The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-10-31
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60. The Guasdia~ was Published semi
aonthly, BY ORsos HYD..
As usual with editors, 10 notice ths ceii-
or Of the GsardiaM . in scant, and makes
lis wants known after the following fash
on:
wAsfrD Oh svsscxIy11ox 70 TINE svAnDsAss
900 sood hard vd ras ~ sest ioas, 1t d Is per
osse q iSei shingles. y . per s,sss.a II sssa.
900 pounds best fail vAs lesr a - sopE hundred
o 90 Zee, sood iunssf ]. u ~ husdrel
% cords soed IRE xoDd fsr feet long, well split snA
se.scd =. 9. seE this eases, fhasd ws'd,) At one
sesidss cheese esss chickens, fresh beef. mutton,
real; and even sod ~ silver good current paper,
In quantities to suit the subscriber"
sFall wheat Flour, At - SO per hundred"
Is something lees than what it can be bought
Tor now in this market. AT that time, too,
we believe all the -four was brought from
Missouri. "Good hard fre-wood, four feet
long, at one dollar per cord" would be
taken on subscription! The price Of this
has undergone somewhat Of change NOV
the consumers Of that necessary article, are
content to pay even sir dollars per cord for
anything but good hard wood. For the
sake Of feeling the pulse Of our wood-mon-
gers, re would even nov consent to take
400 cords good hard wood, at one dollar
per cord, !" on subscription. Don't oil come
at once. II will also be seen, that the cdi-
tor was not very particular as TO-, what he
took on straightforward taking ssgold
and silver or good current paper, in quanti-
ties to suit the subscriber, 1t is well for
him tha. he does not now publish a paper in
Council Bluffs. To announce determine
ton at this late day, to take such trash, and
upon snch conditions, would ruin amy man,
for rents are 30 high, it would cost him ga
heaps to find store-room for the immense
quantities Of the above articles that would
he bestowed upon him. " '-a ct s...
The Guardian complains of the irregu.
lsrity Of the mails, and declares in favor of
= "direct weekly route from st. Joseph" as
ssjust what is needed along this frontier"
1t says, 1--WE 60 in for mail from the East
and the South, with bags large enough to
hold over half bushel.' The editor,
however, is decidedly in favor Of the South.
ern route, for the following reasons:
"Hish water, the want Of good bridges and the in
eectuai embargo upon the Desmoin mal for some two
or three months-especially, il this coming winter
shoRld be as the past Fifty miles between
drifed depth Of feet and facing keen wind
sweeping the plains and bearing down upon poor
mail carrier with chill that reduces the mercury to
solid FROST did last winter are obstacles rather too
formidable to allow the indulgence Of bright hopes
| Of receiving much intelligence through that channel
and the Southern mail being discontinued, We may be
for information. Hovepes highly ws regard that
! sosrce ne sometimes want faformation sehteA that
dsparfmens not care to be troubled With giring"
Although we are sometimes even now
troubled with the irregularity Of the mails,
we endure nothing in comparison to what
had to be submitted to eight years ago.
Instead of a s'direct weekly route from St..
Joseph" being "just what is needed" a
daily Southern mail is Indispensable
Splendid four horse coaches are now run
ming daily on the Southern route, carrying
ail-bags large enough to hold over half
a bushel," supplying US with information,
that the editor of the Guardian was afraid
he would be 'scompelled to look to Heaven
alone for" On the Eastern route, so far
from its being "ffty miles between houses,'
the country is thickly settled, (for prairie
country and splendid farms line the entire
route, at intervals of but two or three miles
at the most. ssHigh water and the want of
good bridges" cannot now clay an effectual
embargo upon the" Eastern mail s'for some
two or three months" during tho fall and
winter season. On the contrary, we now
have direct daily communication with the
East, by four-horse mail coach line. Not
only have we good mail communication with
the East and South, but additional mail
routes West and North, traversing coun-.
try then the abode of the Indian. 7,sa.-s
1t is very generally known, We presume,
that in lS49, and even as Late as 1858, this
city was the abode of the Mormons, and
the Guardian was the organ of the Church.
We have promised thus much, for the pur-
pose of introducing the opinion Of the
Church, as promulgated by Elder Ossos
HYDE, in relation to dancing. We copy
from the Guardian:
Gfsr-s5ssta f. DANCING. 49,. ,.n
civil recreation among young people Of the world
and q source Of mental improvement We know Of no
law against it, either human or divine. Among the
saints is REGARDED not only civil recreation
under the government Of the Church. No person who
calls him OF herself shout to
50 forth to the dance only when the proper the
exercise is drawing remains for our Council 10
say whether persons that have been expelled from tho
Church 70! improper conduct shall entitled to Join the
indulge In the use Of profane language or to frequent
the dram shop OF immoral person. any young lads
OF older ones that are ncv in the streets By day by
nkht or any persons that have quarreled or fought
and have not made proper reparaton These are mat
tiers that will before the Councils and s our opiu
ION tnat tnat BODY VIII take decided action upon them
which will be duly enforced Reform Ia what should
loudly ring in the cars Of every delinquent" =
Think Of that, ye followers Of Terpsi-
chore-cight years ago, in this place, dane
ing was considered ga religious exercises
and it was doubted "whether persons known
to indulge in the use Of profane Language, or
to frequent the dram shop, or any immoral
person. or any young lads or older ones that
are uncivil in the streets by day or night"
etc., "should be entitled to join tho dance
with the Church." Things have changed
somewhat since that period. Dancing ex.
ercises arc no longer ..conducted by the
sanction and under the government Of the