The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1859-12-24
PREyTICEANA.

PRENTICEANA. -.
The following are few specimens Of the
contents of the new work BY the editor Of the
Louisville Journal, eutitled "Printiceana,"
just published BY Derby & Jackson, New
York:
A Mr.. Archer has been sent to the Ohio
Penitentiary ror marry three wives. "1n-
satiats Archer! could not ono sufhce?"
A Pittsburgh paper says, in an obituary
notice Of an Old lady, that "shs bore her
husband twenty children and never gave
him = cross word" She must have obeyed
the gssd old precspt-''bear and torbeor."
ABuffalo paper announces that DR.. Bran
dreth has introduced q bill into the legisla-
ture. Is the editor sure that he minded bis
p's in bis announcement?
The editor Of the Boston Liberator calls
upon the ladies Of the North to make use of
nothing that is produced by slave labor
He needn't expect them not to use cotton.
They will not erpel so old 4 friend from
their bosom.
The common opinion is, that We should
take good care Of children at all seasons of
the year, but it is well enough in winter to
let them dtdc.
A writer in Virginia paper devotes three
columns to describing the great Blue Ridge
Tunnel. We hardly know which Is the
greatest bore, the tunnel or the description
Of it. .-r--. -..,-. -g--. -
III m a.
publishes that two hundred dollars Of the
public funds are missing from his Office, and
he asks s'uho has got the money?' Posi-
bly, echo may answsr-Hooe.
The editor of an Indiana paper says "more
villaiay is on Joot.' Wesupposs the editor
has los. his horse.
The New York Euening Post says man
"cannos be active and quiescent at the same
time" There may be some doubt OF that.
Some fellows hustle about terribly and get
lie still.
A Rocky Mountain correspondent of the
New York Evening Post, who writes himself
"Henry E. Land" describes Oregon as the
most delightful country in the world. Our
citizens, if they choose, can 60 out there,
and see how the Land lies.
We were considerably amused by an &C.
count that we lately saw of II remarkable
duel. There were six men upon the ground
and six misses.
Tho Ohio river is getting lower and lower
every day. 1t has almost ceased to run
All who look at it can at once perceive that
it exhibits very little speed but great deal
efbottom.
New England writer says that it has
been found that negroes can be better trusted
than white men, not to betray secrets. We
suppose this is upon the principal that they
always keep dark.
Mrs. Lucy Hill complains in an Arkansas
paper, that her nephew has trampled upon
her lights and feelings. The graceess young
rascal shouldn't DO allowed to t-ample upon
his aunt Hill.
A woman in Florida, named Cross, lately
gave birth to an infant son which weighed
only one pound. That Cross wasn't hard
to bear.
A"o lieu, OustpH y pau ms anu oeCuI INV,
were assa.led in the suburbs of Baltimore,
. few nights ago, by gang of shoulder
htters. Flint was knocked down, but his
companion escaped by flight. When the
scoundrcls- hit Flint, Sparks fec.
Mr.. William Hood was robbed near
Cornth, Ala, on the 18th inst. ] he Corinth
paper says that the name Of the highwayman
Al r. 4
Vas Robbn' Hood.
iTT The best definition we ever heard of
"bearng false witness against your nei Oh
bour," was given by little girl in school.
She saidit was when nobody did nothing,
and somebody went and told Of it.
Ey What is the difference between man
who keeps dogs, and one who has nine walk
ing sticks One owna CANNES and the
other nine canes.
An irishman angling in the rain was
observed to keep his line under the arch of
bridge. Upon being asked the reason,
he replied: p" Sure and won't the fish be
crowdin' there to keep out of the wet, We
spalpeen? In course they will, by tunder.
A young lady of New Orleans, who re-
Gently performed remarkable feat in
rowing, has been presented VIII beautiful
yaw. A smack would have been more ap-
propriatc.
Dir. j. s. Fall, Mississippi editor, asks
when We shall get wise. Undoubtedly before
Fail, if ever.
Mr. Henry A. Rhule SAYS. in a Mississippi
paper that he has worked zealously for the
administration" Now let him turn and
work faithfully against it. It's poor Rule
that won't work both ways.
Some slanderer asserts that paper
makers are the greatest ma OF ciana of the ova