The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1862-03-19

Anythings.

Anythings.
A correspondent Of the Denver News
says "a new lead known as the America,
Flag, is paying from S75 to 5000 to tn
cord" That is what might be termed
good thing, but the new lead of the Gamer
ican Flag at Henry, and Donelson, Tenn.
is big thing just now IA large brown
fist is indicative generally Of honest indus
try, and may be regarded more honorable
than ornamental. 1t is good reliance il
case OF unexpected attack, and more fire.
quently relieves man from, than drive
him into, a bad fix. OF the infrequent in
stances of embarrassment we cite the cas-
of the late Admiral Crosby, who had a
large and brown a fist as any admiral il
Her Majesty's service. Happening on
day, unfortunately, to lay it on the tabl
during dinner, at Colonel Fitz Gerald's
Merrion square, Mr.. Jenkins, half bin,
doctor, who chanccd to sit next to the ad
miral, cast his eye upon the fist; the imper
fection of his vision led him to believe i
was French roll of bread, and, withou
further ceremony, the doctor thrust hi
fork plump into the Admirals fist, Tn
confusion which resulted may be easily
imagined. In warm and dry weather
slippers become a woman The cerrelativ,
Of this proposition may be stated thus: il
icy weather, woman becomes a slipper.
Some one who has evidently been the vic
tim Of experience, says the initiation o
hoops, crinoline, hips, bustles, and cottor
breastworks, has played the dickens will
the old adage that Figures won't lie.".
"How odd it is" quoth Pat, as he trudget
along on foot, one hot sultry day, "that :
man niver meets team going the same way
he is IA German journal speaks of ;
young authorcss who has just distinguish
ed herself in the literary world. She il
called the BARONESS de Clokekrakertoca'
Pickalkrcnkenhoff. People who have any
regard for their front teeth should pro
nounce this name with deliberation. . Th'
common form of introduction in Brazil il
said to be as follows: "Sir, allow me to in
troduce to your acquaintance my friend
Mr.. Jones. If he steals anything am &C
countable.' ...S Some thoughtful person
writing about adages, says of the old say
ing, "Truth lies at the bottom of a well,"
that it is all very well so long as it stay
there but it is the lying at the top ane
thereabouts that does the mischief.
Among the humors Of the war the following
read well: ''In religious faith Commodore
Foote is supposed to belong to the hard
shells" 'Buckner got..weary of the Uniol
cannon, they were such horrid bores. ~
"Gunboats are generally the hottest place.
in fight as they often have a cannon bal
stove in them" "When you buy a pisto
on credit do the same with your ammunition
as you can charge it in your pistol"
A Southern Preacher Playing lossuln
The southern papers have curious cor
respondencc of Rev. Mr. Berry of kinlock
Ala. a soldier in the rebel ranks, and hi:
captain, from which it appears that tn,
reverend gentleman was suspected of feign
ing sickness in order to escape active ser
vice. His letter in denial of the dishonor
able charge is curiosity:
Dear Captain w. s. Bankhcad-I, as en-,
of your best friends in this life, feel it my
duty to drop you few lines this evening
At home am, and can say to you that
am not we'll yet, nor l never expect to bt
any more in this world but | have got w
and about, l have improved a great dea
since got home. have been under tn,
care Of DR.. Crom ever since | came home
captain. If improve as fast one more
week as ! have this week shall come anc
see you again, and stay with you as lon:
as can stand it, | will fix myself witt
some bed clothes to keep me off the grount
as much as | possibly can; and l thinl
that will be the one that will get old Lin
coins skelp, yet am not ost Of heart il
trying to live camp life and be Of som,
service to my country. Captain, fine
there are bad people all over the world.
understand that it is said of me in camp
that it was desate of me. have bin tolt
that it was wrote to you that nothing new
er was the matter. never had rumatisln
fits or anything else of the kind. say
that the man who wrote that wrote lie, ant
he is a Tory beside. And that is not hal
what he will do. l will bet gray horse
worth $3.50, that 60 back to the army
before the man that has been wri,htine
about me; and will double the bet thai
the dog that has been wrighting about me
to you and the boys, never does go to fight
or even stay in camps. l heard also tha,
it had been written to you or some Of the
boys that told so many bad tales about
you and your company; that had dis.
heartened the men of Gen. Whites compa-
ny, and broke it up. will pledge you my
word, Captain Bankhead, that have never
seen but too of Whites men since have
bin home; and one Of them was S. r
Weems, and the other Robert Halcum-
You will please ask them if have eve,
said anything against you or your compa.
ny. This office is thare. Captain, have
bin fur from this. told the people that
cum to see me that you was the chos cap.
tain in that regiment, to my humbel opin,
ion, and that | looked upon you as by
toned gentleman. told them that | did
not like to stay in the hospitel, and dis.
like it as much yet as did when was
there. If get able to travel, shall cum
back next week and if don't cum then
| will cum as soon as get stout anuf.
am your friend till deth, dear Captain w.
A. B. Rev. S. BERRY.
In PURSUIT OF A GENTLEMAN.-Judgc A
d. Smith, of Wisconsin, now in Washing,
ten, has the following incident told Of him