Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-02-13
DAILY DEMOCRAT


Softly, sottly, while We slept
Came the snow. hakss gently dows,
Came and sorrowfullv wove
enroud Of white for the buried town;
We arose with feelings grand and intense
And hired q middle aged Anglo Africas show
elist 70 clean our sidewalk of for ifty cents.
A friendly suit-a Quaksr's dress.
Judy.
OSed to Greece by Turkey thsashing
Judy.
A master Of wind iustruments-tbe man
who cen play on the Ansmometer.-[f un.
Judy's advice to ladies-how to prevent
gray hairs: keep your head shaved
The worst kind Of sducatibs--te Be
brought W BY . poliesnan.-fJady.
Something that has set the whole world
in bisls the new pitch. ffomaha y K.
Ths poorest farmer in the Lane, II una
bic 70 feed his calves, can always ersxs HE
shins - Punch.
Modern comedy. Ms. Teszle I'm sure
| married you for the pursst Of motives
Mr.. Peter Tsazls--For the pursst of metals,
masm. you mean.-!Judy.
Robert Browning. in bis new poem,
speaks Of "peacoek's eyes, which is
considered an infringement Of women
rights, as represented BY the pea hen.
An octogenarian says: 81 was born at
the wrong time. When was youn man /,
young men were Of no account. Now am
old, find old men are Of no account
Punch inscribss this eonundrum to DR..
Pusey: Why is it probable that q parish
clerk is always offending his clergyman
during the week, Because the congrega-
ton Invariably hear him on Sunday makiag
amends to him.
Has the singular fact been remarked that
al operas have exactly the same number Of
pieces. Tor they all have scorer A
thoughtful observer is also puzzled BY End.
ing that fer . burlssque to b completely
successful il must have = breakdown
Punch.
"My friend" said Rev. Sydney Smith
to . cobbler who VAS msnding his shoe
whom the great wit was . pure cursts in
Gloucestershire, you remind me Of the
sacred ordinance Of masrimony.' Hew
so ?" quoth the cobher. "Becauss you
bind two souls together in unity"
The Dubuque Herald says that 1.-THE
oldest postmaster in Iowa, il not in the
West, yesterd, y sent his resignation to the
department At Washington. john Floyd
was appointed the first psstmastsr at Pin
Oak, in this county, in ls4l. BY President
Tyler. Under the commission thus recsiv.
Cd. Mr.. Floyd has continued to serve his
nsighbors with their mail matter during
twenty EIGHT years. Tyler gave place 70
Polk, Polk to Taylor, Fillmore succeeded
Tayler 1t his death, and thsn gsvs place u
Pierce. Pierce vas succeeded By Buchanan,
Buchanan by Lincoln, and nov in Tie last
months Of the reign Of Andrew johnson,
the successor 81 Lincoln, Jehn Floyd, the
steadiast postmaster At Pin Oak. in Du.
buque county, Iowa, 10 convinced Of the
justice Of rotation in office, and tenders his
resignation that another may erjoy the dig
mites and emoluments Of office. This case
is probably without a parallel in the esun.
try. Another singular feature Of it 10 that
oil OF these years, Postmaster Floyd has not
had bis bond Of office filed in the depart.
ment. When first appointed he obcysd
instructions and sent his bond to Washing.
ton, but because Of some informally 10 il,
it was returned to him for correction. He
carefully laid it away where it remains to
this day. But no bond has been required.
for during the twenty eight years of bis
service there has been no complaint, and
We believe no ground for complaint.