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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1866-05-17
Peach and Honey, or a Gentlemanly
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Old Judge Cole. of Texas. was charac-
terized by his attachment to the seductive
beverage called '.peach and honey" and
hy hishatred of whisky y and whisky. drink
ers. "a. M a4@~
While holding court Mt Austin, two
men were brought up ona charge Of a
drunken atfray. 1t was n plain ease; the
row had occurred in the open street. i'm open
day, and there we're fifty witnesses to the
pleaded guilty. bv the aG vice Of theircoun-
sells. and threw themselves ON the mercy
of the court. ~" s S
They were then brought forward for SEN
tence separately.
You are guilty of an afrray." growled
the Judge. za.. es sfusa
.,Yes. your honor whined the offender
thoroughly frightened.
"Drunk, / suppose" grnnted the Judge
Yes. your honor" mnrmured the pris-
oner. with some faiut hope that having
been drunk would somewhat mitigate the
| punishment. aG =. ts.a 4
! Drunk on rye whisky, too. I'll war.
rant" roared the Judge, in voice of thuu-
/ der.
"Yes, your honor, drunk on rye whis-
4 KY"
"Mr. Clerk, record fine of fifty. dollars
against this man. cried the Judge. ..send
him TO Jail for sixty days. shall fine the
next one who is guilty under such agra
waited circumstances a hundred dollars aud
send him To Jail for six months!" ..sa5
This was poor comfort for the unfortu-
nate fellow who was waiting his turn and
now came forward with great fear and
trembling. las
As he passed along by his lawyer, that
gentleman whisperedin his ear, when the
Judge asks you what you got drunk on,
tell him peach aud honey
i He took the stand.
You. too, are up here for an affray,"
growled the Judge. gilsshing has teeth, as
if he would like TO bite tho prisoner ut the
bar. ~ ssasss9
Eyes. your honor"
"Drunk TIM, suppose"
"Yes. your honor. sorry Ia say it,"
Drunk on sbominable rye whiskcy
too, suppose
"Oh, no your honor; never drink it, ]
drank peach and honey" s;8 ,
n The Judges features relaxed in an in.
stant Leaning forward and raising hi.
spectacles, he contemplated the offender
with interest, and addressed him with
something like tenderness:
All. sir" said the Judge, blandiy, 'yor
took peach and honey. eh! That's "a gen
tleman's drink, sir. The court sympa-
thizes with you sir, and does not regard th,
offrnse "a very serious. Mr.. Clerk, entel
the fine of one dollar against this gentle
man, and discharge him or payment o
costs I" @E9. 4niyA pfa4r
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IFrm the Philadel rha Evening Balletinl
The C0IfERHEAD FATHERAND
$3.50 64S SUN s-r,
A ncmes-ic pialogu,.

4 "
- 81. ..s.saz3 aEa 81 ----%--&rys@e go &, ~
FATHER,
Come hither, slitile Jefferson.
, W. And SIT upon my knee;| ~ ~ 'Sa.-'ao
And call your brother Johnny Booth,
And little Robby Lee;
III tell a story dark and sad, r
= About q statesinan stern: a0 s5-A
twill make your little eyes to weep,
Your little heart to burn.
"The patriot Jef., whose name you
:. a-s hare,
Seized by a cruol foe.
Long months and years is languishing
injured il, Fort Monroe: .s4-
No voice is raised to cheer him now,
fSave one-ardthat soon hushed--)
While meath the Yankee iaon heel
IL The noble South is crushed" ~t
ssi LITTLE JErFERsoN.
Dnt is he not II traitor pa,
Like Roman Cataline7 .
And Arnold in my history3
And, in book of mine,
read how Cain his brother killed,
And had to run away
I'm sure think the Statesman stern
ge Is quiteas bad as they ~
FATHEn.
"This comes of reading Yankee
books!
This comes of Yankee Schools
% 90 Ea
Where little good and mischief much
Are taught bv Yankee rules!
Here, Jefferson, be OFF. to to bed. ~
You saticy LITTLE brati
Why, m.xt von'li icall me Corpcrhead!
Take that. and that ard thot!''
Exit Young jeff, hOwling.l
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1866-05-17

A tall Eastern girl named Short, long
loved n certain big Mr.. Little. little
thinking that Little lowed little lass nam
ed Long. TO make long story short,
Little proposed to Long, and Short longedi
to be even with Little's shortcomings. So
Short meeting Long. threatened To marry
Little before lCng. which caused Little "a
marry Long. Query.-Did tall Short love
big Little less becapse Little loved Long
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1866-05-17

a Inthe Penn. contested election case. the
House Committeeare reported as'favoring
Mr.. Fuller's right to the ssat now held by
Mr.. Dawson 90 Ts
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-08-24
The Dramatic RECOMMENDATION,

+ Who can doubt that the Union is restored,
fwhen the Massachusetts and South Carolns
delegates to the johnson Convention entered
1.-Two and two, arm in arm, to the sound of the
musical medley OF Yankee Doodle and Dixie
amid programme cheers. After this exhibi
/ iion piece OF fraternity, he must have heart
as unimprt ssible 10 touching scenes as that of
| Lauuee's dog, Fangs, who could refrain from
the melting mood, or who could thereafter
talk Of ''irreyersible guarantees.
The scene lacked some of the properties
but considering the unfinished state Of the
house. and the inexperieuce Of manager Ran.
dali in the theatrical business, and the natural
tsheepishness of the actors in first appear.
suce, il went off very we'll. There should
have been porthre in the wings, aud all an
gel in short skirts on each side, standing on
one leg, letting of culored squibs; and, in the
devoted background, Wilkes Booth in ascsn-
sion robes, spreading his hands with being
liant and SImeonlike air. But the imagina
ton accustomed to dramatic scenes could
easily supply these appropriate properties.
~ it is a pity that thing gptten upso regard
less of expense, and which proved SO effective
I'D the restoration OF the Union should be
list in one appearance II ought to run a
Whole season, like the drama Of the Prodigal
Son, and then be exhibited abou, the conn
try. like revolving --ass w0,k.. Let Manager
Randall follow the bent OF his genius, and
save his country dramatically, and become
second Washington, that al length he may
expire amid blue and green and led fire, and
all sorts OF Internal blazes = Cincinnati Ca
zette
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-08-24
BAYARD TAYLOR, writing from Colorado to

BAYARD TAYLOR, writing from Colorado to
the New, York Tribune, says:
r. ~ am fast inclining toward the opinion
that there is no American desert on this side
of the Rocky Mountains. Belts of arid and
ssnay abit there certainly Are, bot doubt if
any of these are more than so miles in
breadth, while there are many points where
an unbroken line of habltable territory may
be followed from the Missouri to the base of
the mountains. / remember that as late as
1859, the lowest computation of the extent OF
the Desert was 200 miles, yet in the Smoky
Hill route saw less than 80 miles to which
the term could be properly applied. What
have since learned of farming under thess
new conditions OF climate and soil leads me
to suspect that time and settlement may sub
due even this narrow belt-that there may be
some day groves and farms on the treeess
plans, that wheat may nsWp the place of
buffalo grass, and potatoes drive out the
cactus.
ut almost seems as if nature were in the
habit of making last desperate attempt to
resist the subjugation of her wild. unplowed
domains. Tor few years the settlers are
OBLIGED TO battle with combination of hos
tile Influences The drouths of Kansas and
the grasshoppers of Utah and Colorado are
exceptional agents, which have gwen , false
impression in other parts Of the Union. II
found Kansas, as You may have noted. land
Of rain, of soggy meadows and swollen
streams. ! found Colorado, where farming
was pronounced almost hopeless already
crossed by zones of the richest agricultural \
promise. The effect of energy and industry
upon the soil even now shows its fruits; the
effect of cultivation upon climate IAN agency
generally under estimatedl is yet TO follow
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-08-24
Portland Fire.

From the Daily Eastern Argus July l4.l
INsrRaNcE.-Mr. Editor Much has been
said heretofore, in this State. to the prejudice
of Foreign assurances Companies, and at
times a vigorous war has been waged against
them in our Legislature. But | think that
the prompt and liberal manneri il which those
companies have met their liabiliaties in this
city during the pre- sent week, must have dis.
armed all such opposition. Allow me to
state one case within my own knowledge as
an illustration A gentlemen died few
years since, leaving widow and one child,
the heir to what little property was left after
paving the debts Of the estate. The property
consisted of lot OF land, upon which we're
two houses The widow, not understanding
that the fee was in the child, took out poll.
CIV of insurance for 81. 500 II her oaa name.
Inc IRE swept the land. She went to the
agent sent here to settle losses. He saw at
glance that ii entitled 10 anything, her legal
claim could only be to the amount of her in>
terest under her right of dover, not more
than S40o probably. He could not have been
compelled 70 pay more. he merely said that
bis company never took advantage of any
loyal exemption from their liabilities where
the party assured had acted in good faith,
but had lost there right 10 enforce payment
through ignorance or mistake. And he sent
away one widow with draft for sixteen
hundred dollars in her pocket. This was the
Home Insurance Company Of New York.
And this is not the SOLITARY instance of o no.
bic hbereality in The dealings of that compa-
ny with citizens. 4 ltrizsE
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-08-24

Lorenzo D. NJ. Sweat is a prominent Maine
politician, The New York Tribune has this,
in which that gentleman figured. 1t but
shows the style Of men that are running the
'my policy machine.
Mr. McCallan Higgs, of Chicago, heard a
loud conversation between several delegates
to the Chicago Convention. One Of the talk
ers was Lorenzo ID. NJ Sweat, of Maine, who
abused the dead President, and praised the
live one heartily. Part Of Mr. Sweats con.
vcrsation is reported as follows in the Jersey
City Times
Fearing the memory of those pseudo lovers
Of their country may fail them IN regard to
their marked abuse OF the late President and
COMMUNICATION of rebels, j viii instance but q
few either choice flowers of speech. Mr..
Wilson said, that Abraham Lincoln was a
low, filthy scoundrel, villainous son ofa b--h,
"a circus tumbler, and bas,ardih which
was assented to by Sweat and his conferes.
Perhaps Mr.. Sweat may have thought it
true when he said .Gen. Grant was with the
President and his party" but be win have
hard work to make the true men of the nation
believe such Islander. He also remarked
that Gen. Sherman stood good chance for
nomination for President, by this new party
while Mr.. wilson, his Kentucky friend, very
much regretted to know that ''the General
was insane aud unfit to govern mem" What
a pity these grave differences should happen
in this happy family, SD early in the history
vi these new movements TO give the Govern
ment into the hands Of traitors North and
South.
Mr.. Sweat seemed pleased to learn from
his friend Wilson, that Mr.. Lincoln cunning
which they admitted he had, was .'mostly
from his Niger blood, as che was half
niggerr ard half Irish" Doubtless, when
Wilson issues his promised book ON Lincoln
and the Asolitionlsts OF the North" he will
give the public many more such sweet scent
ed expressions as the above, as he insists he
has store of such facts on hand The start.
ling announcement by Wilson, that "Mr. Linz
coin was always known in Illinois as the
greatest liar at the har-and that his word
was never taken except it was written, is
new phase in Honest Old Abe's character,
which the people will doubtless repudiate.
Mr.. Sweat forgot, when he remarked Of
ex-Nice President Hamlin, that ''he was
low, filthy man, that the distance he was
from Maine would not prevent his fellow c;ti
sens Of that SAFE from hearing of this out
fageo1s abuse.
The above statement. am willing at any
time to make affidavit in regard to the truth
fulness Of if il is denied.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-08-24
Qbr Wdff Gitp,


- RI - = - - - TT tt r
h6 The Birds Quession,n poem con,
rlbuted BY WHITTIER, ism his happiest vein
Ne copy it entire:
Behind us at our evening meal
The gray bird ate hiIfl, sartaE
Hung downward by single clsw,
And wiped his hooked bill.
He shook his wings and crimson tail,
And set his head aslast, ~
And, in his sharp, impatient way,
Asked, "what does Charlie want,"
"Fie. silly bird" answered. "tuck
Your head beneath your wing
And 20 to slcep"-but 'er and DER
He asked the seH-ssme thing,
Then smiling TO myself / said:
How like are men and birds
We all are saying What he says
In action or in words.
The boy with whip and top and drum,
The girl with hoop and doll,
And men with lands and houses ask
The question of Poor Poll.
However full, with something more
We fain the bag would cram;
We sigh above our crowded nets -
For fish that never swan.
No bounty Of indulgent heaven
The vague desire can stay;
Self love is still Tartar mill
For grinding prayers away.
The dear God hears and pities all,
lie knoweth all our wants;
And what we biindly ask Of Him
His love witholds or grants.
And so l sometimes think our prayers
Might well be merged in enc;
And nest and perch, and hearth and church
Repeats, Thy WILDE dome
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-08-24
The Reconciliation.


As through the land nj eve we went,
And pluokei the ripcned ears,
We fell out, my wife and /,
o we fell out, know not why,
And kissed again with tears.
For when we came where lies the child
We lost in other years,
There above the little grare,
@. then above the little grave,
We kissed again with tears.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-08-24

From Rev. VIM NTH, rr4 riy pestur Of The Vine
tosn ard vi. VILE N J hsptisf ChErch.sf
Having rsei o. my family anaulber ot battles ofy9
Hoofana's German Gtters have say that 7 regard
them excellent uedi ne e-iAly a5oTted re-
move the dis.Azrs they recommended tlr Tbey
strepgtben and lntisrat- the ystem h. astiftafed
r-efn in Disorders NJ The ii8cr los srpttts
etc have also recommended hem TO several q my
ffieuis no have tried ttem and found greatly
beneficial In the restoration OF heaIth.
Yours trply, WIN. SMITH
$50 Hutchinson street, Ptiladelphi.
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u

BEWARE OF CaFSTEEFETTS-see that The sigma
ture OF &C N JACKSON is on the WRAPPER Of sch
bort ES- pric4-->inkie bottle, ONE DOLLAR, or a
half sftyrn for 1--WE " LIARS
60 shouldNcnr ntarsA agest not have the article
Do ot he m bF anY ~ the ntoxcatitg aratiops
riAy he o-r,d Ia Is recr. bot I'd and
viii feru ard. securely p1ekad, ~ exP,~-s.
rrincil a. 0f'iee ard Aarutaet ri, Gal Arch Stree
Philadelphia, Pa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-08-24

The London Rerietc says: .'Slang terms Of
appreciation come from various sources. A
man at the top of his profession is called A
/. This, with the apreladon OF clipper
savors evidently Of salt water. The idea Of
q mans getting ON like steam is to ouy mind
very unpleasant. OF the two modes of pro-
erosion we should certainly prefer getting
on Gk a house on fire. Again, the expires
sion. first class, is always on the lips of
snob. Ii is only exceeded in vulgarity by the
word prime, which should never be applied
to anything but cheese, or by anybody but q
cheesemonger. The word swell, in a laud-
atary sense and With reference to mans
Accomplishments. seems generally recogni>
zed. Thus We may say OF Jones, the under
graduate, that he is a swell ut Greek iambics
or cricket. If he has paid great attention to
his toilet for an evening party, he may be de-
seribed with perfect propriety as terrific
swell But If be is entitled to write honora-
bic before his name, he must not be called a
swell on that account.
Indeed, all slang words, as gent mob,
etc, employed to represent social grade,
become offensive. No one, whether he
plays cards or not, can object to hear his
friend called "a trump. 1t is good honest
epithet in slang. So is sumner although
it is less refined To speak Of a man as =
'muh IS good natured way of describing
his stupidity. Public school boys know
such and such fellow At Oxford and
Cambridge you know "a man. (never 1sa-
flemdn: celia "a sans sirsl. Since.the pub(i
cation of Leachs famous sketch, the
word party is sometimes used in = Joke
out Of the city; but the worst expression OF
individuality is the word chap which has
long been given up to the shepmen. Shop
slang is, by the way, AWAY detestable
"We can do you that scarf at four and
nine" mice thing in turn-dowus,n, and 30
forth. Retail dealers have an eiliptical man.
ner Of expressing themselves, which, TO the
uncommerciai ear is very unsatisfactory. AT
the China warehouses, fer instsRcs, they talk
of elegant cut sherries' ard meat rsen
(hl oeks,' when they really mean the vessels
which are TO hold that wine. The b-evitJ
and assistance Of that unpleasant adtadA,
'tsrms; easA, which easessss - ~ ~ =
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-08-24

FOR SALE.-Eighty acres of impeoved
- land nsar Chariston, Lss county. Iowa 6os4 In
pFovsHsn@ tharaoa Prise a. Ter ecso-sesy CHEAP
Good title inquire Of MN. PULf0N.
dec2s Real xstats Agent No. - Na,n etrest
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-08-24
JONES d. EVANS.

PRoPRlEToRs.
by Druggists ard Dealers IN every town in til
United STATE. ian24-iv FSteuVg-v~ Wow
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-08-24

certain ualXGfA&uAfe must, We thisk, Of
4ead even TIN most phnctuat CUSTOMER, -dsis-
80 howibly heenie 4shto thspi4b IN ugr
"uAwi1 tpH 4Ane desc ~ I'D
eonsl fras ht R6cl n hay Hhbal q
give. 1t il Wonderful TO think how quickly
young ladies pick up Bohemian and turfy
words from their brothers. and the readiness.
With whichthey sppy tAaMe%a0w they NJ
'trot out their partners in a quadrille, 'tvios
the general points of his character, and are
down upon his weaknesses. sPiccadilly
4eepexs don t. sseh m atall, sid m artless
i ounEihir at a ball Not 3oSg ago, uaeaning
to exrtess her dislike 10 the long whiskeri u
her ris-a-ris. Fetching one is an Ameris
'canism. Another bit If Yankee slang ~as
admirably rendered not long ago BY N.
Punch, in sketch offs transatlantic belle
who declines, a second helping eksupper, be>
cauA she guessed ~ 80 pt6fy we'll crowd. \
ed already. We have even heard of an En-
glish girl who Familiarity alluded to her
father dinner party as q blow out but this
is positively too dreadiHl for belief; and If we
may venture to express an opinion, it must
be very mild form Of alang indeed which Ne
cun tplerate from sAehpsd %omaA." -,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-08-24

The Grand Lodge |. o. G. 7. in Iowa
viii meet at Newton, Jaspet county, ON the
9th Of September. Hat.fare arrangements
have been made with the railroads delegates
paying full fare going, and returning free.
We understand that the citizens of Newton
are making arrangements to- entertain dele
gates and visitors.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-08-24
VILLA FULTON,
Insurance and Real Estate
AG ANT,
+ Q 4 U >, WA.
UPYlGE gEn0yEv 70 AAIS sTREEr. NO. 81.
Over foanher Bros Dry Goods Store. In the
room lately occupied by the Keekuk
II Library Association. ~

TOT S0uC. q
4 DOUBLE one-story Frame Dwelling
IA HOUSE. conaiaing i3 scois a1d cellar fall Lon,
rood vs,i az wAter and sms stahls. stnaied Bank
between LIT and Cd stscets. Enquire q
y NM vULf0N.
jylo-d Real Asaes Agsne
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Case u 80 viaia cAse and hook con SO 90
Case Of 90 large vials in and book. 90
Csse OF 20 lsrse vsais pain ard BOOK 90
Case Of IL boxes (Nos TO ISL aud book. 90
These remedies by the single box ssrt TO
any part Of the country, by mail exIras, free Of
charge on recent or the price. Address
HEKPHREFS SPECIFIC
H0MEOPA THfC MEDICINE cOHPAST
Office and Depct No. sea Broadway, Sew-york.
For sale by every Medicine Dealer.
Dr. HUMPHREYS il consrifed caiy at his oMte u
sonsll, BY letter. above, for all forms Of disc
isnzsdly
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-05-10
a Dilemma,
The C'os@mercial discovers n di

The Commercial discovers dilemma in
the present political condition: Taxation
and representation being correilatives, we
have no right to tax the South except up>
on condition CT admitting is members to
seats IN the body in which laws for taxa
tion are passed while such is the malig-
nancy OF the people that to admit their rep
resentatiyes, thereby making them dis
tmrbing clements III the State, would be
unwise and dangerous. The case thus
stated Is d bad one certainly. To say moth
ing OF the need we are in fer Southern
money, there are other very cogent rea-
sons why taxation must not be forgone.-
There IS the pleasure which we are to re-
alizc from laying burdens upon n people
who have no means Of resistance, which we
cannot afford to iose, and there is the dis
ciplinary force arising from the burdens
themselves, which, for high moral reasons,
we cannot afford 70 remit. So that, in Ia
vor of Taxation, We have: 1st, necessity !;
"a, pleasure and 81 obligation; and, as
We are ? high moral people, appoiuisl and
commissioned to discipline the rest Of man
kidd, De conclusion, no doubt, will be
continue the tax, whatever may come of
the representation.
We have arrived At : condition in our
fairs which an apprentice in politics
might have fcrseen, upon the predicates OF
success in the war, and the continuance in
power OF he war party The war party
wants Yower now as much rs ever; It needs
security in order to make lis theories prac-
;ical, and to make its theories practical in
order to realize security. Il ted the pe0-
p!e that if It could only hold on mt! The
rebellion was conquered, the Union res
stored, and slavery abolished. 1t could then
afford to retire gracefully and repose upon
lis laurels in the comfortable assurance
that il had eliminated every element of
diseord, and removed every obstacle to per-
feet unity, unlimited progress and unaloy-
Cd excellence, social, political and econom-
zeal. But with every step in the hg hway
If success, the path to be traversed, i the
place IF growing shorter appears TO have
elongated and the perils instead of dimin>
ishing, have been all the time on the III,
crease. The country is now in a highly
critical condition; and although the pa
tient has grown continually worse and
worse, under its physicians. we are told
that ualess we continue 10 en- ploy the cid
doctors the only prospect is immediate
dissolution Cincinnati Enquirer.