The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-03-09

news ana Items.
Mr.. Tilton Of the Independent recommends
amalgamation and says, "In the far future the
negro will wash his face into paleness with the
blood of white mems veins" From the report
that "a spinsters at Port Royal are nearly ready
to exhibit a wah of this kind, we do not think
the millennium spoken of is in the '.far future"
A terrible fisherman lived in the North of
Ireland many years ago-hc was a chum of
Fingal, the great cave ma ker: here is desrcip-
ton of him:
ellis rod was fashioned from sturdy oak;
Ills line a cable-chain which storms meier broke;
His hook was batied with Dragons tail;
He sat upon a and bobbed for whale"
Seven thousand out Of thirteen thousand
mules have persisted in one corral at Chattanoo.
ga, owing to want of food and proper treat
ment. -
"When interesting topics are scarce" said
All old Protestant divine to a young clergyman
who had asked his advice, "it is always safe
and profitable to pitch into the l'ope Of Rome"
just so and when ed itors are scarce of top.
les they can pitch into their opponents with
epithets
suwarrow, even in peace, slept full armed,
boots and all; when he wanted a little extra
rest he took off one spur!
Eugene discharged her perfumer because he
told other ladies the secret of some of the En-
press compounds. She served the fellow right.
Gen. Washburn is at home in La Crosse.
Spain don't seem to whip the Dominicans so
easily as she imagined.
GA dogs tail is said to wag because his body
is the largest-if the tail was the largest the
body would wag! ~
Geo. Hyer has sold his interest in the Tat.
riot to Pump Carpenter. We think the Week
ly Patriot is one of the best papers on the Con-
tinent 1t isable, lively, funny, truthful, sharp,
wellprinted, and sensibly partizan. If our rea-
ders want the news of Wisconsin, Pump" is
the man to furnish it to them.
Rhode Island is out Of the draft. She is SO
little she can get out of small hole.
Geo. Lunt & Co. "a Congress Street, Boston,
will print 100000 copies of McClellan's report.
Clubs can get so copies of it it for $50. Sin.
gle. so cents. 1t is the only reliable history
of the war up to Macs being retired.
Tart words make no friends it is honey and
not vinegar that catches flies.
Punch says taxing stays would lessen con-
sumption and such tax would be improper
The policy of extending the Presidential
Amnesty to Colonies in the rebel service is be.
ing debated. 1t is said whole regiments would
have come to the Union side but that the Colo.
nels controlled the subalterns The Herald
has this item
every frown adds wrinkle to the brow of
a wife, and every smile rubs wrinkle out "
Why don't husbands behave so as to cause all
smiles or do they desire their wives to grow
wrinkled ? Women uant more petting than
they get, men deserue less.
"The rebels are working like beavers on
their Mobile Notifications" We guess their
dams have an n after the m.
The city Of Oswego has elected a Demo.
cratic Mayor and Council. Somebody sends US
Daily Palladium, all covered with fun. Guess
"Nate" and Sharp had a good time.
Mr.. Lincoln was recommended" by the
Iowa Convention for denomination, but mo-
ton TO instruct" the delegates for him was
laid on the table.