The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-03-13

From the Toledo BlAds. e
Posr orris, CONFIDENT RoAps,
(which is in the Stait Of Kentucky
February 20, 1867.
The Institootis, Lmay say asuccess. Con-
tr1butions how in slowly but shooriy fast
enuff indeed to give each ov the Board new
SCOT Of close. and we speshellY, who hev the
first handlin NV the money, several other COM
forts. But that corner-stun troubles us. Sum
hundreds NV people saw that bottle Nv llkker
and grsenback deposited under il, and reg
larly every mite its bin overturned by per-
sons in search Nv them relics. At great ex>
pense We built onto it q section OF wall, but
making no account ne oar expendtoor,
they over turned ii we then histed sign
board bearin this legend, The whiskey is
all gone and the greenbacks Also, slguea
by the Board bat one-half Nv the citizens d '
that lokality don't read and tothern didn' I
hey the nessary confidence in the truthfulneSs
Wv the Board 10 prevent en- from gels foF tAe
artikles. tho the very knowledge ov us which
brought about this state Nv disbelief, shood,
one wood suppose, hev taught EN- that the
greent,ack and likker coodn I possibly be ther
after so long = period er he'd ensood. So en-
a last resort we stuck two posts in the ground
and drawd an iron chain over it That
got EN-. Force is about the only thing nv
any account in this country.
The Board met last mite at the Post Offs,
wich ontil we git the lnstitoot built, will be
the head quarters NV me Trustees, to consid-
er the propriety Of publishin series w skool
books adapted especially to the South
ern intelleck aud calculated partikel-
erS 10 keep ahve the minds nv buddin
yoo,hs uy the late Confedracy, which is un>
iortnity decees lively opinion Nv them.
selves and a corresponds hatred. Nv Moo
England md the North generally. We hev
he'd serious doubts whether proper ideas
Good be in.tilled into a yooth from book
written by Boston man printed in Cincinnati
onto paper made IN Moo \ ork.
! submitted to the Board a example for a
new Arithmetic, TO wit:
4 Yankee sent substiioot into the Federal
army at cost Nv 81 900, passin of onto him
two counterfeit ten dollar notes. 10 make
up the expenditoor, he 10 must swlndea limos
cent hentckian cut Nv 800 an patent rate.
a Albanian out NV : 100 IN western land trade,
and the balance ne makes up in seIlin wood
en- nutmegs, which he turns out Nv bass wood
81 pSohl w cents per one. The CRATE
moral question IS, how many nutmegs must
this ingenious but unpuncipled cuss mauu>
faktur. aUi how long does It take him with
the improved machinery they hey to do II -
The Southern sellers at the battle Nv Bull
Run captured / 5 ttderals, one Nv whom he'd
upon his person 81 il greeubax aud tethers
IS each. How many Nv johnson S Postmas>
tiers Good be bought with the proceeds Nv the
capcherg
Deekin Pogran approved nv these exam plea
bat he kept1nslsuny that there wuznt euuf
in EN- TO FIRE the Southern heart. The
Southern heart waz perpetual funeral pie
which needed continyooal hrln. Ouless brad
II was gloomy mass Nv very unsghtly black
cinlers Tie proposed that the torthcomin
book shout Re coal u OIL siumbern eubers
OF the yoothiu Southern heart heart lie
he'd example;
The battle uv CAieama4ga WIZ fought a
certain u4a5er OF miles from Chattanooga.
One regiment OF Contedrit sogers a-uv I d.
vision ny Federal mercer aaries into the town.
Al own ihAt each e ae fai, "a ~ei e. Coated
err. AA1 ~ legs, how fnay more =teps did
the federa'a iaaa = get eih into Chattanooga,
where they wuz comparatively safe from cons
:ederi, Re and vslor ard sich. than i did
the Caaia4i4is a. drive ep4 tAer
Baseon remarst that Ae heG one which he
felt q his doqty y perpose
4 stukly consciensAas grocery .keeper
STARTS bizn4s worth iuDr hundred .&Sjsars IN
Clean cash. IL pays f0r his wffskey Two
dollars ger gallon N Louisville, and hez for
q reglaf customer Postmaster which
drinks forty o. si43 snes tsy. and alluz
tell h.m ( cL4.A Il doEn. required, the
length Of time necessary to bust under
them att ict.Ls clrealastancis.
Daseoan rs4aaEAt hat loas before this book
apoaars 10 print, he wood be able 10 furnish
that little problem. Considenn the exam
pie dig direct at me, | wuz Of uoshen TO
re.ost. TOT tner VIZ slcl look NV lngerd
inuOsense oaio. Bascom countenanee tne.
RELY | ccodnt. suthin must be done for
Bascom-l hsy lived outer him too long
The next contribushen receive from friends
North smell be devoted TO hquidatln, in par.
the debt owe MIN. Good bsst ham by no;
eivla him at least cost for his likker, but wat
follows There the rub. Wood be who
come after give me credit? Better bear the
ills We hey than ny 70 them 10 which Ne
hevnt been inierdoost.
Joe Blgler. the drunken Gonfederlt soJer,
happened IN. and heard the last two exam
pies and remarked that be could furnish Us
any number nv examples Mt site. We never
stop Joseph in anything ne perposes to do,
for Ee hez habit uy carryin navy revolver
slung to him, aud he shoots. Joseph vHz,
therefore, PERMITTED to porceed-
Era Southern man pants for bus rites, and
Gtes four years for me, gettin licked ike the
devil how long u 1t advisable for him to
coadnyoo to pant peryided he didn't know
ST the beginin wat bis rites wuz
venshered to remark thai solution Nv
that problem wuz impossible, there bein nc
pint to work departure from, to which jos
seph renarkt that perhaps II wuz faulty IN
that pariiceler, but he had uthers
III one Southern soijer kin whip Eve North.
ern Sobers, why in bloody thunder, they
hevin he'd suifciency " orportoonities "
doom it, didn't the South gain her inde'
pendenee!
Ii fhiu four years, and losin every dog
goued cent worth uv property q man heG,
was profitable biZnis, how many struggles for
Independence would man nv rnodert means
be justified in goin thru with
Eftwo gallons and haiti Nv Kentucky
whiskey kin be got from bushel Nv corn
how many Dimocraiic votes tskin you ag Iner
ez they run. can be manufactured from tbs
produck Nv n Aker Nv good land IN q moder-
ate year for corn?
A..high-toned shirelroos Virginian,t wenty
wears ago, he'd a female slave which wnf e.
black ez crow aud worth only $500 He
progeny VIZ oaly halfez black ez actow, aud
er~iemale grand children VIZ .sgGshentlv
bleaehed to sell il \ 90 0rleansfor $500 pei
fenaleotispring. Required lst The length Us
time uessary 70 pay off the Aashnel debt b,
D., means "a. he ngsber Nv years neces
savto ble ach the c-xs Nv eoior Out Nv the mig
gers Nv the United States.
EfFour cd gray headed jackasses, which
ought &c lnoa better, see ST - keep cue
s1eblr h.ied Viii ahiskeY, hnw many spcke.
Good fourteen iron grey mules keep filed he
they been only hall stekass2
g. Johnson he'd idea nv carryin a certi
number nv dees,rcks, byspeakin in EN- viii
Seward, al uv which give increased MAORI
ties against hlm. REQUIRED the number u
miles W travel. ard the number Nv srepeti
TORS W the speech, &c enable him TO carr
outhSs Nicy7 & ~
Eft~o 5ips at Washington wuz suffshen
to -erictse thesp sech 1t ne inaeerasheu OF
the f'h Nv March, 1866. how many must hel
ben si3ng into A. j, 70 psgdoose the I'D III
Febrooary eeors ard Row rarv must he be
taken between Washington aad s. Louis
These examr ~ sed Josh. II conside
nessarv for this D, :, and &c ~ is, publ she
wishou. them I shell take II "a = refsneI at
front, for which ! shell hold the Bord per
sopally responsible. The Southern yoot
1nust be properly insEructed--ny orphan
must heve proper notions instilled into Ell
and these examples Is necessary TO that enc
Let this Bosrd rensnlber, that, when til
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