The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-11-07

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M. Jonathan 'Jswsbury Ind 4 last esue
decided in finding : plaoe for his family, IN
the ceantry. The place i called Packer
willie. n sg ,lsgg sts s3 81 AZ
Mrs. Jevsbary was afsail that Pnckervills
wns not geDtoeI. fI aiNs
ssGoodpsss graoious!" e1clained Miss
Salina Jewsbury, "you ain't going to send
~ to splaee with such . name ~ that!''
And Salinas nose, naturally retyosse,
quirled up like . pigs tail. Bir. Jewsbury
coughed.' Mr. Jewsbury also smiled. "Aiy
dears," said Mr.. Jewsbary, 81 am not sure
that the place Is what one would call de-
cidedly genteel. l hope it is not. !. Gentecl
is another word for d-- d expensive.
!sDon't swear, pal" said Miss Arabella
D., who 10 pious. &s sk 81
81 am not usually a swearing man, ), said
Mr.. Jewsbury pricking his nails, ssbut when
l think of those outrageous hotel bills at
Saratoga-jg4s 81 51 a
D "Don't speak Of them again, / beg Of
you!'- Miss Salina. "You do
make such a fuss about little money. - and
she begun to pace the room in her very de-
ightfully aniable way. g
Mr.. Jewsbary was exceedingly attentive
to his nails. - g. :. Il sE5 s. 50 ssi
= ~Puckerville! Puckerville!'' repeated
Mrs. Jcwsbury, rs if tasting something of
Of very doubtful favor, sscan't say l like
Puckeryille. Where is it?'' ss' -
"Lake Superior!" replied Jcwsbury very
quietly. dis
Stake Superiorn' echoed the three ladies'
in breath. So
ssFor my own part, = said Arabella, (she is
ho MI nsQ \ 1rho hoA - L
self, II think Puckerville sounds romantic
like it.'' b Rsas#sss .as.s N :, .s..
"If it is at Lake SUPERIOR" began Salina
qusltatiously. ,t 4>ssssgs a9a s1-'G-I
Mrs. J. considered it genteel to 20 to any
place where the Hoptopmits had gone be-
fore. l a .ss . 9 ri sg-Es
tLake Superior is a pleasant felton, p
said MIR: Jewsbury, explaining himself
Puckeryille is country village, 10 miles
from Boston; twenty by the road. But
when you leave town you need not say that
you are going to Puckerville-you can tell
them You are going to Lake Superior, and
that will answer for every purpose. Now
you can 20 or stay. For Mr.. Jews
bury snapped his knife blade imperatiycIy-
Gas for going to one of them d." ra~
ssDon't pap' pleaded Arabella. 81. sd;
"One of those conf0unded watering
places, said MIR j., correcting himself PHI
see them all in France first" I &aga
And lothian walked straight from the
house to our Office, to tell US Of his decision.
"Jotham, }" said We, "you are brave fel-
low" We are acquainted with the family.
The family hesitated. The next day,
Spiritwell called. Everybody knows Spirit.
well, the oracle of snobocracy. There were
no such kid gloves as his worn anywhere,
no such crayats. Spiritwell had Just return
ed from Newport. Hepronounced Newport.
s'insufferable stoopid, this seasou;'' he was
to start the next day for the Gulf of St.
Lawrence. He meant to find something
fresh and cool.
"And you," said Spiritweil, ssyou do not
mean to spend this insufferable stoopid se,-
son IN this insutferable stoopid city-eh?''
SO, no!'' said Salina-'sdear me, no! We
are going to Lake Superior!''
"That is" said Arabella, who had con-
scientious scruples about telling a direct
lie, We talk Of going to Lake Superior.;'
The next day Spiritwell left for the Gulf
Of st. Lawrence.
Two days later the Jewsbury took their
departure for Lake Superior, alias Fucker.
vile. They found it q neat little cottage.
She had one other boarder-a very nice
young man, she said, from South Carolina.
lie dressed splendidly, and owned slaves
The landlady thought it his intention to
write book about the north.
"He will put me in his boek!' thought
ole is looking for northern bride.''
said Salina to herself. And she thought
how fine it would be to live in South Caro-
lima, and to own slaves! s...
That evening, when the young Southern
er came home from fishing tramp, the
landlady asked him if he would like to be
introduced to very wealthy and highly re-
spectacle family, who were in mourning for
q dear relative, and had come to Puckerville
to enjoy few weeks seclusion.
The young Southerner seemed to consid-
er it pleasing adventure, to make the ac-
quaintance of a wealthy and genteel family
in mourning for relative, and enjoying
few weeks seclusion. He dressed himself
with care, and accompanied the landlady to
thu parlor. He entered, pulling off a pair
Of extraordinary kid gloves. lie wore an
cravat. His smile, his bow
were equally extraordinary. But what is
more extraordinary than his bow, smile,j d
cravat and gloves was the sensation his
coming produced. r.-.r....... ss ...
Ihe Jewsburys recognized-Spirit,rM.