The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-07-17
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RAvExDALl, Iowa, July Is, 1853.
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drive from the metropolis Of the 'slope,"
and is one Of the most bswitching spots in
Iowa, or on the Western csntinent, or the
broad globe over. I don't intend any dis
parasemsnt of your city, Nh. Editor. On
the contrary, publishing the fact that I ru-
raj paradise lies nesting in the hills 50 near
it precincts, will operate like magic in draw
ing to the "Bluis," multitudes who are
seeking to combine business with pleasure
For what can be more grateful to q mind,
harrassed and careworn with the struggles
for wealth and fame, than to emerge at fire..
ouent intervals from the dust and turmoil
Of the city, and, entirely shut out from its
sights and sounds, to revel for an hour
among rustic scenes? Where the dark
green groves, the winding river, and the
waving grain spread out a panorama which
laughs at the daubs of art? And the song
of ten thousand birds, the hum of insect
life, and the rustling of the coy maize, as
the wandering zephyrs stoop to kiss it, sweep
with . gentle lulling music across the chords
of our "heart of hearts,"
These are more potent to charm away the
blues and cure the many ills of life, than
all the light literature ever printed, and al
the pills and panaceas Of which old Ese'l"-
plus ever dreamed. Many of your ~reaaers'
Mr.. Editor, have tried and are trying he'e
~"patent medicines" of nature, and it they
do not unequivocally endorse all l haVtsald
about them, l will throw away my quill and
never write another puff for the old lame
as long as l live. But, l have no fear OF
such a result, l can read their sentiments in
their faces as they pass and repass mi syl-
van retreat. And as cheerfulness is cnta-
gious, l dare say many a business wrinkle,
contracted in the shop, the counting huse,
or the sanctum, is "rubbed outs at thssup-
portable, by the smiling wife who hasbeen
g~alloping through Ravandale. But Mr..
Editor, if you don't want the young men
out here to 60 crazy, for PHYS sakekeep
your pretty unmarried women at hone
Out on a ramble a few evenings since, l
met q couple of lady equestrians from the
Bluffs, who were taking an airing and drink
ing in the beauties of our scenery. One of
them had q very wicked animal, which it
seems had been accustomed to pitching
gentlemen from tho saddle into the mud, or
spelling their s'tiles" and smashing their
heads against the curb-stone. As l pissed
them, he exerted himself as if cold nick"
were in him to land his fair rider amog the
hazel brush by the roadside. But, thisime,
he found more than his match. Win the
GOODNESS and self-possession of Q JON of
Arc, she expressed her determination not to
be thrown, and the horse 1901 Learned to
his sorrow that, when one of creaion's
queens gets her blood up, she means what
she says. She wa a magnificent woman,
and, as she swept away to join her comade,
confess envied some happy Benedrt, l
didn't know who. But that feeling allvan-
ished, when l learned that the partimlar
chap l had reference to, vas only a myth,
and another emotion more pleasing, but
perhaps more dangerous, came very near
stealing over me ere l was aware of it. OF
course, 1 don't dream of matrimony n,self.
but it is my 'private opinion" and l don't
care who knows it, that if the domestic viz
tues of that young lady equal her bravery
and beauty, the lucky fellow who gets he,
hand with her heart in it may
Laugh at Napoleon and William Of Prussia,
And turn up his nose" at the Emperor Of Russia.
Mr.. Editor, if the lady comes to your
sanctum, and threatens to sue you for Sian.
der tell her to 60 ahead, l will foot the bill
saw a young man out here, last Sunday,
trying to shoot turtle-doves. "Think's |
to myself" that's poor business, but 81
reckon" the doves suffered no worse injury
than being frightened away from theirfeed.
ing grounds, as l saw the gun repeatedly 60
bobbing up to his shoulder and bobbing
down again, without an explosion. Iwould
respectfully inform the gentleman in question,
that the quiet citizens of Ravendale car
dispense with his company for the future,
without the slightest Inconvenience. Severa.
of your city folks, in conjunction with Mr..
NJ. of Ravendale, Mr.. C. over "Mosquitoe,'
and Mrs. II. from up country, are teaching
Sabbath School in our village school house,
which is we'll attended and promises much
good to our Juvenile population, and to
some OF the older ones too, perhaps. W.
also glory in a day school, taught by a youn,
mar from the Bluffs, whose name, Kinsman,
would seem to indicate q wide connection
in fact, he has the "cheek" to call himself .
relative Of "everybody" and the crest Of
mankind" l visited his school the othe,
DAY, took a chair on the bench, and stayed
an hour. On one side of the house the pu.
pills ranged from little chubby. checked fou,
year olds, up, through the several stages Of
development, to bouncing lasses of twenty.
On the other side, "mama's dood title bow
Win us plne Jumper" and round rosy phiz,
and 'father's right hand man." with hi.
checked shirt and sinewy frame, formed til.
two ends of the chain, and the intermediate
Ink varied in size and appearance as much
as their fair opposites. Az l gazed upo,
the group, visions of future ~usefulne.s nd
distinction, for some Of them, and of di.snce
and ruin, for others, rose to my minds eve.
and away in the dim vista of the future. 7
saw the cold folks' gliding peacefully down
the stream of life solaced by the kind care
Of loving children. Or, weary and tempest
tost, cursing in bitterness of spirit, The in.
huences which had moulded the minds and
destinies of their ruined families, seemingly
unconscious that the poison had been i'm.
bibed at home. And, l thought, if parent,
would be more careful, society would be
pestered with less "driftwood," and the
penitentiary and gallows be cheated Of more
than hole khns~ v:-. Tr.1y