The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-05-23

~ the same purpose. IL will % no harm
to give it an airing out this way. Some Of
IL hints and hits may be Of service among
those who seem to allow sloyenly habits to
grow upon them, and forego comforts
which, with proyident care, woald aOon be
placed in their reach.
ssNctty" wrote in mid-winter, and was
evidently far gone in fit OF the "blues.
Her efforts to stay the tide of Western emf
grafton, and those Of our friends Of the
Herald, will hardly raoai 20 much. Il
would be hard to exagg,erate The priyations,
and dangers OF life N Galifcr-
MIA; yet men continae to rush there Tor
GOLD. A company is now in this city,
from New York, who Are SCOUTING out for
an overland journey 4 the modern Eldora-
do. Kansas has expe .ienced hery triais ct
the recital of which the heart. sicksns. Yet
the FIRST lull in the storm witnesses an emf
grafton in that direction almost unparallell-
ed. And, lit will be any consolation to
ssNetty'' and the Herald to know it, many
Of the.good people Of Iowa have just dis
covered that they are not yet FAR enough
West; they must make another plunge and
bring up in Kansas.
The restless spirit of the American peo-
pie is what most needs curbing. 1t is that
which keeps many man who has been IN
Town for years, in that shiftless, forlorn
condition Of which sNetty' speaks, in terms
Of exaggeration. The spirit Of speculation
psrvades all classes. Two out Of three OF
those who come West, come to speculate in
Mild Lands And nearly the same pro-
Dbrtion Of those actually here, turn most of
their thoughts in the same direction. While
that sevil spirit possesses him, the western
man bestows little thought upon permanent
improv ements, and the gathering around
Of home comforts. He builds no barns,
giants no orchards or shade trees, lays UP
no stores for the long winter his family and
stock have to weather. If Netty can do
any thing to exercise this spirit, she
would place poor humanity under a lasting
1t pervades society in Indiana,
Illinois, Iowa &c., almost as disastrously
rs it does the States further East. #
1t is idle to tell men that the cheap and
fertile land Of the West, which may be
brought under cultivation in a single year,
is no more inviting than the glooming for
psts of the older States or the exhausted
farms of sections never noted for fertility
Of soil. Pioneer life in Iowa, as well as
every where else, has its privations and
These are to be overcome
and when they are overcome, the homes Of
Iowa will be as happy as those Of the older
States. The diligent farmer reaps a golden
harvest here. Thousands who have toiled
Ding and weary yea ) in the older States for
a sctnty subsistence, find themselves almost
in possession of broad acres
here; which, if cultivated with anything like
the frugal care characteristic of their lives
before coming West, will soon yield them
Flocks and Herds msy be
gathered around them, and everything they
touch may be turned into gold. But, just
at this juncture in the experience Of many,
the speculative spirit is excited by exaggera-
ted stories from some new Territory, and
the lucky ventures of some land Spectator.
The idea of spending money for the atiorn-
ment and comfort of home, when it is worth
40 per cent, preposterous. Thus multitudes
reason, and their line of actions is in accor-
dance with snch conclusions.
Yet, even the drawbacks limited ut flor
We can only stop to hint at them) how long
will it take,-at the rate of progress the
West is now making,-to change the aspect
Of things around the Prairie home Of Netty?
Leaves from my Iowa Journal--By Netty Feu-
wood. ts- .=-.
MARCH Is lS57.-No sound of church GO
ing bell, no peal of high-sounding organs,
no rustic Of costly silks. or diamonds Jew
elled light, tell Of that one day in seven,
when in the city's gorgeous fame, ssman
hopes to meet his God."s -
=. We have counted each day. ike Robi
IOWA, md supposed this to be the Sabbath.
| sit down to write an entry in these pages,
or rather ''notch the stick in my dungeons
Mother is reading her Bible, father is look
ing YEARLY out on the snowy desoltte prai-
RE. If Dante would have added one more
horror to his list, he might have taken the
silent wintry prairie, without any assistance
from his imagination. No one can imag-
inc, or know 10y description; they must per-
sonaliy be out Of night on it, say in De-
cember. If the shade oftyour great grand
mother, GHOSTS of gloom and every sad
dening recollection, don't stalk around you,
then am no Judge. And such storms; the
elements in a perfect fury, wind so high
That it will blow the snow through two
inch board, and beating against everything
like hurricane, if it has backbone enough
to stand up. The snow has laid on the
ground almost four months, and this sever
ity Of the season, combined with the miiser-
ab[emanagement of these Hoosier farmers,
and the heavy emigration, have made pro-
visions high and scarce. Bread and meat
with coffee, without any milk or sugar, are
all the Injuries that many Of the fastest
families can boast of. Iowar i.ter pill
sugar coated with beauty of landscape, fer
tllty OF soil, and glorious sunsets. wish
that spectators had to swallow it, all at
once, down their vile and lying throats.-
Butthis is wrong feeling for Sunday, and
we must not grumole for fear it will affect
the value of .Malaka Farm Will the time
ever come for this june emf grafton Of fools,
that long te see the romance of pioneer lifes
shut the book, and wish could shut the
prairie from my sight for
ever. 2aEa esa 'EGf - fl go
MONDAY, 16th.-Here is a wounded deer
within few yards of the house, the steam
ISSUING from his qaivering nostrils. All!
ne reels, falls, crimsoning the pure snow
With his life current, and dies amid the
paying OF hounds and the shouts Of the ex-
cited hunters. l should have had the deer
buried with the accustomed honors, but my
rhapsody was interrupted by the cracking
those vicious hens IN the cellar. No Pol
room or landlord in this township, can af-
ford to build a hen ,roost, or stable either.
Tor lumber is worth from $40 to $50 per
thousand. | might say, all they can get
'or it,for most of men here leave their con-
sciences the other side Of the Mississippi
So through the cold weather mother has put
Ter poultry in the cellar. Every time she
opens the door, out pops hen, anxious for
and tail feathers spread for liber- |
y. Very provoking to the old lady's pa
hence, and annoying to the youngsters, as
I gives them some trouble to keep the scrit-
ers' in harbor. aS
Pomp is harnessed to a pair of poles,
With four perpendicular stakes inserted and
wo boards placed across, someway, on the
thing. This is the sleigh. Pm
1T to Wildcat, distant ten miles, for mail
natter, and to see the gayscorld once more.
! is a city Of twelve hundred inhabitants,
has Mayor and Council; and charter for !
The Offices were filled in
tdnfer, but the sidewalks, clearing up,' |
md planting ont trees, will come bye and
rye. No style Is considered la mode but
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