The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-08-13

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not have moro than twenty-four hours t,
prepare for death. And you Copperhead
would shout amen! It's your dirty, fllth,
love Of party that hurts you. No office
no country. That's what's the matter.
AGRICULTURAL COUNTY FAIR.-Smitl
the halter has offered premium Of q TWEEN
ty-hve dollar hat to be donated to the bes
Lady rider on horse back, to be awarded q
the County Fair in September. This is 1
handsome donation from public spirited
man, and we hope there will be number
Of ladies competing for the prize. It should
be one OF the features or the Fair. -Daven
Port Gazette. a
A MODEL YoUNo LADY.-There il {
young lady residing not hundred miles
from Davenport, who has assisted her faith
or IN harvesting this season, driving thu
reaper. and ct times binding, doing 1t more
Tor beautiful exercise than from necessity
00e - Also an expert hOrsew0man, and fire.
quently drives q pair Of horses from hel
mthers residence to this city, and after Ut.
tending to her purchases, returning in time
1or supper. Sun-browned a. she il from
Natures healthful exercise, she Il the very
picture of health, and though some OF our
city young ladies might consider her Ia.
bors undignified, yet her appearance In the
parlor 10 Characteristic Of the highest
breeding. modesty and retirement in hel
manners being q prominent feature. Sim.
liar instances are uncommon, and this ID
Why we make q note of it, that the women
OF the land may emulate such industry
Ibid. 'a
A war meeting was held in LIE Claire
Hall ut Davenport, on Tuesday evening.
and resolution wereadopted requesting the
Board of Supervisors to at once make an
appropriation to pay one hundred dollars
bounty to each volunteer duly credited to
Scott County.
Capt. Conn, who has just returned to his
home, his time having expired, informs as
that our townsman, Col. w. w. Belknap,
has been promoted to be q Brigadier Gem
eral. We congratulate our friend Belknap
line.-keokuk Consultation.
SHEEP.-Messrs. Gardner d Sweet, OF
Fsyette, recently bought 1880 sheep and
their way to this county. That is the way
to do it.-Hsblic Record.
A Dubuque merchant has &25. 900 worth
for prices to 'srise." Supposing butter
should fall few cents and stay there,
wouldn't that chap wish he hadn't been so
dy?-Pubiic Record.
A correspondent of the Nevada xEois as.
sures the public that he has hen which
lays two eggs each day, and a nutmeg on
Sunday! That beats Vermont.
CoLLEGE FARM.-We learn that the con-
tractors for doing the foundation work fog
the Agricultural College broke ground last
Tuesday. The work on this structure will
be pushed forward as rapidly as may be
to ito final completion.-Neudda Agis.
s'THE GOLDEN FLEEcE."-Monday night
there passed our Office 1000 sheep in a sim
gle flock. They belonged to Messrs. EN-
erson 4 Axtell-being bound to Jasper
county, from Dodge county, Wisconsin,
Other fiocks pass almost daily.-Gmardian.
WHEAr.-One or two threshers@ with
whom we have talked, say that the wheat
than farmers anticipated. The yield, In
stead Of being below, promises to be above
the usual average. - sk0lo0sa Herald.
Capt. James A. Sewers, late of the 18th
infantry. is authorized to recruit q new
company for q new regiment Of Ono-year
men. The company when organized will
choose its own officers, receive the bounty,
and be mustered into the service in the
usual manner. Here is now Z chance to
enter into the service on as favorable and
honorable terms as any yet offered to pa
triotic young men.-Oskdloos0 Herald.
STRANGE PRoCEEDINGS.-Our citizens
were astonished, yesterday morning, at .
report, which rapidly spread from ear to
ear that an old and much esteemed citizen
was discovered, at about IL o'clock the
previous night, removing the brick work
from the corner stone. of the Baptist Church,
which was laid on the I'd inst. At first no
one could believe the report, but it was
substantiated by men of credibillity, who
were present and saw the transaction
His apology for his conduct was that he
was acting in obedience to the determine
ton which he and six others had come to,
after consulting about the ill-feeling excl
ted because the Courier was not placed
under the corner stone. They thought
that by removing the stone and placing the
relic box where the building committee
would find 1t. they might reconsider their
action and reconcile all differences Of opin-
ion by either taking the Journal out of the
box or placing the Courier in with 1t. He.
stated, further, that His associates were to
be there at that time to assist him in tho
work, but for some reason unknown had
failed to come. He is not q member Of the
Baptist Church, nor are any Of his associ-
ates, SO far a. we have been able to learn.
This 10 q plain and brief statement of
about which there Is NO lit
tie excitement and many surmises among
our citizens. We withhold names, trust
ing that those who have been made tools
Of by the few bad and designing men who
control the Courier and who seize upon
every straw for political effect, are hear.
tily ashamed of their conduct and wish to
bury il in Muscatins Journal.
SCARCITY OF HARvEsr HANDs.-We are
told that owing to the scarcity Of hands
many Of ourfarmers hereabouts will have
the hardest kind of work to secure their
wheat crops. One man not from this
place is reported TO have had, on Friday
night OF last week, eighty acres Of wheat
cut, and the forces engaged in binding the
same consisted of barely two persons-him-
self and wife. It strikes us that under
these circumstances every man who pos
sibly can should for the time being throw
aside his other work and lend helping
hand in securing these crops. II for no
other reason the very liberal wages offered