The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-05-16


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Mr.. Van Dam ne1t proceeded with his con-
tribution: ;4, p s8at &.
ga few evenings since,,s said be, sfas
WAS passipg through one Of the streets Of
Gotham, observed q crowd collected near
: corner grocery. Thinking that a oppor-
tunity was afforded to see something worth
taking anote Of, / ram for the spot in time
to see the difficulty. ! found there = man,
holding with each hand boy, and both OF
the juveniles making frantic Efforts to re-
lease themselves from his grasp. The man
was small, cadayerous.appearing indlvid-
nal, a compound Of gsmboge and chalk, the
gamboge predominating. There was tinge
Of yellow in his face, he had yellow hair,
and he had on suit OF summer clothes,
made of some yellow material. Nature had
favored him with dwarfed moustache,
composed Of twenty eight yellow hairs, and
also an incipient beard, made up Of seventy
six yellow hairs, and turned out inthe shape
of triangle, the base 0f which rested upon
the chin, Mt the point where it begins to re-
treat, and the apex OF which reached the
middle of his under lip. s
ssThe appearance OF the boys would indi-
cate that they were Of Irish birth. One had
a squint-eye and head OF hair which the
youth of America are accustomed to desig-
nate as a sbrick-top.' His snub nose was
ordinarily directed 10 an imaginary point m
the heavens, about forty-ive degrees above
the horizon. His garments were not alto.
gether the style which would be pronounced
au fat, by Broadway leader OF the fash
ion. 1t would seem that he had only one
purpose in view in jumping into the afore-
said garments, which purpose was, not to
create u sensation, either by the accuracy
of their fit, or the newness Of the material;
but rather to cover his form. and keep out
the cold, at such times as the clerk OF the
weather was induced to fetch up ''heated
terms" all standing, and give US Q specimen
of the temperature, perhaps somewhat mol
liied, which is supposed to exist in the i'm
mediate vicinity of Symmes Hole. The de-
scription Of one Of the boys viii do very well
for the>other, except that in some particu-
lars he was q little more SO, and in others a
little less, which statement, gentlemen,
consider sufficiently definite for all practical
purposes. ~ 2~ ei43 sT4"2 20 Y
"The sympathies of the bystanders SEEM
ed to be decidedly in favor Of the boys, who
were so violent in their resistance that the
man could hold them only with great Diff
Guilty. Once they tripped him, and then all
three fell over barrel of turnips, upsetting
barrel-cover containing apples; but the
man was enabled to continue his hold on the
boys. At last, when one of them, by tang
ling his leg around the man, upset him into
tub Of pickles, the man called out, in a
shrill vo ce, svateh! va.ch!' All this tran
spired amid the shouts Of the lockers on,
ito in, blinky,' said one. keep going,
sour krout,' said another; and various were
the remarks Of this character which were
heard. But, as usual, the police was not at
hand, and the sequel proved that their abb
sence was rather to be desired than other
wise. Notwithstanding the fact that the
sympathies Of the crowd were apparently in
favor Of the boys, yet the general feeling
seemed to be that the merits of the case
should be understood, and when the boys
made an effort to escape, they were preyen-
ted; and when the vanquished German had
extricated himseM from the plckle-tQb, one
of the persons asked what the boys had
done. =. s.. g. .a-..s..
"'Do,' said the grocery-keeber, sdey do
so much as to sends dem to de States brison.
! Dey is de worst poys az run in de shtree.s.
De oder night dey comes here to mine sht0re-
Grocery koopie Of times, and ven lyas
not see dem, dey ketcH my cats BY de dails,
and dies vire-crackers to de cats dali, on de
shtepvaik, and den sets vire to de crackers.
and trows de cats down. Den de cats she
runs like de tuyvel into de shore so much
scare. She yump all around on dc counters.
over into dc barrels, breaks into birces some
new bottles vat vas lay on de conn ers tum-
. bles over ebery dings vat vas IN dc way, and
gets all shplitter shplatter mixed up toged-
der. l find some shweet oil bottles shpill IN
de- box fon green dea; she knock down fom
dc shelf blg match box, ylch hold gross
fon matches, and dey 60 od and sh,nell SC
worse NIT primstone as It de tuyvel hao
moved into mine shtore.crocery, and | cam
tell you so much damage as it DO; and ven
look for de cats, ind her about an hour
rolled up in pasket ion green beas, init al
de hair scorch of de pehlnd side ton her.-
Dis vas on Saturday night viii be two
veeks.' -,
"sWhy didn't you. each them thsns' asked
one OF the party. fssgs,tas
| g 'ketch dem,' said the grocery man; spe-
fore vas get over mine scare, dey vas rur
away, and you might yust SO veil try to fine
needle NIT hayshtacks as to hnd dsm.-
But tells de constopples about dem, anC
/ dey say dey Will look out for dem. Veil
two tree days 60 BY, and Won morning
comes down shtairs to unlocks do door for
m NJ sh. ore-crocery. De key vas IN dc IN
side de door, and ven durns dem round te
unlock dem yust, hears Something's shoe
+ of on de oder side de door. lvas much
scare, and runs up shtairs, for dinks som'
fellervants to shoot me, and | sends m,
wife out de odor door to look round on d.
shtep-valk, and see who vas dere. Ven sht
come back she say der bin no beeples dere
and so go vonce more to unlocks de door
| durns de key so quick rs can, ven pop
crack! shoot! / hears again dc noise. Iva.
so much scare dat | falls over, and | bull
de door open. Ven | finds ] vas not shoot
looks in de lock and finds dere some biece'
baper, vat you make de little vits vire-crack
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