Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-08-30

NEw Yomx. Aug. 18th. lss7

you ever come across the story OS the babe,
about elk menshs old, who Vas cryi < bit |
terly anj 10 mother could not end out shat I
the lnsttes vas; when the baby spoke out
anssily end With startling di.t,nctness,
Why don't you gre me driak Of raferf"
W hen It GOT the water, IL vent quietly to
-leep and hss never spoken before nor
since.
wrote you . letter lac. March l never
wrote you one before, but gill do iiilc
iiti-rent from .he BABY, and write YOU
ag.in.
For the lasts,o months ! have been away
rom tie city, ani 10 the country near The
ssa. The Country. the scs,,he leoplr, ~ al,
need passing notice which may interest
your readers.
First, o. TO the country, looking a: il rs
land, lit is poor. covered with scrubs, and
composed, manly Of sand. wh,' lt.e j,
could do toward, swelling tie agricultural
products OF the age, is dcstro, eli tbis -es
-on by rain, rain, nothing 'ut iain. -
Farmers who s>rc 80 poor ihis sVfin;
hat they could not biy seed. ar
better oT now, than those WI" dl1
plal,. besides they have not worked
50 hard. This is the section OF the county
where = stranger met funeral PROCESSION
headed bv . wagon load Of stable tn inurc
On asking the reason OF such on unusual
occurrence, be was ,niurm q that there
xould be no probability of tbs body rieinH
I'D At the last day unless something vas
out in the bottom of tue grave TO stsrt r.
In the same vicinity . propos,tien was
made to purchase . tract oil land, anu ne
..,ne q look At il, and verify, by observa>
non. the stories told him If its fertility
,fer examining i, he declined the pur
:hasc, "a; ing hc thought nan would
.,arve 10 death on II. and, though It ap-
prared very good soil to bury one in h- Odd
not tnink II had strength enough ~ resur,
rect
OF the people can only say tina. within
q very lev miles Of where | am. i, tho place
,here the jury was impsnneied to try u
horse thief. After the ,ri,l, the Judge
made brief charge to the Try. as follows:
You are sot here to try THIS man and YOU
nave heard both sides, both Of which
appear 70 the to he true. You will 60 into
the other room aud find . verdict" After
naming out about On hour, the jury came
with the following statement: "Mr
Court We have been into that ere room.
~ you told us. AMI We hunted IN every
crack and corner, and in the cloaet and up
he chimney. under the tables and chairs.
and We can't lind no such q thing % vera
dict no heres We think the man must have
stole /. when he stole the horse"
The sea 10 the great attraction, and il is
grand and beautiful and uncnang,ng. A
'luc fishing party IS something that .
Western man never dreams about unless he
A. ~. a - A
twenty visitors from the city get into .
small s!oop and sail out Of the creek a. fine
iy and happily a. ran BE-. Pretty soon they
strike across the bay and tegn 20 feel the
long swell from the ocean. and tho spray
dashing against tho bows Of the boat spat>
| tsrs over upon them. The timid get fris hts
cned and hudIlc together under little half
deck, and want TO 60 home; those with weak
stomach get sea sick. and a row Of heads
over the side Of the boat keep constantly
bobbiug up and down aud thr wing up the
contents o( their stomschs, till one would
think there was no stomach left the few
Sho arc neither ,imid nor sick. stand on
the deck Of the boat with . line two huns
ir,d feet long at che end OF which is hook
fastened into piece Of bright lead weigh
ing about quarter Of pound and shaped
something like fish. While tho boat roe
thvout; h the waves drawing line and lead
from tho top Of one wave TO another, as 4
tone vii! skip when properly thiown. III,
pull! upon the arms 10 by no mesns light
~ soon comes . pull ~ IL one would be
Ter >rd INTO tho eca; large bue fish
~eighing ten pounds, hiss mistaken ths
right lead for n i'tlc is', has snapped /,
| "A anl A. N fuesir IL is Z
tool Of a 10 to pull in t.o hundred fee
,f line with ten pcu,d fist
struggling 10 get nway f,om the
other end Of il but main strength aud In
man Judgment prevail against m I'm stTenpt
.nd t,h>l,kc stupidity. aud amid s,rus
Cling aud spl,shing and shoutin., tu,nbln.
down ami scrambing up. in comes the ii h
falling into the midst Of sick aud tpii
and spntterlns among them ill his dealt
comes with the exulta, .ons ofthe capitors, til
plying EXCAVATIONS Of the ladies'. and ia
wetting ana dir wing If the ~hoe party. 5
Il goes on like any other bunting excursion
stimulating the nerves 10 tho utmost, al
Ill are ready 10 ~ on shore TO n csu>hak.
The boat tends towards n little island o
aud, tho waves become quiet, the tmil At
a. brave aud the sick well a. any one
All hands land, a few hundred clsms fresh
y taken from the sand arc p &C, i together
fire u brush is built over them and whe
4 burns 10 sshe, they lay with their sh III
gaping open ready to be eaten. IL is use
e.s To describe the taste of cam eat
from the sh,li when cooked in this way
No pen c,n tell IT'S lu>ciou noes TO thoS
sho have not tried II, and to these VIII
nave tiled il. n description falls so far shor
; II the reAl'ty that no attempt should b
in,dc 80 write about it, | csn only sa
that those who hav never hcen ut clam
bake on the beach, have missed one OF {
desirable thinrs of this world Bat, 10 IN
midst ii the ieas., up comes . thunder
cloud IN less than five minutes il is pour
lrs as il n mill .sluice had been opened IN
boat is ten minutes Of beforr she i. reach
d all are vet through, ard well and sick
,inid aud resolutc, cheerful and iretful, 90
there are always oil kinds are. al alike
.ircncAed, drowned and silent. lluddlc,
together and shivering. they sit in patien
endurance. while the boat takes On hour 4
reach the landing place, then . rough rid
? IN their wet clothes "a the hotel. and 90
chat q glorious time IRE harc had SO zoe
the world for b DC itching party is a fAi
example Of the hopes and disap continents
he fears and troubles and enjoy ments Q
most things We undertake TO dc.
l saw in ono Of your papers the othe
day that man who asked for . "tsO,lin
match" AS furnished with box Of Grae
, enbergs Vegetable Pills. Il called my At
tention TO what | often heard said abou
the Grsefenbcrg msdscinss. here % we'll .
, in the city. While have been stoppin
: here one man told me that the pills ha
saved his life while suffering from live
complaints. A woman who had been treat
I'd for ten yssrs By the best docesss with
out avail. was restored 70 health bra bottl
: aud half Of Gracfenberg Masshalls Ulteriu
: Catholicon, % that | saw her walk u
!. miles in . Sabbath School procession (sh
being enc Of the teachsss) whsa two month
ago she bed 70 b carried acsoos The sire,
a when il vas necessary 10 move her Thr,
children and two mea we're cured Of cho
= era and malignant dyssntsry BY the use
'e the pysentery Syrup, though the doctor
,c here said they would be fatal eases o.
.. gentleman Who has . fsmily Of grow If
children sold me that he had been temple
g by the advertisement Of . wonderful
IL soothing syrup 20 give it