The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-12-22

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B. +. Taylor has delivered in lows City
. lecture, which the people Of Keoknk hssfd
last winter and we're charmed With. The Re
publican ~ Sfit: sphe issPspt p Fl
Taylor, q thutJay Jyeniiess WI oss ~
those "a Ssdsars -&sess 4 Scssts sss;ss4
that are seldom heard. We suppose bis sab
ject, English Words Their Use, Abuse
and Beauty" had ixle attsaeAiQn for .hsmass
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| could not Be much, many stayed away, 20
with that ar d tn. deep snow upon the walks
he had smaller audience than has greeted
any lecturer hersobe iasha regular essisc.
Those who we're there we're We think As fully
satisfied Is with any lecture We have had. 1t
was lecture admitting of no report As
was said Of Rufus Choate, Might = well re-
port the aurora borealis. II was q series of
trillian, flashes of poetic imaginngs, Of most
chaste and beautiful thoughts, sstrusg togeth-
er in musical fow. M. Taylor ii tfae
lecturer. Few public speakers are such.
| Horace Greeley. Gov. Bross, Barnum, and
ttsis IKE, sfe,A bpTlessns on Lecturers. As
sol ~ 40 ideles,ias Ind inesueivs, Ut
tlhy ~ noSt keA,srs Ii Dr. HoilAad sAsdi b.
+. Taylor are lecturers. They have the men
t i qualities required and have made it their
study Wendell Phillips is also lectnrea
SO is Mr.. Milburn, the blind preacher"
who is.next in the course. Those who heard
Mr.. Taylor willcAsry the msG Q OF his thoughts
in their sous Tor lie. II win vivs them
higher appssc,asioKof ths richness and msh
| lo~ness Of their mother tongue. They win
regard speech as more sacred gift, and they
viii have yearning for that unwritten lans
glage, too subtle for expression in words,
which be SO eloauenily described. :
This from .fheS Iowa City Republican,
concerning the Woolen, Mills in that place,
shows what can be dona in manufacturing in
Lows: The Iowa City Wooden Mills Co.
has just taken account Of stock and balanced
up They had $4,000 working capital when
they started and now owe $1,000 They
have accumulated $4,000 worth Of wool,
manufactured goods, dye stulfs, &c showing
4 net profit Of $li,oeo OF twenty per cent on
the first years business which ought 10 be
tisfactory to the stockholders. Some OF
these we suppose are expecting dividends in
! cash. This they have no reason TO expect,
AS the company must accumulate goel dye
s,uHs, goods &c, and as they commenced
with 30 littlo working capital, Of course thi,
accumulation must come from the earnings
Of the mill. But this is real dividend, for
ii is SO much added to the property Of the
company. A haSder year for such an enter
prise can hardly be encountered again. Had
it cleared itself the first year, under such cir
cumstances, we should have thought it sue
cessfnl. An addition of twenty per cent. to
rs property is indeed a success.
The Mt. Pleasant Journal and the Wash.
ington Press are in excellent spirits over the
prospects Of their North and south road
They would be sll right on that line If il
we're not for the tremendous drag in the al
rec.iou Of keokuk. We fear that will al,i
m.t.ly swsnp the concern Bsrliasto,
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lhs Iowa City Republican says: W.
are orry to see our friend, the Harkeye, a
Burlington, so much troubled about our roac
10 X, okuk. That drag afflicts j, sore. i
is extremely aarions the project .hould sue
coed, but trembling with fear lest It fail ",
Appreciate the soicitude OF our friend.
, has been liberal in such ever since this en-
terprise was started. II has pnffed its Ceda
! Rapids project, and decried ours We hav,
not fit called upon to retort. We are will
} ing burlington should have a railroad t
every town in the State. if she can secur
! one We would not lay straw in her way
We do not see why she should attempt to or
down ours. Go ahead, Barlinetonr an,
. build all The railroads you can, in peace
o anything we will do to prevent, bat at tn
same time allow us the same privilege. VIII
not?