The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1862-04-16

Anytn1nSs.
Some one who has submissively bowed
to several severe Affections with a trusting
faith that sustained him through all, has
beautifully remarked that "God washes the
eyes with tears until they can behold the
land where tears shall come no more. =.
The candid are as often Inundated by un.
deserved praise as saddened by undeserved
censure. "A man can regulate his mind
as easily as his house if he has nothing
| more in it. :. hen Drs. South and Sher-
lock were discussing some mooted religious
question, the latter accused the other of
using wit in the controversy. "W ell,'
said South, "suppose it had pleased God to
have given you wit, what would you have
done ?" ...Some southern wag who had
| livelier appreciation Of humor than Of
Enfield rifles, perpetrated these lines -
"With mortar, paixhan and petard, we
tender old Abe our Beaurcgard." Some
jolly Union wag adds the following to make
tie stanza complete: "With rebels all
routed and flying in fear, we tender jeff.
Davis our Foote to his rear" The shot
was we'll aimed A good plan to preserve
apples from rottng in the cellar is to give
them to the children to eat :. . An ornitho-
logical friend at our elbow says that not
withstanding the owl is the wisest of birds,
the crow is the most sensible, for he never
complains without caws. :. Leslie Lester,
the editress of the Richland Centre Zouave
has commenced collecting the photographs
Of Wisconsin editors, with view of ar
ranging them in group and having them
framed. OF course every chivalrous knight
Of the quill will regard such draft a.
"good for it's face.". Parson Brownlow
on the occasion of his reception by th'
citizens Of Chicago tolda good thing on tn,
rebel Secretary of War. On being tolt
that he might proceed North leaving hi
family behind as surety for his good behav
Tor, he closed with the offer telling tn
traitorous functienary that he accepted tn
proposition and would do what the dew
has not yet done-he would leave that sec
ton Of the country Immediately -. A wa
> says of woman: ITO her virtues, We civ
love,-to her beauty, our admiration,-t
y her hoops, the whole pavement. Th
exclamation Of the loyal people on Tennc!
}. see river, when our gun boats first came i
n view with the Union lag-"my stars.
o "Porter, when does the o'clock ferr
Il leave?" "Sxty minutes past four, mum.
d ....Niss Elizabeth Smith says woma
r has need Of extraordinary gentleness an
). modcsty to be forgiven for possessing 81
perer abilities and learning .. . Common
ing on statement Of the Richmond WI
: that such Generals as Floyd and Pillow a,
Re sores upon the fair body Of the Southci
ii Confederacy, Prentice remarks, ''runnir
t. sores, no doubt" 80. AT a recent weddr
le in town not very remote from the Missi
IS sippi, an absent minded gentleman su
Is prised a young lady with the remark,
have observed that there have been mo-
is women married than men this year." r
n freshing was it not ?. AS the FEEDER
m lines close around the Southern Confede
re acy, so should federal cords tighten arour
II rebel nccks.. We viii close up this cha
ter of "anythings" with brief allusion
y Philbrook, the poet laureate of Wisconsi
in who recently by invitation of the Wiscol
r. sin Legislature delivered his lecture on Il
Representative Men of the w est in Il
20 fine Assembly Hail. The poem is near
,e as long as the five books of Enead, an
q to speak justly of the dead, we must sa
= is no better poetry than Virgil tas giv'
II US. Two lines will convey to the reade
he an idea Of the poem, better than any dc
i'll cription we could give of it. OF Jissen,
;, member Of the Legislature, he writes:
Whose playful wit no listener resist,
More than Tom Sayers could John 9. lIecnan's fist