The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1859-02-05
..Can Such Things BE >"

Il an sue u IntNs Dt
The ''boys" about town are unanimous IN
asserting that that trcblc-v DICED, smooth
iacpI tiay-fpotcl specimen Of humanity,
vl1. clad in cap, coat and trousaloons,
| Laiy prOmcnadcs Broadway, is TOmdn.
| q. We gods what q thought hoops relin-
/ m@,i pctticoats abandoned! carriers
| discarded and all those other charming
l ":atien fxenS," which the dear creatures
5cl:h' in, rccklcsslv thrown aside, and the
n.eo.y, unpoctical "rig" Of the whiskcy-
JansD., cuchrc-playing sex, donned in their
s',A. 4 melancholy transformation.--
Sm3nl spirit from the eighth region Of
nin..s Inferno must have c0unScllcd it.
] Tie spell is broken the charm is gone
tie lGncrd, and bonncted SyIph, who need
ID !ut WINS to be an angel, is transformed,
y hi, horril process into Il proSv, booted
h.ra .or, and great luLbcrIy fellows, who
Worship at the shrine of female lovlnesS
VIII hIndoo devotion, pass by this monde
~r,Pt anomaly with grin. But, she is
tramp, aud the cool assurance Of her carriage
an! drm"anor, is sufficient evidence that
.@r has had little use for c0rscts or crinOlinc
ir macy day. Well wager dozen Of
.4H years. aImanacS, that more than one
HNr Vt nantaIoons have gracad her delicate
u'om1tIvcS. She walks and sits, and talks.
VIII the nonchaIance of an accomplished
J"''r: smokes gracefully, drinks whiskcv
.H'F.!y, anl swears like trooper. In
'sori, sh" isa man of the world no, that
"'nt ID. What shall We call her? A
MI'Ss, hoop'css, gartcrlcss, Shameless de-
'';"Tfrom the ranks Of woman-a renegade
from all that is good, and pure, ana true,
and Iovc"hlr, in the sex! Well, perhaps,
We arc too fast: again, perhaps the poor
S5' has been unfortunate; perhaps she is
'o' victim Of misplaced confidence, of Il love
100 ardent and trusting, bestowed upon
'stans II 50, she deserves our pity not
eur scorn II 50, he who, knowing the facts.
Would point the finger of shame at her, is
coward, unworthy the name of NAHUM
worthy the love of woman-a traitor to the
deepest and hottest affections of the human
"eaf'' Who knows, but that some such
terrible ordeal has changed an Innocent,
naSGy maiden, into this unb!ushing wanton?
WOO Knows, but that beneath this calm and
'TA1ess exterior, there frcts and i,utters a
''''sd and wounded spirit, that often, in
~.Ieais of reflection, is sick of life?
"Ren We commenced this article we had
J." Inc slightest idea of getting serious
''H The subject, but here We are m orallzirs
ID" aParson. Well, the fact is the mat
~ Is acrwcr one than We first imagined.
"Osn We look at the cap, the coat, the
", The pants, and the boots of this Man
,",N, her whole tout ensemble appears
'''V~ but, when VIC consider the
o,, winch may have led to this, We arc
anu s"encsl. But "lct the dead
'"'' us deaa' suffice it, that this
= .0Ds curiosity is here, one of COM
:! !! at! OF gold hunters en- route for the new
'' dorado, who purpose remaining here
! 'PF'o- opens. In the meantime, if
,"' ''IF stranger continues to exhibit herself
, FaO''ciy as OF late, she will furnish
, '''uI theme for gossip and scandal to al,
Wv news monscrs in this region and the
WV OF the joke is, that all this TALKING
'.4 al this writing, are done on the STRENGTH
VI suspicion alone! Not one of all the
Illus nd'Hrdlists who have guessed her
, A' would be willing to''take his afidayy"
''' his surmlscs were true. 1t is most
~ sue looks and talks ike woman-(it
'.0's strangely enough to use the words
anu "woman' in the above connec-
- oat weuSe them thus for conyeDience)
".' 'ae surmIses we have noted. If
=: u our City readers have not vet seen
my Specimen Of the genus perplerimus,
10, ,a"s look out for a full-faced boy, five
hi. ''Dr or tive inches, with long, straight,
,b,, w., small hands, small feet, and plump
'"!Sq1e, wearing one If ,hos. SAW;
:aDa r.4su caps, dark coat and pants, and
s5e o,a u''ns the year 1858. the sum of
was recovered from dead letters
ios,on. ~ NJ. the General Post Office, WASH
bs ,,'o' Nine tcn,hs of this amount haro