The weekly Ottumwa courier., 1861-03-06
T'.,e Eessival uEshe scascn.

T'..e E'essiva1 ST She Srasex
Oar community has sbounaed in Festival,
during th, winter. We think. however,
the prc-c,n;ncnre s,,nu, h, awarded to ,hp
S.Io j cv,;hif,, orr,st rr;l, 80 ,,;,s,~ ~
In the first ,,,.o il ,r,s o,,r ;, III, ,,,,,,-
liz v,,,au, oh,,ro o. ,,,, ,,ao,..;t,. or,,a;,;o,.
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s;rclp too xa,.c, e. al NV On, ;,., r-hi,h
49,, ~ ,.,,, 49,, - -, =
IA vs. ''S 7 i'e'''se l. E'ery "o"E
coutd =, ana n oa2 would BE- IL danger OF
being sc tnced Into the proiigate expenditure
OF his money n' having his folly sanetlti1d
with the th'Hsht that il wHsaI g'ins fr a
good o'j" j"ct. ..... ..
In the mex; place it was to oe pnrtly Of a
literary chara Is. lAe LABOR Of the cook
ana the flrm'oFe OF the kitcheni We're not
10 De called INTO relTisit'on. The nob!er
'hStincts OF Our nature alone were to be ad-
dressed. II W wtre not to taste the fruits
d i'n'she c ltnrc, we we're al least to see
tae iioycrs Of ardent aspirations.
In the thlFd place, the performers were t.
be new hands at the work. This, togeth r
with the fact That they were TO be those who
are growing up in our midst, and being
moulded by our 'nd fence, was douJt'e>s the
most atiric'iTo fta;nT1 OF the oc'a*ion'-
nat mo.hes or Sister, aye, what father or
hrotheF, or even ne'ghooE c3uii be hired to
oe absent "hen ..".......
40.
"OGr Johnny or one OF his age
~, o9'! speak IN pioic on tle stage,
Demosthenes or Cicero ," a.
We need. then, hardly say that the old
Court House vaS crowded to its utmost ca
psci.y. Not ONLY every sea: was filed but
every foot of standing ground was oc,rnipd
~ probably two feet Or more.
All seemed happy, and happy in a most
unusual degree. Expectation seemed to be
'hetanl more than realised. The declama-
IONS OF the boys wcr, very commendabic,
ana the performances Of the Young ladies'
were nil quite acceptable, whiic some oftlenl
were Of marked excellence. ..a.........
We regret that we cannot say the same Of
taose WAC aspire to be regarded as young
men. but 1t Is duo no less to them than to
'ae puo1c to say that the well settled pTinci-
pies winch govern gentlemen Oh occasions
"a social or literary iestirity can be set aside
o'Fioiated by no one except at his own cS.
i'sn$c. Bfavado wall pass for talent, Only
'Sitl the ignorant and o5t;ls'. d. ... "..
ltaVails little for an orator to tell his audi
cree that he has heard geese before" when
the f'olnt as to which they are most il The
d7ri e7idtnt!y is whether he ever heard
- -. '''' a si''aNer 'an hcFe' be
e' "'i''' vi ID Il common le'haGoG'c VINO
=. '""s> ~ '"'iy on Gu'Fel "'tA his
''>N' "'. ~. ~.-..-. ..a... - .io".a'.
heNIhes The ~ asaIn-toa L"t,cr,N so
called, "ihca represented a. disguised in
""nanS apparel, one, who ha, been elected
as chisi magistrate ofthe na:i5n BY nearly
hai million maJo'ityin the popular vote
over either OF his three compt:i:o.s, al OF
"hom "ers eminent as poliiicai lea lers, WAS
apfodue'lon whieh would hardly b. rcgartled
'' ~ .''' e'''ii'i'oh P"i'e''s OF pohticai
-, - p ho' s''aiise' oAeGe":s, that
'o''ii "s 'ie hVl OF literary
y ''i '''' - s'e-'e''" "'I' lf'n2t
.FN',''"Ss u "''i''Zr''ic'i'' i'u'>g''ai"n anu