Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-10

cause I believe that brains always ought to
beat blood. JACOB BUTLER.
shown, yesterday, by Mr.. Ely, of Eddyville,
knitting machine-not one of the old style,
clothed in calico and wearing specks-but
a real machine. It an ingenious little affair,
and does its work by the mere turning of a
wheel. 1t can be worked by small child,
and will turn out pair of socks in fifteen
minutes If this spirit of innovation on old
ladies' rights is to be permitted, what will we
come to? There is not yarn enough in the
country to furnish tea party, if each of the
guests bring their knitting with them. Well
bet the machine was invented by some wild
youth, who has horror of the good old
fashioned gatherings our grandmothers used
to indulge in for the purpose of knitting socks,
drinking tea, and, as some aoiU have it, ruin
ing characters. There should be a committee
of old ladies appointed to scratch the inventors
head with knitting -kneedles until it is as bald
as a ten-pin alley.
The machine was purchased from Branson
Elliot, Chicago, and cost S45.
WoUNDED.-We notice in our dispatches
in the list of wounded, the name of Lieut..
Jesse Lucas. of the 18th regiment. This is
the second time Lieut.. Lucas has been woun-
ded in this war. He was member of one Of
the companies from this place in the "First,"
and was wounded at Wilson's Creek. We
hope his wound may not be serious one,
but that he may soon recover 20 give the reb-
els still another taste of his qualities. He
makes an excellent officer We also notice
the name of Henry Mcneil of the I'd Iowa,
who was formerly resident of this city, but
removed from here to Davenport where he
enlisted in the I'd Iowa, and has already done
good services in the suppression Of the rebel
lion
Amongst the list in the 9TH, we notice the
name of T. D. Foulke, a relative of S. A.
Foulke, of this city.
~The Democratic meeting at the Court
House, Wednesday evening, was well attended
There was considerable enthusiasm in the au
dience Gin liquid state). The speaker o.
the evening was George H. Parker, of Daven
port, formerly Breckenridge Democrat and 9
hater of Douglas.
| We hadn't time to stay and hear the speaker
through. His entire speech, so far as w
heard it, consisted of vapid declarations il
favor of "the Constitution as it is and tn
Union as it was," with earnest protestation
that he was no secessionist and that rJudg
Thayer was not secessionist. When tn
Mahonyite orators find it necessary to estab
lish their loyalty among their friends, thei
siitt;;on must be equivocal, indeed. But
!, will take soIae better evidence than laying tn
! hand upon the breast, and with solemn Wis
age declaring love for the country, to convinc
, the people that men who are endeavorlng
3 array hostility to war measures Of the Pres
Q dent are loyal.
Coon TIcKsr.-The Republicans of Crane
= view Township, Louisa County, have pt
? in nomination for election the following name
!. gentlemen .--- ~
Justices of the Peace-Amos Kent an
John Huff. g.. r.--ro .~fr
RI Constables-T. e. Mellborn and Geo. Rat
ford.
| ssessor-Alexander Ross.
Olerk-,,. H. Grow.
Trustees-Geo. gypple, Chrales Furnat
md j. G. Small. M ..-
'~ese gentlemen are some y oess cluze
Il >untY and will give entire setlslac''
of the c.