The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-02-27
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Anythings.
The Waukon Journal denounces Greedy
for quarreling with Cassius Clay. Clay is
for moderation and compromise and Greedy
is preparing his batteries to fire on the new
Administration. His hatred of Seward will
lead him to destruction. "A gent at Fort
Wayne returned after night unexpectedly
from journey. After undressing himself
his lady became sick and hurried him to a
druggist. On arriving at the mcdicine-shop
he found, to his amazement, that he had
another mans pants on. The best of the
"joke'' is that the new pants had several
hundred dollars in them. Neither he nor
his wife can tell how the exchange was
made !. ."How do you like the new min
ister?" Oh, first rate: "he never NEEDLES
with politics or religion y IA correspon-
dent of the war-like Chicago Tribune, that
most christian sheet of the Northwest, in
dulges in the following conciliatory and
warm hearted language toward that portion
Of our "Southern brethren" who can't see
how much A bolitionists love them "What
is it but bitter shame, that here, with
folded hands, We rest in quiet homes amid
the fairness of the lands, While damned Trea-
son, deoil-eyed and blasphemous of mouth,
Is spawning forth its spleen Of HE'LL through
all the fertile South!' Would the South
have fanced the author of the above lines
as an excmplar Of his peace principles....
A joker says "you can certainly retain .
girls affection If you never return them"
;. The Milwaukee Ne,os says military
man Of that city insists on taking his favor
ite boy to the wars down south. On pro-
posing to carry it on his back the mother
objected "because the child will be the
first to be shot I" =. &. Greedy says he objects
to Cameron because in politics "Simon
says wig-wag" too frequently. Cotton
has sold the Winona Democrat to ]. S.
Thompson. :. Gov. Pickens is an old fogy
Mrs. P. on the contrary, is perfect little
brick, charming Nil who look at her. i. i. "A
fellow asks why dogs bark only at a full
moon? Probably it is because there is not
enough of new moon 70 produce Lunacy.
49,. In allusion to the story that old Doctor
tor Egans' ghost is now haunting his late
residence in Chicago, DR.. Dyer dryly OBJ
served: The old gentleman must have
changed wonderfully-you know he never
used to be at home at night! To those
who knew the deceased this joke is CAPT
tall. The paragraph going the rounds
of the revolutionary Republican journals
abort Lincoln's suffering death before he
will consent to buy the privilege Of taking
possession Of the Government, &C., is one
grand hoax used by such journals to en-
courage the fire-eaters in their party Mr.
L. never said anything quite so foolish.
A negro ball at Ithaca, N. Y, was aristo.
cratic in the extreme. A white livery-sta.
bic keeper had driven party to the ball
and was invited to come in and speculate
He did so, but the aroma of the sweating
sables became too powerful for him and he
started to leave. Just then room mana
ger approached him and stated that he
would have to 60 out Of the room as de
ladies declared he smslt too much oh de
stable!.. 80. .Parson Brownlow's prayers
seem to suit the Republicans first rate
One of his late wishes is that he had the
mower to collect about n hundred Abolition
agitators of the North and an equal num-
Der of secessionists South. 81 would scorch
them in hell so that their friends could not
recognize them. Then would hang the
whole crowd" IA German girl of Is,
ran away from Horizon, Wis, with negro
boy of 10. A justice at Fox Lake married
them. The negro swore they were both of
age and the father of the girl has prosecuted
him for perjury. Does Wisconsin permit
such MAJ riages?