The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-08-07

rcorrespondencs Of the Nonpareil.l
LETTERS FROM RAvENDAIE-N0. w.
RAvESDAIE, Aug. 9Th, 1855. s.
Mn. EDrron:-"S iosquitoe = has gone
down. The scorching sun is rapidly drying
the roads, and the peopleo the Bluas can
again whirl through the sdale," from end
to end, in their dashing vehicles, without
the danger of sticking inithe mud. This
must be pleasing to them all, and no doubt,
the governed partners of matrimonial firms
are glad, their wives and babies gladder,
and the wooing, signing lovers the gladdest
Of the group. On the FIRST, the guiding
thumbs of petticoat control, will press less
heavily, and the breeaes that meet them in
their family buggy rides, will fan into a
fame again, the Wondering fires of early
love. The second will forget the tolls and
cares of the housewife, and the thousand
little fretting sorrows of the nursery, and
as they Autter out from their heated domi-
ellis, and buzz away over the hills and
through the wales, with verdure and song
around them, and the "wide, wide sky
above them, new resolves will be nude and
new hopes and aspirations kindled, to be
strengthened and confirmed by each sue
ceedng drive.
As for the third class, the lovers-lan-
guage is too tame to convey an adequate
idea of the ecstacy in store for them, in
these cool evening drives. Imagination,
alone, in its widest, lofticst fights, is equal
to the task. But, to all young men and
maidens, whose hearts are yet their own, l
say beware! Kidded exquisitcs and Ian
gushing bellies may exhaust all their scanty
ideas in describing the favorite haunts of
cupid, and telling when his darts fall thick
est and most fatal. The ballroom is to
them par excellence the field where hearts
are lost and won, but they ought to know,
that many rigid muscle, which through all
the witchery of the dance, has throbbed
sturdily for self alone, has Internationally
surrendered when snugly slowed in bug
" with Glove of bonnet" or bran new
"plug," behind span of 2:40 nags. Of
, all the batteries in use, "aying artillery
seems to be the most effective. With it,
BRAGG turned the tide of battle at Buena
Vista, and it often turns the
| Glide in the affairs Of men,"
till mingling its surges with another food,
it goes booming on through life. 1t is
highly probable the young folks will disre-
gard my well-meant caution. II they do,
why, 'slet 'cm slide"
The harvest of Ravendale is nearly end
ed-the wheat fields look gloomy enough,
with here patch of stubble, and there a
patch Of standing straws not worth cutting;
but if you would see as beautiful fields of
corn as ever the sun shone on, We have them
to show you. For few days past, one Of
Manny's reapers has been cutting oats in
this region. 1t fairly makes lazy man
yawn to see it work. 1t is progress in SO
tangible form, that the. dullest old fogy
can appreciate it; and although he may
laugh and croak at banks and other neces-
sary institutions of our growing State, he is
forced to acknowledge in this case, that
something his father didn't use is really very
useful. That the machine pays, even in
this rolling country, there can be no doubt,
as in unsettled weather it may save its cost
in single day, by enabling the farmer to
get his grain in stack, when without it, it
might rot upon the ground.
Our "country school tells me
that he has the names Of sirty.niae pupils
upon his ''roll of honor" He says they are
a sunny faced, light hearted little band, and
he hopes that
Esavns Btf theft yea.Blu 6eaas; 6fshf unclouded
sky.
Our Sabbath school is progressing finely.
The teachers are prompt and energetic, and
work for their little flock, with a zeal and
earnestness, worthy of the cause. Children
and parents are interested. and though some
of the latter may speak lightly of the school,
still | am satisfied they secretly rejoice to
see its good effects upon their rising fami-
lies. Only few years have passed since
Sunday Schools We're founded. The insti-
tuition is young, yet like our young repub-
lic-it has grown to greatness; and believe
it forms one of the most important links of
that mighty chain which is binding together
the elements of American progress for a
glorious destiny.
am credibly informed, that a certain
house in town, lately engaged in publishing
several editions of "family wrctchedness,"
has gone to smash. $50 mote it be-"
Mr.. Editor, day after day, pace my lit
tie study to and fro, and look for you in
vain, out here. Come! leave your sanctum
for day, bring along your wife and boy,
and rusticate with me. You shall have
chickens, new potatoes, and other things to
match, and if you don't have jolly good
time, Pll bear the blame. Isuppose, if you
leave that stout, ambitious devil of yours in
the office, be will Brighten your partner and
Ike into fits, roaring for "copy," so perhaps,
you had better give him holiday and dol
lar. and let him run about loose. Send me
word day in advance of your coming, that
l may have things ready to entertain Mrs.
MAYNARD, and the quilldriving engine of
Western lowa's banner sheet, in a becom.
ing manner. Yours, for the voyage,
BOB MARLlNSPIKE.
The Latest from Salt Lake.
We learn from the St. Joseph Gazette,
that the mail from Salt Lake, arrived .;
that place on the 3lst of July, having left
the former place on the lOth-making the
trip through in twenty-one days. Com
missioners POWELL and McCUILocu were