Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-04-05

Corn sells Tor dvsiar huehoi 1t WeD
ster City.
A big stomached fellow in oskaloosa re>
Gently consumed ct one meal thirty SIX
eggs, ten Of which were raw, the ba'ance
boiled. He offers 10 wager that he can
swallow tive dc zen in an hour.
A Boston firm has leased near Crescent
City, just above Council Bluff few acres
OF land containing slate which they propose
to quarry and bring to the latter city snd
manufacture into roofing.
The Mitchell county Pres says il is no
uncommon thing in that county to see
wheat weighing seventy.two pounds 10 the
bushel. IL would be good idea il our fars
u,ers could get their seed wheat from thss
county.
Our love exchanges witheet exception
ers elsaosous lot tho GIestloA q convenient
dwelling houses iss ~ sssommedatioo Of
The popu alton bow pouring into the State.
The Bellevue Josrnel eeteth Of .,scog
blessed 10 the man Who doth subscribe
fas his county paper and pay therefor. He
shall not b fossaksn BY his enemies.
Blessed il he that walked to the Office Of
the printer, yea, ascendsth 70 the sanetum
Of the Jssrnai and purchased years sub.
eosiptisa thsselos.
10 shall lsem Wisdom day BY day and b
ssaltea abevs hia f1lews.
H shall tslk knowingly upon oil subjects
- NJ asiGkbaS shall 3 assonishsd u the
0uelmeee g ~ IeosalaG.
Boshall ~ coolrast bed debts or loees
good bargains.
he shall not pay an additional per cent.
upon taxes, for bis eyes shall behold the
notice Of the collector, and he will take
warning thereby.
He shall bring his produce to market
when the prices thereof Increasingly good
and withhold Il when prices descendeth.
But Il were better for him who doth 10
fuse to subscribe for his county paper that
he DO bound hand and foot and east upon
feather bed.
His children shall grow up IN wickednsss
and his wife shall kick him out Of bed.
Thas reads the first chapter Of the Book
Of rsust, aocordiag 70 " Local !"
A PAais:Ax journal propoundsd. ~ an
intellectual exercise for lie subscribers, the
invention o. . suitable definition for "tbs
SEX" and received 40 immense guam
THY Of answers. Here are some Of
them:
"A wsuan 10 nseessity, which Prov
id~nce he's converted into On enjoy 0ent."
"De6nition gsometrical-Woman 10 Z
poly gon, Tor she has many sides, good and
bed"
1T is . being Who has not the soul 10 Ii,
body, but the body In the soul"
"A woman's = being capable Of ex
psrisncing sensations. but ssasimeots-
never"
"At distance, rose without . thorn
approached, thorn without rose"
"Womsn Gil up the intervals In con
vsrsstion and in lie like the down place.
in glass boxes; w reckon the down q
nothing, Jet everything would break 4
piscss without it,"
The womsn Of worth 10 the womal
Who knows how to be distinguished with I
toilet Of two louis % much % with . thous'
and crowns"
THE woman Of the world Is ehc who il
enough 20 never TO be obliged to announc'
in What circle she moves"
ut 10 she sho feels at homo wherever Oh,
finds her sclf."
The H.ordss Prayer.
Did you ever think, short though il Is
how much there is in it? o, il is beauti'
full Like diamond in the crown Of /,
queen, it unites thousand sparkling GEM
IN one.
1t teaches all of us. every one Of US 4
look to God as our parcnt-"Our Father
1t prompts Us 20 raise our thoughts ant
desires above earth-"Who art in Heaven
1t tells us ihAt We must reverence on,
Heavenly Father-"llallowed be thy name ;
II breathss the Saints reward-"Thy
kingdom come"
And . submissive, obsdient spirit
"Thy will be done or earth a. it is 10 heav
en-"
Aud dependent trusting spirit-"0iv,
us this day our daily bread"
And iorgiving sprit-"Forgivs 10 on,
trespassss ~ we forgive those who trespss,
against u.s."
And cautious spirit-'Dslivsr 10 frou
evil"
And. last Of all, an adoring spisit-"Fol
thine 10 the kingdom. and the power and
the glory, forever ard ever. Ameo."