The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-09-02
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The fright bank" of river is the side
to your right hand when you are looking
down the stream. not up it. When a
lady is engaged, she wears a ring on the
first finger of the right hand. May we see
all the girls Of McGregor of lnarriagable
age in that interesting fix; and yet it is
somewhat cruel to wish it-men are so bad
now "a days. go. 1t is stated for a fact that
the cats of the Isle of Man have no tails at
all. What do the kittens play with, if
this be true? 80. In walking home with a
lady you should offer your arm as soon as
you leave the home or assemblaee-ir you
wait till part of the way home, she may
properly refuse it on the ground that her
pleasure should not have been secondary
thought in her escort Rub any part of
your body with soap and a solution of
alum, and you cannot feel the effects Of fire
on it. Soap and alum on the tongue will
enable you to hold hot Goals in the mouth.
....ln spain the public functionaries are
229, 169, or to 70 of the inhabitants. The
cost of collecting taxes is nearly 25 per
cent. We are pushing along in the same
ruinous direction. .Sulphuric acid will
burn out India ink marks in the flesh.
The Duke of Wellington said he never
undresscd in India, and in the Peninsular
campaign not once for the first four years,
and very seldom afterwards "A chap in
Connecticut got married to cvade the draft :
he is now applying for divorce so as to
do all his fighting in defence of his country!
IAN Irish lawyer addressed the Court
as gentlemen" Being remided that
"Your Honors" was the title, he made this
apology: "May it please the court: in the
heat Of debate called your honors "gen
t'emen." 1t was mistake, your honors ~
The 'potatoe blight is not known in
Ireland this year. -. The Chicago Times
has recently incurred the ill-will..of a Mrs.
Hosmer, of the Soldiers Home, in Chicago.
A tea table lady discussion with regard to
its humiliation, resulted in postponing
action for week. If the Times reporter
shall be excluded from the "Home," it will
probably dry up the paper !! -. John
Wentworth will deliver the Minnesota Ag.
Address this fall =. An ice making ma.
chine is of French invention. In thirty
minutes you can manufacture ice for family
use when the mercury is 200 degrees. or
"above Davenport "... Gas machines, of
recent invention, costing only $3.50, are
being sold in the eastern states. Politi
clans should all secure one. >. Every line
from Southern journals betokens despair
Push on the war column and send out the
dove of Peace to them, and this war will
soon close. AT some period in our history
Peace will come why not offer it now on
terms of submission to the authority of the
Constitution a.. Judge Claggctt viii re-
commence the publication of the Keokuk
Constitution in place Of the Monitor. j.
7. King goes out, and Smith, of the Koni-
tor, remains in the Office. We do not
exactly see the sense of destroying Jeff.
Davis library. Could the men, who burnt
it, read? History tells us that the destruc
ton of the celebrated Alexandrian library
was an outrage on the civilized world.
Burning books is not good: we could have
used or sold them >. Gen. Mitchell recent.
ly sent LOG demi-reps from Nashville to
Cincinnati !! -. Allison, Harvey, Grimes
and Kirkwood are in North Iowa. making
speeches for Col. Stone. Their appointed
days will be noticed in posters.