The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-08-19
THE GATE CITY

OR Innessnt C.antry CsusaDe ~ ths
Clay.. what They saw anA eaad.
Patrick LIE Connor, 81. Louis humorist,
vent on "A editorial excursion fecently, and
thus records tho expenses:
! ssed 10 think Ibelcnksd indirectly 70 the
editorial profession myself, but doubt it
now. despatched myself 70 meet the ex-
cursionists aud accompaay them 70 the city.
From what saw incline TO tho belief that !
will never be snccessful editor.
| There were ono hundred and thirty.seven
OF us, and our progress vas hike that 81 : oe-
vastating army Hotel keepers took down
their s;sns and f]ed in dismay ct the approach
Of such band OF desd-heads. Children
cried, MA, take in the clothes-here como
the editors Wherever We went there was
panic before rs, and dry bones and famine
in our rear As body We were big thing.
Our country cousins are decidedly queer
set, but clever and agreeable wiihAl. AZ the
southern Hotel, u dinner, one Of them called
for half column Of soup, three squares OF
roast beef, and ! few paragraphs OF vegeta-
bles. he used q newspaper for napkin,
and picked his teeth with lead pencil. An
other was introduced to gentleman OF this
city, who handed him his card. "Do You
wish this on our outside or our INSIDE
asked the editor. You can eat the darned
thing If you like" replied our friend, but i
seems TO me would keep it on my outside.
asked the editor Of the Squashtown kz-
postulator IL he would like to 60 to see the
can can.
.How far out of town is II 2 said be.
"Out OF town Ny dear sir, il is in the
city--s dance It the theatre
well, now, | declare, haven't been to
. dance for about eight years. would like
to 60, but think had better 60 and buy
pair Of pumps first. =
"Pumpsl No. This is q dance in which
You can take no part. Only one or two
ladies participate
'.Ihey must be almighty selfish, retorted
the editor, but gathering himself together, he
replied, .'All right. =
We sat through the first act Of "Humpty
Dumpty' at the Varieties. at the end Of
which the accomplished Tassani appeared in
her famous can>can leap.
''Gracious goodness! said the knight Of
the quill and scissors, sshe has completely
uncrlnolned herself, hash sshe y
My friend, | remarked with cheerful
aspect, edo words like those grow spontane-
down about peck to my address. | want
them for family use.'
continued I'm few moments we shall
see the pretty Coradina Crugi in the 1aren>
tella.n
is it possible? How long has she been
in that way?'
''It's no use" said mentally, speaking to
myself, genius never can lower itself to such
common place affairs"
Romantic conv.rsion from street
Preaching.
From the Springfield chi Journal. August II.
An incident intere sting not merely on ac-
count of its delicate nature, but a. iIlustrat
ing the power Of religion upon the awakened
conscience, has just TRANSFERRED in our city. A
few days ago, fast Jung man arrived here
from the East by the Toledo d Western
Road, in company with . very pretty girl, not
over eighteen years of age, who, it afterward
appeared was not bis wife; and they took |
rooms together at one Of our principal hotels. |
1t seems that under solemn promise Of
marriage be had induced her to leave her
home and elope with him, but that after she
had thus given herself up to him, he had re-
fused to make her his wife; and it was under
these circumstances that they stopped OFT in
our city. On last Sunday afternoon the young |
man, with cigar in his mouth, was careletsly
saunterlng along the street, when he was at
tracted towards crowd listening to one Of
our ministers who was preaching IN the open
atTy uc6I tuo uOftucAst CoEucE VI tuc equniS.
He stopped. Soon his attention was arrested
by what he heard he was held to the spot by
his awakened conscience and ere the preach
er had ceased, he was thoroughly aroused to
a sense of his sins. As soon as possible he
sought out the minister, told him his condi-
and the next day, Monday, took him to the
hotel, where he was duly married to the con-
6ding girl whom he had wronged. The item
looks sentimental, but it is in every particu-
lar an actual occurrence, known to be such
BY many Of our citizens. We could give the
name Of the parties, and their residence, but
hat would hardly be proper. We would
merely add that they have started back from
sbence they came, both feeling very happy;
and We only hope they may continue SO
through life.