The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-05-30

OF enameled iron. Over such uanffs- "A s
places mirrors in gilt francs, ens;cksS - 8
elaborate carving made Of Co.. -. n
pressed in moulds and stuck on Vim ~ &
In one recess we hang hundred aollas ~.
color drawings, that is, to say, printsd I'd
tAtions Xhich cost fye--and n anosi.' &
hapdse pok cases with mahoss1y ~,
q Dies, filing. the lowsf skel,..s 8
WI and the upper with richIs Io..S &
fbio pod, Of assorted sizes. Il
! yhters wear expensive po;nt =.
adornf6 LIE, 1--WE do not know their -.
fnor do We know much about point laee.. :.
! cept that it is some sort Of met work Of N.
ions cost, made Of some more economic i
material, and washed in some way which s
profound secret, 80 % to give them 4. 4
yeliowlsh tint supposed to mark the genuI ]
article. They .Bear Canton Grape shavs
when John Chinaman never saw, and Caak !.
mere shawis manufactured at Paisley. q,
India silks that never passed the Equats Z
and furs which would a.tonish the ANNA i
whose names they bear, If they could =
them. When they 1.-THE daughters, thss: \
are married, We give grand weddings displr' .
ing tables flied with extravagantly Err.
sive bridal gifts; sets of gold and IN y
spoons, forks, fruit knives, tea seryin. &
necklaces, bracelets, &C., touching trihots
of affection from dear friends who a. I. E
our visiting list, and have been invited : Z
the ceremony; and which, after the pant +
is over, are carefully packed up and-fesan. :
ed to thejeweler from whom We hired thu
This sham is going little out Of faah;n
since some indiscreet persons exposed III
But they still wear sham flowers in thes
bonnets-that is in the little straw or yeayx z
caps they use to cover their back hair M
in the street-and sham braids of hair :
their heads in front of the aforesaid bonnea
We scan the performers at the open
through lorgnetts, hired at tweaty 1--we cent
a night, with deposit for their safe reizn,
as nonchalantly as if they belonged to ns.-
We ride about in carriages hired BY IT,
year, eoachman with velvet hatband, BE
buckle, and larged capped coat included a
got up in the most elaborate style. VI
build churches with stone fronts and Bird
sides, decorated on the outside with carvd
stone brackets and cornices, made Of paint
ed wood or clay, and on the inside with wa
paper panels, and painted recess. and pilas
tiers, and mouldings, half of whose shadow
always fall the wrong way by daylight. aN
by gaslight become "confusion worse co..
founded.o We stick all manner of plast1
over the wallis and ceiling
We paint deep alcoye behind the pulpi,
and then neutralize the effect by outings
sofa against the wall where it is painted, %
that when the preacher sits down he has the
contradictory appearance of resting hin
head against wall, which is supposedJn
h. $ov, oo{ Sol his and mt mir a.
the while his upright position. 1t confuse
our ideas of proportion and perspective
d-eadfully. We show the most laudabls
alacrity in assisting all benevolent enter.
prises, and get ourselves called to preside u
meetings held to organize them, with the
greatest enthusiasm. We rise with over
flowing hearts to make few unpremedita-
ted remarks, got up by rote the day before;
head subscriptions with liberal sums, which
we are not to De called on for, in order 10
induce somebody else to subscribe similar
sum, which is to be called for, and furnish the
reporters of the morning papars with a copy
of our speech, together with the proceed
ings Of the meeting and the names of the
officers.
We turn up our eyes with edifying con-
at the idea Of shaving ten PEI
cent, from promisory note, and turn than
down again, complacently, and prick up our
ears at the offer of ground rent or mort
gage at the same discount; because ssyN
see, that it is a different thing; it is a-iti
that is, you know-there is difference
when you take real estate security, you-s
is-so. YOU see-a-a-" to be surg
not doubt of it; nothing could be clears.
Then, we write elaborate art-criticisms
profuseiy illustrated (by the aid of Clos
sary) with learned technicalities, such .
tone, warmth, ciaro-seure, pr
spective, lights, touch, foreground middle,
atmospheric effects interspersed
with great deal of cant about handling
style, execution, composition, idealim,
lovely bits of distance, &C., of the meaning
Of all which we have as accurate percep
ton as schools-boys, with imperfectly de-
veloped mathematical organs, have Of wha
the dreaded Pons Asinorum is all abod
when they have got through saying it sol
The book.,'
We get up a reputation as Kteratesn;
with regard to books, upon the advices &
Dean Swift-to friend, with regard to u
of the English Peerage-sslem
heir names, and then brag Of their -
Iuaintance:" and We deseant upon thsR
merits, and discourse dreary platitudes cor
,erning their want of plot, their lack q
their inartistic denouement, o.
On the other hand, of their 'sindependH
noble tone," their ssfree, unbranded u.
preston of Thoughts" their ssentrancing
pictures of the beautiful . the sstruthful d.
[ineation of this writer's STYLE" (wecopy the
last, verbatim, from newspaper CRITICISMS
which is sstruthful delineation" Of
sstyle?'') with gravity and profundity that
almost delude ourselves into the idea that
we are talking sense.
There is host, besides, which we have
neither time nor space to enumerate. Alto
yether, when we think how little of any.
hing genuine we see or hear-of how few
things we can say 'sthis is itself and isn't
else''-of how we are constantly
trying to throw dust in our neighbours eyes,
all the while, that they are trying
he same thing on US, and the wonder is that
We can look each other in the face without
laughing.
Great Rsilrsad Celebration. june LIST.
On Monday, the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
,oud oman thar hranch Road IN Norfhwnst.