The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-10-13
From the Dubuque Times.
Very Rich..A Pickpocket's Adventure
in ssOur Best Society,":

!, From the Dubuque Times.
Very Rich..A Pickpocket's Adventure
in sour Best Society.
Within the past ten years or more, the
quality" Of Dubuque has been balIen
ed upon and sold " divers and sundry
times. First came " King, Of the Thou
sand Isles " with his lovely daughter
Parties were given in their honor. They
We're feasted-ihe daughter courted and
proposed to, They suddenly disappear.
ed. after having borrowed money and
silk dresses enough to clothe princess
BY and by it leaked out tt,at King was
one Of = gang of horse thieves, and his
lovely daugh hter was his mistress.
Next Thompson. the New Orleans
banker" fir,ed with our young ladies
and obtained money from our young
men, and lhen-turned up barber in
Baltimore.
And then DeGrandviIle. the French
Count" who was the "cork Of the
walk " among our wealthy families Tor
weeks. He also relieved our fast Young
inru W q lcN, dUt "cUt nlS way, itfN
ing his admirers astonishad to learn thai
he was smart scoundrel Of son Of an
Ohio farmer.
Constable. the gallant English Major
VIII" had fought The rebels in India. in
,roduced himself one day. and lo,ured
tor the benetit of the poor one night.
He soon began to be disappointed about
drafts from England" borrowed S5J
here, SO here, and mrre somewher.
else, slipped "ff one bright morning. and
his iascina ed friends wa-esorrv TO learn
that he was merely mighty sharp trick
ster His lecture on India was stolen
from an English paper, he.-why. he
belonged, when he was born, to a pawn
broker in Liverpool.
Then there was Richard also. who
came the frst.rate LAWYER, and great in
! fluence with The au,horities at Washing
TN dodge" fourished nearly two wears
and then was exposed as an internal
! scoundrel.
But these were all common one horse
! imposl"rs besides the great scientific
light which has recently illuminated. ana
gone om of "our best socierv " III.
came To Dubuque on a steamboat from
helow and introduced himself 10 Judy.
Wright the first dav nf The State Fair. a.
professor Jrmss Dale Oven. a son of ~,
great GrulngiSt. David Dale Owen. and
| Professor in The Geological Daparlmer'
of the SIN thsonian Ins,inte. He had
! l. 4 n
several State Fairs, and make a note %
what was new and curious among the
articles exhibited. and To purchase he
rare Gsologiral and mnaralouical speci
mems that he might see in his travels
o. course he was warmly received hv
the Judge who gave him season rickA'
10 the Fair, and nj once introduced him
! 10 the prominent men on the grounds.
and to no. few adias Fnr three davs
he lived in clover. IL was invited 10
dine. and to ride. and 10 sl-ep ard he
never failed to accept the invitation as i
he We're concerning an honor upon the
host
To person Of influence he expressed
a desire 10 visit Walled Lake" and
forthwith passes were procured for him
over The western railroad. These he
used with grand effsc'. He wonld intro
how passes over the railroads had been
! furnished him Al Was ingfon before
starring. and exhibit those giving him a
free ride over the Dubuque and Sioux
CITY road as ifto prove his ,rurhfulness
and the high appreciation in which he
was held AT The Nationsl Capital,
There happened u be vacancy in
the Committee on meteorological and ge-
"l"gicnl specimens. and he WAS immedi
alely appointed 10 Gil the place. H. had
very liule 10 say about the science ni
geoogv, He avoided his commiue col
leagues when on the fair grounds they
were never able 10 secure his attention
but once. and then when looking At spec
imers he sag.lv remarked that" Min
eralogy OF Iowa had not heen developed
hu, that lis Pathology had" H.. made
the acquaintance OF young lady from
The county. who had paintings on exhi-
bition. And iidn't lie talk painting TO
tri thtuSH lie NiSiltu ntT NJ HrE
stopping place, sat up late with her. took
her to concerts, and in presence Of others
told her that he would buy her produc
uons II he did not receive orders from
Washington not to srend any more mon
ey.: privately With her thst he should
spend the winter in Washington. but
that he should 90 10 Europe in the
spring. and ended il al by Offering him
self 10 hei. She should travel over the
conlinert next summer. and should have
a years schooling in her beautiful art in
Italy. the land OF the great masters, she
went To a irieni and asked his advice
She disliked the man. but irsve. would
b. such an odrantage To her. she said
Her friend asked the advice Of another
who knew the Professor. lie was aston
ished, thouyht il strange. bu, told the
man that Oven was sn eminent man. and