The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-06-13
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The contour Of beauty 10 waving line.
but domestic happiness Is trieR0le. Let 1
Who viii, IS base and hypothenuse. sour
hired sirl i inevitably tie perpendicular.
Without her. bridal yows ere the emDtiest /
,,f words. and welded bliss. q brief "a m
Arabian NIGHTS eutcrtainn emit. What de-
u.ee az aNection can Nsrn cold coffee. or i
what ioy can heaven bread 8 heavy q The
hearts Of tho daughter Of ,Judahp Foot I
prints sc the kitchea aoor are not the foot |
nrints that esrake onr lives subIime:,, love
can be content With % dinner az herbs,, mo
doaht n there Ia anv hodv 70 Gather and 70 |
caoL thr.- The,e IN. 4 lime when. con.
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,out from TUG Iisn- Ma.et " - my Pc
aistle neDe plunsns nel sIomy nl.le Is.s
anso ne yleloils mass ~ an lhul'sn Ioal,
'ssmethins not 70 pe con.enpla.eu ",'noe'
cup OF Saiarian "i'nln easy reach. Mlie
with ner skirls cisweu up, anu sMayins
mop, Is not US Ine Hourls uo, VINO y. On .
crimson cloud ana emoroder tne moonlight:
we near goou ueai VI tne sihe"s Vi
WAR" the minimum Prise Oh tne si u, Oh
love is hfty-two dollars year. Inc eie-
ments OF human happiness are love 10 uod,
love to man, love to one woman, ana the
possession OF a SHRED girl, ana IN the ar
rangement OF good rsoSlaenee, the last
attainment Is the most dimcuit Oh all.
Could man marry Two wives az once,
whas a blessing 1t would pc! Inc one 1or
ornament, the other utility, the ufsis cum
dulce would De most lngehiousiy realiseu,
ana mus, the aomee.ie ueoihe',y "ouiu oe
perfected, ana the Triangle oecoine ~
twnkilng, the sympoi Oh domestic ieciiity.
But as II now IS, Wnat uiShity invests
'sour hired GIRL one Is tue caiico is
that BINDS TWO Wiling heaf Ts! IN one, anu
be she blessed forever! lnnlA .uat tns
redarmed barbarian VINO rules tne roos' anu
the house together, when sne smoo,ns your
linen bosom, IS freeing your nesniy breast
from care, a1d ironing ont Wrinkle from
the brow; remember, When, OF frosty morn
ings, she lights q hre "hereoy you make
your toilet, that oy the same sign, sac IS
replenishlng the lame OF love; ana the Zee
blest OF fancies VIII transform ner INTO a
priestess, VINO Keeps forever burning 'he
ethereal sparks OF domes,lc anec,ion. ,c,
Had Adam beeh mooefh' anu II, as "ii-
ton sad, Eve was ner own aausnler, ne
mlghf have been, tnere wouiu nave oe.n
hired girP' IN Paradise 70 ''raise cam ana
look after the little Aoei. one "ouia nave
hung the dish-cloth on lne roses tna' Even
in tears bent over, that never wooid IN
other garden grow, ana tear the ng-ieaf
aprons all to pieces, washing days. Adam
must bring water from the Euphhrates, for
her use, before he went to "lop the wanton
GROWTH Of clustering vines she must SIT
between the gardener and his wife at dinner;
if Angel vistants, sometimes on business
bound, did call, till the stars were fllled, TO
light them home to Heaven, she leaves the
work and smooths her hair, and entertains
the stranger quite awares, and by and by,
old Adam-easy soul land his fair wife
would live with Bridget, and Bridget would
be the occupant Of Eden. Happy would
Adam be, if he were not compelled to carry
Bridget home each Saturday night, and
bring her back, each Monday morning, four
teen Scotch miles all told. Happy, it he
felt quite at ease, with Bridget round about.
Happy, if when she leaves, she will give him
g a character, and not like Sampson, bear
away the gates of peace"
All! bishops may marry, and patriarchs
may bless, but what are they to Bridget,
whose stout, red finger on the knot, keeps
blessings from untylng. And Bridget knows
she is a sort OF Peter, and keeps the keys OF
Adams Preside heaven. If you say '.ser-
vant," speak it under breath, lest the fear
full hollow OF her listening ear should catch
1t, and her soul take fire. She repudiates
SHRED girl" help IS hardly palatable; she
does not s'work~ 1or you; she only ''adys,
at Mrs. Ewes. In fact the dear domestic
firm Is Adam, Eve q Co., and who but
Bridget is the seq BE cautious, Eve!
ny no mlschance proher TO bridget that tea.
cup with a mex; Twill 40 Tor Adam, and
'twould raise OLD NICK with her. BE eau
tious, Adam! Serve poor Bridget hrst:-
Eve can wait, you know. Remember
always, you are sure OF Eve, put bridget Is
thing with wnss-a kind Oh Ansel.eTer
gong ITO MT. would you see Trends!
Ask bridget II you may, now you snail dress
ana what shali say, anu al thS helShDors
shall open their mouths ana declare, "bies-
sed Is Mrs. Eve, 1or she keeps briaget.
The goGd, oia days. When the mothers
were the mead OF the domestic realm, ana
their daughters 1els, one aI.er another, SIN
gle ME, ana IKE lalr Co Sn MA columns
sswo no,ar sh,Il sne 1ham more ,, w., orld
must ssboard OUT" or Bridget be petained.
If she goes, the domestic economy must fall
to pieces, or the world must go after her.
And so it does, and the world is turned into
great Nimrod, and the game is girls. Up
hill and down dale, plunge doctors and d.
vines, editors and authors, girl hunting
All out Of the way lanes, and houses back
from the road, and poor people with large
families, are sought out and the ''cover"
beat for girls. Dinnerless dignitaries rush
into Intelligence Offices" for girls. Staid,
deaconish sorts Of men go rushing through
the rural districts, Offering more for one
little weeks service of somebody, than