Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-08-03
Correspondence of the Washington Press.l
Letter from Muscatine.
MUscAT1NE, July 18th, 1860.

"YR LOCAL" GoErH ON A SMALL JAuNr.
Many people In this pleasure loving age
acquire the cosmopolitan habit of spending
some of the summer and some of their dollar s
in annual pilgrimages after delights suppos.
ed to exist in certain peculiar localities.-
They pack away trunks efectually full of
effects, lock up houses, 60 long journeys in
dusty cars, and make themselves miserable
and fashionable as possible generally. And
perhaps this is well enough. Muggins has
money, and if he did not spend it thus, it is
thought the world would not be aware that
Muggins had money. Therefore let him have
his pleasure, if he can, and the world bis
money.
Having revolved these things in our mind
before starting, we decided first, that we
were not out iu search of the aforemen-
toned character; secondly, that it was
nobody's business what we acere going for f;
thirdly, that we would 60 on as democratic
principle as possible: tourshly, tha: the
world wouldn't get much OF our money,
because we hadn't much ourself; and lastly
that we would stay no longer than We pleas.
ed, and come home when we got ready
Having thus satisfactorily disposed of the
subject, We proceeded to take an inventory
OF the articles destined to go Oh the Strip
They summed up as follows:
Two clean shirts.
g. dirty Z"
Four pairs clean socks.
Lsrge number of socks not so clean.
A wiltsd neck-tie.
Vest, too small several years ago.
One duster, exceedingly dusty.
A bunon of tooth-picks.
Two pockets full Of Exchanges" !" and
A pass on the "Kyars.'
With this "outft" we proceeded to take
s'affeotionste adieu" of our friends 1--WE bad
hosts of them just them and in the curse OF
the evening turned up in the town which
name heals this epistle. The first familiar
face we met was that of our typo friend
Sam g. Dunn, who has "been gone and
Dunn it" and got married last Sunday. lie
bears the affection with all meekness and
humility indeed he rather seemed to like it.
He was working away at tho Faust Press
running off five thousand copies of pamph
| let of 80 pages, giving an account of the
recent Kepheart tragedy, and sketch Of the
| murderer's career, which is tax zen principally
from the account we published in last week i
Press.
We found our brother quill, John Mahin,
of the Journal, in the exchanges up to bis
ears, reading .'proof," clipping, and iuditine
an editorial all pretty ruch at one and the
same time. John gets up good paper, and
is bound to deserve and win success. We
are indebted to him for courtesies.
As for the Enquirer, it don't amount te
two rows of pins, either in energy or ability
and certainly not in politics. We're it moi
for official patronage the institution would
hardly survive week. -. -. q.
Business matters in Muscatine are rathe,
dull. There did not seem to be the trade
going on even that we have in Washington
with country people, but tho good crops
here, as elsewhere, are looked forward t.
tor creating business soon. Many of the
most enterpris,ng of her merchants and bus
insss men advertise in the Press, and there
by display their facilities where they ave
4 very fair prospect of advantageous return
Mason ,'ea,. keep . -hotel" as usual, and
one OF the best in the State. He proceeded
to take charge of us and our baggage, before
specified, on our arrival, and now we lay
aside our pen to enjoy Some of his hospital
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