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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-02-02
70 MUCH 70 BEAR.

Ithad been q new sensation in our
cuisime-this barrel Of besrl He
WAS . fat little four 'Aundred-pounder
whom Will found loafng about n
bee-tree on Crystal Greek. He was
fat and happy but there might have
como Q time when honey had been
scarce and bear had been lean and
wretchsd; 90 Will put . bullet be-
tween his eyes, and sav,ed him at once
and forever from the futures I'M
guessed suffering.
Bear is good. Bear steak is very
good. In the mere fact of eating
bear, there is something robust and
vigorous. Will was tranquil but l
know that in his innermost soul be
rather enjoyed asking Tena and l if
NO would "have another bit Of the
bear.
We had roast tbear, ported bear,
bear pie, brolled bear, mashed bear,
cold broiled bear, and overy form Of
bear known and unknown to estab-
Iisned cooks, and aside from these
dishes, there was about two hundred
pounds of boar sailed down in q
barrel. 1t was this saited bear to
which Tena haA alluded.
Sailed bear is not quite so good.
II is inclined to be hard, and the salt
takes the "gaun;noss" out OF it. But
with relief of prairie chickens, .
Sunday mess of trout. the portable
bit of ocean that lies enwrapt in
goldfish, and the persp ective sausages
from Iohabod, We found occasional
salted bear very endnrable, and
never shall forgive Tens the tone OF
reproach with which she alluded to
il.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-06-28

"She's yours shouted the old man
regardless Of the bystanders, or the
court, which having now an inkling of
the matter, gave a loose rein to their
jubilant feelings. How Susan felt,
however, can be better imagined than
described. She blushed like one of
her mothors's peonies and hastily hid
her face in her veil.
When the merriment had subsided
and old Mr.. Lippe had secured his
equanimity, the happy attorney pro,
ceeded forthwith to the clerks office,
where Il license was procured. The
judge gave the court a short recess and
united the happy pair in the bonds Of
matrimony.
Since that event, Mr.. Lippe has
changed his views on educational mat,
ters. The other day as judge Cover
dale was leaving home to take his seat
in Congress, he said to his grandson 4;
"Lippe Coyerdale, get your lessons
well, and who knows but what you'll
go to Congress too"
"Who knows" exclaimed the happy
Susan.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-06-28
THE UNWISE CHOICE.
BY ALICE CARY.

Two young men, when was poor,
Came and stood at my open door,
One said to me, II have gold to give"
Aud one, IL will love you while liyo!'
My sight was dazzled, woe to the day!
And sent the poor young man awayi
Stnt him away, | knew not where,
And my heart went with him unaware.
lie did not give me any sghs,
But he left his picture in my eyes;
And in my eyes it has always been;
] have no heart to keep it in
Beside the lane with hedges sweet,
Where we parted never more to meet,
lie pulled flower of loves own hue,
Aud where it had been came out two!
And in the grass where he stood for years,
The dews of the morning stood like tears
Still smiles the house where ! was born,
Amid its field of wheat and corn
Wheat and corn that strangers Liudi-
| reapcd as ! sowcd, and | Sowed to tn wind
As one who feels the truth break through
His dream and knows his dream untrue
live where they only shine, and sigh
For the peace that splrudors cannot buy.
Sigh for the day was rich, tho poor
And saw the young man at the door.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-06-28

DE-KoRUM IN THE LOUISIANA
HoUsE.-A Senegambian Legislator"
in the Louisiana House of Represen-
tatives was called to order for what the
Speaker was pleased to term a breach
of decorum. The Senegambian gem
tleman, who had been listening to d
speech by Congo member, on the
close of said speech, classically OBJ
served, "dat dar nigga is dam liar,
and I'll frow my boot down his froat
if he opens his celia doah on me again."
To this "Chesterfeldian" outburst,
the Speaker responded with his mallet,
called order, and venturned to declare
'the gentleman guilty of breach of
decorum."
"Br-br-breach of de-who, sahs
breach OBJ de who?o
"Breach Of decorum, sir"
Oars no korum heah at all, sab:
Use a qualified member, sab. a settin
heah to do de business of my constit-
umus; an if dat dam nigga fotches his
lies to dis 'sembly, I'll frow a number
sebenteen boot into dat trap doah of
his, sah."
After the indignant gentleman had
thus given expression to his sentiments,
the other gentleman subdued, and the
august assembly of lawmakers for the
State of Louisiana went on with their
important business.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-06-28
SUSAN LIppE; OR, THE LAW SUIT.
BY EDWARD B. IIEAToN.

81 tell you what it is, GAL" said old
Mr. Lippe to his daughter Susan,
"Im determined never to hcv a cdi
cG'ea' iic'i'Icr formy s5ninr LIZ. that's
fixed fact"
"But, father" said Susan, "cduca,
lion don't make or unma,c a man any
more than riches do. It's the soul. the
principle, that constitutes a man."
every true, Susan, rcjoiucd daddy
Lippc, "and I've found precious little
principle in college bred fellers. Itcll
you that I've got along well enough,
and allus made my mark" As the
old man said this his eye roved out
of the window over his broad and well
improved homestead with Il CLINT of
self-satisfaction.
Susan's father was no exception to
-H4,n Of his class, who, when they imbibe
an idea, are pig,headed in their ad,
herence to it. Susan understood this
trait Of her fathers, and letting the
argument drop, relapscd into silence.
While old Mr.. Lippe entertained
such notions of letters, and, bv the
way, was always taking pains toiniorm
everybody concerning them, he had
deviated somewhat with respect to his
only child, Susan, who had improved
the advantages bestowed by an excel
lent public school situated in Stanhope,
small village adjoining her fathers
farm. Her mind, too, being naturally
of studious cast, she had stored it
with an unusually large amount of
information, which displayed itself in
refined conversation and well bred
vivacity Of manners. To these graces
of the intellect, was combined a beau,
tiful person, and, as a matter Of conse,
quence, her hand was the coveted prize
Of more than one young man in the
neighborhood.
To the Establishments of the sterncr
sex, however, Susan turned deaf car.
The young Stanhopcrs loved her faith
er's broad acres full as well as they did
his daughter, who, with the quick
instinct of woman, penetrated the
shallowness Of their prolestotions Of
love. Besides, there was a young
lawyer who had entered suit for her
heart, and won his case, while teaching
school short time previous to his
admission to the bar. 1t would have
been singular if the daughter of obsti-
nate Lippe had not been equally
obstinate in the constancy of her aflec
tion for Henry Coverdale, her ltigitious
lover.
OF this attachment, however, daddy
Lippo was blissfully ignorant. He
had never seen young Coyerdale, and
that young gentleman being well aware
of the antipathies Of his contemplated
fathcr-in-law towards schoolmasters
and their ilk, prudently refrained from
visiting Susan at her home. The ac>
commodations Of the house Of a mator~
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-06-28

A citizen of a western State was
boasting that in his town there wasn't
either a doctor, lawyer, or a town
clergyman, and only one rum5sellcr.
GLOW many inhabitants are there al
together?" asked a bystander. "Well,"
was the reply, ''there's only my family
and brother Jake's, and Jake is the
rum seller"
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-06-28

Every man builds his own house
builds it many chambered, fresh ven,
tilated, picture hung, vine wreathed,
guest full; Or low pent, bare wall,
howerless, inhospitable-just in accord
ance with his inner nature. Precisely
as the internal force of affinity in the
mollusk lays hold Of and aggregate,
round itself the fine lime particles in
the sea water, so does the internal
force in the human soul lay hold OF
and aggregate round itself what il
wants. The surrounding ocean holds
in solution knowledge pleasure, meat,
drink, wit, wisdom, friends, flowers,
God; and out of this wealth we sccrete
our sheils-clam shells or nut shells,
as we are clam or nautili, We find
what we crave fun, if we have a zest
for the funny; friends, if we long for
friends; beauty, if we love beauty;
thought, if we tend to thought. Slowly
we build up our house. Small orlarge,
if we are refined, it is refined; If we
are roomy, il is roomy.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-06-28

COOP ADVICE TO WRITERs.-The
rule regarding talk; "When you
have nothing to say, say it," applies
equally to writing. When you really
have something to write about do not
peck and scratch around the SUBJ
ject like a hen pounce upon it boldly
like an eagle. Almost every article
presented by unpracticed writers to
magazines-no matter how admirable
the subject-Irifts to leeward for one
or two pages before the writer gets
steerageway on his thoughts, and the
readers finds out where he wants TO
sail to. This fault could easily be
avoided by proper revision. Cut out
all that does not bear on the subject
discussed; every useless adjective; ev-
cry ineffective repetition of the same
idea. Then consider whether you
have said what you wanted TO say in
the best language at your command.
If not, write on till you feel satisfied.
Then condense and pune. Do not
seek for striking metaphor, or sprightly
epigram, to decorate your article. If
such occur naturally they may be put
in but with caution. Consider whether
you really add force to your writing,
or merely hatter your vanity at the
time Afterward, when all is done in
the way Of argument, you may here
and there carefully add an apt quota
ton or pungcnt witicism, to attract
attention and make some important
sentence snap, like the cracker Of a
coach whip. Remember, too, all the
time, that facility in composition, as in
all other accomplishments, can only be
obtained by practice and perseverance.
81. Louis Home JourRai.l !
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-06-28

A New Jersey inventor has fixed
up way Of dressing linen thread to
initiate natural hair so perfectly that
it is almost impossible TO detect it as
artificial. when our ladies have their
heads shod with this material, no mat
ter what Oh, color may be, they viii
all DE ldAcn haired
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-06-28

.A married lady being asked to
waltz, gave the following appropriate
answer; "No, thank you, sir; |
have just as much hugging at home as
| can attend to.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-06-28

A travelling piano player undertook
to whip an Illinois editor, and when
he got through he had only one ear
for music.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-06-28

A Liverpool Journal is authority for
the story that wealthy Englishman,
Thomas Dutton, recently deceased, left
$4,000 in his viii to the family Of the
late General Robert T.. Lee.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-06-28

a letter from Salt Lake says: "Tho
first step that threatens Mormon peace
/, the general hostility of the young to
polygamy, and the preference Of the
misses for batchelor Gentle to a
hoary-healcd polygamist. Without a
particle Of regard to the feelings Of
many married women, the Mormon
husbands have taken home young
wives, and almost abandoned their
first families. The children of the
first wives have seen ,he misery Of such
a life, and as they have grown up to
an understanding, they have naturally
sieeled their hearts against their moth
ers misery. Polygamy is a decaying
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-06-28

Some are unwisely liberal, and moro
delight TO give presents than to pay
debts.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-06-28

VALUABLE REcIPE.-Those wEo
are too lazy to engage in any useful
employment may be interested in the
following recipe for tattlers:
Take handful Of the weed called
Runabout, the same quantity of root
called Nlmble-tongue, sprig Of the
herb Backbite, n tablespoonful of Don't
you-tell it, six drachms of Malice, q
few drops Of Envy, which can be pur-
chased in any quantity at the shop of
Miss Tabitha Teatable. Stir them we'll
together, and simmer them for h,iif an
hour over the fire Of Discont2a w
died with little Jealous%n'' n'' ~
Iun,.vH.r - theh strali
it throHSh tnoaws svof Misconception,
and cork it up in the bottle of Malevo-
lence and hang upon a skein of Street
Yarn; shake it occasionally for a few
days, and it will be fit for use. Let a
few drops be taken before walking out,
and the subject will be enabled to
speak all manner of evil, and that
continually.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-06-28

The editor Of religious paper,
which had one months precarious ex>
istence in Chicago, says that it is a
good city for a religious paper, provided
satan has three pages of it and the
other page is Mixed
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-06-28

A jewelry establishment in Indian,
apolis was closed the other day, and
the following placard in large printed
letters explained the cause Of the sus>
pension of business: son jury.
VIII be back when we hang the cuss. :"
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-06-28

According to San Francisco paper
Mrs. Laura ID. Fair takes the greatest
pains with her toilet in person, often
changing her dress three or four times
a day. She passes much Of her time
before the mirror, and while admirina
herself, says: "The more | see of my
self, the more | am convinced | cai.
never be hung. Such a face and form
as mine were never created for the
gallows." She modestly asserts she
was never so handsome as she is now.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-06-28

a certain colored clergyman not a
thousads miles from Newbern, North
Carolina, it is said, delivered himself
thusly on last Sunday; "My brethren,
| have noticed too many single pennies
in the contribution lately and it don't
look well; so, therefore, / would advise
you to save your pennies and wait un>
til you get five cents and then contrib>
ute it. The widows mite business is
played out, especially with you men.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-06-28

The foundation Of domestic happi-
ness Is faith in the virtue of woman.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-06-28

When it comes to the science of an,
noyance, commend me to the lovely
sex. Their methods have a fnese, Il
suppleness, a universal adaptability
that does them infinite credit; and
man with all his strength, and all his
majesty and his commanding talent, is
about as well off rs a buffalo or bison
against tiny, rainbow-winged gnat or
musquito that bites, sings and stings
everywhere at once, with an infinite
grace and facility.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-06-28

Don't talk about "going to work"
to win the affections Of woman; it
can't be done in that way. The more
you 20 to work the more she won't
like you. Push her into a duck pond
and pull her out by the hair. If you
are afraid to do this, jump in yourself
and let her pull you out Lend her
money, borrow some from her. Make
her believe she has deeply wrongod
YOU, and then forgive her. Deeply
wrSSg her and don'task to be forgiven.
In sbortN,contriye either to lay her
undor - Io.,;,,,s obligation to you, or
,"' r',OgI ,'Ie " '','i,'s y. lasting obligrtion
to her. Gaining a woman ItT "
working for it" can't be done. sor
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-06-28

"GencratiOn after generation" says
a fine writer. "haye felt rs we now
feel, and thci, lives were as active as
our own. They PASSED like vapor,
while nature wore the same aspect Of
beauty as when nature commanded her
! t9 p 472r 4{2rr1T 1The heavens shall be as bright
e from M graves as they now are around
our S9t,S1. I ~ The world will have the
same attractions. for our offspring yet
unborn as she had oncc1ssr our cnllurcn'
Yet in little while oil have H5sP peneu'
The throbbing heart WI be at res,
Our funeral will wind its way, and
| prayers will be said, and thon we shall
be left alone in silence and III darkness
for the worms, and it may be for a
short time we shall be spoken of, but
the things of life will creep in, and our
names will soon be forgotten, Days
will continue to move on, and laughter
and song will be heard in the room in
which we died; and the eyes that
mourned for us will be dried, and
glisten again for joy; and even our
children will cease to think of us, and
will not remember to lisp our names. +"
"Why don't you take your scat at
the barr" asked lawyer Of a client,
the other day, "My father always
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-03-30
FROM CLARENCE.

Our OF BALANcE.-A lady and her
little daughter wishing to 60 to Upton,
requested the driver of the Upton hack
to call for them the next day. The
driver did call for them, promptly, as
requested; his wagon having only
two spring seats, which were occupied
by four gentlemen, including the driver,
whereupon the lady and her daughter
were kindly furnished seats on trunk
in the rear, where they quietly enjoyed
the fumes Of tobacco smoke which
proceeded from the nauseating cigars
that were vigorously and profusely
used by the two gentlemen Dutch
pedlers) on the seat in front of them.
The ladies made no apologies (eurious)
neither did the gentlemen! probably
never learned how. When this lady
and her daughter desired to return
home, feeling that they we're well
smoked, they came by the way of
Stanwood; and lives there not soul in
Clarence that blames them for SO doing.
CITY SCALES.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-03-30

LITERARY ENTERTAINMENTS AS
was announced last week, All organiza
ton known as the Temperance Sociab'e
Society, kind Of adjunct to the Good
Templars' organization in this place,
which grew out Of the Sociables held in
the Templars' Hall during the past sea-
sou, will give. on Thursday and Friday
evenings of this wees., March 30th and
3lst, two Literary Entertainments at
the Court House. The performance
each evening will be varied by recita-
tons, amateur dramas, farces, tableaux,
&C., and from the programme Of the
two evenings which we have seen, will
prove entertaining to everyone. The
proceeds ofthe entertainments are to be
devoted to the desirable object of procur-
ing some much needed furniture and
facilities whereby the Good Templars'
place Of meeting may be rendered more
comfortable and attractive.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-03-30

THE MECHANICsVILLE MYSTERY
We see by the Mechanicsville Press that
an attempt has been made to solve the
founding mystery by the appointment
Of I'VE know not Of who or by whom) an
Investigating Committee" to prosecute
an examination of parties suspected to
have been concerned in the heartless
abandonment of the infant. We do not
understand whether this be judicial
proceeding or not it certainly does not
seem a very cirit one. The Press says
But as none of them, (the Commit
tee were versed in Obstetrics, aud as
the suspected party firmly maintained
her position in the chair, the com mittee
were compelled to form the belief that
she was not the mother.
We hope the editor of the Press has
maintained his position in the editorial
chair with sufficient firmness to vindi,
cate himself from any suspicion of early
or late com plicity in the affair. How is
it, Frank?
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-03-30

/ FINE SToCK.-Cedar County has been
fortunate for number Of years in hav
ing introduced to the attention and
brought within the reach of its stock
faisers, some of the best specimens of
he finest breeds of horses in the world.
The fine Perchcron horse, LEON, whose
advertisement may be seen elsewhere,
notable example of these opportuni.
Yes. LEON is one Of the handsomest
hrye horses that ever any body saw.
he is a handsome grey, sixteen aud one
half hands high, weighing about 100
pounds. He was imported from France
Ia 1853 by Drury Bros, of New Boston,
H., and belongs to a breed Of horses
preeminently noted for strength and
Endurance, qualities of the very first
Importance to those who are raising an
mails for general farm business. We
Ire doing, perhaps, quite enough in the
ahcy aud fast horse line, and many will
urn with pleasure to something more
practical and profitable.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-03-30

THE Iowa SOUTHWESTERN RAILROAD.
The Davenport Gazette dispatch con
corning the letting of the contract to
build this road from Clinton TO Oska.
loosa, published last week, although cor.
rect in spirit, was not literally true, the
final action in the premises not having
been had. The pfelininaries on the
part Of those who were to build the road
had at that time all been completed, and
the money with which to prosecute the
work is ready; on the other side, the
counties on the line have not yet oil
pledged their quota of the amour. to be
raised, and short delay is made to al
low them to finish their work.
Since writing the above we have re-
ccived from the Committee of Manage
ment for publication, call for Rail
road meeting Saturday night, at which
time they expect to have something of
importance to Communicate. This NEE.
ting should by all means be attended by
every citizen of this township who wish
es to see the road built.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-03-30

STANWOoD.-StanwIn wood, at the june.
ton of the &. n. w. and the proposed
Muscatine. Upton, Anamosa aud MIN
nes"ta Railroad, has u population of
about 500. Its first house was built two
years ago. and now it has just started u
newspaper, the Slanwood Eapress
This shows confidence in the growth of
the place. We expect some day to 50
out there by rail.-Ananaosa Eureka.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-03-30

BRASS BAND.--His Satanic Majesty,
the printers devil, the other morning,
with a wicked wink Of his crooked eye,
n,odestly remarked to a merchant who
was standing In his store door rumina-
ting upon the probable trade of the day
and gently whistIing good old hymn I:
"See here Mister, you'd be pretty good
brass band if there was little more Of
yOu.N
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-03-30

HANDsoME.-Our old townsman, N.
FRIEND, now resident at Grand June
on In this State, but who still has in
res's IN Upton, last week sent to the
Iominlttee who are at work taking con
i'lo'ai notes 10 complete this County's
mare III obtaining the l. S. W., an in
'ruineht OF that nature over his sigma
pure for $500. This is in addition to Mr..
Friends five per cent tax in common
Nth other propety holders, voluntary,
Pnd quite the handsome thing.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-03-30

LOOK over the advertisement of A..
Bagley Gate BagIey 4 Ingman) and
YOU vii! know where complete assert
ment of in every ease first class Grocer
les, Queensware, Glassware, &c, &c.
can he obtained at the very lowest pri-
ces. Mr.. Basley's goods will always he
found just ais they are representative
best in the market. Old customers and
new ones will remember that fact.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-03-30

QUICK TR1p.--Twoe nterpfising youths
Of this place not long since made up
their minds to seek their fortunes in
foreign parts. Texas, they decided upon
AS the scene of their future greatness !;
and despite all the inducements and
representations of their friends, to Texas
they would 60, and for Texas they did
start about two weeks ago. As they
have now been back nearly a week,
they have undoubtedly made one of the
quickest trips OH record.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-03-30

WE are favored this week with an in
teresting, chatty letter from Des Moines,
written by our quondam citizen, DR..
Kennedy, in fulfillment of promises
made to some Of his many friends here
to lie: them hear from him through the
ADVERTISER. We hope this letter does
not complete the requirements of his
promises.