The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-02-27
McGREGOR, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY a.

From the New York Sunday Times.
Disbanded Volunteer.
Il SPRINGFIELD, Illannoy, Feb. 8, 1861.
Eddyturs Of the Sunday Times:
i | spose you've heern that the incumm,r
presidepshi incnmberant puts out from thi.
place on Monday next, to take the execa
tive cheer at the sete of guvment. No
apprehendin ennything serious in Merry
land, he refuses milentary escart from hi,
sucker and hoosyour trends. He will travi
as ushil by rail, and with no other defensiy
weepins but a maui and wood Ak. It i.
understood that sartin paytryots as desines
to sarve their kuntry onder his pat'ernage
and tharfor materially takes an interest in
the sekurity Of thar PRINCIPAL, has sent him
shirt Of male; but bein q man of irun
nerves and iull Of grit, he declines the
addishin to his wardrub, and will ware cot.
ton next his skin, in compliment 70 the
leadin staypull Of the south. Ankshus ia
identify hisself with the interests of tha,
rein, he hes put hisself on strict regiment
of South Caroliny rice and Lucyanna lasses,
and is larnin to combust the Weed in order
to smoak the pipe Of peace with old Vir.
ginny.
The post-offies here docs lively bizness
on old Abe's ackount Rite in the senter
of the eddifiz stands what is none as the
Linkin Letter Bin. 1t is about twist the
bigness Of an ornary hog troft, and six sor-
ten fellers is continually pitchin inter it mite
and day. Mebbe it mought be discurridg.
ing to sum of the orthurs of the INSISTS to
no wot becums Of thar stashinarv-but
fOrbare. Suffisit to remark that the lines
doosent a'lus fall in plesent places. Being
as friendly with the President eleck as Da-
mon and Pythias, in the play, he sends me
about hafe bushil Of letters every mornin,
and l larf tell / cry as rum my eyes over
EN-. IT, as Douglas remarkt to his mother
arter the peepul squelched him, 1.-THE post
Of honor is the privatc's stashun," Abe's
flatterers and parricides doosent see it, for
they all 60 in for bein public ossifurs.-
Frinstince, all the lttery fellers as got out
Linkin Lives-and thars more of EN- than
ever cat had wants to be remunyrated
for thar talons outer the nayshunal puss.--
Over hundred eddyturs claims to hev ben
the fust to hyst the Linkin banner, and to
hey waived it throo the canvess and sported
it at the poles with unhaggin zeal Uppards
of thousand Wide Awakes in New York
and Philadelphy rekwires a fittin recon-
pence for thar onsleepin vigelense, and nine.
ty Linkin Minnit Men in Boston hes pc.
tishined to be made night watches. Evry
male delivery brings scores Of solicitashins
for first-ciass births, and eff hafe the de.
mands for government pap was complide
with, the treshury woodent be long in
solvent state. You'd be raythcr tuck aback
to see sum of the dockaments from the big
bugs Of the party, full Of the contemptablest
kinder undergraduates, and meener by
chorks than emmy begin letter as ever was
handed to you by travelin mendacant-
Sum foxes as is considered high minded
statesmen by No-Nothins, would be cut
down suddenly, and nuthin shorter, cf the
natur Of thar aspyrashins was genrallv none.
| name no names, but its lucky for sartin
parties that old Abe turned thar many.
scripts over to an onabull man.
The incummin execkativ, altho aperient.
ly firm, is Of comic mater and fond of a
joak. Sum consider him stiff and lofty, but
he hes no objeckshin to unbend when he
sits down for soshil evcnin with frend
Oridgenal cannondrums is bis fort. Scs he
to me the other night, as We was takin our
old ry together-he drinks ry coffy and me
ry whisky--"D. "" ses he, "why is the
he'd Of the nashin like no uthcr he'd in the
nashin?" tride to wurk it, but it was
nogo, so guv it up. "Why, yon donkey"
ses he, "bekase he goes in for four ears"
him so, and by the way Of keepin up the
fire, axed him why he was like Robin
Hoods coat. He caved in on that, and
explained that he was like Robin Hoods
coat bekase he was Lincoln green. He sed
he couldent See that, nor emmy other man.
Arter mewsing awhile, he inkwired if
could inform him how he made his way to
distinkshin. Ireplde, "Perhaps by chanst"
NO." ses he, with q smile that shode his
opin countenance to crate advantage; 81
axed it." And then he larfed till thort
he'd split. Rekiverin hisself, he told me
he'd got fust chop riddle in his he'd for
BucannOn, and he ment to let him hev it on
the steps Of the Capitol, Jest before he swore
in. "Spit il out" ses l. "Hear goes" ses
he, and he deconod it out as follows: "Why
is Abraham Linkin likely to be silent
PRESIDENT"
"Do you think Old Buck IL give that
up:" scs he.
'Ef he gesses it." ansered, "his organ
of farseeshusness is biggern mine."
"Wall," he broke in, "rll tell you why
Abraham Linkin is likely to be silent pres
ident: it bekase he intends to avide openin
his mouth onnessarily, for feer he should
put bis foot in it."
Whool say the old rail-splitter is fool
arter that?
l blevc menshend in my last that the
venabull fat boteman he'd invited me to &C
cumpny him to the Decstrict of Columby.
We shall 60 throu Sinsinnaty, Buffylo, Al
bany, Harrassbug and Bawltomore, and
mebbe drap in at Philadelfy and New York,
ef we take noshin. Onless attact and
disbursed by the enemy, on the rout, we
may be looked for at Washington about
the 2lst.
Ef you desire it, I ken keep you fully
posted up in relashin to old Abe's sayins
and doins, and cctery, which as he is at
present the sinnershure of all eyes, spose
will be interestin to your inquizitive read
ders. Yours allus,
DlsBANDED VOLUNTEER.
NANEs.-Seventy years ago it was CON-
mon on Long Island and in Connecticut to
give children for names whole text of
Scripture. Thus Mr.. Crabb named child
= ThrOuoh. .much. .trihulation