The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1859-09-03
PARAGRAPHS.
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Ons. two, three, four, Eve, six Of our
.ovn,men are lost. With goblets Of strych-
min. whisksy in their hands, they are dane
inc the drunkards reel on the brink Of the
crave. One slips and goes down, and a.
the clods rattle on his coffin, his infatuated
comrades take another dram and dance on.
They call themselves moderate drinkers, and
hope to live long in the enjoyment Of their
cups, but palsy and dsliriu'u are on their
track, and they will 60 as their old associates
have gone.
On Mo-dav night, We visited ths Geos-
raphy School of Mrssrs. ISRAEL 4 GAxplSER,
and found a goodiy assemhlsse Of young
folks engaged in singing the names Of cities
and states, rivers and oceans, the music
occasionally interspersed with historical
data, and furnishing instruction and amuse-
men, to sail hands, We of a peaceful
disposition, and never wish to ''pisch in" to
ANYBODY unnec~ -sarily, but We can't help
thinking th,. If Mr.. ISRAEL would strive to
improve his pronunciation and post himself
a little better in history, bis school, good Is
it now is, would be better ssh.
The time for our Agricultural Fsir is
drawing nigh, and the finances Of our far
mers and others are AT 50 low an ebb, that
it is question in the minds of some whether
wa shall be able to haze g fair this fall, or
not. On another pags Wi, De found call
for meeting of the boxed Of directors, AZ
which meeting some person Will proba'iy DC
appointed to canvass the money que''ion
with our people, and We hope. for the sue
cess of agriculture end the honor OF 'ne
county, that they will all do their bess 70
raise the necessary dimes.
IF hall the time lost nv sickness IN this
city, were spent in cutting down ana onrh'
ing the weeds on vacant lots and along the
creek, we believe that three-fourths VI all
that sickness would disappear, and We nope
that next season, some such efficient means
Of abating this malaria breeding nuisance
will be adopted.
Several of our Bluff boys are jus: in from
the mines, looking hearty as buf1aloe', and
none the worse of wear for their long and
tedious trip out, and their climbing jauns
and wild life among the mountains.
Doc PLrMMER is very fond Of cunning
and throws small shot with perfect reck-
lessness. He assures us that he fred into a
aock of birds the other day, aud picked up
twenty three Of them. We helped him eat
them at Lewis. and he Was much gratihed,
in fact, highly tickled at the fact, that Cen
eral DopcE partook Of them with US.
The speculative theories Of celebrated
men are sometimes so widely a, variance
with fact, that We are naturally led to be-
lieve that they have ventured gu, of their
sphere. We cannot he'll thinking that such
was the case with Lieut.. MAURY, when he
broached the doctrine, that sun towers are
great absorbents Of malaria. In aud around
this city these flowers lu1uriase IN untold
millions, and agues and fevers are stalking
abroad at MONDAY . great many of our
people are i'll, and their illness is doubtless
caused BY the m,asmatic vapors arising from
wet and decayiug vegetation. Is tho sun
flower doctrine humhus or not?
| Friday, . O'Clock, P. M.-Th" Editor has
no, got back from dinner. We have stolen
a march on him, and in sole possession of
the sanctum, have dropped into the easy
chair, and grasped that eagle qstI with the
! hope Of conveying to oar readers some
faint idea Of tina magnificent phenomena
which lighted up the heavens last night
Were the dead owner Of this gray p'nion
perchcd In his rega, dignity beside US, with
his NEUROLOGICAL commission rs the bearer
Of Jove's thunIcrbults, still IN force, We
would send him away into boundless space
to pierce, with his eagle eye, the mystery
which envelopes the Aurora Borcalis, and
settle forever the question whlch has so long
puzzled 1.-The world, whether these gorgeous
paintings of the upper air, "re done by
electricity, by tho suns rays On tic giacisrs
and icebcrgs Of the north. or b JGs master,
| hand Of some other on" # natures great
artists. But our half expressed wish is vain
No rustic Of pinions-- no rush t ''sweeping
wing" breaks the stlincs. Of the sanctum,
and we reverently leave to .'cret with t'
great Author. and turn 10 Gem emplate with
| awe and wonder, Que of the most glorious
spectaclcs that men or angels are permitted
! to gaze upon. Touching an arc of the hor-
lion, nearly two hundred degrees in length,
reaching up TO the zenith. and covering
more than half the visible henvens, it
formed mantle of surprising beauty,
whose charging crimson folds, trimmed
with streamers of living light seemed ready
to fall upon the fair form Of Mother Earth
and give a richer, deeper, tint to the rosy
dreams of her sleeping millions.