mac run sharp razor and wss de-
cidedly popular, In the course Of human
events by attending assiduously to scraping as
aforesaid, Mac scrsped together few thous-
and dollars in ready cash, and feeling that the
East was not tie only place in the world where
shaving was lucrative, he like a wise man left
the bar barous practice in p, and came
West-came to Davenport and opened in com
pany with two other fellow beings. a bank-or
as some say shaving shop. Such shops have
q counter. a safe, and more or less money
Well, the concern went along-sometimes
shaving-sometimes getting shaved-sight
ually. Mac was ever considered a good fel-
low and is to this day. But hard times came
on-the crisis came too-smashes follow ed
both brandy and commercial-doors that were
wont to open at precisely a. NJ, didn't open
at al. because they were not unlocked and
finally the House of which Mac was partner,
went the way of all flesh-went down. There
was some little tsls in consequence-some lit
tie bustle-some whispering-soms wanted
what they didn't get while, others with an
equal run Of luck didn't get what they want
ed. The doors that were wont to turn so
smoothly on their hinges turned no more and
tho institution passed into the haHds Of
the law-we believe that is what they call it,
Mac left this city and returned to Pougnkeepsie.
perfectly satisfied with Western shaving and
rented the same shop which he before occu-
pied, and recommended the occupation of
shaving the human face divine The tables
have turned twice-the barber was banker
the banker is barber-and this article is
ended
P. S.-We trust that Mac will be prosperous
and make another fortune-He is yet, young
and has more experience in shaving notes than
he had.
The PouGHkEEPsIE Press VS.. Tue
CRY OF DAvE.'roRT.-In the Poughkeepsie
Press of the 10Th inst, We find an article writ
ten by one of the editors, Mr. A. s. Pease, a
partner in the banking house OF Tallman, Pow
-rs & McLane, late Of this city. Mr. Pesse,
no doubt fees somewhat sour over bis unsu
cessful speculations in the West. but We do not
think he has reason to blame any one but him
self Mr.. Pease invested some $1,000 10 the
above named Banking House. and if we are
to take his word for it, he made q permanent
inv estment His brother also has an intereM
in the West amounting to some $l5, 900, which
will, We presume. remii here for some years
to come. We regret that the Messrs. Pease
should have met with the losses they have ex
in Ia kpt, 81.
remember that through their ins,rum entality,
others have lost nearly tsn times as much -
Taey induced eastern people to entrust their
surplus funds to the house in which they were
inous failure. Nearly every day some eastern
nan arrives here to look after his investments
but he goes back very little wiser than he was
before he come. But let us hear what Mr.
Pease has to say
As a great many reople in this city and
county have no small amount Of principal at
the West, it is fair to presume that they at
least teei considerable interest in the history,
present condition and future prospects Of the
city of DaveEport-the mud.cursed, money
forsaken city Of Davenport
That Davenport is a "mud-cursed" city, we
must say is news to us. There is not place
in the west that has better graded streets, than
our own. Perhaps Mr.. Psase may have mis,a-
ken the route to his lodgings, and wandered to
the lower part of town where they do have
mud No telling. The writer continues:
Where the city of Davenport now stands, the
country, twenty five years ago, was an almost
unbroken wilderness, inhabited chiefly by Iu-
,ians. The first ground broken was in 1895
Like most all western cities, its growth for the
next twenty years was the almost literal reali-
zaton Of fairy tale 10 1857, the city claimed.
and doubtless had. population of SIS 900 en-
terprisn, white people. BY the rise in value
Of land, and real estate, the poor settlers of
few years before became almost princes in point
Of fortuna Often by the transactions Of sim
gle day fortunes were made Eastern capital
lists caught the fever, and money by the Kun
dreds Of thousands and by millions was sent
from the east for investment, or on loan a. high
rates Of interest. As if by magic, Davenport
almost Immediately became q beautiful CITY,
Its stores banks, churches, hotels, public
schools and private residences rivalled those
Of the largest eastern cities. Its broad and
beautiful streets, its extensive manufacturing
enterprises, the construction Of a railroad to
Iowa City, making direct railroad communica-
tion with New York. the construction also, at
this point Of the magnificent bridge over the
Mississippi river, the extensive steamboat nav
igation. connecting Davenport with st Paul,
and other cities on the north. and with St.
Louis. New Orleans, and other cities at the
eouth. and the rapid settlement and cultivation
CT the magnificent farm lands of the surround
ing country-all these sources contributed to
make Davenport the citv il was in 1887 Rnt