The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1862-12-03
Anylhlngs.

AnythinEs.
Chess usel to be considered The game Of
war. but in these latter days draughts have
substituted :. The black silk robes Of the
U. S. Supreme Judges have been abolish
ed. the NV members beihs averse to their
use. They were vestige Of the medieval
ages which has got entangled in the pro.
gress Of the present. -. Among the. Incl.
dea.s Of the draft, we may mention that
Adam Thunder has been drafted in Frank.
lin Township, Pennsylvania, and James
Lightning from the third ward OF Kenosha
The first dash from these Two worthless will
settle the rebellion. Some modern rage
has said that every man is made for the
world. How ridiculous. There are some
men ". would not have made for all the
world :. The word humb,>g is said to have
l,ecn derived from "Ilamburgh," in this
wise: During period when war prevail
ell ON the continent Of Europe. so many
lying bulletins were furnished in Hamburger
than when any one wished to signify his
disbelief Of any statement he would say
"you had that from Hamburger" or "that
is IlamburSh = final contraction made it
"humbu5.". AS an Offset to the CON-
monty aproAcl idea that mans character
may be told from his writings it is men
! toned that "Steele wrote excellenly on
Temperance. wh.n sober; Seneca wrote
praises Of poverty on table Of solid gold,
with millions at usuary; Ssliuste who
launched inyictive against RIGHTEOUSNESS,
was an l,abitual dcbauchce; Johnson's
essay on on poltcness is standard, but the
author was perfect bar; Young, brisk
lively man, yet his gloomy verses give one
tee blues; 1.-The Comforts of Human Life"
by B. Heron, were written in prison un-
der the most discourasing circumstances ;
The mserics Of Human Life" by Bcres-
ford, were composed in a luxurious draw
ing room; Sterne, a very selfish man who
could beat his wife, and waste his syWpa.
thies over dead donkey the same hall
hour cxcried all writers Of Lis day for
deep falhoms ). A statue Of Edwin Booth,
as he appears in the ghost scene where
Hamlet says Coon, I'll follow thee is in
preparation by Rogers, the sculptor. The
work promises to he n valuable addition to
American art 1t is stated as n fact, tina,
q ub-lieutenant on board IF Her Majesty's
ship Resistance, has been courtmartialled
and repirmanded for disrespcct to his cap
tain in speaking to him with his left HAND
in his pockt :. 1t is said to be coming
quite common in New York to append t,
! marriage notices in the papers, mo cards
scnt,'-thus avoiding the misunderstood
ing and offence which would arise among
friends frotn a want Of knowledge ofthe fact
80. Prentice say if a vultuie were to prey
upon the heart Of Buckner as one did upor
that Of Promethcus, we should pity thu
p or bird. &. The pound master at Jack
son, Michigan is in trouble. He recent,
refused to receive several stray cows int
the pound, a'leging;as reason the injunc
tons of rcsolutiap of the Common Coun
Gil which read thus Resolved that th'
pound master be instructed not to receiv,
into the public pound any person may
drive there under 81 years of age" Th'
mayor thinks the man should be removed
on the ground Of stupidity. The Sultan
of Turkey has recently ordered four largs
iron clad war steamers to be built. Tn
Sultan is rapidly becoming civilizcd...
Adah Menkin is drawing immense crowd
in Baltimore by her representation of NAL
characters Reputation for prophesy i
being made for Shakespeare, on the basi
o: his celebrated remark, "hc who steal
my purse, steals trash" 1t is urged h
he had reference to the present era of post
age stamps, ..