Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-02-07

and other dress goods.
PxasosAL.-CharIey Eldridgc lett for
Washington City on Tuesday. Charley don't
| intend t. be b,ufed out Of the r o. by any
| body.
ELEGANT AsD CoMrc-Thosc Valen-
tines at Starts are just the thing to scit al
kinda Of purchasers. They range from tie
most elegant and taesefolly wrought missivs
down 10 the sober snd ridiculous. They are
just the thing
MISTER SWEET, AGAIN. Sweet and
Us are getting intimate. We correspond after
| the f.shion Of Icvers. We are lovers He IL
Sweet On as. and We are getting sort Of sOeet on
| him Sweet appears in the Gazette yesterday
norniLg in the role Of an innocent lie al
| iudss to our contract with him and says Ton
| complaint OF one Of your neishbofIng dsnee,
that YOU (ttazeue) and the DKMocaAT were issu-
| ing extras,C he wanted It stopped. Let ls see
S eet comes down here on his own hook--he
was no. invited-and asks to make a written
I cou,ruc. with us Hs wrote it to suit hiWsef
we debating as to the price only When
completed. he presents it for our signature.
| Va signe it, and supposed the matter ended
for q year a; least. He goes home, and We
went on with our business. In q few days.
there came dispatch. say ;ng-"the issuing OF
extras cannot be allowed" We oyerhauled
cur contract and found nothing about ersyds
| ~. A. iv,ii al tn MI
that it could B, aiioued, if We were disposed to
| allow il the matter was With us-not with
him. We had been in the habit OF issuing
srlras for years, and liked the plan our
subscribers liked it too and staid old
coteml orary Of the Gazeste even declared that
he would break the Sabbath. by issuing his
eheei on sunday, when the news was impor-
tan, he said he thought that in reli. ious
point Of view, il wac CONNER. dable-thought
Ais friends at church would bc nu ging him
under the ribs with their elbows, at prayer
time, and saying "Alf, Alf-whats the news
from Cnsrles,on. eh,'; We had seen extras in
| Chicago; had seen tha. pious sheet--the ri
Jwne, for sale in the hotel there on Sunday-
though it was dated Monday. merely T. take
the curse of Wa had seen bulletin boards in
| Chicago, where0n the very !aIesS" ----
given; we had seen such things in New York
Philadel phis, Boston. W -shington aud New
O,leans and poor innocent fellow, we thought
it capital thing indeed We are half disposed
to believe Bro. Sanders position on the Sunday
question, was about tight; anyhow. We and
with Mr.. Sweet is good for any thing, we shall
publish them. We shall tell our friends, also,
during the day, what the newsis These are
strring--wc fear fyhtiny timss; and orr pat.
rons have . true spirit Of patriotism in them,
and when the country ir in danger they feel
that they ore individually inserestsd-deeply
interested, and they want 70 hear. They can
count ON us-all the time, provided we and
our swss. friend Sweet can agree to give and
take. We would like our friend to tel. Us
what paper it is that complains 60 about US
Trot him out let US investigate. We sued
the Company on Tuesday ming for non
fulflment; sued again yesterday. going to
sue this morning, to.aorrow-every morning
Sundays exceptsd) until We conquer peace.
Our friend Sweet, in his Gazette article. yester
day, says We broke the letter Of our contract ;
did mt break the intent but broke the letter
that is, the contract says Monday morning the
bill i. to be paid, and tha. means until the cock
has struck tpslvs If it is paid only one
Very nice, Mr. Sweet We like you for that.
, Sweet, don't yon remember Of reading or see
ing acted. the celebrated Shakesperssn play
: entitled the Nerehont Of Venice ? You put
as in mind Of Old Sbylock. Beware Sweet
lest smother Daniel dispenses Justice You
!, ask for your pound Of flesh because 1t Is so
= momG~atsd in tie bond : now take it.
Yesterday Sweet sent Us billet do"r it
said 10 us:
RICHARDSON. WEsr L Co.-If you agree
to use reports only for publication 10 your pa
n Der. and withdraw the suits, yoM have
copy of reports as heretofore. Answer
SwExr.
There it is Sweet has got q good heart. sf-
ter all; he don't aek near as much of rs ss he
did on Monday he msans to do right, We
euess. tut wants to do il by degrees 60 it
Z won't produce constipation OF the liver. We
!, told sv eet that we liked our contract, and
didn't want any other that. in fact. another
contract would be obnoxious. We cant sscede,
nor "dissolute" bit, MIR Sweet.
: Sweets reflections upon - in his Gazette
letter don't disturb ~ . particle. It o,ly
. elbows that the lash cut through the hide
! ! every time. Good day, Sweet write again.
= : do.
4~ LArna AND INPoRTAx1.
Sweet again "doss us proud and ever
: whelms no with kindness. - follovs
: RucaAsDsox, Wnr 4 Co.-As per contract
you will ;be supplied with reports at the tsls.
graph Office after nine 10y o'clock p NJ. or as
J, soon thereafter as they can be received.
t The above came at half past five T. n.
! Sweet is playing sharpl Don't you see. He
), ssys "As per contract" be will furnish dis
/ patches at Mime o'clock p. n he thinks he
!. has conc alsd the hook this time, sure Sweet
has pretty good general idea OF angling for
catfish, but hasn { the least idea about " bob.
bing for eela' He wante us to accept the dis
patehss at ains p. H.. when to issue extra,
Y would be out Of the qassti on il vs wanted te
q never 20 badly. Then he says "ot the tle
r. graph eGss.1 The contract IL to furnish then
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