The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-09-05

since, when my little pigeon croasedmy mind,
that funny thing was 1t the bottom Of it'll
Now, open both eyes and ears-but need
not tell you to do this, for see you aredoinG
i. already-for l am going TO tell you the
story.
land here he tells the Little Pigeon" =
very pleasant story, showing the industry and
perseverance Of couple of beetles thst At
tracted his attention while out walking. The
account is so long We omit it here; but il little
boys and little girls would keep their eyes
open when out doors, and learn to think,
they would find much to amuse and instruct
them. Leaving ont the story We will again
listen to Mr.. Leighton.]
When I was looking upon these tiny fellers
SO heartily working At their harvest, wished
you had been beside me. found big one
lying dead in the garden one day after
wards and put it in box with some other
things to bring home so that you might see it.
There is also agrasshopper, which l caught
another day, 3 very laage one, much bigger
than those in England, and with beautiful
wings just like butterfly. Grasshoppers are
very plentiful at Keokuk, and in all the
country here, and they spring up from the
dust of the road (which is just the color of
their backs, and SO hides them until they
spring. in great numbers as you walk or
drive along. When they spring they open
their wings, aud float away good bit before
they alght again. Their wings are SO pret>
ty that am sure you would like to see them,
perhaps some day you will pay visit to
Uncle Willie, and then you will see them
and many other insects here some of which
YOU viii not ikee so we'll. Among the ones
YOU will not lik are the Mosquitoes Tor Miss
Kitters.) which come upon any bare part of
your body, as your hands, arms, or face, and
put down little sucker and steal your blood,
and cave livery itchy place there, which
They have came upon me in bed somtimes,
aud left marks on my face and arms, but
just a. you in the old country catch sparrows
by putting salt on their tails. So do the peo-
Pile here do for the Miss kitties by dipping
their long shouts, trunks, on suckers, into
spirits of Camphor. | carry bottle with me
on purpose 1t heals the bites. % does for =
the biters, in splendid style, when yoa can
catch them
sometimes wonder whether Mama 4 Kits
ty." when she becomes to poor little Lilly a
Miss Kitty, would be cured of teasing II her
nose were dipped in spirits of camphor.
Shall We try when come homer shall
bring the nfallble bottle with mel
Please tell Mama. and Auntie, and
GRANDPA, and Sisters, and Brothers,
and all kind friends that l have
just come come out of Kentucky, where
have been for the last week, visiting great
many places, riding in stage coaches. drawn
BY four horses, over very rough roads. where
it took us ten hours to go thirty>three miles
sometimes. And where there is greet quan
ti,y Of fine lands, only awaiting the hands OF
active cultvators, like our friend, the little
black butler, to make plentiful harvests and
happy homes. But the folks in that land
have scarcely yet awakened from their dream
of Incidence and nupacity. and have not yet
realized the duty and delight of laboring for
themselves. They made the poor black peo-
pie, like W Smith, whom you will remem-
Der Of. who recited the black regiment 70 us,
work for them while they lolloped aboat in
lazy negligence. They have't got over this
bad habit yet and they are very loud IN
their complaints because they are not allowed
any longer to wollop Mr.. Smiths friends, the
poor black people. and make them work for
them without paying them for it, as they
used to do. They say the niggers-as they
call Mr.. Smith people-are lazy and V on I
work unless they are forced. But this,
as far as my observation has gone, is
quite untrue. 1t is only measuring the negro
by their own standard and impating to him
their own particular vices. The negroes are
the chief workers yet, aud it is considered a
very extraordinary thing-something indeed
to apologize for, not to be proud of-when a
little white girl like you makes herself useful
and lays out the dinner things and waits at
table, and makes people happy by her lively
pleasant ways. Bat they will improve by and
by. Some of the more sensible of them are
already seeing the beauty Of work, and are
doing it happily, and are trying TO get their
neighbors 10 do the same. They have not
yet discovered Gil the ills that their previous
injustice to Mr.. Smith friends had brought
upon them. but they will do so in time. and
even the wor., of them would scarcely vote
for the establishment ofthe old state of
things, when the sense of defeat is not pres
ent TO their minds. You will hardly under
stand this at present, but grandpa and mama
and Others will, and when you get little
older and read about the doings of the people
OF this country in your history books, you viii
comprehend it finally.
saw great many black people like MIR.
Smith. in hentncky, and such lots of woody
headed. black eyed, white teethed little chill,
dren, with trickey ways, and bright looks.
Den little things they were, quite as inteli-
gent and handy as the white children, and
FAR more ready to run and be of use. 1t was
qnite pleasure to me to stand and watch
their funny ways; and could not help pat
ting the little servants on their woody heads
and making them happy by noticing them
kindly. think if they now get fair play, aud
decent educations they will do the chief labor
ing work OF the country; and il their old
masters had only the will aud skill to deal
with them properly they would make their
land richer and grander than it ever vet has
been, in very few years.
Intend leaving this .Queen City, at
eight O'Clock tomorrow Sunday evening.
for Pittsburg in Pennsylvania; and after
spending about one day there shall take the
night train 10 Philadelphia, the city of broth
erly love-. BY Tuesday morning o. o clock
the train should land me there. | have then
to visit some friends Of W. Dudley, the
American Consul. of Liverpool, who resides
in Camden county, not far from Philadelphia,
whom he desired me particularly to see; and
after tina, shall make for New York with
ali speed, arriving there in time to answer