The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-05-22
McGRE6OR, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 90, 1861

were only to be a tournament. The 7ri.
buns talks as cody Of the process of whip.
ing out the South as though the job were
one Of pleasure, while the Charleston Mer-
curry and Richmond Examiner speak as
lightly cf the cloud which hangs like pail
over them, as though there was nothing in
the world for the South to do but to read
the ancestoral record of the F. F. VS., rattle
drum or two, wave the flag Of the last
Pleiades (seeun stars, before Northern reg
iment, and obtain an easy victory in the
hasty dispersion Of the U. s. forces. Time
will give an entirely different complexion
to the glowing anticipations now entertain.
ed by the sanguinc Of both sections, but it
is useless, it would be thankless at present,
to call attention to the coming havoc, and
hence we may as we'll laugh as cry. As an
excellent "tske off" of the fashion of
the hour in military light and as ex-
hibiting also our national penchant for
burlesque, we clip the following good thing
from the local department of the Chicago
Times
"Bivins says it is all very finc, this pa.
triotis,n and enthusiasm, and all that, but
| then the drawbacks are to be considered
Not counting the hours mis-spent in the
imbibing Of lager and pale ale, . necessary
accompaniment, he thinks, Of all grand ex.
elements, or the inconveniences arising
from hoarseness acquired in shouting for
the stars and stripes, or the wear md tear
Of clothes in scrambling over peoples roofs
to help them raise flags, he laments more
particularly the dircful effect upon his do
mestic arrangements. "rhere's my wife,"
said he, she's got the fever, and the girls.
they have got it, and such times you never
did see They've had the house full of sol.
dicrs' stuff for two weeks. Wife has been
making shirts, and has run a sewing ma.
chine until her right foot has acquired a
perpetual motion, and never ceases to work
up and down like pump handle. She sits
down to table, and asks my friend whether
| he will have lint in his tea, or whether his
bandages are sufficiently done. She came
home with dray load Of dry goods the
other day, and when asked her where she
got them, she said at Jones's, of course
where else would she get them: But my
DEAR said, you don't mean to say tina,
you had all that charged to my account Al
Jones'sy' Certainly not was the AMIGA.
bic response; Isn't it expected that mer.
chants will donate material, she would like
to know, and if Jones dared to refuse
wouldn't she Withdraw our account! To b.
sure she would She only had fifty o,
sixty dollars worth. and as Jones has other
lady customers, he must have made rather
a good thing of it in patriotic way. Their
she bought sixteen copies Of Florence
Nightingale's Art Of Nursing, and il you
believe it, they have been practicing on me
making believe the house was a camp, thu
big bed with curtains a tent, and myself .
sick soldier. stood it reasonable length
Of time, and then escaladcd, or something
Of the sort don't remember the term ex
exactly, but it means vamose the rancho
And then the girls must have new rebellion
|jewelry all around. Nothing but stars ant
eagles, and cockadcs in gold and diamond.
would do for them. suggested to Arabcll.
that her new bracelet would buy a uniform
for some young fellow who was going t.
the wars, and couldn't afford to buy i,
himself, but she only wondered how
could talk such nonsense. In fact thinl
she was quite disgusted with the remark
But the thing eliminated the other evenin,
when went home and found them all il
tights-yes, sir, in tights and short skirt
-practicing the Daughter Of the Regiment
Every blessed onc--and there are nine il
all was transformed into ricandiere, af
ter the fashion Of the divine creatures VIII,
do that style Of business at the opera, ant
have been besieged night and day for leav,
to offer the battalion to Gov. Yates for &C
tive service at Cairo Would you believ,
it, they think they have nothing to do bu
to live in hammock. and sing the Sta
n Spangled Banner, Hail Columbia, etc, b.
moonlight, while troops Of handsome am
gallant young heroes 60 out and do th'
disagreeable fighting for nothing in tn
world except to bring home trophies of rar
value to lay at their feet Isn't that mic
for family Of discreet young women! 1"
beg you" he added in disconsolate wa,
ITO put something in the paper to stop il
!, I'm ruined man if you don't"