The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1859-09-17
PARAoRApHs.


Young men, We want you to join eur BIZ
BILE class. We have one Of the best teachers
in the State, and with such an Officer 10 drill
US, If We do our part, We can hardly fail 10
become posted in the military tactics which,
in the great battle Of life, smooth the way
to victory. Don't Be afraid Of ssctarianism
we are taught no such thing. The Bible
is our text book, and there is no one who
can possibly be injured by better acquain-
lance with the book of books. s#
Last Wednesday, in company with trio
of fair ladies and Broadway lawyer, We
went graping. A span Of splendid mules
hi,ched to big wagon, whirled Us rapidly
away across the bottom, and out upon the
island among the willows, till we reached one
Of Dame Natures choicest vineyards. The
old lady had festooned the trees With vines,
and hung out the rich clustering fruit, so
beautifully and temptingly, that Our admi'
ration and appetite were challenged to.
ge,her, but a thick growth Of luxuriant
vegetation SO completely hedged in the
vineyard, that We seriously feared hoops
would, for once in the history Of their tri-
umphs, be at fault. Our fears, however,
soon vanished, when We saw them sailing
through the tangled mass, at a 24O gait,
and CLINTON and l, as We watched the tall
weeds bobbing over the heads of the fairies
below, silently acknowledged that crinolins
is indeed, great institution. Wegot three
bushels of grapes, had a glorious time gen.
orally, and got back in time for supper.
The importation Of four or five horn
blowers from Omaha, to supercede our own
noble Brass Band, on the day of the Barbe-
cue, was one of the sorriest pieces OF econ
omy We ever heard Of.
.HAvE WE AN EDUCATIONAL COLUMN"
The following letter, received few days
since, from school girl acquaintance OF
ours, contains pertinent inquiry, which We
were about making, ourselves. tits a plain
question that JENNIE asks, and We gladly
Law it before our Educational Editors, that
they may see, that in neglecting the duties
they proposed for themselves, they are dis.
appointing others as we'll as ourselves:
For the Nonpareil.
Mr.. EDl1ok will you allow school
girl, not out of her teens, to write letter
for your paper? Of course, you will; but
will you publish it? l am one Of party
of school girls, who have always read with
interest, your admirable paper, and have
always voted its stories capital, and its
poetry charming, and We hailed, with great
joy, the announcement, that there was to
be an {" educational column" added to its
other interesting features. For several
weeks, the promise was fulfilled, and VIC
always turned to that column first. But
las, week, We were disappointed; no such
column appeared, and no excuse was made
for its neglect. So We talked the matter
over, and decided to write to you about it.
being the oldest of tho group, they all
fixed upon me as scribe, so here you have
my question lis the Educational Depart
ment to be continued, or not? We hope it
will be, for we like its problems and its
engmas, and will tell you, though tho
girls said | must n't-we had thought Of
trying our hands at some puzzles and rhymes
for it, ourselves. Perhaps we should have
waited another week, before writing you
this, and see if our favori,e column would
not make its appearance in the next issue.
But you wilknow, Mr.. Editor, whether our
inquiry is needed or not, and will do as you
teink best, about publishing it. Hoping
you will not consider mo or our school i'm
pertinent in this matter, remain
Yours, Respectfully,
JENNIE.