The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-06-19

our bones, IKE hers, to rejoice. Let 10
plant flowers let the eyeeper climb our
trellises, and the rose peep in ut our door,
greeting ourselves and our little ones. l.gz
Beauty, like goodness, reines; ugliness,
like demon, degrades. Let us cherish
Bcauty-beauty in the leaf and the flower,
and in the fine juicy fruit; SO we will grow
more angel-like by their gentle and divine
influence. .......s ...-..,Es8g
All hail then to Spring! Bring the spade,
the rake, and the flower seeds, and let 10
spend few hours in preparing for the glad
visits of Beauty. r A. DC.
IL MUST CO." fal.gg@s
A common word, and yet how full Of
meaning! sThe school beil is ringing
says the innocent little prattler at play, Il
must co. the hour Of labor has GOMEZ
says the man of toll, and j must co. "A
dying parishioner has sent for me, says the
clergyman, 'and must go.' sAnother
weary, cheerless, thankless day calls me to
the sanctum,' says the editor, 'and must
go!' Il have a weighty case on hand to-day,
demanding all my time and attention. says
the lawyer, sand must go!'-as if the uni
versal motto of the age is heard, echoed and
re-cchoed on every side, by old and young,
high and low, rich and poor, happy and
miserable. f... ....s II H.
All must 60, all are going, and yet the
restless, heaving, surging tide of humanity
is never gone. We might perhaps intro
duce this expressive phrase into scenes Of
greater length, and of more than ordinary
interest; but having other thoughts and 9TH
or duties to look after, we, too, 'must go,'
and be content with sketching one or two.
''Tis getting late,' says the lover of the
loved one, sand must 60: must bid fare
we'll, for time, to those charmed, blissfuf
hours, once more to mingle in the cares and
perplexities of busy world.' Then clasp
ing her fondly to his bosom, and passion
ately pressing those sweet lips to bis own,
he is gone till those happy days may return,
or, perchnnce, till he may lead the gentle
charmer of his life willing captive to the
hymenial altar. ~@.
One short year rolls round, and oh! how
changed the scene. Again, as then, it is
night. A wan, pale being, of emaciated and
fragile form, is lying on her dying couch
The long, weary days, and weary nights
have passed away. Her hours Of anguish
are no more. The insidious destroyer has
done his work. Friends near and dear are
ness 'saafFo ofqahedt dtnhse nheRn eRahdHY
disease, or postpone the parting hour.-
Hark! the angels are whispering, 'come!
comen and must 60: countless shining ones
in white are waiting to welcome me.
must go! Farewell till we meet in heaven!''
The snowy hand falls lifeless by her side;
a smile Of ineffable sweetness and beauty
rests on those pallid, marble-like features,
and she 10 gone-gOne forever.
Gentle reader, like her, when the last Of
earth shall come. may you hear the welcom-
ing Of whispering angels, like her respond,
Il must go!'-Palmer Journal
FOOLISH VIRGINS. ..-.-
In olden times there were 'sfre foolish
virgins" Wea afraid that there are fully
as many as that number at the present day.
Some Of them were born foolish; some Of
them were made foolish by the example of
their weak minded mothers; and some of
them have made themselves foolish.
See that dashing belle, founced from her
heels to her arm pits, and bedizened with
jewelry, pears, gems and precious stones
Her mother thinks her an angel; and she
thinks herself an archangel but she is q
sfoolish virgin''-that 10 all she is. He who
made her endowed her with IN immortal
souls and pointing her to IN eternal hereaf-
ter, said to her, "Let not your adorning be
outward, the adornlpg or painting the hair,
of wearing gold, or Of putting on apparel,
let it he the hidden man of the heart, even
the ornment of meek and quiet spirit,
which is in the sight of God of great price,
But all the adorning that this foolish virgin
has is outward. She has no solid education
no mental culture, and no noble and gener-
Gus heart. She is not qualified for amy
usefulness in this world, except as a frame
on which to exhibit dry goods and the dress
makers skill. And when she shall appear
before her Maker, stripped Of her "outward
adorning," and without that precious Cor.
nament Of the heart" what a miserable fig.
ure that foolish virgin will cut. 1t is awfu
to think Of the future Of these mere butter.
flies of fashion. What is she good for? Sh'
cannot make q loaf of bread, nor roast
turkey, nor bake pudding. She could no
knit a tidy, though she often knits her brow
She could not darn stocking, though sh
often darns everything else. The most sim
pie article of dress that adurns her useles
body, she could not make. ssShe tolls not
neither does she spin, yet Solomon, in al
his glory, is not arrayed like her." Sh
has very little mind. Her head is well nigl
as hollow as yellow pumpkin. She cal
only talk of theatres, balls. fashion an
beaux. Her mortal nature is wholly uncul
tivated. She spends more time in examining
fashion plates, than in examing her poo
little heart; more tiine-in reading love sto
ries than in reading the Bible. What o
earth is she good for? She is bill o
useless expense to her father, and barre
fig tree in the great moral vineyard. Tn
J world would be better of if this foolish viz
gin no los9ercumbered the ground. ~
one of these DAYS the scythe of Time wi
cut her down, and the miserable Hirt viii z
to her account. Girls, young women, con
slider your ways. Have high and worth
spurpose. Make yourselves blessing
this world. Abhor to be Flora RFlimsy
as you would to be any other fool. Be use
full, be modest, be good, be sswise virgins,
and when the great bridegroom shall com
you shall 20 with him to marriage.
AGRIcULTURAL HUMoR.
Of the essAmherst, Mass, Cattle Show, th
Springfield Republican says: .af.
tThere is quaint humor in the makinG.u
, of the committees upon stock, Co., which
> new feature in Seattle Shows" 70
instance: The committee on cattle upon -
, principal that sHe who drives fat oxen shouI
I himself be fat was composed OF eight gen
tlemen whose aggregate weight 10 over 90
{ lbsi Then the committee on calves (mol
: impudent selection) was wholly composed q
members Of the last Legislature. The com
. mitsee on fowls were gentlemen from scvel
|. Il towns about here all Of them blessed Wit
II the name Of Fowler. But the happisst thinl
. and one that really had q good grain Of sal
! ire in IL, was the committee on maple ssgs'