The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-01-02
So 90 PER 1lNNUM.


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sA.eereaps.dans = - 1ssssa Hn.-,
eripk relatee the folIovinx 49, - 81 ~.
Rev. Mathss Hylss, Is VII ~ iea;s.
clergyman oS B0sten. Df. nyISs 1ve1S
the tame of thu Revoletjoa, ana aHae eTorv.,
The dislillssJ Of Thsaaae Hin waa g -
eoyneye of Essex Aad South slreeaD. not 20
from Mr. Bellknap's residencS, & LiS6dIn
street. Or. ByleS called On ~. NM "a
Einquirsd- --ssstf ssasssttsss ss Is ssas'sggs, 4
sADD you stil, m a IS ], y. !
ssThat Is my busiRcss., replied II. Hill.
"TheD,n said the Dr., uwill you eo Viz
me and still ~ wife S's s'4E asE5Ef.
~ 10 was onee occup;erl IN nsilisr sons
list spon his Sd0oss, to exclude thu cold. =
parishionert said to him
"The wind bloweth wheresosyera liststh.
Dr. Dyles. .',s4 sJeA3 'ssa ssa ss'ssss 80 a
sYes SiF, !" replisl The Destsr. r.s<uni sna.
ksteth wheresoeyer the wind bloxeth.u
He uns intimate with General Knox. Who
was a bookseller before the war. Wheh the
American troops took possessiea 81 the
town after1ths evacuation. Knox. xho had
become quite cerpulent marched in st the
head of his artillery. AZ he. passed on.
Byles, who thought himself privileged on
old scores, exclaimed loud enough 10 h>s
heard: qf3iy ~ ste aails ~ s afl
II never saw an ar Ca Knoxl fatter IN M
life.n s.s u
But Knox was not in the vein. iIe feft
offended by this freedoms, especially from
Byles, wh0 was known to be . TOfy.. and
replied in uDcourtly tsrMs. -. 81. !
In May, l7T7, Dr. Byles was arrested 8
q Tory, and subsequently tried, convicted.
and sentenced to eonfnement On board :
guard-ship, and to be sent 10 Ensland, with
his family, in forty days. This sentence
ment in bis own house. 4 guard was placed
over him. After a time the eenkirel wss
removed, afterwards replaced, and again
removed, when the Doctor exclaimed that
he had been 'sguarded, re-guarded, and dis
reguarded.'' lie called his sentry h;s ob-
serre-a-tory.'' sto 81 .ksss' sgE-.
Perceiving, one morning, that the senti-
mel, simple fellow, was absent, ard sse-
ing DR.. Byles himself pacing before his own
door. with a musket on his shoulder. the
neighbors stepped over to inquire the cause.
ssYou sees said the Doctor, 81 begged
the sentinel to let me 20 for milk for nv
family, but he would not let me stir. /
reasoned the matter with him and be has
gone himself to get II FOR me. on condition 5
that keep guard IN his absence.U ~xaas Ias
One bitter December night he called h;s
daughters from their bed, simply to inouirc
if they slept warm. WI >
lie had small collection Of curiosiffes.
Some visitors called one morning. and Mn.
Byles, unwilling to be found at her ironing g
board. and, in emergency. desiring to hide
herself, as she ould not be SO caught. by The
ladies, for the world, the Doctor put her -
the closet and huttoned her In, After few
remarks, the ladies expressed q wish. to see
the Doctors curiosities, which he proceeded
to exhibit; after entertaining them yery
agreeably for several hours. he told them be-
had kept tho greatest curiosity to the last:
when, proceeding to the closet, he unbus-
toned the door, snd exh.b. ted Mrs. Byles.
lie had Complained. lone. often. and
fruitleesly, to the sclectmen, II tqusgnairs
in front Of his dwelling. r. 80 - ..,sy
One morning. two Of the fathers of the
town, passing Il. cisaisc. after a violent
rain, became stuck in the bog. As they
were striving to ertricate themselves. and
pulling to right and left, the Doctor came
forth, and bowling with great politeness.
exclaimed:
81 am CO ighted, gentlcnscn, to sec roo
stirying in this matter at last.'' &
A candidate for fame proposed 10, Ay
from the North Church steeple, and had af-
ready mounted, and was clapping his wings,
to- the great delight oj the mob. DR.. ByIes,
mingling with the crowd. inquired what wus 9
the object of the gathering. si8 J..
ssWe have come, sir, to see man fy,"
said one. .s -.
ssPoh potf have seen horse-fy,1 re-
nlied the Doctor sH'-E-sI 4-sffl.