The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-03-22
r ditorial correspondence.
BarGGs. CHICAGO, March 16, 1856

DNI11S, CdiCA0o, Eiarcn 10, 1000.
joins :-MArnEws, conductor Of the Bis
bee Ice train. carried me across the rive,
on Wednesday P. H., and ending LEWIS
BorLx, the goodlooking. in charge of the
steam wagons bound east, concluded tc
come over to this city and see the sights
On board were Hon. G. W. Gray and lady
and Mr.. Albert Of Lansing, Frank Hannahs
Outward bound) aud John Conger, Esq
There were many others, OF course, but l
didn't know them intimately enough to
name them. We had very pleasant trip
here. An excellent supper at the Madison
Railway house strengthened the inner man,
and at the Junction we went to bed with
Morpheus, Somnes or some other classic
god Of sleep, and got out of his arms at 5
this morning. well satisfied with bis
embraces. "i'slmy sleep, tired NATURES
sweet restorcr," is good thing to have in
family and not bad to take on train.
/ would not write you SO early after my
arrival, having not yet been around much,
but 1t has been so long since l had the
pleasure Of an epistc1ary conlab with the
TINES that cannot forego the opportunity.
[ may write you again while remain here,
BUTT is not certain. 1t is said Chicago is
not very lively just now, owing perhaps to
= general depression in prices, the season of
she year and the uncertainty of the future.
From the steadiness Of tho winter, II is con.
cluaed that navigation vii! open early, and
it is therefore expected that business will
soon resume activity. During the winter
season the railroad tariffs are so advanced
as almost to prohibit transpo taiion of pro.
sduoe from here to the seaboard, and conse.
quently commercial transactions in the
produce line are quite at dead lock.
Andy Johnson's 'Inaugurar' continues
to be big thing for the papcrs-the Re.
publican ones claiming the privilege Of
doing the heaviest part Of the abuse. Tie
citing drunk is no great affair Of freshness
or newness in Washington or elsewhere,
among democrats or republicans, in ancient
or modern history but the time and the
occasion were badly chosen by the Tenne.
seean.s Noah got tipsy and cursed HAM
for ridiculing him; this may 60 to prove
that the Ham race, even at that early day,
exhibited refinement that Shem and
Japhct, the progenitors Of the Asiatic and
the European races, could not appreciate.
Lot went drunk and committed indecencies
OF terrible character. Many of the
-sovereigns of history died in dcbauch.-
Wooster, the God.like, carried many pounds
>or pints of steam in his palmiest days
sOthers Of our statesmen" indulge to OK.
cess, but some Of them, CHANDLER of
Michigan, for instance, are too insignificant
for notice 1t remained for JOHNSON, the
Vice President elect, to immortalize himself
among the moderns! He .-
wears the ben among them az
1t is the fashion now when you sec
drunken man to say he is slightly Johnson
lied! Hr .sa
There is no snow here. Our snow of
"Wednesday was rain in this latitude. The
streets are sloppy and the ladies are inhibi.
ted rom promenade except OF the price Of
an inordinate exhibition of limbs. AS
pretty foot and well-turned ANGLE are re.
garded as gems in the feminine organism,
you see on the street a great many who
doubtless appreciate that beautiful and sug-
gestivs poem commencing With
"If your foot is pretty, show it."
The BRIGGS continues to he ENGINEERED