Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-03-27


In CLArss, March a6.
It may b thought thst yosr little sister.
nestled here - the head Of the rapids. among
and upon the usdalstsg svells Of Terra, 10 .
s!ow town; thst bsesuss - l. petit she is b.
hind Ter more rotund and expAnGve eisters-
IL cot "posted up in sll the modern civilzing
process peculiar 70 thoss growing cities that
foster and encourage the refined and elegant
scconplishmenti taught In drinking sa,ooss
and by hatiasss of those plaess; but this is an
error, for ve bsve g great : variety Of these
II nstitu,ions - any other city on the river. not
having double our population. Now We do
not vish 10 b understood - boasting-ws
srnt good at thst-for ve believe We are tell.
log the truth. A. sn esrDeet Of our faith, -
here throw down the gauntlet, and challenge
aly city, - above. on this creek, from St.
Louis 10 the other Saint at the head Of the
hollow, to compete With ~ for the bonors, the
winning town TO be satitled to one bushel,
good nsesqse, Of goSgsd eyes gathered up At
the last free fight. iat tbs losing city. This,
We think. u good bet, live loss.
We have whisky On ihe carpet. whisky on
the ee mmon. and whisky on the sod-vsrdi.
gris. tobseeo juice and strychnine. We
have it in the morning before breakfast, after
breakfast. at lunch, before dinner. alter dinner.
before supper. alter supper. in the evening. and
At night-ail nisht-id large Quantities. in
moderate quantities. end in small quantities;
eli for five eeats per glass, and cheap at that.
II this 10 not somsthiog tot boast Of. " would
like to knew what -; but We don't boaet-
bear that in mind. Then We have black eyes,
bloody noses, and goaged eyes-eyes in very
large quantities. no trouble 10 ray the bet if
we do loss-snd lsw-you ought to see the
law. We have great quantities Of Law, except
moral Law, which is only good for old fogies.
and they have .mostly ignored it 1t did very
ven ~ doubt. for Matthew. Mark and Luke,
and such old fogies, but 10 not adapted to the
present day and generation. SO We have laid
it away to mould, and grow dingy BY disuee.
to be exhumsd in sfter ages and remembered
only % = relic Of bAsbsrily. We have law
that permits every body to do just - he pleasss
and no offence. Il allows us to engage In the
scientific and manly exercise Of self defence.
and does not "csll foul gouging or biting of
noses or ears. Il allows any one to get drunk
three or four times day. but does not permit
him u ma ikea beast Of himself by laying
drunk all the time. When done by way Of
amusement. il allows us.to pull down. or other
wise demolsh our property. dvelliugs and
stores. or. for that malter. that Of our neigh
bore. In fine. it is lort Of an India-rubber
law, with elasticity Sufficient t. shrink from
the contemplation Of any act or. thing. known
in the outside vorl crimes crimes. that
word hss bssooe4 Ds1D here. FROM this,
you may conclude that our young men are
fast" and % they are. They know mug
gins.' They can tell you right off whether
they slept between the sheets with their boots
on or not. and liam not afraid to bet "dime'
that the slowest one in the lot can tell. the
fret time trying. the difference between whisky
'straight" and "mulled' lager.
We have little. institution. here that OBJ
jscts to the free Use Of whisky, and has thus
incurred the displeasure Of our citizens-I o.
g. T.-and they don't agree. They formed
very strong combination to dissolve it, but thus
far they have failed. l. o. CT. is very lit
tie fellow, but is not unlike the Irishman's pig,
wee, but ould." It has played a very bad
hand sgairist very large odds, and now appears
to hold three Of the honors. and il our viyilant,
law abiding citisens don't make one tremendous
effort, it will hold the fourth and Mn the game
l hope our lavabiding citizens will see that
this is . bad state of affairs and must bs
guarded against - al hazards. It will GER
tainly + 4, allow Temperance Organ
ization |, :. here. II it cannot be destroy ed
in any other way, organize into "spy squads
and be initiated into the institution, when you
can kick up row. and perhaps thus break it
up; or il this fail, vote It out Of existence.
Go in. gentlsmen-go in on your "nerve !"
don't have it said that there is Lodge Of
Good Tsmplars in Le Claire that i too much
disgracs.
Last night during the storm, the etore
owned by J. II. White, 10 Davenport's Block
was entered from the cellar door, and robbed
OF soine twsnty dollars worth Of gold pens
and Hoslettsys Bitlers.
While the steamer Hawkeye State vas lay.
ing st our levee. some fellow. not hsving any
fear Of an hereafter, came Of from her. and
passed of . ten dollar counterfeit bill, pur-
porting to be on the Aerchants' Bank of st.
Louis. But unfortunately for him. The boat
backed ont and left him on shore. He was
seen making tall tracks towards Davenport,
while John Smith, Eq., overhauled him ard
made him disgorgs He passed 90 wiser
and ssdder man.
Yours, truly, Rex.
FoR choice liquors Of oil kinds, 60 to
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