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The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-12-27
Billings on Laughing.

1t never haz been proved that emmy ov the
animal kreation Rave attempted tew aff, 1--WE
are quite certain that none have sueceeded),
thus this delightful episode and pleasant pow
ers appears tew be entirely within the province
ov humans. 1t is the langwidge ov infancy
the eloquense of childhood--and the power tcw
laff is the power tew be happy. 1t is becon-
ing tew awl ages and conditions E: and with
the very few exceptions sakrad tew sorrow) an
honest, harty latf IL always agreeable and in
order. 1t iz all index ov the karakter, and be-
trays it sooner than words. iaffing keeps oph
sickness, and has conquered az menny diseases
az ever pills have, and at mitch less expense.
1t makes flesh, and keeps it in its place It
drives away WEAKNESS and brings dream ov
sweetness tew the sleeper. 1t never iz cove
tous. 1t ackompanys charity, and IL the hand
maid ov honesty. 1t disarms revenge, hum.
bes pride, and iz the talsman oy contentment.
Sum hav kaled it a weakness-a substitute
for thought, but really it strengthens wit, and
adorns wisdum, inyigorates the mind, gives
langwidge case, and expression elegance ls
holds the mirror up tew beauty strenghuns
modesty, and makes virtue heavenly. 1t is the
light of life, without it we should be but mani.
mated ghosts. 1t challenges fears hides sor-
row, weakens despair, and carries haff ov pov-
critics bundles. 1t costs nothing, comes at the
call, and leaves a brite spot behind. 1t liz tho
only index Of gladness, and the only buty that
time cannot ettase. 1t never grows old ; il
reaches from the cradle clear tew tho grave.
Without it, love would be no pashun and
fruition would show no joy 1t is the fust and
the last sunshine that visits tho hart; it was
the warm welkum ov Edcn's luvers, and it was
the only capital that sin left them to begin
bizzncss with outside the Garden Of Paradise.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-12-27

Jefferson died comparatively poor. Indeed,
if Congress had not purchased his library, and
given for it five times its value, he would
with difficulty have kept the wolf from his
door.
Madison saved money aud was compare
lively rich. TO add to lis fortune, however,
or rather that of his widow, Congress pnrchas.
ed his manuscript pages, and paid $50 900 for
them.
James Monroe, the sixth President of the
United States, died in New York, so poor that
his remains found a resting place through the
charity Of one of his friends. They remain in
a cemetery on School street, but no monument
marks the spot where they repose.
John Quincy Adams left some $l5O,OOO,
the result of industry, prudence and inherit
ance lie was man OF method and encono
my.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-12-27
I'm pc a c Inn e mt Of johnson.

A petition or memorial to Crongress, for
the impeachment Of the President, has been
circulating at Dubuque. Some Of the soft Re.
publican papers of the State, and we have no.
ticed few in Wisconsin also, tell their read
ers the Democrats or Copperheads are at this
disgraceful work Ifsuch papers have readers
silly enough to believe lies of such transpar-
england we guess they have, else their
sheets could not be sustained-ws beg to in
vte their attention to merely one paragraph in
the memorial. Let any but an idiot read the
two sentences below and inquire if Democrats
would use such language:
"By pursuing his own impracticabe and
ruinous scheme, he has given the lie to all his
former professions has Knocked ut and insult.
ed justice and law, degraded the dignity of his
great office, and is, so far as he can, restoring
to all their former rights, the still unrcpenent
enemies of the Republic, and arming them
anew with power, as if it were his purpose to
reconstruct, not the Republic. but the Rebel.
lion. The pardoning power. designed as
means to mitigate justice for the public inter-
est, has, in his hands, become the means to
abolish justice for the public ruin.''
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-12-27

An old lady of considerable property,
has just died near Sheffield, England, who
never washed her face till the dirt peeled
off in hakes-who never allowed her rooms
to be swept or cleaned for seventeen years
whose sole attendant was an idi,t lad
and whose principal food was putrid meat.
The nasty old trollope. Civilization
must be at low ebb in model mcrrie Eng
land, to PERMIT, near one Of its finest cities,
tho practice Of such filthy habits. Perhaps
there, as in all other countries, her "con
siderable property" protected her moral
and physical putridity.
considerable property" often, yea, almost
always hides from eyesight the dirt on face
or on character.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-12-27
Home insurance.
We copy the following article from the In.

aOne insurance
We copy the following article from the In.
surance Register:
The dnty of patronizing and sustaining our
Home Institutions is so apparent that all mnst
acknowledge it as paramount. The people in
tho West. have, in times gone by, failed in
proper appreciation of their own true interests
in this regard. Now, however, this canot be
said of them with truth. Our colleges and
other educational institutions, are, for the most
part, nobly and literally supported, and various
scientific and benevolent organizations find
here a successful field of labor. In Fire and
Life Insurance we have fallen lamentably in
the rear, and have allowed others to reap the
advantages and benefits which were our DUE
1t is within only 4 few years that any consid.
erable attention has been paid to this subject in
this section OF the country, but already the
progress has been rapid and healthy. With
the sound corporations now doing a remunera.
tive business, we have a handsome beginning,
and in the course Of a few years, our homo
companies must absorb the bulk of the trans.
actions now made by representatives of for.
eign interests.
Owners Of property should read the above
carefully, and weigh its value. 1t is not certain
that because company has its directory in
the Atlantic States that is better than one
whose books and business you can inquire into
daily in your own section.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-12-27

A pretty specimen Of the freedom Of
Prussia is offered IN the fact that sous
e6iesr of the 18th regiment has just been
condemned to three days Imprisonment for
taking an opposition journal !"
The above is from late English paper.
Had the writer Of it lived through the
latest war in "Free America" he might
possibly have seen some curiosities in the
exercise of freedom of a similar character.
The United States, and we say it sorrow.
fully. is most effectually barred from, re-
preaching Prussia or France for the use Of
arbitrary power. We, too, had our Bastiles!
The French razed theirs to the ground. Ours
still stand as monuments to Free Princi-
Piles -
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-12-27

! Snaky.
We find the following in an exchange
If truc-it seems hardly credible that it is
so-we may throw down the guage to any
other nation or tribe on the globe, and dare
the world to : superior instance of bes tial
ity. And this in corner of the Court
House square of Chicago, "the fourth oper
attic city Oh the earth
For the last few days large crowds have
been seen assembled in a corner Of the
Court House square, staring with stupid
wonderment at one Of the most rcpulsive
exhibitions ever shown to the public. In
small covered wagon, orawn by two dogs,
sits MANNED soldier, or o man in soldiers
attire, woman and little girl. The
group sitting there stretch out their eager
hands on every side for time, gathering
in the five cent pieces that are thrust upon
them. When they have got sufficient to
reward them for exhibiting, the woman de.
liberately unheoks her dress in front, and
there the wonder. r.seekers see, coiled up in
her bosom, q rattlesnake, about four feet
long. As soon as it is exhibited, the rep.
tile shoots out its heal, darting it rapidly
to and fro, and slowly uncoils itself, as the
woman, taking it from its warm nest, holds
it up for inspection, while the man mar
rates how every third day she sucklcs it as
she would child She then slowly rolls
il up again and returns it to its former
quarters. This exhibition is of itself suffi
GENTLY disgusting, but it is followed by an
other still more so. The man, removing
his hat from his head, passes his fingers
through his hair, and draws from its nest
among his shaggy locks spotted toad,
black and yellow, which he permits to
crawl around his neck and over his face.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-12-27

CAsrALIA.-Esq Bennett, of the hotel at
that place, says their place is improving
finely. Many new buildings having been
erected, and quite All emigration of me-
chanics, and farmers, from N. Y, Pa and
other states, have located permanently
in town and neighborhood. Mr.. B gave
US list Of the names OF new citizens and
their employments in the village, but the
list has slipped away from us. AN these
+. r. towns must flourish in degree; sur.
rounded as they are by soil unsurpassed,
why is it :hcy cannot all exhibit the pros
perity of the beautiful towns along the N.
W. R. W. from Chicago, or the older and
not less beautiful towns from Chicago to
Freeport?
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-12-27
@eekIp 1ortb aopa din.es.
McGREGOR, DEC. ~, 1865.

| Winona.
j. r. Gilc is now associated edtorially
with A. j. Reed in the office of the Winona
Democrat, one of our most valued ex.
changes. The Democrat was recently
enlarged and now presents face, form,
intelligence and liveliness not often sur
passed in any locality. To the credit Of
the Winona papers-all of which (3) are
an honor to that thriving young city-we
are bound to testify to the general courtesy
of the publishers toward each other. We
are induced to believe that Winona society
is uniformly good and individuals there
are at peace, because they do not support
any paper that is marked by malevolence
instead Of ability. A coarse, character less
editor does more to promote social dissen-
sion than all the ministers can counteract
if they should preach every day Of the
week
The Republican is an old acquaintance
Of the TINES; large, steady and very inter
eSting in its details OF home progress,
state news, &C., &c. We do not admire
Sinclair's politics nor does he fancy ours
and SO We are euen-why wrangle about
the right Of either to do our own thinking?
The Press is comparatively new insti.
tuition but it has the vigor of youth in its
appearance and contents. Messervy &
Brick are its editors and propri.tors, but
Messervy is the home man of the concern
and is the principal writer for its columns.
The Press is more racy paper than either
Of its rivals, abounding in short and sharp
paragraphs both original and clipped.
We have the same preference for these
three exchanges that We have for beef,
pork or mutton roast-all good, but some
times one Of the three may seem more de.
sirable than the others.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-12-27

Power OF THE PEN.-The pen, in the
hand that knows how to use it, is one Of
the most powerful. weapons known. AS
the tongue Of the absent. how Charming
When self respect gives it a new vigor, how
pleasing When virtue guides it, how
beautiful! When honor directs it, how re-
spected When wit sharpens it, how ia.
tai When scurrility wields it, how con.
temptible! 'Tis the weapon Of the mind.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-12-27

The Young Mems Christian Association
Of Cincinnati, have established working
mons coffee room, which would seem to be
an institution capable of accomplishing
much FRA ,tical good. The Commercial
says oft '.In the heart of the manufac-
turing district of the city, is located an in
stitution to which, at any hour of the day,
up to 10 o'clock at night, the tired mechan.
price Of ten cents, cup of excellent coff.e,
soup, with the best Of crackers, smoke his
pipe or cigar, read the news of the day,
converse with his fellow -workmen, or pass
an hour at game Of dominoes, chess or
draughts.
Wish some charitable soul would move
that institution to McGregor.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-12-27

A decree Of the King o: Prussia has
founded a second class of the Order Of
Louisa, to be conferred on women, or
young girls, who may have distinguished
themselves by their attention to the sick, or
by striking acts Of humanity and selfdc.
votedness in time of war.
Why wouldn't this be a good thing in
the United States Or have we already
"orde:s" and titles of official rank sufficient
to establish an Aristocracy
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-12-27

A conductor in q horse-car, at Provi
dence, on Monday, asked man who was
sitting upright in his seat, for his fare,
when it was seen that he was dead. His
death occurred so quietly that persons sit
ting by his side had not noticed it.
He probably died by the squeeze 1t is
said numbers die daily in Chicago from
crowded street cars and omnibusses
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-12-27

SUDDEN DEATH An old gentleman by
the name ofSmith, father of John Smith,
&C. &c. &C.
Sorry the old gentlemen died, but it is so
gratifying to know who was the father Of
the celebrated JonN, and it is furthermore
so pleasant to learn that the parent was
named Smith, that our tears are already
nearly dried up. -..
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-12-27

An English writer says that Mr.. Beecher,
upon one occasion, entered mock auction,
and was at recognized by "Peter Funk" who
cried out. why dontyoa bid, Mr. Beeecher ~
Upon this MIR. Beecher disappeared, but per
suaded a friend to go ani ask him how he
came to know Mr. Beecher. "Know Becchern'
exclaimed Funk. "why I've owned a new in
his church five years %
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-12-27

All Switzerland has been reused to in.
dignation at sentence of twenty lashes on
printer Of Uri canton, for publishing a
pamphlet attacking the Christian religion,
its ministers and the Holy Scriptures.
Great meetingsJwere being held, the sem
tence being declared disgrace to the Gun
try.
Puritanism Rediv;vus We do not esteem
that man sensible or philan;hropic who
would decry genuine Christianity; but
genuine or otherwise, it is nobody's busi-
ness to punish man for the expression Of
his thoughtsa..on a7sufj ct that will ever
divide the world.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-12-27

The Commercial travellers" who, it is
said number in the United States nearly
six thousand men, will hold a convention
at Cleveland on the 18th of FEBRUARY, 1866.
The object is to provide for "the protection
and support Of commercial travellers who
are by accident or sickness compelled to
leave their situations and be dependent
on others for the maintenance of themselves
and families; also to establish reading rooms
in the principal cities"
Bully for the ''guerri,lls'! We expect
N. NJ. Tu.tle Seth T. Minckler, Bird, Bod
well and Cory of Chicago. Williams and
Bacon of Milwaukee, and Charley Crane, OF
New York will all be officers. We move
"BoD" for President and SETH for cashier!
Joking aside this movmement is a good
one, though we are not much charmed with
protective business or mechanical associa-
tions which propose to interfere with other
peoples interests. Printers Unions, Tail
or's Rights Societies, Cordwainer's Clubs,
Plasterer's Leagues and the-innumerable
hosts of similar city organizations having
for their object the good Of their members
for their result the encouragement of
idleness---those misnaaed Benevolent"
Orders are mo good," as the Chinaman
says. The subject is too broad for mere
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-12-27

SONGS, &c.-A writer fer the Sunday
Mercury in deploring the want Of vigorous
talent in novel writing and song making
in the United States, close; thus:
As for the Songs of the People, there is
not one that is worthy the times. We
have myriads Of sniveling ballads, which are
nasally chanted by melancholy juvenility,
such as "W hen this cruel" etc; "Moth
er, I've come Home to Die, "Who'll Care
for Granny Now ~ but few that thrill with
feeling or fire with patriotism. Oliver
Wendell Homes, in late lecture, with
every disposition to laud the Muse of the
day, had to acknowledge that the war has
produced no great poet, but host Of
rhymsters, some of the best OF whom he
named; and, naming. damned. Longfel
low, Bryant, Lowell and the rest of the
GALAXY" were all but and the others had
better been dumb. Longfellow is, perhap :,
not the mind to produce stirring war notes.
His voice is better accompanied by the Lutte
than the trumpet. Yet one might he ex
cused for expecting something worthy Of
the occasion from the author Of the Build
ing of tho Ship" and the masters singer OF
those thrilling lines ''Sail on, Sail on, 0
Ship Of State" We want no imitator OF
Tennyson but some one who will, if style
must be copied, take up the mantle of the
author of "On Linden when the Sun was
Low p and "Ye Mariners of England
one simple in language but with war
rior's spirit, equally despisins dr:vel and
bombast. We wait for the coming man.
Are we to look for his star in the East, or
must We turn to the great West for the
colossal minds who will hew out of the
unshapen rock Of American life the sculp-
tured forms which all men will recognize
as true representations of the genius Of
our country?
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-12-27

The following Inscription appears in the
churchyard of Rothesay Erected by Jane
-, to the memory of her husband john.
Him that cometh unto me will in no wise
cast OUT" The Court Journal thinks this
text is a very kind reception promised 10 the
neHt proposer.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-12-27

A modern writer gives the following emu
meratiou of the expressions of the female
eye: "The glare, the stare, the sneer, the
invention, the defiance. the denial, the con-
sent. the glance of love, the fash Of rage,
the sparkling of hope, the languishmet of
softness, the squint of suspicion, the fire OF
jealousy, asd the lustre of pleasure"
Eight good Expressions" to six bad ones
is not discreditable record. She must
"glare" so as to see; she must "stare" Gust
a little) SO as to convince herself; she must
"invent" or she may not capture. She
even has a right to defy" to "deny" and
to "squnt suspiciously"-now-a DAYS but
"rage" and the jealousy" These are the
glances woman can indulge
in. Tell your female friends not to do it.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-02-04
Commissioners Sale.
In obAneory.
sarah MoCormielr

GeAe44 AAOS0Ellck
David Mccormick and others. ND-NSsf''
N PURSUANCE 0R DEGREE OF THE CIR
y cunt Court Of Ohio County, State Of west VII.
gina mAdetn this cause on the 10th daV Of JSnuSTv
6 6S0o. We VIII aell on THURSDAY, TIE ISFT DAY
" ", FEBRUARY, 1885, between the hour Of 10
0Sio9k A. n and o'clock P. NJ ct the front door
q the Court House for the said Ohio Countv the
i9LoYing described real esa t. living and befp1 IN
me SAID Ohio County; that IL to RSy that pronsItV
1eEetotore known aS the MISSOURI IRON WOaKS
ltaAte immediately north Of the city Of WheeIIne
bounded on the west by the Ohio riyer on me
sC9th In part by JonAthAns Gaut, and on dc moth
Hna east BY the land Of the late Hugh Nichols DE-
So1eai alSo the coal lands and coal propeFtV for
IaeEly called the 6laGShouBa lota With me ooSl and
Hoi ~ purchased from Mccoy, aud coal under thS
10 NlchoS land, more full deScription Of JlhIoh
q In survey Of the same made bv John
and hled with the PApers Of the Said cause
TERMS OF sALE-one.third OF the purchase
taotnSy IN cash. and the remainder In three equal
t1 entS, payable in eight, sixteen and twenty
!our month1 after the day Of Gaie, With Interest
5 Sm tnSE DAY, the purchaser giving bond for the
SsteELea lnstalments; the title to the property TO
y Lesainsd a. security therefor, but the purchSser
= n1ve me option Of paying such portion OF the
5SIIEenaSe money a. he may desire over said one
.-4A 1.is-7sa JAMES 8. WHEAF
~ So 49, DANIEL PECK,
les 60 llt ~ Commissioner
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HOUSE OF DELEeATEs.
FRIDAY, Jan. 3

FRIDAY Jan. 3.
The House was opened with prayer bv
the Rev. Mr.. Blakeuey of the C6apline
street II. f Church. ffti+#
The consideration OF the bill to regulate
the public printing wss resumed, the ones
tian being upon the amendment OF Mr..
Downey to let the printing out to the low.
est bidder.
Mr.. Adams offered An amendment to the
amendment, requiring the bidders to ,ivs
satisfactory evidence of their loyalsv e'N
Mt, Dowuey said be was opposed - ~,
amendment to the amendment He bsIisv
cd there was design on foot to put rpo mon,
INTO the hands of the owners of a nsr,s
organ. he knew that the printing eoniS
Dc done cheaper than was PROPOSED in T0 tba
ei!i, as he bad had statement from ~ T, rIe
bridge aud Ewing, to that effect he ~
a statement showing the amount of mo1au u
.SAt eoatd be saved to the State bv ist,iSSS
the printing ont to the lowest biSSe ,ss''Ns
Mr' Adams said that one tbino vssr,,,-
me gentleman (Mr. Dowueyl could M.
no objection to the amendment if the T Ds.
'On "hom he wished to favor in his I,s,
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-02-04

A WAsHrsaros dispatch records the fol-
lowing incident as occurring on Wednesday
last in'the Supreme Court room:
a novel scene was witnessed in the su.
preme Court room to day, ]. s. Rock, a
colored lawyer, of Massachusetts, being
sdml1ed, on the motion of Hon. Charles
sumner, as practitioner before the Su.
Pteme oourt OF the Unitsd States. II is a
singular commentary on the progress of
events that colored man shonld he "a u
mitted to the bar of court where. fsv
years ago, was pronounced the opIebra tsS
bred Scott decision. 's9
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-02-04

in the Recorders office of Lewis county
Also of providing by Law that when the
deeds and records cannot be safely kept IN
any county, thay may be admitted to record
in the Office of the Secretary of State
Adopted.
Several bills were read second tune
and ordered to eDgrossment.
I'm motion the House took g recess until
half past two o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The House agreed to the Senate amend
ment to the bill to amend the act provid-
ing for the formation of corporations and
the regulation of the same.
The Senate bill authorizing the Boards
of Supervisors to appoint township collec ::
tors was Variously amended. and ordered
TO its third reading. Sc
The bill for the relief of John B. Shreve,
of Upshur county, was ordered to it's third
reading.
The bill authorizing suits in Lewis eoun-
ty heretofore coguizable in Brsxton coun-
~, was ordered to its third reading.
The bill to amend certain sections OF the
law in regard to attachments was taker
up and unanimously adopted, and ordered
to its eDgrossmeut. ~ 80
The bill to amend tho.1aU <siating "a
elee.iousey the people was taken up. and
considered. ~ .. ii.
Mr.. Barns asked and obtained leave K
record his vote in favor of the billto abol
ish slavery in this State.