The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-08-19

A HEAv1r loaded vagoa cattle slrsst yss-
ssrday was . picture - tAs ecuthsr1 Coz
fsdsr.cy, or the Basasrnut Ds4osrasy, O ~
future Of "My Policy" Il lad COLLAPSED,
broken . wheel, and gone sndSf.
Fnox abroad ve have reporss that Ksoknk
i being depopulatsd with choltss, aa4 some
Of the friends Of this municipality, y
apprehend, expect 70 visit it q early - -
safe, and find it picture Of Old Theoss, =
Palmyra, or the ruins Of Baalbtc; = dssolaas
q the Great African Desert, ard = dssaEy =
the catacombs 1t Rome, or one Of Aims.
worth's novels. We arc glad % BE- able to
disabuse these good people Of their impres.
mons. There have been few cases OF Sc
YER, cholera morbus here; twp or three Of
them fatal. There may have been one OF
two cases of sporadic cholera brought Cd
the packets; but as to there being any cpl
demic Asiatic cholera here, or enough of any
kind to cause any alarm, it isn't true. Such
reports are bosh and CANNON.
Thanks TO the careful labors of our Board
Of Health, our city is in excellent sanitary
condition, and can be visited - safely a q
any time in its history.
We find, by inquiry, that We have under
estimated above the number Of deaths thai
have recently occurred, but there are not sui
6ciep. to require any change TO be made II
any of the other statements.
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SHows,-There have been shows here 70
cently-circuses. Our people have attended
them numerously. Wonder, after they wer'
gone, if our people didn't conclude that cir
cuses are noisy, dusty, disagrseable, none,
absorbing humbug. Dixon thinka 90. Yam
kee Robinson was At Des Moines recently
and the effect Of it was to send Dixon of in
to sundry philosophical reflections deprecla'
tory of shows. Here is but one OF the grew
ances that appear to him.
1--WE are down on shows. We vote then
q nuisance every time. For two days during
the present week Yankee Robinson mas oeei
amusing the populace with his ponderous col
lection of monkeys and Copperhead clowns
and what special good has been accomplished
4 The show, viewed simply as q show, ma,
have been good enough in its way. We dc
not 90 to see, but all shows are bores ano
public calsmities. Let's see about it. Ar
agent comes to town. he post
up his bills, and invites the world L
read the announcement that the Great Du
plex>High Flying Conglomerase- Consolid.t
ed Stupendous Menagerie and Circus Of Spit
FIRE Co. will exhibit in Des MONIES on thu
l4,h day of August, 1866. All the little boy
and girls 20 crazy with excitement. The,
read and wonder. They talk about the show
They think constantly on the same subject
| They dream about the show, and are eter
nally asking their dear Pas and Mas how lonl
| it win be before they shall see Messrs. Spit
| FIRE 4 Co. and their lovely collection OF Mon
keys and Kangaroos. II they attend school
the word ..Show'' is at the head of every les
son, and in the center of it, and ct the end
| They can see the same glowing word on then
| states, and on their blackboards, and on the
walls, and on the ceiling, and on the hoor
and on the playground. They read it in th'
stars at night, and on the margin OF the
heavens. They hear il whispered among the
trees. and among the grasses, and in the fence
corners, and along the streets, and in theiI
| pews at church They say their little prayer,
at night, and instead Of winding up with the
| reverent termination, as usual in such cases
they proceed from beginning to end al fol-
lows:
"And now lay me down to sleep.
l pray the Lord my soul to keep;
And If die before wake
Lets see the show for mercy's sake.
Yankee Robinson-Amen.