The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1859-02-12

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To smatter. quack, and cant. and dabbic,
As others Of his tribe had DONE"
about things with which they IRE not now,
nor ever were conversant. Mr.. NUckoLLs,
instead Of coming right down to the pith Of
the matter, and owning square up, lodges
around, and falls to calling US 'sap-head,
and blowing up our merchants for buying
pork of Mills and adjoining counties, and
selling the same ut t,centy per cent LESS
than he, NCcKoLLs, can, or is able to do. lie
states everything We asked him to, but he
does it in so ungraceful and disingenuous a
manner, that we can hardly say-''wcll
done, thou good and faithful servant.''-
Nevertheless we thank him for his prompt
ness, if not for dircctness. A little expert
ence will enable Mr.. NvcHoLLs to be a little
more direct in his cndeav ors to convey those
tabled entities, y'clcrt Ideas. Mr.. n. does
not appear to beIicre, with his orgnn, that
! 'nicknames and vulgarities arc seldom mis-
taken for facts and arguments for the great
er part Of his "epistle" is tissue of nicely
arranged adjectivcs and explosives, of grea,
meaning bu. little relevancy. As they were
doubtless the result of iil-digested "l2 IL
cent Bacon" we pass them by without fur.
Their remark, only hoping that before he
again rushes into print, he will take strong
lecoction of the leaves of "Parkcr's Aids
to English Compositions
Again, VIC have to thank Mr.. NCcEoLLs
for his voluntary statement Of the fact that,
in 1851, and '52, the overland emigration
pursued the North Platte Route, paying
many thousands of dollars for ferriage
across the Elkhorn, Loupc Fork and Wood
Rivers, implying that they did this rather
than trdre! up the South Platte; where,
he says, there are no streams to cross. We
devoutlv thank Mr.. NuCKoLLs for coming to
our aid in this particular, for we have ever
contendcd that it was better for the emf
grant to even meet with a little delay, extra
trouble and charges on the North Platte
Route, than to traverse the bluGy and rams
! horn route on the South side of the Platte.
Mr.. NucKoLLs INDUCES in n passing notice
of our merchants, which does credit to his
standing as business man. From this
part of his letter, we infer that he is an
implicit believer in righteous Judgment"
Fully aware that his credit and fortune is on
the wane, his jaundced eyes make him be-
lieve that all his noighbors are in the same
boat.
The increasing prosperity Of Council
Bluff, and her business men, is the source
of 4 great deal of trouble and annoyance to
their less fortunate and jealous ncighbors, and
semi occasionally puerio efforts are made
to write them down among the things that
rere but are not. Mr.. n. is, by no means,
the FIRST bombastes furioso that has cssayel
that little job: neither are Ne convinced
that he will be the last, though he should
take warning of the fate Of others who ere
while attempted practical illustrations Of
the fable of the frog and the OK. Council
Bluffs and her business men can withstand
forever and aye, the attacks of such unprin-
cirlcd assalants as Mr.. NuCKoLLs-his aidcrs
and abctters-we shall, therefore, volunteer
no defence of either, for none is needed
We would advise Mr.. NUcKolLs to write
another letter, detailing the solvency of the
whole NucKoLLs family, their hangers on
and ''blowers." 1t would be rich, rare and
racy, beyond computation. "Write again.
Mr.. NuCK0Lis--write some more-do ~