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A PLEASANT RIDE on THE TOW-PATH

Through the courtesy Of the gentlcmanlv
captuin and excellent aud efficient driver, /
was permitted to mount the leader of the
team at a station where We stopped to
change horses. The team consisted Of three
spirited iron greys. and the one mounted,
expressed his delight at having me on his
back, by bearing his weight on his fore legs,
and playfulIy extending his heels at an angle
of forty five degrees, giving forward
movement to your correspondent, only
checked by the animals ears. was half
inclined to dismount. but the captain cried.
" all aboard,' the crack Of the drivers
whip was followed almost instantaneously
by tingljng sensation near the seat of my
trowsers, the >tab!e-boy shouted, my gallant
grew resumed his antics, aud we were under
motion. Eancv for one mOmsnt the pecu-
hartics Of my position. was seated on
the bare back OF the iron grey, and while we
dashed up the towpath at the rate of FIVE
miles ag hour, the mud, with which the tow
path was covered to the depth of about six
inches, dashed up my trowsers legs at the
rate of several tunes Il minute. Whenever
we passed ''Combo" or "Big Line"
team. the saucv driver wonld give me
friendly cut with his whip by way of intro
ductiOn, aud the packet driver had an
ingenious but uncomfortable way of touch
ing me up with his whip-cracker, to let me
know he was still along and willing TO see
me through. Such dlsinterestedness was
really quite touching. Once looked back
to demonstrate, but received a rap on the
head from a low bridge, which taught me
to keep coed lookout ahead. At every
short bend in the tow path there was an
inward dread, as Cato says, of falling into
naught. by diving into the canal, but was
spared that innicton. We soon gained n
speed Of twenty-five knots an hour-l
judged by the number of times knot on
the end of the drivers whip.lash came in
contact with the scat of my pants. Of
course there was no boiler to explode, as
there might be on locomotive, but | was
b onn up about four hundred times during
me up for getting TO far over the bank: the
captain bowed me up for making the team
90 too fast. and was blown up by the
passengers for retarding their progress
By the time we reached the next station for
changing ho-scs, both myself and the team
were pretty nearly " "blowed.' As dis
mounted, gave my late charger an af'ec-
tionate glance, for tenderness had sprung
up between us during our companionshp.
With me the tenderness was most apparent
on that portion of my body which came in
contact with the animals back. and with
the horse it manifested itself in a number
of raw spots along his back bone. As
sprang from the tow-path to the boat, the
driver kindly refreshed me with another
cracker, and retired to my berth to reflect
upon my novel ride Correspondent Of the
| Clsreldnd Democrat.
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QUESTION FOR A DEBATING SOCIETY.

A co,emporarv proposes the following
question for debate:
If fellow what is fellow-and his gal
are about to be parted for whiis--and
they propose to change daguerreo,ypcs, and
type snop-ana aas ;, IS to to pay Tor & having the
enough to pay for one picture in a magnis<
case-which picture should be put in the
magnificent case-tis ownngiy mug or
hern? Would it be gallant IN him to put
her mug in ths ugly cass9 Would it Be
jinerous in him to put his mug in tha ugly
case which she is to keep? That's the
question before the meeting.
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eT A story is told of Dutchman, for
many years keeper Of the ferry at Old Greek,
who was one day crossing with load Of
passengers, who, with one exception, ad-
dressed each other as colonel, major, cap
tain. etc. When the fare came to be paid,
he charged the "titled" men one shilling
each.
d" What is my fare?" asked the gentle
man who had no title, after all the rest had
paid.
"Your fare,'' said the Dutchman, "your
fare is chust nothing you ish de fust high
private Yankee ever carried over dis creek
and you ish Welcome"
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G. The Boston Advertiser suggests that
the COW at Charlestown, Va, was killed by
the sentry because she had two po,cder
horns on her head, and because she had been
tail.bsdring among thsssusgroes,
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DENTISTRY.
Millinery l. Dress Making.

MRS. DAvY HAVING REMOVED FROM BAN
lN1 CROFT to Lower Broadway, nearly opposite Mr..
snd Aoks Bonets Of the latest fashion al the shorte
pet.ce fO,t Ic-Tcn2s-u
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GEORGE D0IGHTY's
General Collecting AgenC
CDI'SCII BII-FFS IOWA

General Collecting Agency,
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA.
rINHE Undersigned HAVING RECENTLY RE-
L tired from the mercantile business begs leave 81
offer his Ia Mer ANTS ami ins!ncsS Men Of all
Glasses i General Collecting Agent He prop se> t"
give his entire attCrn to th- buSInc>$; aE his long
residence and acquaintance IN newest Will,
he trusts enable hIm 20 give entire satisfaction to all
VII" may employ him.
ties Accounts AMI Claims If all kinds. may he for
warich the underS med ~ mail. Otherwise FOR
Presentation, liquidation OF LOeCtIuE Prompt dtten-
will be given and the aValls Immediately remit
ted When may become necessary to place claims in
suit the best Prufc IDHal services Ill be >cCull and
the legal 5rncecugs urged forward as rapidly po,s
bic Dot Ubtful claims Will he settled and secured on
the best errs atanabe and the title to Real Estate
when ,ken either as payment security carefully
vestigated.
The under gn.d will also Pay Taxes IN al! parts oi
western Iowa and Sehrasha and VIII also SELL Pnr-
chase or Invest Money in Real Estate.
Letters cf inquiry VIII be IrnmItIy attemdeH 70.
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II. c. MUTT. "A. TRITLE. J. S. ANDREWS
The Merchant 8 Exchange Bank
OF
II. G.. MUTT & CO.,
Council RLMfS, ko1rn.

NJONEYS RECEIVED ON DEPOSIT, PAYABLE on
wi demand or at specified date with or without in
terest per agreement with depositors.
Transferable Certificates Of Deposits issued when de-
sired.
We draw direct on New York Boston, Philadelphia
Detroit and Chicago and have also perfect range
ment by which We issue Drafts and Letters of Credit ou
the principal Bankers in one Hundred aml Ffty-Seven
Cities Of Europe.
Collections made western Iowa and Eastern Ne
braska free of charge and reitcd rates Of
Exchange
We receive orders to Buy and Sell on Commissio
Real Estate in Iowa or Nebraska
Invest Money for Capitalists, and Buy ana Sell Land
Warrants at current rates.
REFERENCES:
LIE HuRAy 4 Co. \ Y City GREEN THOMAS & Co. .,
DREXEL & Co, Phiia. Pa CoOLBAUGH s. BROOKS
VERMONT BANK, Month Burlington, Iowa
Vermont. WAIREN Co BANK, Ills.
HARVEY KING, Esq Boston DAVID X Preston CO
L. G. BERRY 4 Co. Adrian, Detroit Michigan
Michigan. Ip2Ou
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AIE.R IL \ \ + / \ l. O X,
And Dealer in Gent!eman's Furnishing Goods,
.niddIs groadrHy, corSC!l. BL'FtS'
I-EEpS on HAND 4 CHOICE SELECTION
II 81 CI oTJIS CASIHERES X VESTlHGS, IA
Nu,l he VIII make u order, III The latest and a
most approved styles. Together with beautiful M
$50, RI mont yf GENTS. FURNISHING GOODS. -AA.
~ J. T. OLIVER.
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VIA Nv bi'li'ltit , hitN ''''''- W.
EORGE DOT CITY.

GEORGE DOUGHTY.
REFERENCES:
COUNCIL. BLrrFs-Ofcer Pusey, Bankcrs Bald
win Dodge dp CaSady u Test, do; Ii. E.. Mutt
Co.. DO.
ST. LOUIS. Mo.-Doan, King s. Co; Squire & Reed
ShapleIgh, Day Co., 8, c. Davis & Co., HoWari
HinChman
ST JOSEPH No --Tootles & Farleish, Jos. c. Hull
Pres't 81 Jo. Ins Co; R l.. Mcdonald. j. Curd
Nave McCord Co, J. b. Jennings X Co, A. Besttie
* Co. tv2nls] tBugle please copy
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JOSEPH Na..li.EK,

PR tOEI.S = = OR OF NJ I = {
Iustru,tul given Vocal Mus and III lilc tlnhm
| PIANOS CAREFULLY TUNED AND kEPAihEp.
For further particulars Cntulre at 'A!s me
VI Ia
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A. ESsR Az,
E1l. $. aikf4E,

Mouse, Sign and NvnamrhNN EA'a'e''
BROADWAY, toTNClL BLUFFS.
Itrdlng tIralulug. GlsZ.uI alh Paper ua'Sh- " '''
u with ucltne>S and t>p pliyu. Rea1S uilHt' -
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PIONEER BOOK BINDERY,

WIN F. KlTER. BOOK BINDER AND BLANK
w Book Manufacturer, COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa Is
p.rrArc 10 anything his department o Bus.-
hra, pronpIiy a substantial and wukIlduikc n Al!
Urr, aud az luw prires. n34u
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Nm Others ,r
iii cir crieIrs r.
! |rerpnrtsi ,ss ty
'.idd. to any ny,
for for twelve
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The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1859-08-18
A Thrilling Scene.
by z @ phLAvAs

Permit me to sketch toyou n scene related 10
me by an eye witness, which occurred In Con.
nectient while the people In one of the towns In
that State were gathered to discuss the merits of
the question OF license, whether one neigbbor
should longer be permitted, under the sanction
Of law, 10 destroy another. and bring pauperism.
crime and every description of misery ON the
neighborhood ~ -
This town had suffered greatly from the sale
and use OF Intoxicating drinks The leading in
fnences Were against the total abstinence doc.
trinc. AT the Meeting the Clergyman and Phy.
sician Of the town, as also leading Deacon IN
one OF the churches, were In favor Of continu.
ing license, for permitting few men Of GOOD
moral character to sell, for they all agresd in
the opinion that the moderate use was not ininri.
o9s that intoxicating liquor was good creature
ofGod. and to hamper its sale to Le used in mod.
sT.s;S:s wss "a aases. restreint on human liberty.
and a reflection on the benevolence of the All.
mighty. With such powerful advocates In favor
OF the old custom, the feeling Of the meeting ap.
peared TO be all one wey, when a gentleman.
who was present from another State by accident
but who had been former resident of the town.
begged leave to differ from the highly influential
and respectable individuals who had spoken on
the subject. He entered into q history Of the
town from its earliest settlement he called the
attention Of the assembly to the desolation The
traffic and moderate drinking had brought upon
families and individuals; he pointed to the Poor
House, the prison house and the graveyard 70,
the numerous victims OF the traffic; he urged
and with eloquenee. that in mercy the food.
gates might be shut down, and prevent. as far a,
possible, the continued desoiatien Of fas,iIes hx
sustaining the immoral business Of Rum eailjhS
But all would not do. The influence OF the Cer
| gyman, the Doctor and the Deacon was too nnucl
Tor him. No one followed on his side, and the
chairman Of the meeting was about 70 pun. the
question, when, oil 1t once, there 'arose from q
distant corner Of the room rniserable-clad and
notwithstanding female her appearance indi
Gated the utmost wretchednesa. ard that he,
ments silence. and al ey yes Being aixed upon her
che stretched her attenuated bodyfo its utrnos
] limit, and her long shrivclled arms 10 Their
The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1859-08-18

WHAr NEXT Pink, the New York Cores.
pondent ofthe Charleston Courier, thus describes
the latest invention. Travellers should bless the
cute Yankee" who has contributed so decided.
ly to their comfort: s~ .. .
Some Yankee has been inventing a clock,
which not only keeps time, but also cooks your
food. 1t Is designed principally for travellers
who start early in the morning 1t is m alarm
clock, and has n mans coffee ready for him be.
farN IA saake lin, nIa- Tia mode of operation 10
thus sketched; suppose person wishes to rise
and travel at four o'clock in the morning all he
has TO do isto set an inner dial to that hour.
while the outer clock dial indicates the true
time, He also makes certain dispositions of the
lighting apparatus which are self-suggestiye--
Precisely at four o'clock lever is moved, which
causes drum to revoive against friction match,
the fame from which igntes the wick of the
spirit lamp. In half an hour. the coffee is ready,
when another drum reyolves, ignites another
match, and lights candle. and at the same time
the tgnre OF a monk pulls rope and rings an
alarm bell, etIeetuniiy arousins :as aleSpar
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ITs FRtIrs.-Ask our Judges what IL is that
creates the endless stream of cnlprits and fills
the prisons with criminals, and they will reply
--ISTEMPERAScE. ..
Ask the Philanthropist what it is which over.
spreads the world with poverty and prostitution
and wretchedness; what IL is which creates so
much desolate and broken-bsarted widowLood,
and dependant and helpless oEPbapage, and he
will reply--INTEMPkRANcE
Ask the Physician what II is which is DESTROY.
ing the flower of youth and manhood, and per
petuating, from one generation to another, n sad
train of cureless diseases What it is which fills
the Asylum with maniacs, and the Hospital with
afflicted, and he will say~-lNTEMrERAScE
Ask the Christian Minister what it is which Ia
impeding the triumphal onroll Of the Gospel;
what it is which is preventing the increase of
Heaven's population and peopeing Hell with
unhappy mnlutndes, and he will reply--INTEM-
PERANCE-Rev. IT, Ai6righton. y
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.s,d ,s;,b;n hynss,f ..nd I a-sa,,t -.
.h ,a... na,;, = - ~.
5 ys. a. sS;e - 80 - q, 49, 49, = ~ -
a. n nansd "a ,s,,,. -. I ., -
sAnd 40 bs wstLa ~ b,,t - ti, ~, st.y,s
b;s than@h,s ss,, - Ia "a ;
n;nasSo sun .a - MS .ss.;s m
az his rie and I c;,;; ~. /. -ssf e.. bfs dS,sss..s
A. los, he stnna s,;iI o J, 9. T-S S -
az need m. h,ess,no Aad sto,,sd a. ,.,..; -
this evening. The strength tIs Sot,foft tss
kBut. poor Anrsi = 4 hssd la 49, "a len
last aud ~ = ~ !,
nnst not consider myself alone. s7srnnp3 10, 20,
If do nos meet tonight witt, Ills s
!. Oh, James is It youss Mrs. Siarstson startca
who saw as che looked up. tlat het ares ,1o,
wet g Have you forgotten ANYTHING fp' = : :,
Yes" he replied, as he stood gazing with url.
s What is itg Can /. GET, X for Won ~ !,
forgot 70 stay at home with NV sv;f. o,,
children said the Young man. y ~ '. anu -
! oh, Jatnesp' Tears pushed over hi. ,v;f.,s
face. ~ -, a,7 s'SsT "-'o 20 :
3 And I've come back to remain 49,,
Mrs Marston leaned her aching head upon pom her
hnsoands s,oplder. and sobbed. This uneSpect-
eo circumstances quite broke down the little self
r: :, g -4.h. that - remained. 't4 3
pa you feel ionelyf -
- O"SiJb sun auo uiscoufaged," she 0nswered.
put you are good aud ss:=5, ard I a..s weak
and foolish Go back, james. to the PRAYER
meeting. shall feel better now" - -
!, NO, darling,"said Marston. al will stay NJ
home TO help and comfort my lonely, sud nnd
discouraged wife and think shall be SERVING,
GOO IN this, with truer spirit Of worship than
could possibly feel in any prayer meeting that I
went 20 at the sacri6ce Of a clear home sduty.n
Low does your head feel now, Anna r. was
ssked nan an hour later me they eat together.
sise, Msfss-q Rlth her nfedls a. ss.
+, M. no'oihg ooth Oh the happy children
!. y, . '~ ss
,,s ilvln pa'nrAna teel 50 much befs
80 u ~ ,5s y2pr ,ps ~ 81 has cured
1o2sisn oman o. Jamet But aifer
.esn ~ H.'seps az oa iong can't bear
Lass ~, 81 yss ~ lns love TO
,n,,c ,s5 :. =, me ana You don't know how
Mr. MIR. Esrston asmiys sm;iss dees hsss me, nnon h,.
inc an; PACK upon MS wife lov.
m;nd Wy .aouen's were awakened "A his
:" !" III az. .ro ,,y..,,.
.s nv o,,, To- "a;I soSis 70 oe cared for as well
musino On tha aosn. Lille wnle after. as he sat
.Tbe sonIs ~ r,,, III. S ,, 9i ,he evening -
helm tbeu, -, * ,sa,, au y. I gn,iuren. How can
out 10 religious nes,;ng. " saven! re- Ven By going
with. Them All NJ ;... or ~ saying at home
6vfsre can 5s right os w. = 90
~ ehe souts oi otners, Sod VIII water
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THE SIsTEa There is something lovely In
the name Of sister, and its utterance rarely fails
ocaH up the warm affections of the gentle
heart. The thoughts that circle round il are ALI
quiet, heautiful, and pure. Passion has no pIace
with Its associations The hopes and fears Of
love. those strong emotions powerful enough to.
shatter and extnguish life itself find no home
there. The bride is the star, the talisman Of
the heart the diamond above all price, bright
and blazing In the MONDAY sun La sister, the
gem Of milder light. calm as the mellow moon,
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Mans WASrss--Rev JIG. Knowlton, in an I'D,
dress delivered before the Penobscot Agricultu
raj Society. gives the following summary of the
wants of man;
]. He wants 10 he well born--that ia he wants
TO be born Of healthy parentage, and in moral
ly and physically healthy locality. If he is born
wrong, he seldom gets right Through life.
2. He wants TO be well eduoated, or well
brought MP. And by education he meant that
every powe err and faculty of the mind and body
be developed, and brought TO perfection.
3. He wants employment he was maze TO
labor. When idle, he is always committing sin
II cannot be otherwise. Labor is the condition
of happiness, aud happiness is for what we live.
4. 1Ie wants alocation, a house--one place in
the wide world which he can call his own. No
man ever enjoyed all of life without. And this
house, he wants TO have adorned, embellished
There is no one who has not some sense of the
picturesque, the beautiful and the more home is
adorned, the more happiness it win afford.
8. He wants companion. 1t Is not good for
q man to be alone. After home, every man
wants wifej every woman q husband He
needs wife; 10 assist hir, in the accumulation
Of money. This. said the Rev. gentleman, al
though net strictly an agricultural subject, is col
lateral TO IT..
8. Man wants Christian hope for the future,
when he sliall have done with earth and its To-.
bora. -eg.
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LrxRSEp PfoFIK - ws observe that ,trey
have got to be 90 learned IN Bosom that the usa
OF the English ]aHgtsgo in the newspapers Ia be.
ing dispensed with. One comes to us With con,
siderable portion Of its "l.ader upon the death
Of Rnius Choate printed IN Latip instead of Eng,
Iish As Boston prides herself upon being the
4" Athens" Of America, we should think that n
they discard the English language they ought To
take the Greek instead ofths Latin.
Cincinnati Esq.irsf
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-. 9.
TnE COUNTRY Pagss.-lt must be a fact patent
to every country editor that provincial news
papers. to use an English term, are denied of all
but local influence, and this is oveTs,iat,o-
ed by the opinions of those city hebdom adals
which occasionally invade the rural districts. II
IS Illuminating and genius. clipping but the fact
is so, that the country paper may indite essays
on leading subjects lofty. in thought and classic
an "a and they
home, and are forgotten. No city contemporary
deigns even look at their elaborated ideas. but
ualties, distorted murders. and spicy Grim. cone
We suppose this is on the same principle that
slightly yerdant, and. not wearing the polish in.
separable from the friction of city life. The
rustic may have beauty as claim to federation,
but rusticity isso apparent to coneeit that repu.
tation would be perfied to show off or introduce
to fashionable notice. We wonder if the time
will ever come when merit will be appreciated
for itself, without Indebtedness to those meretri.
cious incidents whose sway is so despotic.
Carolina Spartan.
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LIBsRrY will not descend 20 people! ,peo-
pIe n,ust raise tbempelves 70 liberty tisa blese
ng that must be earned before itcan be enjoyed
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n. ~ t
as, .sk S1.sf FAhiLY.--sAn OLD letter. written IN
y me lsae Slay-then preach
ai ~ ~, we sae'' ~ fc
yo,r 's ,,;as. :, u ens Ssy
history Of nnr Sa,;I,, nnya ,a, hs ,.;,
n%,ss o. letter is 's'iswihg eonelss
Elzabcibs Sir Walter Rale;sh brassht over To
t6 ~ n n. 80
s,,,,, sns a. arg'nia ps9seu2ps among o,ner ree
land He gave : them s ssao sioooS Ss eaea, r:'s s
very large fortune mt that time. Iheir pames
we're Sharies, inpmas and ltenry, Iney set
so ',eu on Snfnss hiyers neaf Sapestown. .,,A Two
=, tnein, Snafiss ano inonnS hau iarge 'a','i,ea
,'a % mn no e1uereps. LIE name ifenry ma. mas
NM
Clay Is a descendant OF Charles clay Henry and
myself from Thomas Clay. Tins the two broth
ere alluded tofate the Progenltors of the Claysin
the United dtstffeR. Il ssst
Ny fntber, as YOU have heard was aclerayman
OF The Baptist dcnafaiea SON. tic died in carly
tife leaving seven cltiiti en~f ssns and thrce
daughters all OF WHOM died witlloot elldren,
With the eSeelitipn of Henry and ifSselt< Ny
mother was rparfied The second tiines apd raised
ferpiiy OF Elk children. two Of honi ara stiH
hyiDg.- y Hathaniel W. Watkinph md Frank Mat.
kins residing in Missouri. My. brother Henry
has had eIsyen ciiidren-41six daughters and fse
sons Inc uaughters are az, usssi 60. son
~ os.: wn2 was klileo as tile patt5e o. pue
m m = = we having : oeo. ,eas
lpg .nree wne are Win Their mother
eopnvy,'v''s Three OF my zoroth7
ers sons are settled near him. IN the neigipor.
hood OF Lexington. Two OF these, Thomas and
DANES u. Clay, are uarrisd doing gsell--one
lawyer, the other a !sffi1er. oin, tho Young
est whom yoti saw at Washington, Is with ,hs
fathef at Ashland. Iheodore his eldest son, Is
| ~ the Isuna,ie Asylum in Lexington, g confirmed
lnnatic. q: AZ
4 = q = - =. y.
fAiuLf man 7. teei ea..si.ed q
WIN eitnpiy silent prayer. habit o. express