The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1859-04-23
,7oI u-NO. 50. WHOLE NO. lO4.s.s.:s=@
JOH Ms WIFE.

of US drink much VINE, ana We were botn
musng pleasantly, as men are apt to do af-
ter a good dinner. All OF once thought of
Johns wife-a right pleasant subiect-who,
as said before, had Just left us. Isuppose
j. she went to hush the uproar of her blessed
haby.
n A most lovable woman is Johns wife,
o with "A pretty namc-Nelly-and an eye as
y clear as a trout-brook, and face SO full OF
o beautiful honor and truth that | never tire
o of looking at it., and find some new charm
every time look; and yet dare not look
u save with honest thoughts. ! had known
her but very short time, and was curious
. about her history, SO said to John quite
: suddenly r.4s -,
"Joha, where did you get your wife:'
: What ?'' said John, starting from his
= reverie. 81.
.My dear fellow. / do not wish to pilfer
E aov If your precious Notwithstanding
!. reilly would Ike to know something of
the wooing and winning Of such noble
SPOUSE as your own. hope | don't IN
trude 2" =,
Nv friend John is amethodicalyoung fel-
low. With heart us tender as girfs he
unites An intellect as keen and certain As Il
N N Damascus bla lie: while he has dreams of
i pur,le pocsy, he is very exact AMI straight
L. forward in action. He is, therefore, very
- successful! busircss lawyer in Wall street;
whereas. some of his friends, who knew on
r. " the romantic side of his character, thought
+ him promising recruit for enlistment IN the
:. shoe black seraph army" of poor devil
r, authors In reply to my last question, John
pulled out his patent repeater, !ooKeu at IT
carefully, put it back in his pocket, and
sad :
"We have half an hour to spare. | will
tell YOU something of my courtshlp. You
vii! excuse me if the story sounds somewhat
ceo,is;cal, for you and |, viii, are one in
feeling.
was seventeen when | entered college,
so that had grown to be quite man, III
feeling, at least, when my class reached the
di.en,>r Vf Junior year; 1 used to try des-
'ratfIy to be Il great student, for my SIS
ttsr,, sake NOR, especially; but somehow |
cInid never make Il. vself tt satisfactory book
worm. DON'T YOU thi.>k bonk-worms are
great humbugs? know th.,t II you r'nsaek aS
nId library, you will find many OF the
u" ,,,nro rc;ent volumes sadly g,,aweI 'E a sort
''.'' ~ .,r,o srem which suppose Our I'!>'~'y
:. ~ ,,"r,,, " ret 'heir name. Now, gooa non
,u"S nnn,I. yc tn, "sht these worms w're'>
or, w 9Gft of ;tararv rIoul>, crawling and digging
snonr so5o 20 Iir' ,hou1ht scr, chrc, and gorging
themselves With the rxA,.med '''l"'!
mains, lnDg after the:r cousins: the :,
worms have dcvDurel the poor authoFs
bod,s. But modern etymo!ogIsts nave,
am told. discovered that these WORMS know
nor care VERY ltsie about ctyla oioEy, syntnx,
or prosO,lv that they are not the Literary
! aourmands they have been reck oned that
! ,h,v do not dine off mathematics and hlsto-
rv, reca ut poetry for dessert, and take "
snilr siestn in the corner of Il treatise on
mptaphy>ics. II seems that t.''y eat only
the covers Of books. and that luT Tue sake
Il n. leather. for which they hnv" 0nd-
u - iuorl!,u;.tr, much pref fc::lnE cat s!.sep,
or Turkey h:mdneto III, .Htci!rctua! hll-o!-
t,yr af,.ISai.. | think the same mtStahe .
has lc,u in vogue with respect to bo"E-
yvylrs, wvtu'5. o:i>.''v eo-ca!'t. Honest .
ri>- have th"u25t ;@"y really gor'nan1ize
hp,aS: that i,'tr LIE is "H .utciirr.u"t DIN /.
,tr with eara course a course Of rr@dng.-
This. luv dear friend, take to be Il mistake.
,kc their nam 'sahns, they only In"" the
,,,,rrs of ! o&s. They I'll Themselves with
- eu-s, rs ami g"l;-sNInR. (ht inInE.)- -
WheT r.. Il G y, IVES with huNks ani leave
tie IL. E,ft. t.r ~ lru' r,ItATe. b"t
Das i've d.. in October oG my Junior
.'', Ib;o'.d @ v,nJa,y. W., If he cojlere Libra
vi ">'',., o"},. ,honk mo Heaven that was
~ t'' ln,, ~'S,n nd rra lin, C,lrridge's
" 80; '..''.;a n ,l,',n,-bt then Ihat
unl. rslo,i ', that worS j when of sudden ..
th~ 10 ii. o,rueu, and IN trooped sinn"
il, aI:.on Of b~.lrs aud bsaux. did not
n.t1re t'..m especially, for 1t was quite
common t'r PARTIES Of visitors to come on
College ii'A TO vie" the Libraries ana c"D'-
nets, and, as we sometimes fattercd our
Ives, to see the students. So | read on
fyr few moments. when, as the party aI-
preached w1'r" vas s'"rcd, | !ook|a up
hold it is proper ana instructive to look at
aud admire every pretty woman one meets,
ns to study every h"c landscape ono may
chance to Sc. Why should W" 90 stare a.
cAyarnct&, and sun-rises, and paintings, and
never look at the lovcLIcst Of h!i created