The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-07-31
COUNCIL SATURDAY, 1858.
A RELIGIOUS COURrSHIP.

RELIGIOUS CoURTSHIP.'
Ayoung gentleman happening to sit a
church in a pew adjoining one in which sa
young lady. for whom he conceived sud
den and violent passion, was desirous of en-
tering into courtship on the spot; but tn
place not suiting formal declaration, tn
exigency of the case suggested the followin;
plan:
lie politely handed his fair neighbor
Bible open, with apin stuck in the following
text:
I'd Epistle of John, verse 5-"And now
beseech thee, lady, not as though wrote
new commandment unto thee, but that whicl
we had from the beginning, that we love on
another.''
She returned it, pointing to the I'd chapte
Of Ruth, verse 10th:
'Then she fell on her face and bowed her
self to the ground, and said unto him, why
have found grace in thine eyes, that thol
shouldst take knowledge of me, see that
am stranger ?"
He returned the book, pointing to tn l2tl
verse of the Sd Epistle Of John
''Having many things to write unto you,
would not write with paper and ink, bu
! trust to come unto you and speak face te
face"
From the above interview, q marriage
took place the following week.
CT How is it that girls can always tel
married man from single one? The fact
is undisputablc. The philosophy of it is
beyond our ken. Blackwood says, that
"thc fact of matrimony or bachelorship is
written SO legibly in mans appearance,
that no ingenuity can conceal it. Every
where there is some inexplicable instinc,
that tells US whether an individual (whose
name, fortune and circumstances are total.
ly unknown) be or be not married man.
"Whether it is certain subdued look,
such as that which characterizes the lions in
a menagerie, and distinguishes them from
the lords Of the desert, we cannot tell, but
the truth is so We positively affirm"
DODGIN' THE HALTER.
The St. Louis papers are telling good
story OF an individual who purchased ha,
in store of tradesman named Dodgion
The article was got in the absence of the
proprietor, and the purchaser left the store,
entirely forgetting (by mistake, of course)
to pay for the aforesaid sstile.'' The trades
man, upon hearing the fact started for the
levee in hot pursuit of the delinquent
Upon overhauling him the following scene
occurred:
"See here, sir, l wish to speak with you.''
sMove on.'
'T am Dodgion, the hatter.'
"That's my fx.''
81 tell you, am Dodgion, the hatter.'
$50 am |; am dodgin' the halter too
and very likely we are both dodgin' the
same chap"
The scene ended with a "striking" tableau,
in which Mr.. Diddler found himself con
siderably 'mixed up with 'Dodgion,' the
hatter.'
3 Here is funny anecdote. 1t bor-
ders little on the irreverent, but is so char
acterstic, that we cannot help giving it a
pass:
"A colorcd clergyman. preaching recently
to black audience at the South, said:
spose indeed lspect, dat de reason de Lord
made us brack men was 'cause he use all dc
white men up fore he got to de brack man,
and he had to make him brack. But dat
dom, make no odds my bredren; the Lord
looks after brack man too. Don't de Scrip.
ture say two sparrer- hawks am sold for q
,ar9en' ia ana not one % sder s% spah he deanI
~: ~. bredren, if your hebenly fader care SC
mach for sparer- hawk when you can buy
tpo OBJ 'em for a farden, how berry much
more he care for you. dat is wuth six OIL
sebcn hundred dellars piece - If thai
argument isn't n mon sequitur, we never
saw colored -sequitur."
CTA celebrated chess player in Rochester
has Just heard of the great feat now being ac
complished in Chicago, ofplaying ten games
Of chess with the players eyes blindfolded
By friend lust from Rochester, we learr
that the gentleman first alluded to is prepar
Ing to accomplish feat that casts Paul
sens in the deepest shade. He states tina
he is prepared to play fifteen games, on
after the other, with his left hand tied be
hind him, and to make the feat still NOR
difficult and complex, he will roll up one lie:
Of his trowsers to the top of his boots.
- When stranger offers to sell you al
article for half its value, look out.
When note becomes due at the Bank
and you don't happen to have the neccssar.
funds on hand to meet it, look out.
When young lady has "turned the frs
ccrney," and sees no connubial prospec
ahead, it is quite natural that she shoul,
look out.
When you find man doing mora busi
ness than you are, and you want to kno'
the reason, look at the advertisements h
has in the newspaper, and look out.
TO THE PUBLIC.
We have been asked the question whethe
it was true that Governor Stewart did &c
intoxicated and behave badly2 We will an
swer it in this way:
When Governor Stewart gets sober, W
will notify the public of the fact, and unles
YOU see such a notice. it will not be neces
sarv for YOU to trouble US with question
on that important issue.-Jef. Inquirer.
~ A shoemaker, intending to be abscn
a few days, lampblackedn n shingle with tn
following, without date, and nailed it upo
the time you see this shinglc."
~ To keep up with the times, school
muster down east has just invented machin
for licking scholars. BY means Of crank
a boy is put through his discipline in on
half of the time the rattan used to consume
We rejoice at this-for who even shortens
road is benefactor to his country.
Gy Died yesterday, whilst engaged in
literary occu patton involving concentratio
of mind, Mr.. Smith Jones, of the effects q
grinding organ, played by an Italia
rascal under his window. His end wa
disturbance.
CT" "Grandpa, did you know that tn
United States had been in the habit of en-
couraging and acknowledging tories?''
"Ccrtanly not what kind OF tories %
"Tcrri- tories. Now give me some pea
nuts. or:...Pl catch the measles, and max
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