The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-08-14
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The King of Siam has sent letter to the
Emperor OF France written OH sheet of
gold. That is what we denominate prac-
teal illustration of ardent friendship :.
Some Yankee. famous for guessing, wants
to know if 90. s. A." means, cant stand
Abe" Perhaps so, or maybe it means
Credit Still Afioat" The reason three
months soldiers 60 home to rc-enlist is, that
re-enlstment in many cases depend upon
n permission to return and arrange bust.
ness matters, and also that the new rcgua-
tons require regiments to be composed of
1856 ,nen and officers, whereas the three
months regiments were mostly made up Of
TAO. New regiments could not be made up
Of two or more because that would enbar-
rass the government with double sets Of
officers. . . This is the time to lay up stores
Of peaches and blachberries, tomatoes, etc,
for next winters use and all ladies' who
can had better begin the work of prcServa.
ton The stamp de Of our men from
the fight Of Bulls Run is now denominated
the Virginia Races" The Governors
Gr"yS and Jackson Guards from Duhu-
que are expected home this week. They
were in the ,st Z sim"nt which was filled
under the three months call They have
given good account of themselves. -.
There is golden I'll nor aHoat that the
Rothsch;lls have rendered this Govern
mart a loan of two hundred and fifty mil
lion dollars. I. Green 4 Stone. bankers at
Muscatnc have suspended owing to the
strngcncy Of the times.
The Dubuque Times of the 9Th says
Hon. Mr.. Vandever had arrived in that
city with authority to raise two regiments
of volunteers Immediately 80. r.. II. Syl-
yester, formerly editor Of the Iowa City
Reporter has taken charge Of the State
Press, and will run it as Union paper
That is the note. i. 4. Gov Randall Of Wis.,,
has been appointed Minister to Rone-a
place Of no more earthly consequence to
this government than the, fifth wheel to
coach. This provides for Aleck for the
next six years, and considering that he has
been Governor for the past four years, may
be regarded as marked favor shown one
man il. A prophet is said to be often with
out honor; yes, and honor is often without
profit The ST. Paul Pioneer d Demo-
crat is a trenchant Union paper . Brick
Pomcroy, the chicl who runs the Lacrosse
Democrat says, that on Sunday of last
week the mercury in that town ranged in
the shade at ll9 above zero We should
think our up river friend might discount a
few of those figures Petit of the Du-
buaue Times thus describes the process OF
| duck hunting by the Home Guards in Sc
ccssia-fre arms Of every species being of
to the wars: "A man takes a live eel OF
small IL. and tying long string about his
body allows him to swim in a pond fire.,
quentvd by ducks. The first bird that
sees him, 6 bibles him down at one swal
low. The ,e, bling OF restl' IS tcmpera.
ment naturally craws through his capto'
and is captured by another, and SO on until
the whole fiock is strung upon the cord. :
Slippery story, TINT. The lea ing arti
cl,s of some Of the big blanket papers o
| NV York, are curiosi,i-s in their way. A
late heavy article in the Herald is to thu
| effect that Mrs Lincoln has lected Long
Branch tor her Isle Of Wight this summer
and the hotels and fashionablr> arr al
ablazr with excitement What would hap
| pm to my lord Bennett, should Mrs. Lin
coin eventually invite him to dine with hel
some day? We don't believe Abe Lin
"n'n's little wifi. is pleased at such vapi'
adulaiionS by gray-haired qnidnunccs.
Lemons now sell for $l2 per box, ard lie
anomalies are nee .sSary rather weak -.
The Sprinsf Id Republican advcrtiscs wa
as an instrument of grace. That !
quvalont TO saying, $50 We into al tn
world, and shoot the Gospel into every liv
ing creature. Some maxim uakrr say
poverty hunbles pride Right; a maj
F.. who is shnrt can with difficulty carry
high head d. i. Dickens last romance emit
tied Great Expectations is highly com
+ plimented by the London Athenenm. til
undoubtedly singular novel, with a nov.
title "A CORE spondcnt of the New Hamp
ton Courier relates that Thomas Bradford
r and John Laird, Of Bradford, and JOIN
Wright, and d. H. Shannon, Of Floy
county, Of the Lincoln Guards, refused t
take the oath, but did take to their heels
E 80. Miss Eliza Wilson, daughter Of Capt
Wilson Of Menomincc, Dunn county, Wis
consin, has gone to the war as vivandicre
{ She is represented as being an heiress
, beautiful, and accomplished. She is tn
pet of the hardy woodSmen who compos
her fathers regiment, any one Of WHOM
f would die for her, if necessary. We ar
i. afraid Eliza's enthusiasm has transcende
her Judgment and that she will soon rcpen
| the step she. has taken. The Oskaloos
5 Qowa) Times says young lady compare
lively stranger in that place on Sunda
! Of last week kigned suicide and escaped j
male habiliments. She was subsequent
f discovered in a ncighboring town by til
0 sharp.cycd women of the hotel at ,whic
e she stopped. .he usurpation Of tn
} breaches by the gentler sex is becomin
fearfully frequent. Wei learn 'by author
e ity" that employees Of the government wi
t be paid in ''de-scrip-tive paper" -. .Offic'
. seeking politicians may b. very clever me
but they can't catch rAed cannon bal
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