The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-06-06


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unon II IN h;s hearts content-may indulge
:, ~ool,v a;..r;ho. and ;erem;ads till Time
;...,f h.co,,o .. ,rev. headed. without abatine
80 -. :. t;.,lo of the ;mportance of this
~. !. aot..ot;nr from ;ts intrinsic inertia.
Tbs ad;tor saws that this citv g at present has
.ho,,, Aoo ho,.e. and . nonulat;on Of about
. 900 . Tho ed;tor must have been taking
,bs censn. of this CITY. lately. to be enabled
- ...,. - d.s.;,.,. the number of bouses.
"a ~, ;nm.to. ,horeof Since that time.
49, 80. hove hoor . vonderfn, increase
!, ~. nonn,a,;on and an immense amount
of h,,;Id;n. dono for Council B,ufFs now has
. ,on,,,.,;on - .ho,t . soo and full ,eren
!. -, h,,;,,;. NOT IN nrosnect;ve. Init
-. s.,;.r Ven lnov that Mr.. cou,ie,.
.ra whv !. = not inst :. easv to tell the
,r,,,b and rive tho devil hi. dine.
"a single sIsnce a, il. site would be suceut to con-
vince that j, was not intended BY its founders z,
gorge; without TO expand unless on the bottom
he high pussed bluffs At i. sides and rear
IN 4 the e beak wnd, Of and
therefore the selection of the spo. for their town"
f-a-w! II Council BUNS was not ln'eh-
ded as a "permanfns settlemens ny It's
founders, OF course 1t Will nave 10 De moved.
The editor OF the courier mas issued MS
manifesto-hs admirlng proseiytes echo Its
sentlments-let miiiions attend us execution!
That narrow winding gorge SO 1eenngly
alluded to by the editor OF the courier, eA.
lists only In the dlsorderea imagmaslon OF
the writer. HIS head mas evidently oeen
tout OF tune, ever since ne ioca'eo inc cap
ital OF the Territory. whether that act
had anything to 40 with 1t, or not, we Will
not pretend TO say, out lea'e tnose cosni-
zant OF the facts, to draw their own conciu-
sions. At any rate his own friends when
speaking about him, give doieful shake
OF the head, at the same time pointing sig
ni6cantly to their forehead, as much as to
say, that ''there Is something rotten In Dem
mark" Ono room to expand, unless on the
bottom land IN 'front.'" wonderful sagac-
ity'-astonlshlns observatlon!-and yet the
same writer says-"that Council Bluffs Will
continue to improve we DO not doubt
And yet, no room to expand' Yes, but ION
the bottom land, liable to overflow IN ahlSh
stage OF water" All! there IS the rub! Why
my dear fellow sinner, there Is not point
upon the habltable globe but what might
'soreyaow in high stage efwoter." We can
cite you to one instance on record, OF the
inundation OF the earth-that is, if you will
take the Good Book as proof, of which We
are not certain, knowing your proclivities.
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Ii IS the only PROOF we nave 10 oHer on tnat
s,h;oct you con hol;ovo = o- l.t - olo,o ~
e""Joo' w" o"li oe'A0'' A'oi io' ~ "ion0' "
your option. We have not the least doubt,
but what the land upon which Council Bluffs
stands has been lnundated-but when that
took place, the boosted town OF Florence
was also totally submerged There IS no
use of denying this, it is well attested fact.
We would also remind the astute and quasi
editor of the Courier, that there are, even
in the United States, many instances Of
"larse Cities" (nearly as large as Florencc,)
having been built upon lands annually sub
ject to overaows. We would cite you to
Cincinnati, Buffalo, Albany, Rochester,
Louisville, and even to New Orleans and
other towns of more or less note. We have
been resident of this city for three years,
and we have yet to see the waters of the
"Big Muddy" orerdow any Of the bottom,
lands upon 'chich it Is 'o,c proposed or
contemplated, to the ertcnd limits Of this
e'ty!
Bluffs is lacking in that great
She has two landings but they each miles from
in fact happened to both Of them this spring '- '
"Well said old mole; canst work i the
earth so fast?" Well, Council Bluffs has
"two landings" that's fact-"they are
each four miles from her over the bottom"
that's pretty near true-sSand 1;ah1o IN ovor