The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-11-08
From tho Western Kailroad Gazette:
Mar Frcight's Pilgrimage.-EifthP Paper.

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Mar Frcight's Pilgrimage Paper.
GALssA, ILLINOIS, October, %, 1886.
declare that W.
me snow, tho snow tits pleasant thing
To SEQ II falling, falling
Down upon the earth with noiseless wing
AZ At some spirit calling.
Each flake, In hair parachute,
From tseming clouds let down.
When earth 10 still, and air 10 mute
As Frosts enchanted sone." L
There 10 poetry Into that and psrh.ps thar.
may be some truth At proper seasops. Rnt n ~
rhymestsr Ind been "sp"t sp.ttng round IKE one
inspired to pronounce snow In 0alena In the month
! of October, IN unmitigated hpmbug. Four days Of
rain to close up with four nohes Of snow. results ia
about fourteen inches Of splash, slush aud sscA
Does the reader care to know how my health Isi
Most dead, thank you, with Terrible cold, just
like everybody else; and though Ideprscatc prosus
swearing couldn't refrain from thinkips Amen
Though said" Ated, y to tho sentiment II fol.
| lowpiigrm, who calculated, DAD dis kind Of
beatberF' The Oldest nhabitant has not had dry
foot to his nnme, for four days. and to issue
any ode, address. apostrophe or command to the
weather, should do Il in the following Language
of poetry about weather. selected from All over
Burns, and tbs balance; but not tn. whole combne.
would express my deep disgust with tho present
please give me some white mans winter.
Galena II not altogether = gone-tosssi town.
though II liz goncto seeder than II would DO lr Du-
Gaena has furnished much lead and Cen Grant in
subduing rebellion. BY the way. I tried to DO 0en
Grant to-day. Went up 70 l4o Main street, whore
tho General used to buy hides in his brothers store
and stool on the step. Closed my eyes, and imag-
lined my namo was Ulysses and that lad on Ut
tie leather apron and was honest aud didn't always
| spell correctly. and never made speeches. and was
laboring for $40 per month. Then turned back
| ward Time in thy flight" about five years. and
wondered what could do for my distracted country.
consecutive seconds ard really got to feeling quite
| Granty, and wondered whether, when opened my
eyes, my eyes would not open three silver stars
on each shoulder. Almost feared b open them At
all In fear they wouldn't; and they didn't Asked
a Gnener ut that moment passing. II he took mo to
be Gen. Grant, and his profane reply WAS No;
take yon to be a darned fooll'' Now the dtscoasft
Of the country milk-Mad, IN Webster's old spelling
book, was not so great when her pail Of milk tun,-
! bled of her head, mine at being thus est.
mated. How in the world did that fellow fDd 1t
| outs fcan't TO Ger. Grant M more than
"climb to where Moses stood" There stood
where U. 8. had stood thousand times; but II
Moses had stood there himself, hs wouldn't have
| been Ulyss. Nose might beat Clyss in getting up
fireworks; bu, I'll bet $50 Ulyss nsvet'd have
been forty years IN generating those Israeers ont
Of Egypt Geo. Mcclellan might have Peninsuia-
mamma and wild-asses tho only quarter
masters stores. But those ham-repudistlne Jews
were satisfied with Mose certainly am with Ulyss,
although can't be him, nor nowhere near enough
lika him to havo the citizeus Of 0aleua give me
splendid, newly furnished house which IL on hill
aud cannct be hid, with sidewalk built clear up to
1t. "Al men have their fortss.' and my forte Is not
being q Lieutenant. General I'd be u better Boston
Lancer t*7&
Gen Grant Is coming homo to vote. Mr.. WASH
burns went and bad him registered in his proper
political purposes. l wonder how he agrees on
| gro suffrage? wouldn't wonder If he was 10 fAvor
Of letting Mr.. Negro suffer, some. Andy johnson
10, you know He says to Mr.. Stearns, Of Massachu-
sots The elective franchise Is natural right,
but political right" Henry Ward Beecher len
dors sos the President, and says hold, also, that
he (the negrc) shoud have suffrage because Il Is
natural right" From such endorsement, good Lord
deliver rs! Andy says tits not nat'ial Henry
endorse Andy BY saving MS nat'ral An Irish
jury would agree that Andy aud Henry agree.
There is nothing paradoxica, in this figure Of the
aaflrainess OF the negro to sugtr. i don't know
who Is better authority III the premises than Mr..
Negro himself: aud when asked the woolly haired
waiter at the dinnertahle whether suffrage WIS
natural or unnatural to his race he replied: " Well
yes sah-to Some oh ps, It's yeryl' Taking that
view o: the case, don't but the issue Is plstD.
Mr. Beecher endorses the President, aud endorse
this niger. Plain caso--let II 20 to the sQuatter
sovereign verdict Of the people think Grant will
agree; and as gnes the General SO goes the Union.
Having thus disposed Of the ng-agitsted negro.
leave him 20 bis inevitable fate, and tnrn my poll
teal thoughts to fehiani.m. By next week. I may
conclude whether to invade England, and wrlte
En,metrs epitaph. or not In case invade, shall
do II by proxy, until drafted.
The next train westward bears among its other
passengers, the to precious form Of
STAR FREIGHT.
APOLOGY EXTRAORDINARY. "A miller had
had his Deighbor arrested under charge Of stealing
wheat nom his MILL bnt being unable ~ substsn-
tiate the charge by proof tho court ndjudgod that
the miller should mako an apology to the accused
"Weli said he, II have had yen arrested FIR steal
~, IL! IT,, ~ wheat can't prove '-''d =" sorry
1 SHOULD DE D1sCONTINuED.--TheH Hart
| ford Cbarant says that the custom of giving tho
back Of pews in church to tho tndic., originated
during the time of the IpGian wars when the male
members Of the family always carried their
kets to church when il was, of course very proper
that they should have the end, TO rush ont and re-
pei an attack
That was gallant practice IN thoso days, but the
| idea II half dozen gentlemen filing ont II . pew
into the aisle at this ago Of the world To let lady
stat the inner end, Il simply and absolutely bar
bareus. The fash ion Of 50 doing should bs every
/ where re-pew-dia
i TIE FOLLOWING was sent to a Connect
i lent editor with tho intinaton that moro could he
had for the money:
He was drowned on the Sonnd,
And his body wasn't found
/ For forty 'ievcn days
Then he rose, and his toes
i And his jelly ruby nose,
! Were discovered through the haze
TOUCHING.
! The following touching posm was picked up In =
rebel camp in Georgia:
laid four dollars on the board,
/ bet 'em wun BY wun;
Tho falrer dseler got my checks,
TIL ! ut last he'd none.
Let every en- young gambolser
OF cutthrots games hewar.
And only pla with gentlemen,
Who spread upon the squar.
AN ABSURD Dirty. - Was ever such
small talk tho following before put into rhyme.
! Said n b-dbug TO n muskeeter:
You're the luckiest living creetor
/ In extracting the sweets from lfs's ills;
Such a feast and song ven enjoy
/ While poor mo men seek to destroy
Pray what are the means on employf"
/ Qnoth he OF the wings, ~Old boy
/ For particulars see email bills."
PHILosopHIcAL. - At Harper's Ferry.
the other day, Sir Morton Pe,o and his fellow can
italists from England cd an old fellow nom
one OF the cellars in the town, who had held his
ground during tho war, refusing to be frightened
away by either oannonadtng or explosion. +" dun
| know }" the old fellow said, "as tho wars done mo
| much harm. Fifty years ago was the poorest man
In Harper's Ferry; two years ago was the richest
| everybody else having run away. wasn't worth
| nothing then; amt worth nothing now % I'm
square. Judge, TO Str Morton) have you any ter.
| baker about YET"
Rights Of Railroad Passengers.
The rights Of passengers on Railways in
reference to tickets and baggage, are Of
such interest that it is well to know the re-
suits of some recent decisions in Canadian
cOurts unon the matter A rnnt1nmam