Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1848-01-29
NUMBER 50.

graphing tie o(tlef Nv thS tAsOat. Ia
Simultaneously. as if they had dropped
from the clouds. the hat was filled vii,
menaeing Nexicans, and saw that was
trapped There was no time % be los,.
Ny companions had evidently been keep,
from noticing the report Of my pistol, by
some specious tale told in the house.
One dash sent me through the thong-ue!
canes Of The building. minus nearly all NY
clothing, and good share of my skn:
another effort, and was iiyng up liz,
| garden, couple Of bullets from rusty e.
copeta's whlzzing by me, and u hne-
knife also: sent with sach force that j,
quivered. lis point shea,hed 10 The dr.
lance Of al !ea>s two inches III one OF lie
square posts forming the pillars to the
porch.
| gained the apartment where nv com
| panlons were carousing Zen words sul-
| feed for the whole story, aud eighteen of
Us were ready. The number oI Rancho,
ros must have been nearer forty ,haa
| thirty; bnl they did uo1 seem 10 care d
bout ylskinga bauie. One generously Al,
| tempted TO smoke us out hv firing the
honse: bat he got cut that deprived
him Of The use of his rgIi, arm, and h.
ran oil, CRYING all kinds OF miseracorilas
few pistol shots from the windows sent
the entire group TO their horses on the
bills. or wherever their places of hab,a,
lion were.
Our first move after their disappear
| ance. was to haste aud arrest The old pro-
| prietor; bu. he soon restored himself ,o
orr confidence and good gIaees. Having
| lmplored truce Of en- minutes, ha re-
| qnes!ed US 10 secure the two daughters
who had acted in this scene. They were
found trembling behind com patch and
| brnngh, in.
The eide 81 girl verr frankly confessed
| that the couple had plotted 10 have ren-
geance for the insult she had received.
ard that all of us (lf possibly were to be
| made victims
Why p asked vonv humble servant,
his vanity considerably wounded. and his
self es,eenmos. wofnly nentralized.
Because YOU dared 10 love = exclaim-
ed Miss Vixin, and would have dlshon-
ored one Of our family
And did Won concur in this tamnabe
sratsgem, this murderous scheme
spnuered in very bad Spanish, but as well
as could
Il did; AS Papita's reply, without c
ven as much as Il blush.
We concluded-and so will here con-
c'nde permit the females 10 81 nnpunisIi-
ed. We took cur departure, 10 find three
of our horses hamstrung--so cruelty
wounded, ! veiilv believe. by the petit
coated demon who could entertain such
savage and lasting notions Of revenge
Extravagan, as her conducl may seem i,
is a correct reflex Of the broodinr, vndic
tive, and nevei-dying hatred that Mexican
women vii! conceive, sometimes through
the meres. trine
This was the only time was ever
danced out of love and friendship love
paplta no more that Is. think AM
whole OF heart again; and as for The ha-
clenda, if You ever catch me within
speaking distance of il hereafter. may
be killed by; Ranchero, in stead Of having
10 kill one.
We have since moved from lis vicinity.
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REFINEMENT -Fs To refinement we owe the
most exauIsite pleasure ofexistpnce. do
net mean that sickly sensibiity which is dis
iressed at violation Of etiqnstte, or that spa
cioas air OF aris0efatc pomp We mean tina,
nice perception Of what is amiabIe dignified,
or elegant in social inlerc0ursa It not con
fined to the palace. or even 10 he accident"
Of gentle blood. bu, designed to atneliorate
the hardships Of poverty, aud thows a halo Of
beauty round the loafhsomeness Of disease
il can breathe only in an atmosphere Of good
sense. 1t enjoys an equal pulse only from the
prescriptions ofreljgion, iteyalts the inward
and ennohles tic outward man. II adds grace
10 beauty; sweetness 10 good sense; ii throws
veil over detormlty. aud u0iies rs mo.s
strongly In the bonds Of our social compact
He who possesses II. can scarcely control his
fellow men while he himself ia above the do
miaion of circumstances. lie mus, acquire a
skI'tnjDess OF expression that sometimes he
may blunt the arrows point; sometimes paint
with glowing the fancy Of roet sometimes
administer the oil and wine into tina; most
tender OF all vulnerable po!nts--self love-
Refinement seeks converse with nature rather
than the broad glare Of pomp and clrcums,an-
ces. The groveliing mind looks for grati6ca
sien and sensualiiy, bnt refinement looks
through sensuaty up to the god Of sensuali,y
1t tears the film from moral sight, and
enables Us to see the deformity Of nature nm
arrayed in The artificial nuise Of society,"
What power is this 10 possess how dan
gerous without The guide of religion. how
wise in cur Creator 10 make them INSOFAR
able; Without it. we are brutes- il, we
tenant moral PARADISE
Curious CoINCIDENcE.-I, was just
ihirly-eight Years since Massachusetts