The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-04-25

Cinci,sadst on Bender-Ga general De-
"''ss''.'. \
Deer escesfoY in til QAie.at
Cinciny Ati. On deer Led Ok hf w
been loaate wildly dfti leries. ma
fire III, thd diatille14Ss he otSer
morning 81 It large 1ua1titiosKo f
whisky Into Deef creek, BY which it
was cafrl6dsto that point in the Belle
RiUiere where the corporation pumps
make their drafts Of fluid for the
city use. Not being aIles 70; dis
tingnishs-its 80, nit abs toscparates =
the liquid Of the Ohio from the LIQUID
Of Deer creek, apd being compelled
nsyt,,tdrines tho pumps aforesaid
received the bexefag &C. THUS prepared
and distributed tho same to their
regular customers. The consequen
ces Of this singular turn Of events
are thus descfibetr D. 1.-The Cincinnati
Iinsas.s iaia9 fss-s4 s,,as;sss' s,ia5ie noe
The demoralizatiop which has re-
suited to this community from the
nlingling Of that Deer creek. whisky
with the: hydrant water is almost
beyond, calculation. Tt, was. not
.srowyn for some time Why ), booty
atmosphere seemed 4. fo,, hedge is all
about. Men who neyer' drunk liquor
ii their lives, knowingly went Bbme
for several days il. succession 30 bloa-
ted TINT they weree, hardly, to be rec
ognizod, although they assured their
Weeping wives as they helped them
tt.ooff to bed .shain y touched 1hic) drop
| today, ma asp- hopper die have,
Then waking up in the morning with
/. throbbing temples and bewi!dered
brain they tried in vain, to recall any
occasion during. The previous dry
when they had wandered away from
the established principles Of lifeline
and taken to tho bowl----"w what drugs
what charnls what conjurations and
what almighty magic, I" had got them
on. q Fbnm ?" ~at 80 " .s,as.s VI:
! One aged and highly respectable
/ citizen, who never tasted liquor in
his life, and consequently could be-
long, to, a temperance society with
impunity,. was seen winding his way
home Yard the other day, with his
! ha, siammeA down on the back Of his
head md his face redolent and Jolly,
While he was singing. Has ,tss
h !. sIan'ord, fill'r fiowin bowl, .ss,.s;
E11 Foo bali, foo, 1hic) balls,4 yl.,bs5p
Old Uncle Jonny's marchin home"
His wife dian, 7 know him ,atfirst, as
he, entered the house, his conntenance
was SO. changed, apd, then the ends
ofthat white. clavat which she, al
ways tod, herself every morpingwith
so much care, were fiyingin the most
ouNandish manner about his left,ear;
his clothes We're disordered and soil.
ed, and that hat she had never seen
such 9 sightsin all her. born or mar
ried days. s..,f.,..., ASA ,,.,,y..,,m;
He pulled it off, swung it. wildly
around his head with q "whopce r
and then, SHE'D it with scientific ex-
| aotness upon the bust Of Douglas,
giving q horrible ,grotesqne leer to
that late distinguished statesman as
it dropped over his left eye. i He Off
cred to bet two, dollars and a half
that che knew. VINO he was, and cold
whip any man that wasn't, then
looking round upon his weeping fam
lily with n sIlgnC geAm of returning
.reason; DO yelled: SO, I'm a wreck 2
and bursting into tears, besouget the
Oldest girl to bring in. a gutter for
him to, "waIlow' in. He felt that he
must wallow. He was logged. up
stsirs 70 bed iualaaely shouting, ss;gut:
tiers for; onel" ., ...s-s'
Unfortunately came out in thu pa
pers the ,next pay Git would have ap
peared before, but the editors, who.it
is known imbibc extravagant quaint
ties Of water, were disappointed fol
work themselysO that great quanti-
ties Of WNslsey had become mingled
with the hydrant water, 1t had foa,
| ted down Deer creek from a burning
[distillery to tho river where the city
have. the most complete and effective
arrangements possible for stopping
any thing Of > damnable order thai
tindsi It's way down the creek and
pumping y into the reservoir. ,..
II The excellent old gent leman above
alluded to had determined to put, on
end to his orthless existence when
he camesto q full realization IF what
/! he had had done, but ookild' s 1oysfa morn
ling paper to see Il i was going 70 BE-
9 very good day for suicides, any how