The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-09-03
Come and Rejoice over Vermont
THAT Is THE HARBINGER
OF VIUTORYi
Everybody come to the Meeting
Tonight.
II Will be ON the corner Of
Main and Fourth.

TAN0LHwoop EPIsfLEs. Flrtine,n in
letters 30 euphoniously christensd, writes to
tho 81. Louis Home Journal Of expedition
izings on the river. OF her lively gossip We
quote thus much. And We promise that this
isn't the best part. Did you ever know
quotation that Vas but Flirtine says: ].
The towns, which dot the banks Of the Missis.
sppi al the way from st. Louis to Ksokuk, lively
and busy enough, except in dog days, dozed indo-
lently under tho brassy heek Of cloudless sky,
only waking long enough to meandsr in thin
stream Of umbrellas and limp linen, down to the
levse - the boat landed. Now, though the land.
ing Of steamboat is Of daily occurrence, and is
= diversion subject to but little variety, still it
seems to b. religious duty Of the towns afoYe-
said to overlook ts successful accomplishment in
propria psrsonia and they perform that duty
faithfully, from the porty, thriving merchant, Of
Main street, to the comical, little, old Irish wo-
man. in frilled CAP Of huge dimensions. and bare
feet eager for a'sight Of the biys." Even the
dogs are infected with the universal contagion Of
curiosity, and rush psl NELL down to the waters
edge, where they stand, with loling tongues and
dropping ears, viewing operations with tho utmost
canine satisfaction. But the screaming whistle
and the plash Of the gang plank, send out their
departing signal, and the umbrellas and pink cal
icoes slowly retire TO imaginary. outrageous
shades, while the towns, with thin heated glare
and notionlsss Gags, relapse into somnolsnt re-
pose.
All along, from keokuk to Madison, small,
rude log cabins linz the road, inhabited principal
y BY the miners and degers employed upon the
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