Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-09-13


and lot Of paint-pots, oilcans, saws and
a lot Of jack planes piled on either end. The
seats arc brandy kegs, nail.kcps. and ronrh
boards. Time four o'clock, p.s. Conere-
CATION begins to arrive. Some secure Seata
without difficulty I; but one or two ladies aso
so unfortunate as to tear their drcssee. Ono
very nice young man, who is seated on the
top of nail keg, arises to accommodates
lady, but the keg is firm for union and WON'T
secede-" Whittier thou goest will 20, sAs,
Nice young man looks very rcd in the lace
some very audible snickcring "TRIP and
the agony is over. The house il soon full to
overhowing and the holy man arises to "esve
OUT hymn. A six-mule team, dsaRginRs
mountain schooner, covered with bells pssoae
the door and the musical clangor rushes into
the building and explodes along the ssjSepo
in continuous peals. Holy man backs up
and takes fresh start Singing commence
-voom goes blast that causes the win.
dow panes to rattle and the paint pots 10
dance. Singing continues. Hack drives
slowly past, the driver shouting At the top Of
his voice-"O, yis gintlemen, here wo arr
now All aboard for Go-o-ld Hill and Yer.
gina! Oh, yis, gintlemen, git aboord !'-
More teams, another blast, aud more bella.
Minister reads his text, during which the
" Union Guards" marches past with fife and
drum. Launches out into his sermon. Bells
ring, hackmen, yell, a few blasts 90 off; elc-
Yates his voice, shouts, yclls till black in tho
tace--a tremendous blast sets the paint -pots
dancing and jars the spectacles off his nose.
Holy mani still persists; leans over work.
bench, gesticulates with hands, sways his
body, make some horrible mouths--but. not
word can be heard to fall from his lips: for
there is four handed dog fight Just before
the door. Soon there is a man fight eight
fight fight "- Shoot the id son of n
-gun" !" Bang-bang-bang A ball
crashes through the house over the heads Of
the worshipcrs, filing the air. with sliyers.-
Ladies draw their bonncts forward to pro-
tect their faces and smile. Gents draw their
revolvers, cock them and look out at the door
and windows. Holy man takes out his Dor
ringer, examines tho cap and lays it beside
his bible. Still continues with his sermon.
More mule teams. More bells and a few
light blasts occasional pistol shot. The
theatre folks parade the streets with their
brass band eighteen steam whistles sound
the supper hour; Hibcrnian and Chinaman
dispute concerning "wash bill !" more mule
teams !; more bells. Holy man pronounccs
the benediction through speaking trumpet !:
a blast in tunnel Immediately under the
building jars all the glass from the windows.
upsets the paint-pots, and hurls the whole
in promiscuous heap into the middle of the
room. Holy man leaps over the work bench
and as. fast as members of the congregation
get upon their feet presents his hat for tho
regular two bits. Mectin's out. =, -
Gather from GAZETTE and other Eastern
papers, that times are rather tight your way
sorry to hear it; was in hopes there was
a land of refuge somewhere that way for us
OF this hard-up region to flee to. We take
out tons Of silver and gold, but it don't stay
here longer than is necessary to cool all or
our mineral is shipped to San Francisco and
but little ever finds its way back. Every-
body swearing at the hard times; yet, mills
are being built and improvements Of all kinds
pushed forward somehow. eftAf "El@ lf3
Emigrants across the plains are beginning
to roll in; they bring much stock. Tele-
graph line, overland, being rapidly advanced
toward Salt Lakc-thc outer station ia now
lao miles beyond Fort Churchill. 81 ~
Some few parties have left here for the
States--they packed through on mules. Had
thought of doing so myself, but it is rather
late in the season now. We hear OF no In
dian troubles OH the route see that Ccdor
Falls has sent colnpanyoto the war, and am
proud to hear that they attracted attention
and were well spoken ofwhile en- route. It'
is something to have sufficient soul to march
without compulsion to the field of battlo.-
May they return gloriously or die the death
OF brave men on the field. if 121s "i
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