The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-10-31

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War is generally the business which enter
tains them, but Louis Napoleon'at present
is out of job in that line, and hence
grand peace-exhibition is inauguratcd to
amuse the masses while his "imperial
majesty" is Matching up something suita-
BILE to the tastes of his turbulent and san
culinary people and more in consonance
with his ambitious tastes. Everybody
loves the French Emperor & and therefore
everybody should determine to give honor
to tho movement his cunning has inaugu-
rated We arc in receipt of q circular as
large as small newspaper with request
for publications: the pay is that every pa
pcr in Iowa will be carried to Paris-ours
of course would come before the French
people, and it is not certain but wo should
receive large orders for job work, advcr-
Using, subscriptions, &C., &C., from our
mercurial ncighbors across the Atlantic !!
This circular is signed by j. NJ. Shaffer, Of
Fairfield, Iowa, under date Of Oct. 9th,
" Commissioner for Iowa to Paris EXPOSE
ton of 1867" It is an appeal to .'our
great and noble state " to forward, to his
care, at Chicago, (pnying half freight for
all packages Of over 20 pounds weight
samples of everything Iowa produces. Mr..
S. wants curiosities of all kinds--vegcta-
blss, mineral, geological, piscatcrial, agril
cufturui, ornttnciogicaI, manufactures,
paintings, books, maps, newspapers, 1ndi-
an relics and histories, fruits, shells, game
birds and domestic fowls, photographs Of
houses, mills, brcwcrics, churches, rail
way buildings, samples of wine, CSC bot
ties from each neighhorhood WHISTLES,
brandies pictures of mules, horses, jack
asses, bulls and other animals, Adjntant
Generals Reports, specimens Of wood,
leather, coal, and---thc Lord only knows
what-that may be found natural and ar
tifcial, in the earth, on the earth or in the
waters thereof, contiguous to and identi-
fed with the state of Iowa. f.
All this immense treasure is to be ship
ped to Paris under the direction of Mr..
Shaffcr. If all he asks for should be for
warded it will require several large vessels
to bear the freight. Samples of sail the
labor-saving machinery would FIJI up
some: stuffed birds and animals, "wild
and domestic" would take little space !;
"six, bottles of wine from each lighl,or-
hood" would draw from Clayton County
alone over tsco thousand bottles of the
bloods of the grape, the currant and the
rhubarb plant Just think Of "ench
neighborhood in, the statcn in this point
of view -" half dozen corn and sor-
ghum stalks, with roots, leaves, seed, &C.,
&c., just as IL grew, with stalks Of Rye,
Wheat, Barley, &c., &C.," if furnished by
teach ncighborhood in the state would
fill small fodder ship! Iowa, if Mr..
Shaffcr's draft shall be filled, will deluge
Paris in wine, fill the whole city with ma
chinery, supply its restaurants with stuffed
birds, ornament its walls with paintings
and Indian relics, and furnish fodder
enough to last its cattle five years. lie
will have, when he collects his calls, a
Museum of curiositics, artificial, natural
and comical, which the world never yet
saw, and we guess il never co,i't.
We cannot insert the dcircular, Mt pres
emit. May do so at some future time mere
" to show the folly of the movement, and
to crafty our friend Shaffcr, who evident
ly wants sea voyage for his health
Some of the reasons for our failure to ap-
prove this gigantic affair, arc to-wit:
First, it is too large bumbug for prac-
teal use. Second, Mr.. Shafier is able to
60 to Paris at his own cxpense-as the
writer once went to Congress! Third, the
non-appropriation of funds on the part of
the State is no proof that a future legisla-
ture will not shell out largely for this pur-
pose er post .facto, as it WERE" Fourth,
the sending Of wines, specimens Of fine
arts, grains, donkeys, brandies, engravings,
school books, Autographs, photographs
and tobacco to France, or to any part Of
enlightened Europe, is much the same as
sending "rcoal to New CASTLE or wool to
Vermont. Sixth, Iowa is not in want of
notoriety at the court Of st. Cloud If she
were, it is not proper to incur an expense
Of 2O.to so thousand dollars to OK hibit her
resources or her citizens SO fur from her
lines Of trade and influence. If such on
amount Of treasure can he raised for Paris
Why not raise it for home exhibition at the
State Capital? Why send our finest spec
linens Of art and our grandcst curiosities
in nature to the most corrupt sovereign in
Europe, to crafty him and his aristocrat-'
ic satellites with the proof that the boast
ed democratic republiespism Of America
still pays homage to an Empe,pr!'ta; eI,j3
There are worthy, poor, suffering pco-
pie in Iowa who need, and who would
gratefully appreciate . distribution of the
proceeds which this' Quixotic proposition
contempiatcs. Charity should not always
remain at home, but it need not travel
or thousand miles to find objects of re-
gard. Prides-state or individual, does not
i" exhibit Z well, in robes Of consequence
abroad when public debt and personal die
tress remain at home. Seventh, such far
off "Expositions''' benefit | our people
about as much. as shower in, Ireland
would help the parchcd farms in Clayton
County in the month Of June. Eighth,
all such moves result in giving ephemcral
distinction to . few aspiring gentlemen,
while the masses furnish the samples, the
labor and the final expense of the whole
business. Ninth, we don't like the cusscd