Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-03-31

PEAsR ON DAvESPoKr.-The Musca-
tine journal. after copying . portion Of Mr..
Pssses efusion on the city Of Davenport, has
the candor TO add that the picture drawn by
that person in his sanctum. away down in
Poushksepsie. IL exaggerated; and sdds that
the fellow lost some Is 900 which he had in-
vested here Perhaps he did We rather
think Mr. P. did lose something. II. had som :.
five Thousand about his person, and being Of
the mind thst he was not sharp enough to in
vest it st home-not sharp enough to shave
the people that way. had it removed to Dsven.
port-out West-where he supposed the peo.
pleas general thing-thst is to say those
who were not recently from the East-vers
sort Of green. easy sold-sasy shaved bodies
whose skulls were thick and densely matted
over with long wool which could be easily
pulled over their drowsy eyes. BY turning
his $1,000 out into such verdant pasture he
expected-he vas sure it would fstten and
grow excsedingly-that it would fret double
in value. then quadruple-then double and re-
double until the seed sown on Western soil
would bring forth surely sixty probably eighty
and possibly hundred fold 1t Was q glor-
ous. golden idea. He sent his money hither
he kept it here-it keeps we'll. He did not
attend to it in person-if he had. his most au-
riferous dreams would undoubtedly have been
realized. OF course they would But it was
entrusted to other hands the lynx eyed mae
ter did not attend to his own; or, in other
words, Mr.. Peaso didn't mind his Q's; he re-
mained ct home in his sanctum and with quill
in hand was engaged 10 saving the Union, and
when he looked for the realization of his
dream he didn't see it; it had vanished he
looked for the substance upon which that
dream was founded and it was not. The
shadow remained, but the substancs-yes that
rather remained, too.
Aud this is how it came to pass; this 10 why
he ia vexed and Why he announces to his read.
era. that Davenport soil cleaves to his we'll
backed boots this is why he says "stsg nation;
and money forsaken" folks His experience
don't warrant that assertion. But We pity
ease tnouSu he tnOuIu not let DIS angry
passion rise if he can help it. Let him learn
wisdom from his misfortune-learn that West
ern people are not the only ones who are gull
ibe; that bird in the hand is wor III ever so
many in the bush that when he has an az 10
grind he had better either hold it on or turn
the crank himself; that, in short, he had bet
ter look after his own affairs with his own
eyes Kennelled in his sanctum he barks at
Us Justify he sets us up; knocks US down,
and oil that. but We have the confidence iu
the man that he will yet come to his senses
and arrive at the conclusion the West ia vet
the garden spot Of America. and that he hss
only been attending Madam Experiences
school for . few quarters.
Let us sing-first and last stanzas to the
tune Of OLD Grimes (now defunct):
There was a man in an Eastern town,
He was mos. wondrous wise
He jumped into . thick set hedge
And scratched out both his eyes
2-And when he saw his eyes we're out,
With all his might and main,
He snatchedup his sharp COOS, quill
To scratch them 10 again.
Mother Goose subdued