Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1859-12-31
! SIOUX CITY. IOWA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1869.
WAITS GArHER rROA THE
TIDE OF COUNTRY LIVE.
written sbs tAs Sioux CITY Register.

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H. ~ a s-H. Bdsrg BIT
Written m tAs Sioux City Register. ..
I've bssa rusticasing ose here at Uncl
Sinclair's for some weeks. Rus,icatiug
Il 10 strange how wonderfully disenchaat
ing the reality il, now .ha. The Irregular
ties-the very unsrtistic sights that l zee
are not embsllished BY any kindly imagi
nation but oh, dreadful truth, ruralizin,
10 oss's own comfortable room, through til
sunshine Of books and perioaicsis, il ..
unlike roushing Il in psrsoo. Bot are
Ill il is quito enjoyable. sot il secalls III,
sports and occupations of idle hours ii
CHILDHOOD, thunder showers, vet feet
soiled clothes. torn pants, and brown face
for dear reader l am growing hearty and
brown as . berry. Cousin Ned warrants
il = standing color wash just as we'll =.
you now see j. equal to any Msrrimac OF
Cocheco.
6ad some characters out here that are
quite . study; that is when divestsd Of
their Sund:y-go-'o-meeting-clo and
all their assumed polish and restrain.
hung up with the aforesaid clothes on
their appropriate pegs on the wall, leav.
ing them in their good natural simplicity,
their original shrewdness and honesty rea.
dy to entertain or be entertained. like
il. I relish it. I like to receive their
hospitality, to lay my hand in their hard,
brouzed palms, in the harmonious grasp
Of true brotherhood. Yet in this picture,
like any one combining tho prominent
characteristics Of human nature, / find
incongruities in strong contrast with the
inner kindness that beams out, softenins z
the roughnes,es Of manner and speech
necessarily attendant on their occupations
aad present mode Of living. The better
l became acquainted with their home
natures, the more am surprised at the
popular prejudice, which render so many
city bred people averss to associating
themselves with the middle classes Of our
laboring country people. I. this righ.!-
Assursdly not! They are an inde.pensi
bic part aud parcel Of our country and il
not worthy Of our fellow ship now, i. il
undeniably our duty 10 make them TO-
Thi. is not to be done by delivering long
winded "indep. ndancs day" orstions to
them. extoliug the blessings of Oar mutual
liberty. and pompously Inviting them to .
closer ~ communi,n and better feeling
when heaven knows. and they know, the
breach, the chasm, between them and the
''snob aristocracy' Of America, is j" rea-
lily - vide A. contemplate, driveling
pride can make it. No. no friends, i, is
no. just il they are not our equals sduca-
tionnlly, (uo one will deny that We art
created equaD whose fault is il, that the
means Of informing themselves, and the
advantages Of doing so, has not been
shown them. and placed At their disposal
II " would mako them our equals, VI
must educate; that they should see this
We must give them our friendship, to
prove our friendship. give them our hand.
and our confidence. Friends help then,
up.
But must tell you some Of my doing.
since caas ous here. One day, ,wc
weeks after my arrival, cousin Lucy and
met in council, asd after some debate
concluded, tha. a. the mail tha. only side
tracks" in here once week. had no, bro 7
u anything readable. We would vent our
disappointment in > visit to one Of their
distant neigh5ors, who was repu,ed to bs
rather y singular woman. Lucy said sh'
had but little acquaintance with Mes
Tabby SPOTS, our hostess to be, but said
that in appearance she knew her to be as
tall, lank, carrotty haired, green eyed
sallow faced specimen Of undying go.
ahead ativeness as ever survived 4 fy,
years visitation Of agas and jaundice in =
tauarac swamp, to tell yarns and crack
jokes over . clay pipe Ard "spli. bottom
ed" chair, in an Iowa chimney corner
And though genuine welcome, . never
TO be-lcryossea visit vas enjoyed, in al
charity aud sympathy-I must tell th.
truth. Will my hostess pardon the liber
~, should this ever meet her eyer I.wa
some distance away and I borrowed pai
Of heavy boots from Lucy. We did no
take the "eveniae boat the morning ex
press.' or the ~ H., or anything else. bu,
just went aboard our own hereditary pc
destals, and found the quickest route
the best way ~s could, over almost inter
minable sloughs, bayous, tolls, ant
prairies, and At last arrived n our destina
ton, dilapiiated "$25,Oo worth Of im-
provsments," log house and entered, amid
fair barricade Of bowling degs Chat
was mortally afraid Of and domestic
fanna, etc. found our hostess much .,
Lucy had described her, though il may b
the picture was overdrawn. She was I
woman Of about forty years Of Age, a.
though fever and malaria had given her i
much older face. She was pri,u, stiff and
angular in manner, though exceedingly
laxative and at times humorous. In ap
psarance-a cap Of black nett, With cher
~ ribbons covered her carrotty hair anG
around her long, sallow neck was blu,
checked handkerchief pinned down pre-
cisely between shoulders, aud tucked un
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