The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-12-17

sS.frxnA-TSe ladies Of oda Zion Church
willyivs supper 4 Nosart Hall to.laor-
row svsning. 49,. The ~ stopped running
ia ths tivle Friday night. -. Saturday was
.Asnost b6autifal day and the city was
0verdow1ln. With people. Saturday tie
tempegatdi was 80 above, Sunday morn.
Ing 10 bslow. ......J osh Rulings says The tax
On s.un1essssd poultry should bs doubled;
~ morals of the commnnity demand Il.
vivid ganas. OF III kinds is scarce In
this market this SESSION. venison and
quails ass ysv rare - mr. as our knowl-
edge sxtends.S The scarcity Vt quails Is at
trihutsito the severity Of the weather last
winter, when they were nearly all frosen
TO dsath.s..... The aststsment othat Tom
Thumb has no heir-@hat hfS Infant proge
as b ..nothing bot afag baby, &C., isun-
: tide. He has got ( regular .s.ieit'' baby,
and 4 weighs seven and = half pounds 49,.
A citizen was awakened the other night BY
thspahtnspf hisehair and upon putting
Up his hand . ratsoampsrsd array from his
pillow. { The next night he sets baited
trap in 4 chair 81 hit bedside, and in the
isrofnfnx fonnd ,his VISITOR csged. s.
'ia' frExs.-A man ia yellow Springs town
skip killed thirteen quails the other day 1t
. single shot .....sA big fussy old fellow
from the interior, not long ago stepped into
the telegraph Office and sent the following
message to his wife: :. Send John. Send
demijohn. Kiss the baby. Spank BILL
;, Got the catarrh., Don't worry. Teams
q, now cross the river On the ice. ..,,WAile
contemplating dead dog on swstsr street
said wag. "Ahs aaothsr shipwrsck. .
s'How so9' inquired bystander. .sWhy,
don't you zee here u bark lost - ... -. We
learn there Is good deal Of corn In the
country that still remains ungathssed In
the flelds.--..A clear headed dray man, do
lag bosinsss in itbiscity, aasssy remarked
to 1 knot Of his con ftevesthat tout Of ahun-
dred men condemned to prison for life, not
a over 6iteen ontliued their lsentence."......
Potatoes in this market Gre worth d $50
I IS per bushel;-i in Vermont SOC: IN Gin
tinnati ST.. Isaac, q precocious youth re-
siding among ~, declarss if he 10 drasted
he will be : sacrifice offered up by AIRS
: ham. THE Holidays will soon b upon
us and Brown II .dxing mp and getting
ready for them. His stock Of Gir Books,
Albums, &C.. viii be complete. 1850
"A NEW WAY OF PAYING FOR fRR La
oER.-Thres young scamps whom No shall
call Tom, Dick and Harry who, by the way,
are we'll known to our Saloon keepers, went
to get some Of the precious beverage called
lagos at . saloon in thsz neighbdrhood Of
Hawk-Eye Greek m evening or two sinco,
] vhsre . woman officiates behind the coun-
Ter. After drinking some half Z. dossn
rounds. the female bar-kespsf became .
little alarmed at the bill. ana asked who
would pay the score. Tom aaid Dick would
pay, and Dick said Harry would, and Har-
~ insistsd that Tom should ssttle ~ bill,
but no ono beipk Inclined, to fork over the
Y n oney, Dick proposed 20 settle the
matter by blin6foldiAg the bsf keeper,
giving her broom stick, and the 61t one
4 whom abe should hit was to pay for the
I lager. Not being inclined to lose the
money, the female bar-kesper consented,
and while Dick was blindfsldinG her the
door was opened BY the other parties, and
in the twinkling Of an eye the three were
out in the street, leaving their victim to
strike about the saloon in all directions.
BY this time the landlord came in through
the back way who, as soon as he crossed
the Threshold received . salute on his
'mantle-piece' which made the claret fly in
all directions, his better half screaming 1t
the top OF her voice, '.here, you young
scamp. you must pay for the lager" You
can imagine his ''phslinks'i and that Of the
bar-keeper too. when the kerchief was re-
moved. t