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Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (City of Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1853-1857, 1855-10-02

And 80 death closed those little eyes
shrouded their bright glances. q, that the
sun would not come streaming In on that
shrouded form, as if there were no graf in
The world.
How sweetly he sleeps that little covert
ed angel How lightly curl the gio sy rings
on his white forehead !--You could weep
your very soul away, to think those cherub
lips will never, uncloss. Vainly YOU clasp
and incl Tsp that passive. darling hand that
has wandered so often over your ch ok.
vainlv your anguished glance strives to reap
the dim story OF love IN those faded orb>.
The voice, sweet as winds blowing through
wreashei shells, slumbers forever. Aud
still the busy world knocks at your door,
and lets on have no peace. IL shouts in
your ear; its chariots rumble by ; 1t smiles
broadly in your careworn face; it mocks
YOU as yon sew the shroud; it meets you at
the coffin, at the grave, and its heavy foot
steps tramp up and down in the empty rooms
frum ~hsnce you have born your dead.
But il comes never in the hush of night, SO
wine away your tears
Wanted an angel for Heaven Can
Won look up? Can yon bear the splendor
of that sight? Ten thousand celestial be-
ings, and your own radient child Ia their
mi ttt. 80
Wanted--angels for Heaven? Cling not
too eiosley to your beautiful treasures, chill
drsn Of earth
Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (City of Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1853-1857, 1855-10-02
e. Home love has sweet pc

Home love has a sweet poetry OF its
own created out of the simplest mater ais,
a haunting, more, ar less, the secret recess
es of every human heart or ra,hes 1t Is divld-
eti into II thousand separatr Poems. foii al
Individual intere.t and little quiet touches
If leeling and COLDER rccnlIecions iuterw oy-
Ell wph our very beiuI- common things bal
lowed AMI nlade beautiful by the spell OF
memory a',d associ Il n and wing AL their
= orr 10 ,ha halo of our own 70 d affection.
The eve If sirAi resIs coidls on such
revelations, their simple pa hos Is hard 10
be u dsrstopd; am they smile utteIhl.les al
ii q quaittness oil those p ,ssages which make
hers keep. With the beau iful inssiaes of
true affet slon, hrme love retains only the
good. Tore were clouds then, even ~ ROW,
darkenlg the horizon Of daily life aud
breaking tears Of wild stories above our
heads; but We remember nothing. save the
sunshine, anil fancy somehow. that it has
never shone SO bright since. There are not
in the unseen world voices more gentle or
more true, that may be more implicitly re-
Ii d IN, or that are SO certain to give none
bur he tend rest counsel. as the voices in
which the SPIRITS of the hreside and the
hearth address themselves to human kind.
Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (City of Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1853-1857, 1855-10-02

Il has become quite fashionable for dealers
TO paint their caris upon sidewalks, fences,
dc. Yesterday We were amused at the
handerait OF som wasgish clerk. who finding
a business carl painted upon aagstvDe,
pencilled over il in neat black capitals
IN MEMORY OF
by way of a prefix.
We saw a man beat at this game, at Cold
water, the other day. Upon the fence near
the depot, was painted in big black letters,
co TO xARKHAN's,
under VIII ch some rival dealer had painted
III YOU WANT TO GET SKINNED.
Thi. heats the Quack Medicine man who
painted up
TAKE Dr.. HoBESsAcK's PILLS, AND
along came tract yender. who stack up un-
der it, so as TO continue the snse--
PREPARE TO MEET THY Con.
A friend at our elbow suggests that he
saw in Brooklyn the other day q poster
reading,
LECTURE ro-SrcHr BY Mr.. CHAp1S, !.
under which protrud-d in big red letters,
TIE MOST SUCCESSFUL vFRxIYUGI IN rHg
WORLD.
Gratis advertisers may rs we'll beware oil
cross reaiings. (Det. Adv.
Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (City of Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1853-1857, 1855-10-02

It 10 said that tvosthirde q lie UniIaa
States Army j. stnpostd Al aa1asial1al
irishissh and Germans, ard ,he3 xssa q -
known e falter e their Loyalty. 80. 8
Lord Duadonald slates, "a 111fl4 u IT
Tines, dstei 20 May, that 3sa
have been driven by III. oixeDp1taNq11l Y f|s2
whish the BrliaA Fessio&s lfede -
carried on into the csussoo q - d, 1lS7
Mates. aasiGE3s aa swa ks u SxS ssssls III s.ss
: Il we can srsst ttest u1ape4 49, G.
nen.os,, war ana iu 3psy - -
trust them Ii 5tvp ~. +
nal Shame on ths head u sfeae II
age ralisyd citisS6s O. I'D MI =
defence Of The sopaEry nd s9N. msSiity JSs
fuse 70 ailoM thsa Ne honoss duo fos 80
onogs service.
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Poetry.


e What IS poetry? A smile, tear, glo-
~, a longing afie err the things ct Eternity
L. lives In all created exis, ence--in man anu
evecy hi z that surrou'd d. him There -
poetry in tile gentle inhuencrs Of love and
alec lon, in the qu,et broodings OF the soul
over the memories OF ealy years, and in he
thoughts of glory that ch,ln our spirits 10
tho g,tes IF Pa adise. There Is poetr, 10
tie h,rmonies of nature. 1t gGtlers in the
,ave, the rainbow, The lishtli, z. and The
s.ar--its Cadence is heard in the thunder AMI
in tn cafaract-i;s softer tones gursle swee :
~ from the housani 20 ce- harps # wind
a td Tiy1ilet, AID torres 1.-The eoui and say
20 tioatii over US To The lie Il its melo-
Ii san its ministers 10 Heaven from he
moun'ai of tie ear b. and The untTodden
shrees Il the G. en-.
There, lot a moonlight ray that comes
Town n. on re.m or hill, lot a breeze call
n, { DIN lis h'ua air-ghrone to tbs birds e
Ia Summer valleys, or sounding thoagh
mid light rains It's low and mourniul Urge
over the pc ishing hnwers OF spring; not u
cioa bathing self like IN Angel-vision; in
tho rosy pushes If Autumn twilight, nor IA
rick glowing in The yellow starlight as II
dreaming of the Eden Ian 1, hutis full Of he
beau iful Influences of Poetry. Earth and
Heaven are quickensd by Is spirit, and the
neayings oi ths grea, deep IN tempest in
calm are but its secret and mysterious breaL :
iugs - Geo. ID. Prentice.
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HpirituaI.-

&
Tho spirits seem capable OF anything -
There is nothing in The list 81 Extremes
that can hal pen, that she believers in the
faith will not subscribe to, and the mers pre-
prsterons, Of course, II 10 merely more ~on-
derfui and more convincing Amoman IN
this city, whose husband has been dead
and lai,l in his grave" these three years' an
nonnced 10 her surprised female acquaint-'
ances, a few DAYS since, that her dreams
and hop IS would be reaised-that she wo'd
be mo he ere loug,, without the slightest
doub'. Her acquaintances were thunder
truck, aud men ally consigned her 10 i"fa-
my anA DEGRADATION. But, 10! she was On
honest woman. Her child would be legiti-
.nate-'shut how ?" AZ with one voice, in, ,uir-
ell her scandaiized friends, "your husband
has been dra these three year,, turning up
an assortment % lips aud noses. How,
why, see my hush nd every night" replied
the b lever, he c',mss III ough the Key
hole IA see me in The shape of spirit, every
nght-isi't that honest. The above Is q
fact.-Bulfalo Republic.
Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (City of Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1853-1857, 1855-10-02

A PxrRlFIED INDIAN While engaged
10 excavatlng recently upon the Milwxu-
kie and La Crosses Railroad, near Sche.
lengervile, Iowa. the workmen came up
on The pet,itied remains OF sumo singular
relic. of oIden limes. The body was per-
itct. not having ssficr<d BY decay His
height, Al the preseh. time. would be con.
sidered gigantic. measuring seven feet
two inches. On his brrasl was Q plat J
Of copper. on which we're engraved M.
merous heirogivphics, the meaning OF
which can hardly be imagined Could
these hieroglyphics be read. they migh.
perhaps unseil some Of The MYSTERY which
hangs ike dark cloud ever the history
OF the red man. An arrow Of considers.
Bile strength and curious constructiyn was
also found With him. and especially invites
the attenlioA of antiQuaries.
Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (City of Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1853-1857, 1855-10-02
Learn ta Speti

Bad spelling is diScrditable. Every young
man should lie master of his native tongue.
He that viii not learn to spell the language
that is on his tongue and before his eyes
every hour shows NO greater aptitude for the
b auties ut 40 in elllgent, observing man.
Bad spelling is therefore a discreditable in
IIdicatior; it indicates bus dering man, a
min thai cannot sec with his ewes open. Ac-
cordinsly we have knowp the appiicati,.u
OF more than one young man made with
great display of penmanship and parade If
refrren rs, rejected for his bad spelling.
Bad spelli 6 issvery bad Indication
He WHO runs may readit A bright school
boy utterly incapable of approaching Jour
st res or science, art. and literature, can see
your attainments. Bad spelling 10 therefore
mortifyi AMI inconvenient defect. We
have known men thrown into very promin-
ent positions, 30 ashamed of their deficiency
in ihi. respect, that they never ventured to
send letter until it had been revised by .
friend. This was, TO say the least of it, sufh
GENTLY inconvenlent.
We say again learn to spell; keep your
eyes open when you read, and II any word is
spelt differently fro your mode, ascertain
which 10 right keep yoSr dictionary b fore
yon, and in writing, whenever you have the
least m.sgivings about the spelling Of word
Iook at it at once and remembsrit. Do not
let your laziness get the better of you.
~ Tar MisrLEroE AND the LADIEs.-Wa
never knew why it was the ladies were "a
fond of green's" but the Home .Ioarnal--
refering to the fact that there u . raging
passion in Paris flr trimming bonnets with
wreaths OF mis-, Ietoe--thus sxpl aims the Why
and wherefore in this confdential manner
sThe mistletos has always been esteemed q
sacrsd evergreen, used y the Gauls IN
their worship and still rsvsrsti ia Frsaos.--
Il i particularly the type Of feminine nature,
however in twoof is pecalisrities. its hsr-
~ contains alsingl h sred shaped iiks . heart
and its incapable q life except - graft
|upon sanoshsr sxistencs, the tree to
whish Il lclings. The mistlstoe has never
bsen known ID draw its support from being
planted il the earth, and bloom only with
shs sap from other roots. The ladies II Per
|is, therefore, are, at present. t'eW1isg up'to
their lovely secondary szisssness and paying
due homage 70 the stronger ge1dsr, b wssr-
ing the pretty admission IN thsit onAets,' -
SauAasky Reeistes. 8 =
z4ss. - s.
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his man, wno Dy the way was J"iiy
Dutchman, to neighbo-iny town Tor a
barrel Of molasses. The weather being
warm, and The road rough. and the driv-
er. moreover driving rather fast the mo-
la>ses took notion to work" rs IL Is
generally called Blu. We will let him
tell The story in his own words "Veii,
/ somed along and gomed alo,g. I'll l
got TO de hill vat stands an dc top of de
blacksmi,'> shop and den looks around
D. hind de- buns hole, Thinks |, | will
stnp dat SO SHOPS de carr, and sco'e hes
Ter oxen mil grabble rock and troves
der buns hole in ash tight ash neher 1t
vos. mil lightwood knot and gomed a.
long again, uli got To whre de forks of
de road cross each oder NIT de meetln
house. and looks around prhind m,
psck again aid DE sthutf vos all run oorr
nil DE- parrti agin o. says |. will liz
you now. an picks up chook init all
my might, and dc ting few oul init a
as,i-e<rlika = can,lon. and kNocksd ms
down Hat of de road init nv pack. and
scart de cart, snd 1t ruined away init de
o Ken, and turned dem all ober each oder
An proke eb.ryung in pieces. am gom-
I'd home NIT myself. put de cart ish run
ming to de tyful."
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m = ! -
. !. :. J 60 J. g = ..s r
a,d4 3 80 - h1yJ aisdrgsiak -
III - oacssleacy - M sAnsass<peeeeo
80 g. ~ scsaas eka1nn. Are AeigMs
ySsft d hAppy MsdaSd NE, dutii9 NAiell
She becsns yhe m4ther * three chilAfen, sht
"a. a fex daSs asisk her da1ku, thA -
= we'd hss hapA wee u ) ffirad, dapie iae
the charac.sf e bic vita IN ~ folio sAg
terms: .s@a9 Sc .fS
SCI was guided in ny choies only by the
blind affection If yoath. tssnd ~ efree-
able cumlanions 81 steAdss fr.sad, edoe''s
monitress, the anost- faithful of ~ivess stld -
\ mother, ~ tender . ever children had the
misf,rtune 10 loase. met . WOMAN who
by the tender management Of my Weakness.
xralually corrected the NEST pegFtsto1s =
bem. SAs Isscansprudens ss1f aa'sao s9g
/ B thanghof the moafssnssoas nAiurssshs
taught fru sality and esoAsMyh hsr love ~
mo. During the most critical psrsed or my
lite, she preserved order il my a&Aiys, from
tho care OF which she relieved re. Sne kepj
tly reclaim d me dissipation; she AfSfd
nv in,..,Isues to Oh the exertiohs tnst
HAYS h@on usefnl snst cFsdi.eo ts g Ae a ! 8
- - q q = - ~
1heedle6s fnprovidencs. 80 -
ss'ro hsr 1 owe what am: to- her owe
what shall be- IL her solicisude Tor my
interests, .hs aevar for q moment fHgot my
feelings or my character. Evea in het &C.
casiona resentment for which but too often
gave her cause, (would 10 G,.d co"id recall
RI So m ments.1 she had not sulline 8 or a.
rtimon,. Her feelings were warm and i'm
pc uoas, bat she was rlacahle, tender AMI
constant. Such was she whom lost, and
lost her when her excelIe It natural sense Was
rapidly i'm ,rcving after eigh: years OF strug-
gle and distress had bound Us together AMI
mould d our temper to each other-when a
knowledge IF her worth had refined my youth
f.i love in friendship, aud before rye ha
d prived ii of its origin Il ard'r, | lost ner.
alas the choice of my 70 lth, the partner oil
my mistortunes, at a moment when had
the pros pect of her sharing my better days
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lsas6tial around the pla.t stlrf lirsnss
'piantinx; i. list,s sapd ,sronaA The. plant
TALL and spring. wiIltead 70 Keep tae weeds
out. ,gu4 q .4u 8 .re.s ~ ysFss3 eH
Planted ia drills rs you plant ssrawber-
ny. cabbage and other plants. one and =
half 70 two feet apart Attwo feet apart
each way, j. will lake 10 600 plants 70
the acre. Hoe them sill chilly at first, IN
I'll The roots become clinched. and after
ward no cultivation is needed. unless 10
keep cut weeds and grass. The plants
may be expected to run together and COW
er the whole ground 10 two or three years
They can be gathered with q CRANBERRY
rake made for the purpose, TO be procured
at the agricultural store.--N. E. Farmer
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-11-10
The Lost BaIIoonist-Wise on Winchester.


AS much anxiety exists among the friends
and family of Mr.. Winchester, who went up
with balloon from Norwalk, Ohio, on the
I'd of October inst, on account of his not
being heard from up to the l7th inst, q, would
premise the. following opinion:
1t is said he assembled with but twenty
five pounds of ballast. This with an ordi
nary balloon, would not last him many hours
If he assembled very high that quantity of
ballast would be neutralized by the eXpan-
sion OF gas and the consequent discharge at
the neck valve by the pressure OF expansion.
If his balloon was but half full when he
started that would occur a an elevation Of
two and half miles, and at even half that
height when sailing Immediately over layer
of clouds for the space of twenty-five or thir
ty minutes. Now as there are always two
rapid currents of air at elevations of from
two to three miles one from the south west,
the other from the northw west, it is probable
that he may have been carried along with the
southwest current.
This would have kept him over the surface
of Lake Erie the whole of its length, about
two hundred miles from Norwalk. Under
ordinary velocity of the current, he could
not have escaped the surface of the Lake
short of three and half hours If he got
INTO THIS current, the PROBABILITY Is that he
1oundered in the Lake. If the balloon was
large enough to retain the gas under expan-
sion, and withal very impermeable to the
hydrogen, this current might have waited
him on to Lake Ontario in the space of four
hours. All these suppositionary causalties
might have been avoided by an experienced
eronaut with good balloon and everything
connected with it in good order.
AS Mr.. Winchester was novice in the
art, my fears and sympathies are like those
of his friends and relatives, and are enhanc-
ed from the fact that new beginners are very
liable to disarangements in the harness and
fixture of air-ships.
If during his voyage he got over extensive
fields of clouds, the Lake would have beer
obscured from his sight and the very frs
attempt at descent, unless very judiciously
and economically managed, would have
made him liable to dependence upon the
surface of the water, to be rescued by a yes
sci. On the 9th of August, l847, l was res
cued by boats crew sent from the brig
Eureka, Capt Burnell, while aoundering OF
the waters Of Lake Erie, with my balloon
Rough and Ready JOHN WISE.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-11-10
Incipient Steps towards the Formation Of
q State GOYernment in Kansas.

Stdte UONcTuineut th AduSdSs
Immediately after the expulsion of the free
state members from the legislature, they, be-
lieving that the people of the territory could
no longer submit to the encroachments and
outrages committed upon them by hostile in
vaders, called meeting of the citizens of
Lawrence, that they might consult together
and devise some mode of relief from their
present grievances.
The formation of state government was
then proposed and favored by some and .op-
posed by others At this meeting, a call
was issued for the call of a territorial free
state mass meeting. This meeting was COM
posed of men from all parts of the territory,
and after six days session, and an able dis
cussion upon this question, a resolution was
unanimously passed, calling delegate con-
vention at Topeka, to consider the eXpedl-
ency of forming a state government On the
second day of said convention, peoples
mass meeting was also called, which issued
a call for delegate convention. The con-
vention was composed of delegates from
nearly every district in the territory. and
after a session Of two days, decided that the
immediate formation of state government
was the only means Of securing protection
to themselves and relief from that govern
ment which has SO tyrannically been eXten,
ded over them.
This convention appointed time for the
election of delegates to form state consti
tuition, prescribed the qualification for vo-
ters at such election, appointed speakers to
visit every neighborhood in the territory, and
appointed an executive committee, cOnSls-
ting of seven, who should form provision
al government until the formation of state
government
On the second Tuesday in October, the
election for said delegates was holden, and
seventy-eight were appointed, who met on
! the 23d inst, to frame a constitution. The
executive committee have appointed four
persons to visit all the states i'll the Union,
and present the facts relative to the wrongs
imposed upon the people Of Kansas, and
their claim upon the states for admission IN
TO the Union as a sovereign state.
! The above is short history of the orig
and course pursued thus far towards the for
nation of state governm'nt. All the free
state men and many pro-slavery men are in
favor of the project. believing it to be the
only manner by which relief can be obtain
ed as they are determined never to recog
nize this so-called Kansas legislature. The
people of the territory hope the states vii
extend to them a friendly hand and receive
them into the Union Chicago Tribune.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-11-10

A child strayed away from its home near
IIillsboro', and was not missed till late in
the evening. Search was made, and the next
morning its mangIed body was found adjOin-
ing the railroad. Itis supposed it wandered
about till it became weary when it lay down
upon the track, and the train ran over it.
The parents name is Hamlin. .... ...r F..
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Few readers can be aware, until they have
had occasion to test the fact, how much la
Dor OF research is often saved by such a ta1
Bile as the following-the work of one now
in his grave. II "history is poetry as one
who is true poet himself forcbly remarks,
then here is poetry personified
1907 Virginia first settled by the English,
l6l4 New York first settled by the Dutch
1920 Massachusetts, settled by the Puritans.
1923 n Hampshire settled by the Puritans.
1924 New Jersey settled by the Dutch.
1927 Delaware settled by Swedes * Fins.
1885 Maryland settled by Irish Catholics.
1885 Connecticut settled by the Purtans.
1886 r. Island settled by Roger Williams.
1850 North Carolina settled by the English.
1870 S. Carolina settled by the Huguenots.
1882 Pennsylvania settled by William Penn.
1888 Georgia settled by General Oglethorpe.
1871 Vermont admitted into the Union.
1892 Kentucky admitted into the Union:
1876 Tennessee admitted into the Union.
1902 Ohio admitted into the Union.
1911 Louisiana admitted into the Union.
1916 Indiana admitted into the Union.
1917 Mississippi admitted into the Union.
1918 Illinois admitted into the Union.
1919 Alabama admitted into the Union.
1920 Maine admitted into the Union.
1921 Missouri aG,aitted into the Union.
1886 Michigan admitted into the Union.
1886 Arkansas admitted into the Union.
1915 Florida admitted into the Union.
1916 Texas admitted into the Union.
1916 Iowa admitted into the Union.
l848 Wisconsin admitted into the Union.
1880 California admitted into the Union.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-11-10

EXTENSIVE FLOUR MmIs-There are six
teen flour mills, with eighty four run Of
stone. capable of making about 10000 bar
rels of flour per day, at OSwego, n. Y. 1t is
probably the most extensive manufacturing
point of -four in the world The facilities
for handling grain that is brought i'll by Ship
ping are extensive the eevating capacity be-
ing about $4,000 of -four per hour, and the
storing room equal to two millions two hun
dred thousand bushels.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-11-10

n letter to the Chicago Tribune from Fill
more city, Utah, says that tnere is not sin
gle hive of bees to be found in the territory,
nor are there any bulfaoes west Of the Rocky
mountains. The writer tells us that the IN
stitution of negro slavery exists in the ter
ritory, as also that of Indian slavery. Quite
IA number of southern men are there who
took their slaves with them. The Indians
sell each other into perpetual bondage and
make good, active, ready and ob1dlcnt scv-
wants.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-11-10

A correspondent of the New York Times
arranges the next house Of representatives as
follows:
Republican Wings 95 Republican Dem
ocrats l8; Pro-slavery Wings s. Know
Nothing Wings 2S; KnowNothin5 Demo
Gratis 8 Administration Democrats Go; In
dependents 2. Nebraska So Anti-Nebras-
ka 1876;
Another says-The regular administra-
ton force will be 72, the united opposition
l59 But there is no possibility Of IA union
which will combine more than a bare ma
jorty of the house, namely, lis members.
Upon the question of sustaining the Nebras-
ka law, the best calculation gives the result
of-ayes l03, nays l3l, majority against, %.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-11-10

DR.. Clark, the owner of the congress
spring at Saratoga, derives from it yearly
revenue of $75 900.