The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-09-19

utVttC COattOi&Ctk tAS llBtStdt NCkpdpti'
kin vote nt the county. The other
wuz from the landlord, inciosiii 4 bill
for busted furniture, ard stain Hike,
wise that i he'd made an ass nv my.
sell, ezthc only Liberal Republican:
in the county wuz Slodgers, Perkins
and Micthitt, and that they wuz nv
that pecooliar stripe that the Republi-
kins rcjoict more fervently when the,
left the party, than they did over thei,
success in North Carolina. l mus
quit either Ticker Or politics. They
don't work well together.
PETROLEUM. v. NAsBY.
fsks ich wuz post master and hopes to b
FoII11cAx NOTES
The two great failures Of tie seasol
I--Plantamour's comet and Greeley
tidal wave"
Ex-Gov. Curtin has declined the
Liberal nomination to Congress in
Pennsylvania. He don't cat crow.
The Irish OF st. Louis are outraged
at their treatment by the Democratic
Liberals, and swear . Begratz. the,
will never submit to it, Iaataadpo.
lis Journal.
Among the other Rcforners who
now go for Greeley may be counted
all the members of James Duchanan't
Cabinet, and all the members of JEFF
Davis Cabinet who are living.
jeff. Davis was one of the peace re.
unionists at Louisville.
sirhe Devil when sick monk would be-
But VIII en- wei Il devil o! a monk was her
The New York Eccatag Post SAYS
that ex-senator Dooli;tle's attempted
defense of himself " shows him to be
a good deal more of a rogue thar
even the original correspondence re.
veaied." 81,
The Toledo Blade thus replies Ia
an anxious correspondent: Abram7-.
III your father, will persist in betting
on Greeley. there is but one way to
ave his estate. Get ont writ Of in-
macy. Any court will grant il on a
statement ofthe case.
Mr.. Greeley is going to New Eng
land again soon. He will tell the
Vermont farmers what q he knows
about farming at their State Fair iii
September, and the Vermont farmers
will slow him what they know about
threshipg in November.
Last year Theodore Tilton said I" Mr
Greeley has spent lifetime in adyo-
eating the fortune OF politicians well
known by him to be personally un-
chastc." Now Tilton is going about the
country talking about the "wefl spent
life Of Horac Greeley.
The Greeley men OF Washington
take theirs home with them in jugs
A Washington bas-keeper has been
fined for refusing to sell liquor to az
Ethiopian, ON account of colar, and
the F.F.N.s are indignating over the
propect of being compelled to stand
beside them.-I Toledo Hiaae.
Charles a. Dana, having been in.
terrogated concerning Greeley's habit
of profanity. answers that he has
known DIR. Greeley to swear under
great excitement, but that tor three OF
four years past he has not heard him
use a protane word al all. He might
have added that during the last three
or tour years he aud Dr. Greeley had
been such bitter foes that not a word
has passed between thea. Dana
brought Greeley out for the Presidency
for the same reason Il worthless yaga,
bond married u girl, viz: Because Ii,
owed her grudge. No. Dem.
The Sioux City Journal OF the 9TH
eays:
.'John Wallace. OF Plymouth County
relates i'm this wise his conversion from
all Greeley inclinations: He was dri.
wing his mule team north from LeMars
and meeting German on the road
his mule team suddenly stopped and
| SET up mutual deafening bray. Tho
German exclaimed, "Why, Wallace
what for your mule make SO big nois.
esq" Wallace replied, they were
cheering for Greeley and the German
responded, $50 does every other tam
| shackass |. On reflection Wallace
thinks his German friend is about right
and he is no more for Greeley"
a rough looking, but well Informed
| farmer, living in one OF the northern
| towns in Wayne county, n. ", was
once selected as party standard bear.
CIR and sent to the Legislature. Here
he determined to make his mark, and
III possible, become celebrated in histo.
Try. In order TO do this he must make
q speech, SO he collected together items
of history and science and blended
them in harmonious concord. This
done to his satisfaction, he committed
his speech TO memory and appeared
before the Legislature. As he arose
from his seat, another member, not see.
4 ing him, commenced talking, where.
Inpon the Speaker of the House said
i,.,Thc gentleman from Wayne has the
floor" Looking around upon his fel'
How Legislators, his courage failed, hi.
tongue refused to do the bidding o.
his intellect. Finally, he stammercd
ont II only got up to Spit and So
down amid roar of laughter from al
who heard it The next morning tn,
! Albany Swftch reported this abl,
| speech In full, and the political farmer
1 was never allowed to forget this patri
otic attempt to enlighten the law.mak
ers Of the Empire State.