The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-04-16
Iowa Items.

A GooD COAX On going over
to the post-officc on Tuesday morning
Of last week, we found the East sid
ers in great state eofmerriment over
"goak' perpetrated by young
clerk the night previously, which is
''too good to be lost" He had drese-
ed himself up in the ssfancy rig" of
some young lady, and made his ap-
pearance on the streets about ten o.
clock, and by his prepossessing ap.
pearance, attracted the attention Of u
number ofyoung bloods in the city
who made II convenient to meet the
dashing "young lady," on every cor
rer.. After promenading around q
considerable length oftime the young
lady called at one of the stores on
/. the East side just as the proprietor
was closing up for the night. "She"
attracted his attention at once, and
after q few moments threw her arms
around his neck in the most loving
manner. This completely 'upsot"
him, as it would almost anybody
StWhat to do he didn't know, and aftel
l matters had gono on this way some
kime the "young lady" made cher
self known, when our amorous young
friend acknowledged himself sold
1t was then proposed to s'sell' some
| Of the boys, who had been following
This charming maiden" around all
town for moro than an hour
Sext victim was handsome
Eto, = tailor on Franklin street who
J BIT quicker than wink He was ta-
ken into the sellar to hunt rats, and
lost half dollar in the operation,
I swears it will be the last rat hunting
expedition he will ever engage in
Altogether it is the best "goak" Of
the season, and has created no small
amount Of amusement for all the boys
in toxn, and has been the cause of
numerous treats on the part Of the
nyictims,--Pslla Blade.
We Mt Pleasant Journal relates
Olfowing incident from life: "Six
rebels, in the shape of democrats, got
on the, cars at Ottumwa, the other
day, all Of them, but one, "A drunk as
bacchus and as noisey a. young hy-
enas. One of their number approach
ed fine looking lady seated in the
car, observing, That crowd are, yes,
that crowd are democrats" AYES"
said the lady Fl know they are, from
the noise and the horrible language
they are making. They are demo-
Gratis. aBut', said the first speak
er, your husband 10 among the num-
per, and he too IL democrat. -
Your assertion" replied the lady,
q am sorry to say is true, but I am
4 for truth and justice and sobriety and
1feourse am republican. The cop
perhcad retired amid the laughter Of
fhe rspsslcans who were near the
lkdy.
The Sigourney News says that
meeting ofyoung ladies Of that place
was held at private residence few
evenings since for the purpose Of
forming . society, the object ofwhich
will be to furnish every young gen.
tleman with mtten who may at
tempt to escort lady home from
any place he did not accompany
her. One young Indy thought that
what can't be cured must be andur-
Cd; another, that it would be making
! bad thing worse-or in other
words, dumping out of the frying
pan into the fire. and still another
stated that she didn't fear the conse-
quences, she had "stood on her own
bottom" for twenty-eightyears, and
could do so that much longer ifneces-
\ fary--she was in favor Of organizing
! At once.
The Louisville Journal Of a recent
dato says: In ar old paper, print
ed nearly century ago, we find the
following on matrimony
".Oh, inatrimony! thou art like
To Jeremiah's figs;
The good ID very good-the bad
Too sour tO give TO the pigs,
never dreamed OF such fate,
When a-lass was courted-
Vile, mother, nurse, seamstress, cook.
house keeper, chambcrmaid, laundress
diarywoman and scrub generally, doing
tho work ofsix,
For the sake Of being supported
What says Mrs. Francis ID. Gage,
Of Ohio, who wrote il and ''still lives