Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1859-01-19

i-s@4e6, En A2Fs. PegeR 2A0Wg - A3satp4 u
wife. wsl remember ssls aay when NJ.
| EA0w asked ms 10 beeOsna hAs @isa4 Eeen-
eens. liked Mr.. Snow, an4 ealnhsng Ii
would be q very 6ns Ehing b ha the wiks
ee al editor, said @yss, A. prstty as
kHsw hoR, and / bseams Mrs sasRl ]
have sesn ten years az maTTied LIS amd
| 6nd my husband to Be a amiabls, geod
matsared man. DE always spends hfs eTs-
aanxs at home, and 10, h tkat saSpees, ,
model man bat be AlwaYs brings q pile
| isugth of I1is arms, and rsads, wsaiIe patch
ths Knees and elbows OF nax boys paHkm-
looms and coat. After We h4vs hada Qua-
ksr meeting Of an hours length, break The
silence by asking s- 20 2- .@ +-1
aAr. Snow, did you order that seaI I
sszSk& to Fnn ahoat 23 ---z--4 -.
"What did you say, my dear Y's he asks
agxer few moments silence.
"Did yea order that coal ! apoka to ysa
ahous?7 -. q. aa
q Indeed, my dear, am sorry, but for
got aBl about it, 1t ataiE eoaaa to-noF-
row. s--z.E
Another hours siIsnee, which 10 rsIlevsd
by the baby's crying, and, rather liking TO
hear . noise Of soms scrts Eaaka ns effors
to gaiak him." ......Sf :. s...fa,E
aAy dear, )" says Mr. snow, tier be has
cried j minute or SO. FEyou had better give
the baby some eatnip ss& % quits hlm hs
trouhlas ms." ..-.as n g#
ssYhs baby Gs still another boar passes
without breath Of noise. Becoming tT~
ed OF silence, l take lamp aad Eetira faR
tbs night, leaving Mr. s. so engaged With
his paper that hs does not see me Ieavs the
room. Towards midnight he conss TO he'd,
gAd jast as he as fallen to sisap, the baby
takes notion 10 cry again. IriAe as qaist
as pesbibls, and tTy TO stiil him. While
aza waIklag the Toom with q small Snew
In my arms, our naxt a kOy Of three yeara
-begiRs to scream at the top Of hia lungs.
What can do7 There Ii no other course
but 10 caIl kr. snow, % / eaii cut
ssMr, Snow Mr. snow 90 .a..
THE third time be starts ap, and re-
plies $50
HWhat TIA, more copy pr
"As though 1 was Tia that little imp
running about the once. LEsply, rather
tartIy =
s4No, don't waat &ay more cepy-T
have had enough OF that 10 last nae my
llfstime-I want y0u 10 see what Tommy
is crying about"
"Mr snow makes q desperate effort to
breath, be falls 30 sleep again, IsAying ms
to pace the room In 40 nach vexation a.
can comfortably eoataia. Tle nsxt mora
ing at breakfast, when give Mr.. Saaw an
account ct iaas nights adventures, he re-
plies 80 -sgu.. --
"Indeed my dear, am very s0Iy the
children troubled yea"
sThls Is always ths way, ie complain,
1t is: 'Indseds ny dsaE, asa very sorry"
"Buk should the very same thing oceuT
the subsequent Righf, directly before bis
eyes, very likely be woaid not see or knew
anything about 1t, unless IL happensd to
Interrupt his train Of IDEAS. Thsn be
'wouid propose eatnip tea but before caa
get Ii into the infantis stomach, he will Be
far Ew ay in the Eealras Of rheUght, leaving
me not littla vexsd at his stupidity.
ssMf Snow kaows the nature ct every
paper pahlishsd In Ensiana and the jail
ted States, but he esEnot, FOR the lfs OF
him, tell the names Of hfs children. he
knows precisely the aAms pf svsEy sAms-
rieau Journal, but he does not know the age
OF his own baby. He knows how every
contributes looks, hat do not Sslisxe he
sanleh whsthar nay eyes are black OF BLISS.
aTha wafId says Mr.. Saow b gsttlag
rich. All 1 kaow Ii. he gives me noasy to
clothe cur boys, aad that, toes without .
complaint Of poverty. hops ths woEid
La right In opinion, and when / am satiS6sd
1t La, ahAll advise hfm TO resign his sdi-
tofiai henors, and spend . few month in
becoming acquainted with tia wife and
children The httiS onss viii feel mitch
battered In making the Acquaiaesnes IL so
literary 4 man. ="