The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1859-04-30

were hers ; that ne Would go iortn ana leiV
her to her possessions that he would wor
as a galley slaee, anything to make up 70
the wrong which he had done.
She only said, TOO late, too late All
prepared for nv departure, and must not
cannot STAY. We part now, Gilbert Thorne
and let it be quickly over. Good byep an
she took his hand in both of hers, and pres
ing it once only to her heart, glded from tn
room. I>E $751; .H
She opened the street door, and as the col
rushed in, wrapping her frail form in il
chill embrace, and moaning through the hail
it seems to seek to drive her back again say
ing sGo not forth: 60 not FORTH A momen
only she raused, while her shuddering fran
had nee /. Of all its resolution to urge he
forth into the desolate night. She close
the door, and forth into the desolate storr
she went, out into the bitter night, amid tn
drifting snow-and pitiless winds. leaving
blessing upon the threshold, which she wa
never to recross again. for him who had bee
the cause of all her ruin. ,..-. f- NJ
On the 9th Of December, 49,, the dai
ly papers oil the gssat city contained amont
their city items the following announce
ment:
Death from intoricdtiora and erSponre.-
Christmas morning Officer Style, while pa
trolling his beat Mt day-break, found, par
tally covered with the snow, on tho steps o
a house in Fifth Avenue, the body of al
abandoned woman, commonly called Will
Jen but whose real name is supposed to b.
Jenny Irwin.
She was taken to the dead house, wher
an inquest was held-Verdiet 'Died from
intemperance and EXPOSURE She is sup
posed 10 have lost her way in the storm
while returning intoxicated from some reve
the previous night, and becoming bewilderet
and chilled, sought refuge on the steps wher'
she was found. She uiH be buried in Pot
ter's Fed."
Thus ended the life of Jenny Irwin.
4
~ | boast not now to record the secret sat
isfaction which mingled with the remorse O
Gilbert Thorne, as, reading his morning pa
per over the rich breakfast service, he learn
ed for the first time the fate of Jenny Irwin
The world thrives well with him honors anc
riches await his every step. They talk ol
making him Judge and if they do, as they
doubtless will, 1t requires no great gift oi
prophecy to write his future life.
The ermine will fit him we'll and graceful.
ly, to the world; his judgments will be clear,
and impartial, and fair, to the world, his
actions will be above reproach to the world;
he will be constant church-goer and de-
vout Christian, to the world: he Will write {
book on some hackneyed subject of the law
which shall TO the world appear very pro-
found and learned, and then, after not many
years, he will die. The courts will be closet
out of respect for his memory forit is thai
Justice should pause to weep when gooc
man dies. His distinguished brethren of the
bench will meet in solemn conclave, and pas:
Resolutions of confidence with his afflicted
family, expressive also Of their high sense
of his public and private worth, and of thu
irremedinhle loss to the country. There will
be a meeting of the Bar, over which dis
tinguished judge will lie called to preside.
That bright luminary and celebrated advo
cate, David Little, Esq, will pronounce hi:
stereotypel eulogy. Councillor Slasher will
recall some happy "Reminiscences of the de-
parted greatness, and tell how She knew him
intimately and well, and that he held il
amnnsthe proudest recoilcctions of his life
to have bsGn the friend Of such man.
The head Of the firm Of Dragon, Bully &
Dunn, the great special pleader, will 'add
his mite to the occasion, and in Sew briel
remarks viii move hlms self and his audience
to tears and the Bench and Bar will attend
his funeral. The Church Of the holy Mon
cv-bags' will be crowded. Sexton Goldboy,
IN his
"Cu,tomary suit Of solemn black
will open the carriages Of the great claw Civ.
crs' who come to pay their last tribute to
departed worth. lie will lead decrepid men
-decrepid both in mind and body-who still
dole Justice from the bench and venerable
wigs, who had long since retired, feeling
that thHir age had gone beyond their Judge
ship through waves Of crinnline, impreg-
nabic save to his custome1 eve. The Rev.
DR.. SivercaN will read the we'll nown ser
vice with peculiar uHctlOn, and in a short
funeral sermon, will take good care to speak
in no measured terms of praise of the divine
calling of those who sit in judgment and of
that noble profession of which the departed
was so distinguished a member. Then a
grand cavalcade Of pranclns horses, and sa-
BE p'umcs, and gay equipages, will drive
with measured tread and IN mournful array
10 'GreenwOod.'
Then a monument, with appropriate in
scriptious and emblenatic designs, will be
erected to his memory. Perhaps Justice,
with blinded eyes, holding the sword and
scales. is not out of place, surmountlng the
tomb of the departed Judge! Perhaps the
inscription,
IL MEMORY OF
THE HON GILBERT THORNE.
Judge Of the Cifcumlocution Court.
Dicd-lS- E
The learned aud erudte celor-the up
right and impartial Judge-the faithful
and atiectionate husband-the loving
father aud the devoted friend y.
distinguished alike for his
public benefactions
and his private
charities !
may answer we'll for the worlds, eye and for
the worlds Judgment; but when the time
comes as itsurely aciH, those of US who may.
perchancc, be present. may find ditferen,
record written upon the docket Of that great
court whose judgments are eternal. Their
you and l, dear reader, and all the rest Of US
may see-guarded by a light, Of which VIZ
can form no persona! conceptions s-how fall
iibte are All human uccislOnS, now DInu al
earthly opinions, and how unjust the judg.
ments Of the world Then standing at tha
great bar, where, written upon our con
science the deeds of life are brought t
light, eaeh his own accuser and defender
you, and |, and Jenny Irwin, and Gilber,
Thorue, and all of us, will learn who sitteil
in Judgment! ....-
THE RELATION OF TEACHER AND ,
PARENT.
EDS. CINCINNATI GAZETTE There ap
pcared an article in your paper last weel
upon the relation of Parent and Teacher
that was most admirable. 1t was like ss ap
pies of gold in pictures Of silver.' Tht
gentleman speaks of the drafts that ar,
made upon the teacher's patience, through
the indiscretion of parents anu he speak:
truly. would not deal hnrsbly with pa
rents, for their responsibilities are grca
enough to crush them to the very earth bu
| would like to whisper n few words n,theil
ears, through the columns of your paper
would say to parents that there Is an in,
huence at home, that can destroy all thu
good that teacher may do. You expec,
your teacher to be instant in season and
out Of season ; he must always be at his pos
and yet your child may be very sremiss il