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

mer's Bank, spoke with me yesterday, and
i wished me to let the same man, who built
the new vault for the Merchants Bank build
ono for him. Perhaps might not deem it
just to let you have another job so soon ;
but shall give it to you and Gurney, and let
you share the profits"
From that time Samuel Peterson was one
| of the best mcn in the shop. But he had
only his dollar per day during the remain
der of the year.
One afternoon after winter had come, and
the wind blew cold and cheerless, Henry
Willis entered MIR. Merrills counting-r0om,
with sad, downcast look. He wished to
know if Mr.. Merrill could give him employ
ment.
ssHave you left Crafts & Co.?'' asked the
old machinest. f83 b "a gt G,ast4Ta
| ssThey have burst up, sir," the young man
replied. ssMr. Cumfrey gave US notice that
| the company could do no more work"
"But you have not lost any of your wages,
Henry. fi' ht'a sslEses6 =s51 tA Eaz@ssf
ssNot much, sir,'' the youth answeIcd,
gazing down upon the. floor. sCumfrey
settled up with us last night. He was ow
ing me twenty-five dollars. He offered me
twelve to settle, or might wait and get my
,
the twelve dollars and gave him receipt"
81 am sorry you have lost your place, but
| have no room for another workman now.
My shop is full. Only let me advise you to
secure good place as soon as possible; and
when you once find it hang on to it as long
as you cam"
fhe first of January came, and Henry had
obtained situation in blacksmith's shop,
at one dollar per day; but the fond hopes
he had cherished could not be realized.-
Samuel Peterson on that day became hap
py husband. He had explained the whole
plan to his employer, and on hearing it, Mr..
Merrill advised him to follow it out. ar
In the spring Henry Willis had an offer to
90 into a new place, and he took up with it.
Near the same time Samuel Peterson had his
wages raised to one dollar and fifty cents
per day, and the extra pay was the more
grateful, because Mr.. Merrill assured him
that he was truly worth the price.
And since that time several years have
passed away. Samuel Peterson is still with
Mr.. Merrill, receiving twenty-five cents per
hour for his usual labor, and having many
jobs on which he often cleared his five dollars
per day. He owns a snug little cottage, and
he calculates to layup three hundred dollars
year. He has wife who helps him well
in all his laudable undertakings.
In the meantime, Henry Willis has been
tossing about the country-now with work,
and now without-always continuing to
earn money enough to pay his rent and keep
his family in food and clothing. And this
propensity for change has become habit
which must cling to him through life. Af-
ter he had worked month in one place, he
becomes uneasy and restless, and the first
man who comes along and proposes some
thing new is sure to be listened to.
Now does not the reader call to mind just
such cases?. They are plenty in our coun-
try, and many of the hnman wrecks which
we meet along the rough shore Of business,
have become stranded upon this very shoal.
Let our youth steer their life-bark clear of
it. Beware of allowing the spirit of dis
contentment to find its way into your bo-
SONS. 1t is very homely saying, but yet
one Of useful application, and may be heed
ed with profit by those who are commencing
business life: ''Let ueU enough Alone"
SOMETHING NEw-A FEMALE NEwsPA-
PER. t
Paris is always-as Pliny said Of Africa
of old-giving birth to some extraordinary
novelty; and one of the most extraordinary
we have ever met with, is given in a late
number of the Courier des Etats Unis, in
which we are informed that young lady
has chosen a most singular occupation
She has turned newspaper-something as
the Courier remarks, after the fashion in
which the BARRIERS were the newspapers of
the middle ages. Figora, as he describes
himself, is a general retailer of information,
one setting forth all the news of the day,
dealing in "matrimonials," useful to all
classes. Something OF this kind is the Fe-
male Newspaper in question.
Every afternoon Continues our authority
a young woman of "a years, tall and of ex-
quisite figure, attractive even at a distance,
slightly pitted with small pox, yet with eyes
and mouth that have not lost whit of ex-
pression-such a young lady may be found
every afternoon, gliding from cafe to cafe
in that peculiar part of Paris principally in
habited by students and those associated
with them-known Us the Latin Quarter
Everybody knows the girl, and everybody
speaks of her. She is brilliant in CONVERSE
tion--in repartee-in salutations. She en-
ters a cafe, passes from one tablet anoth-
or, and without ceremony, begins at once to
give the news of the day. She has all the
gossip of the schools of law and medicine,
the scandals or small talk relative to the
students and their saames'-the marriages
and divorces. And, while communicating
all this in the most amusing and fascinating
manner-her eyes and ears are open-she
picks up news from the guests, and thus re-
news her stock in trade of gossip.
But how does she make it pro6table?-
This is the most singular part of her most
singular business. Everybody who has been
in France knows the five Jumps of sugar
that are given with every cup Of coffee
three for the cup and two extra ones, which
are either put into the water or carried away
by Frenchmen, in the pocket. On conclud-
ing her gossip the fair female journal takes
these two Jumps: they are her perquisities.
journal; the students call her Jeannae aux
Canards. .... ....sr..r.- IS. s5#
We are sorry to say that Jenny Humbug
name, though it must be admitted that, as
Dolly Fudge says Of French abuse, in Moore's
poem, it is not so bad in the original
However this may be, whenever jenny Hum
bug enters cafe there is . demand for her.
Everybody wants Jenny; she is pulled from
table to table, there is general uproar at
hcE cAtE8OIuluoIy 4lOC0A iecaus1 CuitOIAnIS3
and 'telcgraphs, ; to say nothing Of the sad-
vers.' 5-s5a..4 .-.. -r-- zaa4 !
@ Jenny never leaves cafe, after short
visit, without bearing with her one of two
pounds of sugar, collected lump by lump
Jenny lives by sugar. The Cafe de 'IOden
buys it I'LL of her, and she is growing rich.
Of course there is a story connected with
her: Jenny Lind, with all her talent, had
to have story; they all have rigmorole
yarn nowadays, and of course Jenny Hum
bug, with such name must have one. She
is virtuous and spotless scion Of some
thing or other, and is collecting dover
wherewith to marry lover to whom she
is passionately attached, a young Salesman
in Paris, and who is to we'd her when she
shall have collected FIVE thousand pounds-
not sterling-but of sugar.
1t is fortunate for the editorial craft that
such newspapers are not started on a grand
scale in this country. We should soon have
to shut up shop if they were. The Press, rs
the Bunkumville Flag Stuff once remarked,
sis mighty Indian--it corrects vice, vindi- |
Gates the Constitution, and inserts adver- |
tisements'-but it could never resist such
opposition as pretty women turning them