The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-11-20
s,u,h. Poor Farm be Sold

=, r.r-o,-I learn that the County
''t,. had an offer for the celebrated
panr Farm, purchased by d. S. NYE, some
.rsvs months since. The price offered to
The Judge is $4,000 in County Warrants,
the same as the County paid.
Now, in my judgment, the Judge should
o,cep, this offer, by so doing he will be
uqudating $4,000 of the County indebted
ness, which is large item to the County at
tbi. time. As the property is situated, 1t is
If no value to the County, and will continue
to be abill of expense as long as the County
retains the title w.
We say, set Ter slide"
Prof. S. NJ. Hewlett, delivered a
temperance Lecture at the Congregational
Church in this city, on Monday evening last,
IN a crowded house. On Thursday evening
he Iectured at Concert Hall, for the benefit
Of the Ladies' Benevolent Society of this
ci,y. Mr.. Hewlett, is good mimic, and
tells an anecdotc admirably, though often
his delineatons of character are too minute,
proli1 and tedious.
Tha. the public may not be misled into
supposing that the treasury Of the Ladies
Benevolent Society has more funds than it
really contains, we are requested to state
that the Society received nothing from Mr..
Hewlett. Notwithstanding he publicly an
pounccd bis intention Of dividing the re-
CENTS of his last lecture with the ladies', he
coolly pocketei the whole, and gave them
never a cent, nor so much as an apology
1t is true the receipts were not large, but an
honest man would have kept his word so
publicly given, had there been but one dol
lar to divide.
The Prof. professor of what:) had con-
siderable to say in his lectures about mean
nsw-wonder by what designation he would
style his own conduct in this matter, had
another than himself been guilty of it.
The Poor ye Have Always with YOU"
Mr.. MAYNARD-Permit me, on behalf o.
the Ladies' Benevolent Society, to agail
call the attention of your readers, to tn
proposed Donation Party, to be held a
Concert Hall, on next Thursday evening"
The hopes Of the Society rest very much or
the success Of this effort. Should it result
ftyoraby, the Society will be enabled to
U"i and upon which it has entered with
zeal. Should 1t prove failure, the ladies
will feel greatly discouraged, and their eff
forts and good intentions will be crippled,
and perhaps abandoned. 1t is within the
power Of our citizens to prevent this latter
result, and the Society has full confidence
TINT they will. We know that "thc times
are hnrd,' and money scarce, and we do not
look for large contributions from many;
but it is the dimes that make the dollars,
and it is the earnest hope Of tie Society that
no one will stay away who has q dime to be-
stow.
As was seen by the published proceedings
Of the Society, any and everything will be
received that can be made useful to the des-
ti'ute poor. Clothing, old and new, pro-
visions Of all kinds, and money, will be
alike acceptable. Those contributing veg
etables, -four, or other articles too bulky tc
bring with them, may give their order for
the same, and they can be called for whel
needed.
At meeting of the Society held on the
18th inst, committees of ladies were ap.
ponted-onc to receive the bundles, and
another to hold the hats for the reception
OF the dimes, quarters, and such other sums
as the good people may see fit to dcposi,
there. The Socicty's Visiting Committee
will be the almoners of this County, and the
people may rest assured that it will be wise
'y and faithfully distributed.
tome then, one and all, to Concert Hall,
on the evening of Thanksgiving day. Let US
snow our thankfulness for the blessings and
comforts vouchsafcd to us, by imparting to
those less favored than we, small share of
"hat we possess We shall have our re-
'aFa in the consciousness Of Il good deed
reformed, and the knowledge that hearts
Ge made glad through our works.
AMELIA BLOOMER,