The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-06-20
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There il . class Of individuals that are
troubled with worms-another class are
tsoubled with, what ID known IN vulgar par
lnce, Is the ssitch"-and yet another with
the rheumatics, and 90 on ad infnitun', to
the end Of the chapter-but Of all the ellis
that fesh is heir to,n the editor of the Flor
ence Courier, seems to have the worst-an
attack Of Council Bluffs. Judging from the
contortions and gnashing Of teeth, OF the
victim We should think he was sorely afiic-
ted. The disease seems to have penetrated
his whole .s~ystem--it preys upon his mind
and body, asleep and a~wake-the fear OF It's
fatal termination haunts him like the ghost
Of Banauo did Macbeth, and pursues him
Ike the curse of Kebama. It is evidently q
sad case, for which there is NJ help. Tho
disease is contagious, and when atown pro
prietor is once exposed to it, he is sure to
become Frustrated.
The editor Of the Courier, in his delirious
moments, raves incoherently, and irrelevant
" about his disease. At times, he consid-
ara himself master Of it, and again he resigns
himself, to its fatal embrace, and prepares
to speedily .shufale off this mortal coil"
At the risk Of making ourself ludicrous,
in attempting to answer the insane gablings
of this erratic individual, we will briefly re-
fer to a few Of the mean ~insinuations n
iuuendoes, INDUCED in by the Courier. In
reference to the number of houses in this
CITY. he ~iasinuates, with the righteousness
Of q sncaking Indian, that the discrepancy
between his statement and ours, can only be
reconciled, by adding the ''small outhouses'
which it is not customary in his town to
oount.o This is what the editor calls Grgu-
,neat. II that can be called argument
we'll never argue.
In reference TO his statement that both Of
the landings Of this City, were overdowed'
the editor merely says-'we were told that
the land had been overhowed." So it seems
that he makes assertions and swears to their
truthfulness, upon the mere say so, OF some
body. Well. confession is good for the
soul.
In the next paragraph Of the article in
question, the unadulterated OF the
writer finds full scope. 1t is so characteris-
tic of its author, that we cannot resist the
termination to insert it entire. Read the
boosted s:uncontrovertible arguments"
eve will acknowledge having done injustice to the
country wing east Ut Council Blufs-we said "you may
ride on the road running east FOR twenty miles, anu nua
I'm, one farm the entire distance" Our informant
,n.intains that this is a true bill, but as the editor OF the
Sonparsii has probably been on the road since our In
formant, we will accept his statement that there does
not occur an interval Of Ave miles between farms, upon
the road running east Of this city," We therefore an
nounce to our readers that there are two farms 10 DC ad-
ded to the one Of which we spoke. Three farms IN TWEEN
ty miles. that is pretty good for the back country u .
large city"
Under the plea of acknowledging that he
had done "injustice to the country lying east
of Council Bluffs he takes occasion to in
dulgc in base,y false insinuations. Why
didn't he, like a man, swear to the truth OF
what he first asserted, or acknowledge his
error, instead of resorting to such a con-
temptiblc subterfuge to clear his skirts from
a mean misrepresentation. He says he will
accept our statement, Of the condition of
the country lying. east Of this city, and then
gives n garbled extract, as follows-''there
does not occur an interval Of five miles be-
tween farms, upon the road running east of
this city'-and leaves of these words-"un-
til you gel. fifty miles from hsre!" Such is
the honesty Of the Courier, in relation to
this place, and to %ourself, and yet the editor
says he never INDUCES in unfair arguments.
What better could we expect from an in
dividual, who would swear that be would
"sooner have his right arm severed from his
body" than to do q certain act, and yet ere
the words had scarce escaped his lips, turn
right about and wilfully perpetrate the very
act he had sworn not to do? We could but
expect such a person to resort to any and
every means, no matter how despicable, to
carry his own ends. To expect such a per-
son to speak fairly of anything that was not
calculated to benefit him, would be worse
than madness.
In relation to the Railroad, we have few
words, to say. The go-a-headativeness of
the people of Council Bluffs did not suffer
the railroad loan to 60 by default, notwith-
standing the Florence money that was put
in circulation a few days before the election.
You had better have kept your "spondu-
licks'' to build lighthouses" in your town,
or to hare started several Wholesale Houses
to have built n six mile Bridge across the
Rivcr-or to construct that 'sbranch'' that
you are so certain Of. At any rate, it would
have spoken moro to your credit, and you
would have ssaved money by it," if you had
invested those "thousands' at some point,
where the people are more of your turn of
mind, and can be easily bought.
City Hall. 4
Council Bluffs has long felt the need of a
suitable Hall for Judicial and other pur-
poses, and the desideratum is now about to
be supplied. J. NJ. PALMER, ESQ.,, a few
days since made a proposition to the effect
that, if the citizens Of this city would raise
him q bonus Of $4,000, he would Immediate
" m the erection of a building
suitable for City Hall. The sum was
promptly raised, and the consequence is,
that the work has already been commenced
m TIM foundation. The strnctnre 10 IN ho O