The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1862-07-30

The amiablc and talented young lady was
not aware that the "chel was amang them
takin notes." or she never would have
made Eloquence take his life-that disease
is about the last one he has reason to fear.
Miss P. is splendid reader, and we take
the liberty of saying that brief acquaint-
ance with her, .justifies us in stating that
she is model of intelligence and of moral
and social excellence--so speak all who
know her.
A young man, Rose is probably his
name, gave an Indian defamation in ee.
CANT styls; Master Buringame, spoke
Phillips on Bonaparte, and spoke it well ;
"Music in the air." was sung gloriously by
the choir, Father Bailey doing the bass as
ably as he did in Roots Convention at Nc
Gregor; the little girls sang school piece
much to the delight of the audience; two
or three ladies gave Rotations of poetry,
which we did not hear well one or two
comic exhibitions were presented and most
heartily cheered. At length well dressed
gentleman commenced an Essay on Man
we heard some of it, concluded it was not
so good as Pope's, feared it would be in
terminable in length, thought an essay on
the relative merits Of Manny's and McCor-
mick's reapers, or on the destructivencss
of rified or smooth bore cannon, would have
been more appropriate, began to feel sleepy
as the fifteenth page was turned, and nudg-
ing our companion. we returned to our
lodgings. We learned next morning that
the Essay was very long, and that it ruled
out of the programme several pieces which
would have been much more entertaining.
So much for not knowing when and where
to read an Essay; the committee, and not
the author, was to blame for requiring the
delivery of what necessarily must be prosy.
Prof. Griffith, the elocutlonist, is located
at Waukon. His home is one of the cosiest
in the village. The Prof has been out of
sorts for year past, but he is recovering
health, and vivacity very rapidly, and we
hope he may come down to the river soon
and give us an entertainment in superior
defamation.
dences within its limits, the surrounding
country is glorious in scenery and fertility,
the people are as nice as "school mams,"
everything is done with a view to the
strictest order, and yet the town is dull
Is there not possibility of cultvating the
science Of polish to a point so sublirnatcd
as to be distasteful to the plainness of idea
and honest unaffects dness which the masses
Of our people entertain. In other words,
may not community get the govt on high
morals as well as on luxurious living, and
has not our late Allamakee County Seat
been over jealous in its efforts to educate
"outside barbarians" up to its notions of
formal propriety, and has not this iliberal-
ity toward their country cousins had
large influence in taking the Seat to Lans-
sing? New England manners are admira-
BILE in New England, but in mixed popu.
lations out west the attempt to prescribe
rules of government corresponding with
Plymouth Rock education will always fail.
We wish well to Waukon and hope she
may get the county business back to her
fine large Court House, but it it ever re-
turns the trip will be made on the wheels
Of suavity and concession, not by spirit
Of dctation either political or religious. So
thinks one who has always been her friend.
But enough. We came home all sound
more than ever charmed with the CONNER
cial metropolis of North Eastern Iowa.
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