The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-11-21

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For who would bear the c0operage Of time
The storage charge-she risk a turning eeus-}
The psngs of heavy ioss-a dragging MARKET
The insoience OF buyers, and the spurns
Thst patient holders OF molasses take,
when all one's stock might its quietus make
BIZ sale on land! Who would these Losses bear,
10 grunt and sweat under . weary holdine:
But tflat the dteed of semething after.
me owner much dissatisfel-to whose appeal
All honest holders yield, puzzles the will,
And makes US rather bear those ills We have,
Than ty to others that We know not Of.
Thus shippers doth make towards Of us all ..s "a
And thus the native hue Of resolution S 80 A@@
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast Of orders;
And determinations Of great pith and moment
with this regard, their currents turn away
And lose the wish Of sellins'-:oft you, nowI s
And turn not sour: Nolasses In thy changes,
BE sli my debts femeMDered.
sz MINT, ANISE AND FLIES.
Mr., and Mrs. Fairfax sat down g din
ner at twelve O'Clock Of a warm Senfem-
ber day. Il was rather tempting lea,
for MI. Fairfax liked good dishes, and Mrs.
Fairfax new how to cook them. The spring
chickens-innocent things-were "done
brown;n the baked potatoes had not shfunk
in their skins with waiting in cooling oven;
the bread was soft and snowy; the butter
hard and golden; and the juicy peach pie,
covered with white napkin, which could
not hide the tell tale inequalities OF ita
crust, had been an object Of special skill
and pains taking on the part Of the young
housekeeper that morning. .z -.
Mrs. Fairfax had been scrupulously care
full to keep the door closed, which led from
her heated kitchen into the little back din
ing room, as also to see that the windows Of
the latter, though open, were kept darkened'
In consequence Of this attention, the little
room was not only cool, but free from flies,
those pests of the tidy housewife, particu-
larly in early autumn, when the troublesome
insects sHy low, and heavily. Mr.. Fairfax
sat down to the table, thinking that every.
thing looked very comfortable and inviting,
after that hard forenoon's work, and being
encouraged by Mrs. F., he presently began
to talk. '
s:Wife," he said, as sudden thought en-
tered his mind, shave you ever made Mrs
Penfcld an afternoon visit?''
"Why, NO, responded the lady in surprise
"I returned her call, you recollect, some
time since." .r.- La
eyes; but you have not yet been to drinl
tea with her, and therein you have commit.
ted serious error" said MIR. Fairfax, with
great gravity. #E#
s'Why so?-how an error?'' questioned
Mrs. F., with eyes almost as prominent u
the undulations Of the peach pie. so
"I'll tell you, Sarah; l met Mr.. Pen6eld
to-day, in fact worked with him on the lint
fence all the morning; he thinks We are
proud, that's it; proud because We have be-
come the possessors of the big 'Houghtor
farm with prospect of paying for it, pro.
vided our lives are spared fifty or sixty
years! lie didn't exactly say we were proud
but his remarks upon upper crust farmers
who had to have cushions on their plow han.
dies, and cane bottom milking stools were
very significant. He said too, that he heard
was going to blind the house, he supposed
when folks had ''boughten carpets" to keeE
from fading, blinds were necessary; bu'
they were not needed on his house. and hs
was sglad Of it, He reminded me that my
short horns were ust as apt to meet with
accident, or be sick and die, as other cows
that cost less,' and hinted that women edu.
Gated in 'boarding schools were not apt tt
be contented with life on a farm, where they
were compelled to associate with people
who hadn't had adyantages.'
'Dear, dear? said Mrs. Fairfax; sany-
thing more?'
no, that's enough, isn't it? We must
set to work to storm this Sevastopol of pre-
judice: We must eradicate this poison, that
is spreading in the veins of our worthy
ncighbors. Mr.. Pcnicld must not think W,
are .'stuck up!' Mrs. Penfeld must MOI
think so. The big farm, the shorthorns, thu
prospective blinds, and 'boughten carpets,
have built up wall between US, which w
must forthwith dcmolish. And as frs
step, Sarah, do you 90, this afternoon, ant
make Mrs. P. social visit 5 '8F'
Il was intending to can those peaches,
suggested Mrs. Fairfax. ......-.1..~.-
si'll help you in the evening" returned
her husband, and the matter was settled.
Talk on Indifferent subjects, in your kind
sensible and whole-hearted way, and this
foolish prejudice will soon disappear was
Mr.. Fps parting suggestion to his wife, as
he took his hat and returned to his work.
Mrs. Fairfax washed the dishes, and laid
the table again with her husbands supper
he drank no tea in warm weather; covered il
closely with cloth, and darkencd the room
as before; then changing her calico wrapper
for cool muslin, and shading her face with
Il parasol, she took her way across the fields
without shawl or bonnet, and before three
O'Clock, knocked at Mrs. Penfeld's door.
Before her knuckles had fairly left it, the
door was flung open by Mrs. P. herself, who
after a momentary stare of surprise, gave
her cordial welcome.
'Walk in--walk right in, Miss Fairfax;
Pve been expecting you this long time;
ftnnuht hS va.ao rrnsny n ha
free and ncighborly with homespun folks
like us. Old Miss Houghton used to bereal
neighborly and sociablc. Have this easy
chair, Miss Fairfax, and don't look round
my house, beg of you. The flies are SO
thick, l didn't feel as it was worth while ia
clean much this week; and body can't see
out of the windows, hardly, for flies and
Dirt
Of course, at this sweeping assertion,
Mrs. Fairfax could not refrain from look
ing around her. The room was a perfect
glare Of light, from three large windows,
shaded only by their white muslin; as might
be expected, swarmed with flies, yet it bore
evidence of having been recently cleaned,
and everything about it was in the neatest
possible order. e.
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said Mrs. r., anxious to change the subject.
sles, our farm is just as nice, we think,
as any in the country, though some's larger.
Dear, these flies are so poster
ing. Take this fan, Miss Fairfax. How
can you piece bed quilts in fly time? It'sall
l can manage to do the mendin', and tina.
puts me out Of patience. Sho-shoo!'
Mrs. Fairfax smiled, in spite of herself,
at this novel style of entertaining visitors.
'They are troublesome indeed said she,
'but' persons who are in health, and have
the use Of their arms, ought to take it philo-
l suppose. To the sick, they
arc indeed terrible annoyance. And that
reminds me that heard yesterday that Mr..
Goodies child was i'll. Do you know how
it is?' 'E2E~ s.S~+
'It's better to-day running around peart
enough. It had tonsils in its throat that's
all. l was there yesterday, sat BY it IN
hour; kept the flies of while it took nap.
Miss Goodies children are always bein'
sick, poor thing! Shoo-Aliss Fairfax, there's
a ay right on your collar--now it's on your
nose! You can't enjoy your visit the least
b't In the world. III get brush and 90
through the house, 8,
Mrs. Fairfax begged her to sit still. 7
They 90 not disturb me,' she said
Speaking Of your farm, Mrs. Penfeld, how
long have you lived on it, So
sixteen years, come March. and q deal of