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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1866-10-23

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

Col. CALKINs, of the Madison Union
writes rs follows of pair of Wisconsin
chaps. MATHEWS CARPENTER, wants
notoriety, and Charley Robinson of the
Adrocate was always humbug; we are
growing tired of men to whom you canno,
tie:
There are two "War Democrats" who dc
not seem to know that the war is over, and
who are determined to keep fighting. The
editor of the Green Bay Adrocate, who
split his ticket at the Presidential election
supporting Mcclellan and boiling Pen
dleton-is one of them. Matt Carpenter
is the other man, so blind to the signs oil
the times, that he does not know Lee has
surrendered and that there is not rebel in
arms against the government. The other
fact is just as ratent. Those who were in
rebellion have had the spirit Of rebellion
thoroughly whipped out of them; they
cannot be said to love the Union with the
devotion of soldiers who fought for it; but
they have longing desires to again be with
in its embrace, and under the protecting
folds of the Union flag. Yet this brace Of
''War Democrats" are disposed to still re-
gard them as at war, and cherish towards
them the vindictive hate that inspires ene-
mics foot to foot, and point to point op-
posed"
Can it be that these men are blinded by
anything else but the very fanaticism Of
patriotism Can it be that they are sore,
and sour, and disappointed-or that they
are susceptible to radical fattery, and
other radical seductive influences?
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-10-10

PROFIT AND Loss.-A western candidate
for congress, who had large and we'll
stocked farm, was annoyed at the almost
nightly disappearance from his premises
of a number of hogs. A vigilant watch
enabled him to detect the thief, who prov
ed to be a neighbor and warm political
friend Of the candidate-one, in fact, upon
whose assistance he greatly relied in the
coming canvass. He disliked to lose his
support, and he disliked more the idea of
losing his hogs; so he made up his mind
to be frank with the thief, and try to save,
in more senses than one, his bacon. He
went at once to his neighbor, told him
what he had ascertained, expressed his de-
sire not to make public exposure, and
said-"Now, l make this proposition-if
you will let my hogs alone in the future l
will say nothing Of the past, but when l
kill, in the fall, I'll put into your cellar
five barrels of as good pork as | make.''-
The fellow reflected moment and replied:
''Well, Squire, that's fair proposition,
anyhow, and seeing as its's you, I'll do it,
but VOW l believe shall lose pork by the
OperatiOn,n
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-10-10
McGREGOR, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 10, 1866
with q Missionary.


The Charlottesville Chronicle, referring
to the various modes of treating the south
proposed by the northern leaders, says:
These loyal men remind us of a parcel
of cannibals who have just got fine mis-
sionary. They strip him stark naked and
tie him to tree, and then confer how they
shall cook him. One fellow says, ''let's
roast him whole over a slow fre-just
toast him until he is little Drowned r'-
"Oh, no." says another, "stew him-stew-
cd missionary is the incest thing in the
world" 'Oh, no." says a third, 'you
don't know anything right way to eat
that man is to put him in pie stuffed with
potatoes" Sumner cries out, :'Td like to
make mince meat of him, or pass him
through q sausage mill" Stevens says,
"Pickle him raw; like acids" Bolts SAYS,
"Don't let's eat the whole of him-just
take off his arms and legs, and let's have
them fried; they are equal to pigss feet"
A mild old savage looks on benignantly
and says: "My dear friends, it is pity to
eat the poor creature-let's try and human
ize him, for he is man like ourselves not
withstanding he wears clothing and holds
such atrocious opinions-my judgment is
that We shall unite him and let him 60,
provided he is disposed to do the fair thing
and join us-if he will promise to become
a decent savage would turn him loose
when he agrees that a savage is good as a
missionary, and gets on the platform of
equal rights, l would give him and his
friends, (when we catch them) general
amnesty" Stevens growled like a wild
beast-'Td like to eat you, Horace, hat
and all-none Of your brotherhood for me
at this hour, (pulling out his watch y it
is two o'clock am not particular-I
give up my plan-stew him if you choose
i call the previous question: Sumner
-"If none Of you object, while they are
taking the vote, I'll just cut slice out of
him with my pen-knife-that's the way
have seen them do in Abyssinia.''
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-10-10

Scene IN THE FAR WEsr.-A letter de-
scribing scenes on the western prairies
says: ''To-day passed lame OK, turned
adrift by some passing train. A floating
bit of wood in mid-ocean could hardly look
more hopelessly lost. Not far from the
poor beast l discovered a large white wolf
frightened at our approach, sneaking off
through the grass. The rascal Will be
back soon, with comrade or two, and
then woe betide the poor OK. They'll fol-
low and harrass him for time, to ascer-
tain his speed and strength, and then grad
ually getting bolder with his heaviness,
some will rush upon him in front, while
others ham.string him from behind, and
then there is tearing Of flesh, swapping
of wolfish jaws, and a licking of bloody
lipS,"
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-10-10

The Otawas, a tribe of partially civil
lied Indians, are erecting a university fol
the education of Indians in Kansas. Their
Chief, j John Jones, is thoroughly educated
man, and is the leader in the enterprise
and associated with him are several Other
gentlemen, including Rev. Mr.. Hutch
inson, the Government Indian Agent for
the Ottawas. BY treaty consummated two
or three years since, the Ottawas gave
twenty thousand acres of land from the
centre of their rich reservation for the es.
tablishment of this university.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-10-10

THE PRESIDENTS EQUANIMITY TESTED
They tell story about the President and
a severe test upon his good humor, which
will do to relate. The "Right Way'' is a
small seven-by-nine sheet, sadly misnam-
ed, and devoted primarily to the abuse of
Andrew johnson, and secondarity to the
advocacy of the Sumnerian mode of re-
construction. Lew. Campbell happened
to pick up copy of it few months ago,
which was peculiarly "rich'' in vitupera-
ton and scandal. He took it to the White
House, and, in the course of an Interview
with his Excellency, drew it from his
pocket, with the remark, "Now, Mr.. Pres
ident, I'm going to test your different men,
tai and moral qualities. Let me see how
you are as to philosophy"
Campbell then read an article entitled
"Andrew johnson and Thomas Paine,"
written after the manner of Plutarch's s
"Comparison," and designed to show that
Paine was very estimable man compared
with johnson. The President listened to
it attentively. ......... ..,.-...
GLOW do you like that p said Campbell.
"Well, it's not bad, }" said Andrew, good
humoredly. -45
"Now,' said Campbell, ~ want to test
your patriotism" And he read an article
showing that as between Andrew johnson
and Benedict Arnold there was large
balance in favor Of the latter in the matter
of love of country.
"IIow do you like that s' said Campbell.
"Oh, it will do. This is free country,
you know" smilingly replied the Presi.
dent.
"Well, now prepare for test of your
fidelity" said Campbell, and proceeded to
read an article entitled "Judas Iscariot
and Andrew Johnson" to the effect that
the betrayal of his Master by the former
was as nothing compared with the betrayal
of his party by the latter. -.
"What do you think of that, Mr.. Presi-
dent?''
"Well, I guess my shoulders are broad
enough to stand it, replied his Excellen-
cy, not at all moved to displeasure.
snow, here comes the Climax" said
Campbell, and he began to read q double
loaded editorial to the effect that the Right
Way would be circulated through the
agency of the Freedman's Bureau, under
an order from General Howard.
''How do you like that, Mr.. President?'
inquired Campbell.
The President laughed, looked his Ohio
friend in the eye, and said: swell, now,
| don't mind the other things, but doesn't
it strike you that the Howard part is a
little too steep?"
Campbell said it really did occur to him
in that light. The President finally took
the paper and made some notes on the
margin of the order of General Howard
since which time it is supposed the Freed.
mems Bureau hasn't instrumental in circu.
lating the "Right Way to very great
extent
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-10-10

Milwaukee has 25 brewcries, with an
invested capital of over 2, 600, 600. During
the past year there were manufactured
9, 265, ,4OS gallons, besides l2S,6O2 gal
Ions Of ale, making total Of 1895, ,OlO
gallons Of malt liquors. About one
half Of this amount is consumed at
home, which would be about 500 glass
es annually for every man, woman and
child in the city. The annual cost of the
amount consumed is nearly S2,OOO,00O.
There are three vaults in the city, each one
extending under ground about 5000 feet,
and capable of holding 100000 gallons.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-10-10
THE WOODLANDS REPLY.

No mum; this ere tree
Can't be no longer spared;
1t amt no Odds to me
II Mister Brown was squared;
But Mister Brown sez, screen,
You chop that there tree down."
And what no say he fiiean,
Surely, do Mister Brown.
don't possess tho ed
To hargify with you;
A lady born and bred
Is safe to speak what's true.
But put case: I takes
A job from Mr.. b.,
And little it's makes
Out of the likes of he.
Your heart-striDgs, and all that,
Round this ere tree may cling
To contradict you fiat
Would not be quite the thing;
But If you talk Of shade,
There's other boughs than these,
And other folks have played
Mayhap, round other trees.
It's very good to feel
A mysting of the eyes
For chairs Of oak or deal,
And old straw hats likewisc-
To keep, If you've mind,
The things that make you weep;
I've got no fault to find,
Ifthey're your own to keep.
But this ere old oak tree.
As You don't want cut down,
Excuse me, mum, you see,
Belong to Mister Brown.
To him you should apply,
Though faint no use, think;
And II you please, mum,
l should like your health to drink"
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-10-10

A PREAcnER.-Last fall, nearly all the
ministers of the Nj. E. Church stationed
on Lake Superior, went down to confer
ence on the propeller Lac La Belle, tho
first mate of which is gruff but dry old
joker. Having heard that there were sew
eral preachers on board, he remarked, in
gruf sort of a way, that the trip would
be Il stormy one.
"How so?" inquired one of the minis
ters, who happened to overhear the re-
mark. .a f 'e-'
"Because there's SO many ministers on
board" said the mate.
"Why," said the minister, GIVE trav-
eled on the lake for the last five years, and
never was in storm yet how do you ac-
count for that?"
"Why," said the mate, hesitatingly,
'perhaps-you' 're-not--much OF a preach
or - -1 ,.s --if ....
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-10-10
For Adopted Citizens.

For Adopted Citizens.
The last radical congress denied to for
eisn-born voters the right of taking any
part in the management of national banks.
The constitutional amendment proposed
by the present congress excludes foreign
born voters from the basis of representa-
ton wherever negroes are excluded from
the ballot box.
gress did not covertly intend by this con-
ballot box also all voters not born or fully
naturalized in the United States. The
first clause of the first section of the amend
ment is deemed capable of Interpretation
to that effect, and doubtless will be so in
terpreted by the radicals in case ofits rati-
fication. In positive terms the clause in
question determines that "all persons born
or naturalized in the United States, and
subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citi-
zens of the United States and Of the state
wherein they reside''-thus affording an
opportunity for the legal implication that
no person not born or fully naturalized in
the United States can exercise the franchi-
ses of a citizen in any state. As the con-
stitution now is, on alien resident who has
declared his intention to become a citizen
of the United States, is admissible to all
the franchises of citizen of the state, in
cluding the right of suffrage. Would such
be the case should this amendment be rati-
fed, restricting state citizenship to the na-
tive born and naturalized?
| Adopted citizens of the states cannot be
too wary as to their privileges. Past ex-
pericnce will teach them that the radicals
will readily avail themselves of any doubt.
full or indefinite construction of the feder.
al constitution to close the ballot-boz
against them forever. The dominant par
ty in congress is governed in this respect
by the proscriptive spirit which actuated
Thad. Stevens when he said to
Mr.. Brown in the house of representatives
two years ago?
"Why should he 1.-THE foreigncr) come
here with his capital and govern the whole
country? l do not think the per.
sons the gentlemen desires to bring in 1.-THE
foreign born voters of Wisconsin, sufh.
ciently EDUCATED to become directors oi
these banks.'-lNil. Ne,cs.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-10-10

IRISH HUMoR.-The Irishman is happy
in his description. He says of a conceit-
ed fellow, 'He is ate up with pride and
consate." lie calls his pig, ''the darlint
that pays the rint." When beaten at the
fair, he says, 'I've shirt full of sore
bones, glory to be God u and, complaining
of an assault and battery, he declares,
''Tm kilt intirely, as your honor sees.'-
His expressions are often picturesque
He calls blind man "a poor dark man -
and powerful friend, "the best feather in
my wing" The idiot is "an innocent -
''she is happy" means she is dead; and
he calls echo, ''the daughter of his voice."
No one but an Irishman would ever have
thought of calling rogues in the pillory,
''the babes in the rood
The Irishman's answers are generally
good, and ready. "That whisky must be
very strong,r said gentleman. ''Sure,
it requires to be, sir; for we are always
attacking it, Scott, telling beggar he
might owe him the change for a shilling,
got the reply ''And may your honor live
till pay YOU" A lady asked an Irish
butcher, chow he could be so cruel, as to
kill little lambs?" "And you wouldn' t
ate them alive, would your
In the West, asked an Irishman how
he would like to be buried in graveyard
through which railroad had been run p
'I'd die first" said he. Sheridan said to
his son: ''Tom, it's time you were settling
down and took a wife, "Yes: whose
wife shall take?''
A lady, seeing a drunken man in the
gutter, said she was afraid he was dead
| Pat, who had been near enough to smell
his breath, exclaimed: ,,,a.T
"Faith, and l wish l had half his dis.
ease :"
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-10-10
WHOLE No. 52l.


The Most Formidable Vessel Ahoat.
The great iron-clad ram Dunder berg
which has been built in New York, is n
length ready for use. and was tried upon O
short trip in that harbor on Wednesday
with success, it is reported. Previously y
her machinery had been kept going on
the dock for forty Eight hours, a la Alson.
quin. Everything is reported to have
worked smoothly. This monster shin is
said to be the largest iron-clad in the
American navy. She has two engines of
six thousand horse power each, and a con-
denser twenty feet long and ten feet in
diameter. She has also independent en-
gines for ventilating and pumping pur-
poses. Her boilers are seventeen and a
half feet in hei ght, thirteen feet in depth,
with breadth of twcnty-one feet and a
half. These immense masses of ron weigh
one million eight thousand pounds. The
boiler surface is thirty thousand feet, and
the propcllors twenty-five feet in diameter.
The ship is of immense proportions, being
three hundred and eighty feet four inches
in length, seventy-two feet ten inches in
breadth of beam, with a solid ram extend
ing from the bow above and under water
fifty feet. Her depth of hold is twenty
two feet and half, and her draught of
water is twenty-one feet. Her armor
weighs two million two hundred and forty
thousand pounds. She can carry two
millions and quarter pounds of coal, and
burns three tons and a quarter hourly. 1t
is said that the full capacity of her engines
will give her speed of from sixteen to
eighteen miles per hour. Upon the trial
trip on Thursday last, the ship came down
to the Narrows, where some experiments
as to her capacity in turning quickly were
made. There were forty-one trials in all
of her capacity, and she was turned re-
peatedly in space barely more than half
her total length, each complete revolution
being made in an average time of three
minutes and thirty seconds, and not the
least dipping or lateral lurching being no.
ticeable to the acutest observation. As a
prophecy and exhibition of rapidity and
facility with which, in case of conflict, the
nautical annihilator could "change her
base' either to vary the nature of her
discharges, or to bisect her opponent, this
execution was pronounced unapproachablc
on the part of anything else that now car
ries cannon, by the unanimous verdict of
the officials on board. After this satisfac-
tory test, the ship returned to her dock,
and preparations are being made to make
a trip to sea, to try the quality of the ves-
sci under all circumstances. We need
say that the Dunderberg carries
guns of the largest caliber, and is truly
the most formidable vessel now afloat in
any navy.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-10-10

A traveller relating his experiences
in the East Indies alluded to the great num-
Der of servants employed by gentleman in
that country.
"To take care of my pipe" said he,
I had four seryants.'
" Is it possible?'
Yes it was the duty of the first to
bring me the pipe; the second filled it; the
third lighted it,
"And what did the fourth do?
"The fourth smoked it; never could
bear Tobacco, myself"
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-10-10

CUSTOMS OF ORIENTAL SuoPKEEPERs.-
The Americans are accustomed to sit down
and weep bitterly when they have sold any
article of value, declaring that the pur-
chaser has ruined them. The jews, on
similar occasions, rend their garments,
(which, by the way, are said to be worn
purposely for such sacriice) with still
louder protestations of ruin.
The Greek shopkeepers, in most of the
Turkish towns, send out a crier to pro-
claim the arrival of goods and their prices,
each announcement being regularly con-
cluded with the declaration that his en-
ployer is running himself, but must sell.
In Asiatic Russia, the shopkeepers con-
slider it incumbent on them to absolutely
refuse selling their goods to any customer,
and the latter is expected to employ him
self at least an hour in persuading the
merchant to deal with him.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-10-10

"La Califerrie is the monster ressaur-
ant of Paris and the world. 1t will accom-
modate 1880 people Thirty butchers are
constantly employed to supply the estab-
lishment with meats. A regiment of
walters answer calls for wine alone. The
proprietor has purchased 100000 wine
glasses 100, 600 forks, and 10000 knives
for use of this restaurant 1t is frequented
by all classes, every person going direct to
the kitchen, where the dish delivered is
selected and paid for. Three thousand
pounds of meat and two casks of wine are
consumed daily.