Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-10-02

Gren Nre gOOu.,s Inc t2tJoe " C9u6lutreu Oy
many to be the best. They may be, at long
range, if the shot fits well. Our 2O0.lb rife
does not throw as far as il ought, the shot
not fitting well. @
5as4,lsgt, hssf s For the Cedar Falls Gassste.
"A FEW CHIPS.
NJ DAN De aviLLs,
a GooD SrRlKE.--" T golly massa,'' said a
big six-foot contraband, who came putting
and blowing within our lines. II golly dis
heah chile made a'good strike dis mornin'..",
How's thaty" asked we, where's the
striker" "Goily, made ober two thousand
dollar cleah !'' 81 don't see II; where's
the money g'''a" Amt got Il in money it's
all in niggah. You see ruined Of niggah
dis mornin' dat sole for twenty .ohc hundred,
less'n two year ago, and dis blessed mint l
wouldn't sell him for de puttycst three thous,
and in COLE dat you eber see. No sab ~
!" Where's the niggcrr" I don't see him."
!" You dosn't, heyr Hyar he is massa right
afore yer eyes, sab; but he amt for sale,
yah, yah De fellah is me--putty good
strike, sab, Icals II, yah, yah, yah--dat SO =
And Pomper took his strike off to one ofthe
camps to find some breakfast for it. D 4
DEATH.--The efforts Of mon to escape
death, may be compared TO those Of spar
row enchanted by q serpent. Every effort it
makes to fly from its danger only brings II
nearer the jaws gaping to receive it. q
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ECCENTRIC Cities seldom
produce eccentrics; for there fashion OF
manners as well as Of clothes prevails. TO
find your true eccentric, we must 20. into
deserts and thinly settled places, where man
is not worn to an even surface by friction
against man. bg
TIE LITTLE GEEAr-Good Lord deliver us
from such as are great IN their own opinion
only, and have grown to this greatness on
their own dunghill "a h q
=. VINO ARE THE PATRloTs THE Copper
heads; for they are prepared to love, not only
the whole country, but half of Il, or any lit.
tic dismembered piece that may DO left to
them. ~ as.s x4f'aes
EUREKA !. One day. during call at the res
idence Of Hon. Orion Clemens, Secretary Of
the Territory Of Nevada, l was much amused
by q, little daughter of his who was turning
over, the leaves Of q work on geography,
suddenly starting up and exclaiming gleefully
~" Good, good Ihaye found it | I've found
it at last ~" Found what? 7 asked her faith.
err. Why look there God Finishing of
New Foundland ~" He looked, and read
under picture. Il God fishing off Newfound.
land" ad ri ~
UNFINISHED BusINEss,'-In the Great
Basin within the Territory Of Nevada, are
four rivers running toward each other, but
all ending in sinks before coming together.
ole, the Humboldt, the Truckee, the Carson
and the Walkers river. This being under
$1,000 we may proceed: One day an eccen-
trio character, holding forth'to i crowd III 1
bar-rootn, said that he could prove to The sat-
isfaction Of any man of sense that Il was
within the limits Of Nevada Territory that
God left of the work Of making tho world.
Said he -" Late on Saturday evening the
Almighty thought Of making mighty river
to exceed.the Mississippi in magnitude He
commenced with four branches, now called
BY US the Humboldt, Carson, Truckse and
Walker, and was leading them along, intend,
ing 70 bring them together It the proper point
and run them on down to the ocean; but
night came on too soon, and 80 He Just tucked
the ends Of the four rivers into tho ground.
where they have remained to this day. &
INDIANA DIvoscEs. - Divorces are obtained
with the utmost facility in Indiana. Mud.
dy coffee furnishes sufficient g grounds "'tis
said. 1ag
suSPENsION or THE WDRT.
The sacred writ Of 1sa5eaSeoypus. wielded
by disloyal men for disloyal puYposes n.