The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1859-04-02
D,EsULToRY PARAGRAPHS.

| TOWN. which lie on the einiGfons r0uso east
Of here, in the course they pursue toward
the migrating gold hunters, reminds Us Of
the man in the fable, whose goose laid .
Golden egg every day, and who in his eager
ness to get the whole pile at once, ripped her
nn-when 10 ! to his establishment and NOR
tiscation, he found nothing but common
soft shelled eggs! ...
But these honorable merchants (?) not
content with playing the part of that infat-
uated old fogy, are making fools Of them
selves by telling the most ridiculous lies
about Council Bluffs. Had they acted rs
gentlemen with the "advance guard" they
might have had steady and profitable trade
as long as the tide Of emigration continued
to flow, but now the sponged ones will write
home to their friends, whose name is legion,
to cxpend not penny among the gouging
crew, but push right through to Council
Bluffs; and, instead of the golden harvest
these gentlemen of the interior expected to
reap, the grass will grow around the doors
of their ware. ouses, as with folded arms
they mourn over their soft shelled eggs.
~ Now is the time for setting out trees,
and we notice with pleasure, that many OF
our citizens are engaged in the good
work. FRANK STREET, has taken the first
step in q movement which will probably re-
suit in the shading of Broadway from end
to end. We think naples would be prefer
able to those cottonwood-but that OF
course, is singly matter of taste. SAMUEL
CLINTON is planting fruit trees, and, from
the sheltered location of his premises, he
will no doubt have abundant success IN
their culture. Mr.. GooDFELLoW sold Col.
COCHRAN $3.50 worth of young apple and pear
trees this week, for planting on the bottom.
With some sort Of barrier around his
Young orchard to break the force Of the
bowling northers, the Colonel's investment
will in ten years pay thousand per cent,
besides the satisfaction of helping to build
up the fruit-growing interests Of Western
Iowa. We might mention many others who
are busy in rendering their homes more
beautiful and valuable, but time and space
forbid, and We would simply say to them
all, that the time and money invested in
planting trees, will pay huge dividends in
health, and wealth, and happiness.
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% We see by another column Of the
Nonparicl that PETER DIEBoLT's big OK was
killed too soon, Madison County is yet ahead
of anything west of it in raising mammoth
oxen, and if our farmers hope to take the
banner, they must cover the huge frames
of their cattle with more flesh. Had PETE'S
OK been as fat as some that go into the
eastern markets, he would have weighed at
least Three Thousand Pounds. That the
river counties can raise as big oxen, as big
corn, and as big babies, as any othe county
in the State, or in the Union, we feel well
assured. So farmers Of Fremont, Mills, Pot
tawattamie, Harrison and Monona, and so
on, up towards the North Pole, "pitch in "
and bear Oft the palm from anything and
everything that lies out toward sunrise.
! ~ One Of the Pixies Peak boys stop
ping here, came very near getting his brains
blown out the other day. Climbing into his
wagon with q run in his hand, he struck the
hammer against something, and away went
the charge Of buciishot through bis hat rim,
within half an inch Of his head, the powder
rcpHc";nS his face and eyes and the shock
j;trrins Lis nerves like a young earthquake.
CVA 500 lily crowd of cmigrants, en-
route 70. the gold fields, have pitched their
tents among Us, and will wait few days for
grass. The majority of them are young
men, and a finer looking class of fellows
can hardly be found between the two
oceans. Here and there we see head sill
vered with the frosts Of sixty winters, and it
does the heart good to see the cheerful ia es
Of the old gentlemen as they move around
with fa,herly dignity among the boys. This is
an excellent feature Of the cmigsation-the
wise counscls and good examples of the old
men, will operate powerfully in restraining
the hot-blooicd youngsters from many
excuses which they would otherwise run
into to repent of in bitterness Of spirit in
after years. Three cheers for the boys and
three times three for their young wives and
sweet hearts at home. And for this lon,
tramp in their old age, may the veterans
succeed in lining their pockets with some
thing to solaco their declining years and
smooth their pathway to that bourne whence
no traveller returns.
c. Property on Broadway has taken a
sudden rise this wcck-FRASK SMITH, BY
some magic Of his own, has sent Shows
auction and commission house, skyward in
a hurry, and everybody about town is re-
ioicc1 to know that that brcakncck notch in
the sidewalk will speedily be filed up.
. W. c. WILLIAMS has taken rooms in
Empire Block, over c. J. Fox's Hardware
Store, and is prepared to take Ambrotypes
in the best style of the art. The specimens
we have seen were very accurate, true to
life, and displayed an artistic skill hard to
excel. Mr.. WILLIAMS will remain in town
positively but one week longer. Don't fail
to visit his rooms if you want a correct
likeness.
City Fire Insurance Co., Of Hartford Connection
We find, in a late number of the Hartford