Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-04-01

realize in the amplest measure your highest
expectations.
Shame on our State i6the work should
fail! ] trust and believe~there viii spring
up an intense and generous emulation among
the towns and cities Of Iowa for pro.eminence
in this great and necessary work.
The idea that the Fair is a Dubuque Fair,
if such an impression anywhere exists, Is a
misconccpton it is a State work and APP
peals equally to the people of every portion
of the State. .-..-.
- with great regard
your obt servant,
JNo. j. DILLON.
Pres. Iowa Sanitary Commission.
1855
A Chapter on Psculiaritits ii it is not
tru, that it takes all kinds Of people 70 make
world. it will not be disputed, at least, thar
the world contains all kinds Of people-so
far as mind can conceive. The wonder is
that in all the world there are no two alike !;
thst each man, woman, and child has his or
her peculiar characteristics. We>hsvc had
up, on this rainy March evening, some Of
these peculiarites Of people as cud for our
mental rumination, to the extreme discomGt
ure of time and the lonesoncness Of our gar
ret assisted, however, literally by our ia
vorite narcotic And from the chaos of Our
mental speculations, we propose, if agreea-
bic, shsrt chapter for E GAZETTE.
BY way of launching our pen, we trust
that people who have the popularity of be-
lieving that rainy Easter Sunday is inlica-
tive of a succession of four rainy Sundays,
may not be just yet confirmed in their be-
lief These people belong to, the same class
Of those who always edge around to new
moon TO look at it oyer their right shoulder
for good luck. This peculiar variety of Pc
culiarities, however, belong chiefly to "our
Mary Anns,' with whom we, an il.looking,
bashful, unknown-tofame young man, as yet
have very limited acquaintance. Blythe.
by that's one of our pcculiarities. What fe-
males we happen to know are mostly among
old women and old maids, 1--WE say it re-
specially and they all have, we consider,
striking peculiarities. We have thought
sometimes tho, our il.looks and bashfulness
would, in the long run, prove to our sdvant-
age.
We know an old (wcll, married) female
whose popularity seems TO be TO scold and
fume, knock down children, and march her
little, pale husband out of the door by the
collar for being cruel to his poor wife. Tn :
doubtedly an unfortunate popularity the
- Ia H.
house recently when, just as We were making
very polite bow, we were romined that there
was scraper on the door step, and we were so
affected 10y this allusion that we have had a
horror Of the house and Of the street ever
since. ..-...
Another female acquaintance we gained by
virtue Of our Office. She is ct the head Of
several benevolent organizations, and her pc
culiaritv is plainly an inordinste desire to
occupy prominently a place at the head o!
everythiug-except, perhaps, a household
81. is without doubt, however, an excellen:
lady-at least our minister says so.
Speaking Of cur minister reminds us of q
! worthy divine we once knew who bad SO
striking popularity as seemingly to disre.
gard the world, the flesh, end the Devil alto,
gethcr. lie was so different from other folk
thai he carried his watch in his b!eeches'
pocket, wore his dressing gown under his
| coat, and his buffalo over shoes in summer
time. lie even though. the ladies ought to
put away pride and yainglory, and the gen.
tlemen do good and give literally withou.
telling OF it. He even thought people ought
not TO be sctuated in the least by selfish mo,
tivcs, but rather do all things en- the abstract
principle Of right The only time we ever
saw him vered was on the occasion of his
name getting into the paper by way Of report
ing him as having made a good speech. lie
thought people ought not to desire nor erjoy
praise for good actions-and he endeavored
to set them an example. But bis prccepts
can hardly prevail SO long as the Devil is IN,
chained and the human heart unreconciled
to God. He was a gerry peculiar man; ar
odd link in the human chain that fitted no.
where.
This is a wonderful age, however, and
there is no telling what can or cannot be &C.
complished. We needno better evidence of
this than reference to Young America. Par.
don the sudden transition, but we know some
damsels who by some species Of legerdemair
defy time and refuse to pass the year Of
sweet sixteen till they are either married Oh
get very gray and wrinkled. Wonderful
isn't it? And it is strange. too, that this pc
cularity is altogether feminine one-gen
tlemen never possess it! But is there any
thing more wonderful ia this wonderful ag,
than the way in which girls lump over tht
years." from childhood to womanhood-
pantalets and short dresses to boundless Grin
oline and mustachioed beaux ? or how tn,
boys, too, nowadays, spring from rounda
bouts to dress ,coats--from " little fellows
to regular bricks" This is decidedly
growing age.
! In proof Of this. further, We can refer Il
the Democratic party, which is just now en-
deavoring to grow out from under the curse
of Human Bondage, having found the pccu
liar Institution, under the growing weight 0
Universal Freedom, rather too heavy for i
longer to struggle to hold up. wide New
York Erpress.)
! We cannot certainly close this chapter. or
anything more peculiar than the Democratic
party. and as We commence in the middle o
all things and in the middle close, we will
here make our fms.
But we beg to add in appendix, by way
OF getting a safer distance from aforesaid
party, that il is popularity Of the human