Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1858-05-06
Original,
For the EebraskA Advertiser.
Leaves from my Iowa Log Book.
Br SEETIE FESwoOD.

of a streak Of sunshine from the West,
which its Editor calls the Advertiser"
In consequence of this courtesy, | feel
like grasping the fingers Of humanity,
that portion of which dwell in the Ne
maha valley, besides giving them a CDR
dial show d'ye do" this pleasant after
noon. Wonder if they have such sweet
sunshine to linger on the hills! tempting
their anchorite bosoms with a glow Of
warmth and beauty, and as ii goes oOt the
purple gates of the West, ii seems sad
and regrelfI to leave US for a single
night7
No uncurbed winds, no drifting SHOWS,
no frost jewels like the last April, but in
stead, the gentle south wind, song of
larks, and ths bright eyes of the wild
violet aad forget-me-not.
Our plow is turning up its nose, snuff
fing the spring air, for father is enjoy.
ing his dinner siesta, ere he plods the
weary furrow with sowing the seed; and
the butterflies are waving a baton, like
Julien, 10 keep time with the bird-chOrus
in the April orchestra. I He ai
If have not proved that Spring is
here, let me add that Shanghae fruit is
more plenty, and the "taters" are sprout-
ing in the cellars. (Dtar me! but 1 can
no, keep on my poetic stills long to-day.
will" is reading "Sut Lovegood'S Dog
yet stops pretty often to roll on the floor
Id6in CUES that is the reason that am
of the earth, earthly. a"Sut," in my OPP
Mon. comes the nearest being scamp Of
any body in Tennessee. "Stuff Gut
ought to tear that shirt off which he has
irnmortalized, so asto perfect him in what
the London Times calls ''bed-room lite
rature," for he might get that classic
under-garment spoken of in history, and
in case it brings him torment, maybe
some plying chaste muse will llok ovel
his shoulder when he is writing-hOw /
well, no matter. uaar Efi
"Ohl would the power some giftie eie Us
| To see OuTselS as ithers see US"
1t would divest us Of some conceit, maybe
But here goes a fair equestrian, fol
lowed by cavalier some twenty-five rod
distant, very leisurely pacing his nag, fO
he has the disadvantages of a high win'
and spawned "hoss." There is no placl
where a lady shows off so well as in tn
saddle, if she has grace and manages he
steedproperly. But deliver us from tn
sight of fat girl bobbing up and dow
in the seat like sick kitten; a little ha
on her head covered with bows and tail
of ribbons, skirts Hopping around, and sh
thinking all the charms and graces ar
futtering about her; may We be exuse
, from admiration. 4
Saturday April S.--Our farmers hav
not the ambition to raise produce as the
did last year, for there is ND market bt
our dinner pot yet, and every body III
easy TO get of for some country wher
there Is no panic, cheap land, and plent
of money. Great stories about tho "goO
9 times" in Missouri and some of the Tel
rilories; but in our humility we woul
, advise to stick it out while longer, fC
the stone which keeps rolling will gatht
: no moss.
+ Brownville has a river, Newton on
the promise of a railroad. The Progre.
of these towns can never be parallel again
though settled about the same time.
We have pretty much concluded to we;
old shoes, old hats, and old clothes gene
ally. But two Of our merchants ha,
been East for spring goods, and The
brought a small stock. Indeed, o
watches still are the only legal tende
j, and money an apocryphal idea of by
cones. If it is fashionable to be ecOnOm
cal, the country's salvation is at han
and we hope for the "better times
u comm"
: Saturday, 4th. = Easter morn! tt
cook has colored eggs for breakfast, al
the bells have merrier chime than usu
: this merning. Now many Catholics a
lpraising that Jesus, which the Presbyt
rians here. through all their service
!. have never mentioned his resurrection I
}. day-so afraid Of conformity TO anoth
e sect. But some way, the lille plain ha
, : with its blue backed seats, Its low roue
pulpit, aud the squeaky. litilel choirr WI
the dozy crowd, seemed a VAN ,oblati,
TO the King af kings After l came hon
/ was haunted; with visions of marb
domes and gllded spires, the fragran
from holy ,eenserss the glorious music a
: the sublime works, of art, all these with
the sacred walls of the mother churC
7 which help faith by sight. ! may
l wrong, but there are many who worsh
in form in our Protestant churches
well as in the Catholie, -z., ~,