The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-03-29
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Er. LOWS, March 27, 1867.
A days experience in this soodly city OF
French name and founding, bat Of puse
American building and development, -
convinced MI, Obi dear GATE, that this ism
The sunny cline started in search OF.
vii. 70 on Dixievard this evening; :. ! on
NOV how Il. g cuidnsss md br;as6Fnsss a
Monday So66ngssue on and went out ~
cold and rain, and the dismalest ofail dismal
days, Is The hours vofs %. DisAd ses511
the mp dowa havs tspnAat for - e9PFA
sccca ruodasiens Of III sspsrb ssee4l -
.sxndy J ohhsou,s and the uniting an M
CAPTAIN Brolaski, and Mr.. Ben Clark, clerk,
have for the comfort and good entertainment
of their guests. The official fitness OF these
gentlemen for their place, their admirable
qualities ~ gentlemen and officers, havs %
oftsa besn remarked and coamsntsd by ~
tsas Is 10 oely bscanss each new asosiaaioa
with them more clearly brings that fitness and
those admirable qualities into new promi>
nence, that VI remark it here
The river channel was filled with ice until
We passed Quincy. At evening the rain
changed TO . snow storm of great herceness,
that beat upon The boat for several Hours.
The lower edge of the snow storm just
touched St. Louis. The river is unusually
lew for the season. The hoAt'l ksAl grstsd
upon the sand more than once, but We got
through without grounding.
ST, Louis has 30 lost its identity in mud,
and clouds, and mist, that IL h scarcely tra-
versatile, and shall not provoke rs to one
word Of glowing description. We content
ourselves, for the most part, With hunting up
our Keokuk friends and Iowa friends, that
ara here. Our friends John W. Cleghorn
and M. Alexander, Of the house' OF Alsrsn.
der. Kramer 4 Co., we found presiding over
that establishment, asd rsjoisinE in the pros
pecs of doing an excellent business hthey
do fractional part 80 we'll - they deserve,
they are esxtaia Of large good fortune. SO,
too, the Iowa house Of Busssy. Mcdowell q
Co. General Bsssey is in Mes Qrisans- W
found our friends of the lev ffn Of Beremar
Il Corkhlll doing . capital business, and well
assured Of success in their new home. Gen.
Noble is prospecting as his legal ability, spien-
did talents, and untiring industry deserve.
lOur young friend, Ed. McCartey, is pro TEN.
Clerk Of ,he Supreme Court. He is Keo-
kuk boy, with WORTH and brains to be man
ly man, and will be it.
We visited last evening the rooms OF tbs
Mercantile Library Association. The read
ing room il the finest IN the United States.
There Is fair iibrsry, busts Of Webster,
Burns, Benton, and othen, full length
status OF Daniel Webster, inadequate in con.
lception, and imperfect in execution, mere
Iclay image, no more Daniel Webster than .
cabinet organ is one Of the grand old Euro
pean cathedral church organs. There are
many paintings, few of them of real merit,
and in sculpture, Harriet Hosmer's 4Euone,'
and her still more beautiful masterpiece,
"zsnohia.' The genius of s.. Lous' gifted
daughter will End no nobler or more perfec,
EXPRESSION than in the last.
The Supreme Court is in session, and had
| the leisure. / would make pen sketches oil
the prominent members Of the St. iLsuis bar,
Did ii ever occur to you, Oh, ebservanl
GArr how much real ability among men
runs to waste? Many of the best fitted to
do in life, idle, and drvel, and glitter, and
do nothing. We thought Of this ~ We "a,
by the stove on the packet - We came down,
among . company, ard listened to the spark.
ling talk Of young man with q bright eye
and noble head. He had travelled largely,
and his relation of experiences to . couple
Of his friends was apt. rscy. brilliant, abound
ing in the most happily told incident, anec-
dote, rsots and acute and accurate observa-
ton Of men aud things. He has rare tall
ents, We are certain, but he will never be
heard from again, for he ia an idle spend
thrift dog. rowing everywhere without any
aim in life. One little thing be perpetrated
vas located at Keoknk. He was on board
the Fl. Madison train at the time the train
tumbled from the track, near Montrose, last
fall. he said ne was sitting upon the seat
idly thrumminesa guitar. An Irishman was
sitting near him. He found himself going
over the bank, and that was all He came
to himself after time he held only piece
of the guitar. In the fall j. had been broken
over the lrishmsn's head. "And do you
think, after it vas all over" be said, "tha,
lrishman wanted me to apologize for hitting
him!' His manner of telling this evoked
| roars of lsug ter.
lgo on Dixieward this evening