New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1864-04-08
WHOLE NO. 229.

the following. L: is hard hit at 'some
people,
Wanted. One hundred and seventy
FIVE young men, Of shapes and sizes
from the tall, graceful dandy, with hair
enough on his upper llp to stuff a bar.
ber's cushion, down to the little hump
backed, freck|ed-faced, bow legged.
carrot-headed upstart. The object ia
to form gapinu corps, to be in at
tendance at the church doors on each
Sabbath, before the commencement Of
Divine service, to stare at the females
as they enter, and to make delicate and
gentlemanly remarks about their per.
sons and dress. AL who wish to enlist
in the above corps will appear at the
various church doors next Sabbath
morning, where they will be duly in
spected: and their names, personal sp-7
pearance and quantity of brains regis,
| tered in book kept for that purpose,
and published in the newspapers. u
prevent general rush 1t will be vel!
to state that none will be enlisted VIII,
possesses Intellectual capacity aboss
that of a well-brsd donkey. .ngstaT
Vicksburg was laid out in 1922 ly
Neivitt Wick, and incorporated in 1926.
It has always been celebrated for it's
fine fruits and vegetables, and for ita
short lived editor,. Seventeen Of this
unfortunate class have come to an un.
timely end by the duel, 'street-fights.
or suicide, since the establishment Of
the Vicksburs Wing the first paper
published there. '.- %. .'' .' f-.. 3aa
An Englisman and q Yankee we're
disputing, when the former Sneering'y
remarked: IN gr.;....r,r -r..t...-r
fortunately the America ns could
20 no further than the Pacific shore"
The Yankee scratched his prolific
brain for an ms taat, and thus replied:
why, good gracious! They are al.
ready levolling the Rocky mountains.
and ear.ing the dirt out West. had
letter last week from my cousin, who
is living two hundred miles west Of tie
Pacific shere ON MADE LAND" RI. -...
The BANKRupr BlLL.-Ths House
Select Committee on the Bankrupt
Law have prepared bill providing FOX
general bankrupt system, and will re
port it to the House as soon as an op-
portunity is afforded~ The law has
been very carefully prepared by tho
committee, and will, it is thoug ght, mees
the nee .ssities of the business c,mlnu-
nifty. BE- ->1s g., g!1at .,raaaa.5
The Illinois Central Railroad Com.
pany still holds 4,2S2,G26 acres Of the
land granted to it by the General Cav
ernment for railroad purposes. These
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lands, sold at the same rate its lands
have heretofore been sold at, will bring
$5O,O00,000. Exactly what the road
cost we do nst know, but the lands
have probably yielded to the company
two or three times the cost of the road.
LUCRATIVE ECoNrRAcTs.-TLe Phil
ade'phia Inquirer says that the con-
tractors who furnished blankets TO the
government for the Philadelphia SOL
diers have called the handsome lit
tie profit of two hundred thousand dol
lars! And a correspondent of the Cins
cinnati Commercial states that one OF
the sons of Secre tary Cameron is said
to have made about $4,000 on single
horse contract.-Exchange.
All right. Is it not by such reans
that the Government is supported.
Why, those contractors are tho great.
est Patriots in the country. They are
loudest and largest for war, and arc
ready to denounce as Traitors any one
who intimates that the country could
be the better off for peaes. saaal3
The Utica Telegraph contains the
following: ~ I s,...'e'7 F"
Valuable Recelpts:- To make nice
jan4-tLay your head under descend
ing p;le-driver. To see if man 10