North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-07-17

We have but little time to read books.
When relieved from the duties of the Office
we want play Of some kind, and no mat
ter what advice or ccnsure may be dispens-
ed to US, we riH hare PLAY. Fishing,
hunting, billiards, cards, (,ce nerer gans6led
for solitary cent? rowing, baseball, kite
fying-anything "to unstring the bowl
and lift the pressure from the Thought
which tries mediocre mind like ours.-
MrRAnEAu, the large-headed member Of
the, Chamber of Deputies /: JsHssoS, the
Bear Of social life and one Of the Giants of
European Literature Alexander Pope,
the all.head and attenuated form Of Eng
lands classic age +; the Rothschilds', with
their laoney-scheming, may have hcen con-
tent to live literary, or Money-rary soli-
ritude, but We can not see it. The world
has its sunshine, its bird-singing, its pref
~ spring showers, its gaily-decked lawns;
its beautiful fruits its prattling innocents;
its pleasing personal associations !; its rip
ping streams its majestic mountains, it's
noble rivers; its smiles Of. love-; its tears
Of sympathy; its hearts of Friendship,
firm as the grasp Of Death. These are all
pleasant. They are the lights which flash
athwart tho track Of the traveller who is
passing on to doom. Why not enjoy them I?
Why encase one's-self in q living mauso-
lehm and become an anchorite, when the
whole world before you abounds with such
satisfying pleasures. Had the CREATOR
intended Man TO be a solitaire, a recluse,
acynic, q wolf, He would have provided
him with the Aon-c conscience to perceive q
meanness of his own and the physical
power to execute all mercenary designs,
We thank the, ALI SEEING, for his neglect
to make us a Misanthrope. 1t i, possible
that we might have been a Girard, aJay
Cooke, q Barring, a Peabody or Crnsus,
had we been imbued with SelfsLness to
overshadow al other natural impulses; but
we were notsthus made and hence our fer
vent gratitude. Alook at the stars and q
forgetfulness Of the sordidness Of Earth is
worth more than alllife'sinancial triumphs.
But this subject is .growing too'wide, too
long, too deep for our time or space. Let
it drop just here, and draw on Imagina-
ton for the balance. If you want Book
that will make you sad and happy one
that will charm you away from life and
produce q pleasing melancholy, ask JoHx
H. HAIcHr,i the yariety-Store-man, q for
"The Genius of Solitude, q recently is.
sued work of such wonderful attraction
that NO one who opens it can leave il. nm
read. All thinkers must read this delight
full volume if they would be carried from
the sensualism Of Earth to the iempyrean
Of Intellect and Thought, HA1cHr has q
great supply Of, other works, and it is our
duty as reading people. to Isee that his
store is we'll sustained. 'Gatifdi aW
weather and Markets.
Our market doesn't amount to su
nsarkse and it is mt worth while to deny it.
Business is beautifully duh. collections are
as near nothing al possible ! we still keep
up appearances, but that is all. In 90
days we will have 4 good crop, and then
I" G'lang win be the commercial word |;
but until then we must oil !" cut bait y and
depend on fall fishing! Weather is good
enough frequent showers and very grow
ing, but we can't "realize until several
weeks pass over. There are 50. few teams
in town nowadays it is scarcely worth
talking Of markets. Eggs, Spring Chick
ems, Butter, Hay, &c., ore in demand at
fair prices. Wheat goes at 81. go, Oats at
55c, Corn at soc; but there is 50 little Of
it |" going" that we feel sorry to refer to
the subject. " ~
! MIssINe.-Mrs. Anna Barry of North
McGregor, wife IF OWES HARSY, informs
US that her husband left McGregor, June
10TH with groceries from Mr.. James
Glennon's store, and has not been heard Of
since. He started for home and it is feared
he fell off the bank and was drowned in
the river. He wass years old, wore a
white SLOUGH hat, a brown oyer-coat, pep
pei and salt pants foxed boots, denims