The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-07-10
YouNa HoMANHoon.

YOUNG WOAANHOOD.
Young Womanhood the sweet Moon on
the hofiEon's vergs-a thought mstured,
but not uttered--e conception warm and
glowing, not embodied-the rich halo which
precedes the rising sun-the rosy dawn that
bespsaks the ripening peach-a flower
flower which !. not quite flower.
[Gallyher's Hyperion.
Young womanhood !-molasses touched
with l:ttle birthstone, spread on bread not
buttered-a being all joints and ANGLES, not
filed out, an uniformed form, deformed by
stays-a pallid thing that loves the ripening
peach-a young woman
woman which is not quite woman,
Yet something more than gal.
'"-HA (Brooklyn Ne,rs.
Young womanhoo "a half moon not yet
ria cake baked, but not turned-hot
corn, oil hot and smoking, yet not soda
rich curdle which precedes the coming but.
ter-the down upon goslin's back, that be-
speaks the future goose-a butterfly
A butterfly which is not a butterfly,
Yet amt q caterpillar how you eau hx il
Sunday News.
Now comes our turn. Young womanhood!
"a giggle, something short of broad horse
laugh-small potatoes half grown-a body
and limbs developed with padding-the ex-
hibition Of bone and muscle enough for a
coming matrimonial quabble-substantia
fnger-nails that bespeaks frst-rate scratch
ing-a gander-
A eander which 10 not quite gandsr,
And yet Is not Goose.
IN. o. Picayune.
While it is on the way, We may as well
give it shove; 80 here goes. Young wo-
manhood IA red blackberry. just green
enough to be as sour as vinegar-a persim-
mon not yet frosted, yet ready to "pucker"
thing which is neither fish, flesh, nor good
red herring " betweenity" too abstract
for even Politician cat
A cat which Is not quite cat,
And set Is not kitten.
Baltimore Sun
Now comes US. Young womanhood "A
chicken in the shell-a small potato, that
isn't fit for family use-a piece of green
"live timber''-a herring half scorched over
tho 6re-a moving sack Of nothing tied round
the middle-a young idea about taking the
shoot-a lucifer match not yet ignited-a
saucy cackling hen
hen which is not quite hen,
Nor amt an old rooster nuher.
[Cofeerille Intelligencer.
Good lick If it's ''free fout," gentle
men, consider Us in; we take one chance in
that investment to dead moral certainty,
whether We win or lose by the operation.-
Young womanhood Very small tur-
nips, few in hill, hard to dig, and when
dug not worth shucks-a buckwheat cake
badly done on one side, and nary drop Of
molasses in the house-undevelope crino-
lne--piano acknowledgement teaser- in chief
to the whole family-embryo ballroom Or
nament-oyster shells, with the oysters just
swallowed-an undeveloped rst--"in point
of fact" as Micawber would Soy
cunning; sharp eyed little mice.
NatcI,eS Courier.
Young womanood "a moving mass of
undeveloped beauty, we'll supplied with
tongue-a thing composed of powder, hoops,
flowers and Hounces-a substance, to be by
turns, pitied, loved and fattered-n puff Of
vanity, void Of solid substances, well calcu-
lated to deceive-a pigeon
pigeon which is not quite a pigeon,
Aud yet twill not do to call squad.
Jackson Flag.
We must havo ga finger in the pie" if
we get it burnt for our impudcnce;
Young womanhood "a proof sheet with
but one error to be corrected-a gingercake
not quite done, but will do to take along if
u fellow hasn't time to wait-milk- and
peaches that lack just little more sugar
n FIVE franc piece that will answer the place
of dollar rather than take ragged bill
q strawberry
strawberry that Is not quite ripe,
Yet is no longer green.
Shelbyrile Erpositor.
This fruitful theme, incapable of e1haus-
ton, inspires US, too. Here goes our
"puff:"
Young womanhood "A rose, which con-
ceals q thorn-a shy FLY, hard to catch and
fractions when caught-a green cucumber,
more palpable than when ripe-amedley of
incongruities and contradict ons--loving hat
ing-gentle, ferocious-c constant, capricious
compassionate, scornful-now attracting,
now repelling-a sugar coated pill, least
dangerous in small doses--a tonic for the
heart ache-a cordial
cordial which is not all cordial
Aud should be Well shaken before taken.
Exchange.
Young womanhood the timid swimmer
Mt the waters edse-candy cooked but
not yet pulled-a chicken Matched and
kicking, not yet free-the raised broomstick
which proceeds the rising storm-the foam
ing yeast that bcspcaks the future bread
musquito-
musquito that is not musquito,
Yet is no more a wiggler.
A FATHERS ADVICE.